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In this still image from video obtained by The Associated Press, Heather Sterling is hit in the head by one of her instructors, who is acting as a violent assailant, during a four-on-one training drill, Dec. 13, 2024, at the Texas Game Warden Training Center in Hamilton, Texas.

How a violent police academy drill has been tied to deaths and injuries across the country

10:04 AM on Saturday, December 20

When recruits were punched and tackled during a role-playing exercise at the Texas game wardens academy last year, they were taking part in a longstanding police training tradition that critics say should be retired

Heather Sterling poses for a portrait during a hike, Aug. 11, 2025, near Daniel, Wyo. (AP Photo/Amber Baesler)

Combat training is a rite of passage for police recruits. It's left a trail of deaths and injuries

10:02 AM on Saturday, December 20

Combat training drills are a rite of passage for police recruits nationwide, and an Associated Press investigation finds they've left a trail of deaths and injuries

This image provided by Blue Origin, Michaela Benthaus poses after the Blue Origin's capsule landed on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025 in West Texas. (Blue Origin via AP)

Paraplegic engineer becomes the first wheelchair user to blast into space

9:18 AM on Saturday, December 20

A paraplegic engineer has become the first wheelchair user in space, blasting off with Blue Origin

This photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows a U.S. Airman preparing an A-10 Thunderbolt II for flight from a base in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in support of Operation Hawkeye Strike. (U.S. Air Force/DVIDS via AP)

Jordan says its air force joined US strikes on Islamic State in Syria

9:08 AM on Saturday, December 20

Jordan confirms its air force joined U.S. strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria

FILE - An exam room at a medical clinic in Detroit on July 29, 2015. (Charles V. Tines/Detroit News via AP, File)

You finally got a doctor's appointment. Here's how to get the most out of it

8:05 AM on Saturday, December 20

It's not that unusual for a 20-something to text Mom from the doctor's office for help answering a health question

A street scene in Allentown, Pa., Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Steven Sloan)

Trump's 'A+++++' economy collides with reality in a Pennsylvania city critical to the midterms

8:03 AM on Saturday, December 20

Idalia Bisbal moved from New York City to Allentown, Pennsylvania, hoping for a cheaper life

FILE - Christmas trees and Santa Clauses decorate the entrance to the beach in Haffkrug, northern Germany, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. (Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Everything you need to know about Christmas, and how it has evolved into a global holiday

7:41 AM on Saturday, December 20

Originally a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus, Christmas has evolved into a global cultural event

Pope Leo XIV greets faithful as he arrives in St. Peter's Square on the occasion of the last Jubilee audience, at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo summons world's cardinals for a key assembly to help him govern the church

7:25 AM on Saturday, December 20

Pope Leo XIV has summoned the world’s cardinals for meetings to help him govern the church, marking the unofficial start of his pontificate

FILE - Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, right, and Bushra Bibi, his wife, speak to the media before signing documents to submit surety bond over his bails in different cases, at an office of Lahore High Court in Lahore, Pakistan, on July 17, 2023. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary, File)

Pakistani court sentences former Prime Minister Imran Khan and wife to 17 years in graft case

5:02 AM on Saturday, December 20

A Pakistani court has convicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, sentencing them to 17 years in prison

FILE - A MONUSCO blue helmet deployed near Kibumba, north of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Jan. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File)

UN urges Rwanda to leave eastern Congo and extends peacekeeping mission for a year

5:00 AM on Saturday, December 20

The U.N. Security Council has urged Rwanda to withdraw its forces from eastern Congo and extended the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo for a year

Pakistani court sentences former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 17 years in prison in a graft case

4:59 AM on Saturday, December 20

Pakistani court sentences former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 17 years in prison in a graft case

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, shakes hands with Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)

Russian strike on Odesa kills 8 as US hosts a Kremlin envoy for talks on peace plan

3:03 AM on Saturday, December 20

A Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa has killed eight people and wounded 27, according to Ukraine’s emergency service

Attorney General Pam Bondi, with U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro behind, pauses while speaking during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Luigi Mangione‘s lawyers say Bondi’s death penalty decision was tainted by conflict of interest

1:46 AM on Saturday, December 20

Luigi Mangione’s lawyers contend that Attorney General Pam Bondi’s decision to seek the death penalty against him in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was tainted by her prior work as a lobbyist at a firm that represented the insurer’s parent company

3 officers wounded, suspect killed and another man wounded after New York domestic dispute call

1:31 AM on Saturday, December 20

Police say three police officers are hospitalized with gunshot wounds, the gunman is dead and another man was wounded after a domestic dispute turned into a volatile confrontation across multiple blocks in Rochester, New York

Anthony Joshua, left, in action against Jake Paul during their heavyweight boxing match, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Miami, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Anthony Joshua knocks out Jake Paul in 6th round to win heavyweight fight

12:47 AM on Saturday, December 20

Anthony Joshua knocked out Jake Paul in the sixth round of their heavyweight fight

An excavator dig a pit to burry the carcass an Asiatic wild elephant being removed from a railway track after a speeding train hit a heard of wild elephant in the early morning in Changjurai village east of Guwahati, India, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

High-speed passenger train kills 7 elephants crossing railway tracks in northeast India

12:42 AM on Saturday, December 20

Seven wild Asiatic elephants were killed and a calf was injured when a high-speed passenger train collided with a herd in Assam, India

This image provided by Providence Police Dept. shows surveillance images of Claudio Neves Valente, a suspect in the mass shooting at Brown University. (Providence Police Dept. via AP)

How surveillance technology and the 'Reddit Detective Agency' helped search for a killer

12:06 AM on Saturday, December 20

More than a decade ago, a frenzied 5-day search for the Boston Marathon bombers left some lessons in its aftermath

Volunteers take phone calls from children asking where Santa is and when he will deliver presents to their house, during the annual NORAD Tracks Santa Operation, at the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, at Peterson Air Force Base, in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. (Thomas Paul/North American Aerospace Defense Command. via AP)

NORAD continues decades-long tradition of tracking Santa's trip around the world

4:09 PM on Friday, December 19

For the 70th year in a row, people of all ages will be able to get updates on Santa's journey around the world from the North American Aerospace Defense Command in Colorado

Maintenance technician Liz Cardenas completes a task on an electronics test platform at a training area in a Walmart distribution center Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, in Bentonville, Ark. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Walmart and other US companies want to build a pipeline of skilled tradespeople

3:19 PM on Friday, December 19

As the number of skilled tradespeople dwindles in the U.S., Walmart is building up its own workforce to keep conveyor belts moving and refrigerated grocery cases cold

Today in History: December 20, the Louisiana Purchase is completed

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