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• Trump draws scornful rebuke for mocking reporter with disability

  

  At a rally in Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Tuesday, Nov. 24, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump mocks New York Times reporter, Serge Kovaleski who is disabled. (Reuters)This story has been updated.Businessman and reality TV star Donald Trump is under fire for mocking a New York Times reporter with a congenital joint condition during a campaign rally in South Carolina this week, drawing a scornful rebuke from the reporter and others who called Trump’s actions “despicable.”The incident occur..

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• Russia 'prepared to work with you,' Putin tells Hollande

  

  MOSCOW —Russian President Vladimir Putin told French President Francois Hollande in the Kremlin on Thursday that Russia is “prepared to work with you” in combatting the Islamist militants who have inflicted devastating attacks on both countries.Hollande flew to Moscow to enlist Putin in a joint campaign against the Islamic State in Syria, but the prospects for close coordination between wary nations are problematic.Just hours before the two presidents met, Russian officials had promised sweeping..

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• Sixers' Jahlil Okafor gets into street fight in Boston

  

  Jahlil Okafor, the Philadelphia 76ers’ 19-year-old rookie, allegedly got into a brawl outside a bar in Boston early Thursday morning.Video of the incident was published by TMZ Sports, which wrote that the incident occurred because Okafor felt he was “being heckled from the moment he left the club and felt threatened because people swarmed him on the street.” Okafor allegedly threw punches at and pushed a guy. (You can see the heavily bleeped videohere.)Evan Turner of the Boston Celtics grabs a r..

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• As temperatures rise, many American glaciers could vanish in a few...

  

  ‘It’s functionally gone’For nearly 25 years, Fagre has been keeping watch on Glacier National Park’s ice fields with the concern of a physician tending to a room full of very sick patients. He scales the mountains regularly to take photographs and measurements, recording a steady decline that is counted in tons and meters.Already there have been losses. Boulder Glacier, once a large ice field above the park’s Boulder Pass, was the backdrop for many a tourist photo, including a famous 1910 portra..

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• ESPN is losing subscribers at a steep rate

  

  (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)Just how bad have ESPN’s subscriber losses been?[ESPN forced to tighten its belt]A regulatory filing submitted Wednesday night indicates that Disney’s cable sports network has lost seven million subscribers over the last two years,according to the Hollywood Reporter. The Worldwide Leader, Disney’s most profitable TV venture, now has 92 million subscribers, down from 95 million a year ago and 99 million in 2013. That’s a decline that equates to hundreds of millions of d..

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• Washington's Chris Petersen signs 2-year contract extension - Washington Times

  SEATTLE (AP) - Washington coach Chris Petersen has signed a two-year contract extension keeping him tied to the Huskies through the 2020 season, the school announced on Thursday.Petersen originally signed a five-year contract in December 2013. Petersen will be paid $4 million per season in 2019 and 2020, the same as he is scheduled to make in 2018, the final year of his original contract.“Coach Petersen has demonstrated tremendous integrity and is building a program that Husky fans can be proud ..

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  The European Commission has sent Washington a wish list of ways the U.S. could provide help in dealing with the migration crisis, including boosting ...

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• Chris Culliver sustains right knee injury in Thursday's practice

  

  ASHBURN — The injuries keep coming for Washington Redskins cornerback Chris Culliver, who sustained a right knee injury in Thursday’s practice a day after getting an MRI exam on one of his shoulders.Culliver missed Wednesday’s practice to get the exam and coach Jay Gruden said the Redskins were seeking a second opinion on the results. It appeared to be a positive sign that Culliver was participating in Thursday’s practice, but that changed once he jumped for a ball and landed on his knee.He left..

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• The Latest: Belgium says likely Paris fugitive gets help

  PARIS — The latest on the attacks in Paris and security alert in Brussels. All times local:7:40 p.m.Belgian Justice Minister Koen Geens said that Paris fugitive Salah Abdeslam is “likely” getting support from others during his continued flight from authorities.After a manhunt stretching for nearly two weeks, Geens said it was unlikely Abdeslam could hide for so long on his own.“If someone is on the run on his own, he is caught quickly, while it is tougher to find someone who is not alone. The la..

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• Thanksgiving Day shoppers jump on Black Friday deals

  

  Shoppers enter a Kmart store in Frankfort, Ky., on Thanksgiving Day in 2014. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg)It’s not even 6:30 a.m. and Sharon Robinson’s shopping cart is filling up fast: At the Kmart in Oxon Hill, where the first round of Black Friday deals began before sunrise on Thursday, she’s snapped up a comforter, pillows, washcloths and storage bins, and was hoping to hunt down a Star Wars toy for her 11-year-old son.“Just stuff I don’t need,” Robinson said with a laugh. But the Capitol Height..

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