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Boxer Legnis Cala, center, talks with fellow female boxers during a training session in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. Cuban officials announced on Monday that women boxers would be able to compete for the first time ever.

Sports

Boxing powerhouse Cuba lets women boxers compete

5:02am December 06, 2022

by The Associated Press

Cuban officials say women boxers will be able to compete officially after decades of restrictions, though they didn't yet confirm if that would be taken to a professional level like Cuban male boxers.

Poland is facing a coal shortage this winter

5:01am December 06, 2022

by Rob Schmitz

Before the war in Ukraine, Poland relied on Russia for its energy needs. As winter approaches, Poland is facing a shortage of coal.

China holds a memorial service for Jiang Zemin

5:01am December 06, 2022

by Frank Langfitt

China is holding a memorial service for its late leader Jiang Zemin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. We reflect on his legacy and what the controversial leader means for today's China.

Health & Safety

An experimental Alzheimer's drug could be approved next year. But it comes with risks

5:01am December 06, 2022

by Jon Hamilton

Researchers say the experimental Alzheimer's drug Lecanemab represents an important advance and is likely to get FDA approval in 2023, despite some safety concerns.

Health & Safety

New York's pandemic preparedness equipment is up for auction

5:01am December 06, 2022

by Ava Pukatch

Ambulance parts, air filtration systems, and much more: The state of New York auctions equipment purchased for the COVID pandemic that it no longer needs.

A thylacine or 'Tasmanian tiger' in captivity, circa 1930. These animals are thought to be extinct, since the last known wild thylacine was shot in 1930 and the last captive one died in 1936.

The long-lost remains of the last known Tasmanian tiger have been found in a cupboard

5:00am December 06, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

The skeleton and skin of what is believed to be the last Tasmanian tiger have been stashed away in a cupboard at a museum in Tasmania, where experts lost track of the bizarre looking creature.

Kirstie Alley attends the premiere of HBO's "Girls" on Jan. 5, 2015, in New York. Alley, a two-time Emmy winner who starred in the 1980s sitcom "Cheers" and the hit film "Look Who's Talking," has died. She was 71.

Arts

Kirstie Alley, star of 'Cheers and 'Look Who's Talking,' dies at 71

9:36pm December 05, 2022

by The Associated Press

Alley died of cancer that was only recently discovered, her children True and Lillie Parker said in a post on Twitter. The Emmy-winning actress was known for roles including Rebecca Howe on Cheers.

Exterior of the Castro Theatre in San Francisco. Live concert and comedy company, Another Planet Entertainment (APE), recently took over the historic movie theater's lease.

Arts

A fight over seats could define the future of an iconic San Francisco movie theater

7:54pm December 05, 2022

by Chloe Veltman

Conservationists' objections to proposed renovation plans for the 100-year-old Castro Theatre in San Francisco illustrate an ongoing debate about the future of historic theaters.

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A gunfire attack on two electrical substations in Moore County, N.C., knocked out power to the region, including to stoplights in the town of Southern Pines.

National

What we know about the attack on two North Carolina power substations

5:24pm December 05, 2022

A gunfire attack on two electrical substations in Moore County knocked out power to thousands. Authorities say they have not determined who carried out the attack or what the motive was.

People wait at the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles office at Atlantic Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York on December 18, 2019.

REAL ID enforcement is delayed again to 2025

4:10pm December 05, 2022

by Juliana Kim

The original deadline for the Transportation Security Administration and other federal agencies to only accept REAL ID-compliant cards was back in 2008.