ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — J.J. McCarthy threw for two touchdowns and ran for a score, C.J. Ham had the go-ahead TD on his first carry of the season and the Minnesota Vikings severely damaged Dallas’ playoff hopes with a 34-26 victory over the Cowboys. The Vikings won a second consecutive game after they were eliminated…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Director-actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found dead Sunday at Reiner’s Los Angeles home, according to a law enforcement official. The official spoke anonymously to The Associated Press. The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a medical aid request around 3:30 p.m. and discovered a 78-year-old man and a…… MORE
HEFEI, China (AP) — Volkswagen is making a big move in China by investing $3.5 billion in a research and development center in the low-key central China city of Hefei, west of Shanghai. This marks a shift from its previous strategy of making cars in China that were developed overseas. The company is now creating…… MORE
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Officials in Providence say they will release a person of interest detained in a Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine. Officials made the disclosure at a hastily convened news conference on Sunday night, more than 12 hours after revealing that they had detained a person in connection…… MORE
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes has torn the ACL in his left knee. The star quarterback was hurt while he tried to keep the Kansas City Chiefs’ postseason hopes alive in the waning seconds of a 16-13 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday. The team says Mahomes is considering surgical options.…… MORE
DENVER (AP) — Micah Parsons is believed to have suffered a torn ACL in his left knee. That’s according to a person with knowledge of the All-Pro pass rusher’s injury who spoke to The Associated Press on Sunday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the severity of the injury hasn’t been confirmed by…… MORE
SYDNEY (AP) — A child is one of at least 15 people killed in an attack in Australia at one of the world’s most famous beaches. One of the gunman was also shot dead. Hundreds of people had gathered at Bondi Beach in Sydney for an event to celebrate the first day of Hanukkah, when…… MORE
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police in Rhode Island say they have a person of interest in custody after a shooting at Brown University killed two students and wounded nine others. Saturday’s attack set off hours of chaos across the Ivy League campus as hundreds of officers searched for the shooter and urged students and staff…… MORE
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile’s ultra-conservative former lawmaker José Antonio Kast has secured a stunning victory in the presidential election, defeating the candidate of the center-left governing coalition and setting the stage for the country’s most right-wing government in 35 years of democracy. Kast won 58.2% of the votes on Sunday as Chileans overwhelmingly embraced…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Cura栯 halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker, and the pilot blamed the military plane for crossing his path. The incident Friday involved JetBlue Flight 1112 from Cura栯, which is just off the coast of Venezuela, en…… MORE
