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CLEVELAND — Just a year ago, the Browns were winless. They were aimless. They looked hopeless. Disgusted with their laughable team, some Cleveland fans spent the holidays planning a tongue-in-cheek parade around FirstEnergy Stadium to celebrate a probable 0-16 season. Coach Hue Jackson promised to jump into Lake Erie. Those gloomy days are long gone.

A look at major tsunamis in Indonesia in recent years: September 2018: In the eastern Indonesian city of Palu, on the Palu-Koro Fault, a 7.5 quake and the resulting tsunami kills nearly 2,000 with thousands more missing. October 2010: A 10-foot (three-meter) wave strikes the Mentawai Islands, off the western coast of Sumatra in Indonesia,

Stocks plunged Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 653 points following President Trump’s tweet attacking the Federal Reserve and its independence. Technology companies, health care stocks and banks took some of the heaviest losses in the broad sell-off. Trading volume was low as the market closed early ahead of the Christmas holiday shutdown.

HOUSTON — A judge has ordered the U.S. government not to deport a Honduran woman without her 15-year-old daughter. The two have been detained together for six months and fear being attacked if forced to return home. U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss issued the order Monday. The mother and daughter are detained together in Dilley,

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — After missing the postseason for three straight years, the Baltimore Ravens probably wouldn’t complain at all about squeezing into this year’s playoffs as a wild card. Entering as AFC North champions is so much better — a scenario that stands as a distinct possibility entering the final weekend of the regular

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s state TV is reporting that Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, head of the Expediency Council advisory body to the country’s Supreme Leader, has died at the age of 70. The Monday report said Shahroudi was long sick and hospitalized in north Tehran. Reportedly, he was suffering from gastrointestinal cancer. Shahroudi, a relatively

OAKLAND, Calif. — Free agent right-hander Mike Fiers has agreed to a two-year contract to stay with the Oakland Athletics, who were determined to find an experienced starter this offseason to help lead a young rotation. And Oakland would like to add another starter, too, realizing it must provide depth given all the injuries last

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Whether it was running through safety Darryl Roberts to start the game or breaking Pro Bowl safety Jamal Adams’ tackle attempt to score a touchdown, Green Bay Packers running back Jamaal Williams had the best game of his career in Sunday’s victory at the Jets. Williams carried 15 times for 95

INDIANAPOLIS — Police in Indianapolis say that a body found over the weekend in a large trash bin is being investigated as a homicide. Officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department were called about 10 a.m. Sunday after someone discovered the body in the bin at an apartment complex on the city’s south side. The

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs had a chance to wrap up a third consecutive AFC West title and the No. 1 seed in the playoffs with two weeks to go, only to watch Philip Rivers lead the Los Angeles Chargers to a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns in a comeback. The Chiefs got a do-over

Safety D.J. Swearinger told a radio station in Washington D.C. on Monday that the he’s been released by the Redskins with one game remaining in the regular season. Swearinger said on 106.7 The Fan that Redskins coach Jay Gruden did not give him an explanation for the move. “I don’t regret nothing, because I know

BUENA, N.J. — A lawyer for a high school wrestler whose dreadlocks were cut off minutes before his match after a referee told him to lose the hairstyle or forfeit his bout is suggesting the impromptu hair cut was due in part to the referee’s tardiness. Andrew Johnson, who is black, had a cover over

BOSTON — A Massachusetts prosecutor says Kevin Spacey is scheduled to be arraigned next month on a charge of indecent assault and battery on allegations he sexually assaulted the teenage son of a Boston television anchor in a Nantucket restaurant. Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O’Keefe tells The Boston Globe that Spacey is due

LeBron James is sorry for posting a lyric that referenced “Jewish money.” The Los Angeles Lakers star says he simply got caught up in the music, thought the lyric was a “compliment” and offers “apologies, for sure.” The lyric comes from the song “ASMR” by rapper 21 Savage. James shared it over the weekend on

NEW CHICAGO, Ind. — A 7-year-old northwestern Indiana boy was airlifted to a Chicago hospital with burns after he poured gasoline on an outdoor fire. Several boys were playing Sunday near a fire between mobile homes when the boy was burned in the Lake County town of New Chicago. Fire Chief Joe Eakins tells The

HOUSTON — During the Christmas season, the aromas of hot chocolate and tamales would mingle with the sounds of mariachis and hymns praising Our Lady of Guadalupe within the walls of the nearly 80-year-old St. Stephen Catholic Church near downtown Houston. But since May 2016, the church has stood silent, surrounded by a chain-link fence

RENO, Nev. — Off-road vehicle enthusiasts are suing the U.S. Forest Service over the bistate sage grouse in Nevada and California. They’re arguing that a protection plan enacted this year could increase fire danger across rangeland habitat of a bird already proposed for threatened status. The California Four Wheel Drive Association and off-road groups in

NEW YORK — After a week off for exams, UConn faced two stiff tests on the court and passed both of them. The top-ranked Huskies rallied to beat Oklahoma and topped No. 14 California to remain unbeaten this season. UConn won both games by less than 10 points — the first time the team has

Massachusetts lawmakers approved legislation Monday that would extend state unemployment benefits to about 1,200 natural gas workers who have been locked out in a bitter contract dispute with National Grid since July. The measure sent to Republican Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk during an informal Christmas Eve session of the Legislature is aimed at ensuring workers

Atari’s original video game console was the hot toy. Leisure suits were cool. Elvis Presley unexpectedly died. The first “Star Wars” movie was released. The year was 1977. That was the last time the Milwaukee Bucks appeared on Christmas Day. “It’s been a while,” Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo said, knowing it was an understatement. Their

HOUSTON — The Houston Rockets have signed free agent guard Austin Rivers. Rivers appeared in 29 games with two starts for the Washington Wizards this season before being traded to the Phoenix Suns on Dec. 17 and being released the next day. The 26-year-old was the 10th overall pick in the 2012 draft by New

CINCINNATI — A lackluster showing in Cleveland consigned the Bengals to last place for only the second time in coach Marvin Lewis’ 16 seasons and added another twist to Cincinnati’s futile and fan-alienating season. A 26-18 loss locked Cincinnati (6-9) into last place in the AFC North for the first time since 2010 and raised

SALT LAKE CITY — A Guatemalan woman who was deported from Utah last Christmas has since made the heart-wrenching decision to send two of her children back to the United States without her. Maria Santiago Garcia, 41, reluctantly determined the future would be bleak for them in her small village, where there is little work

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The owners of a well-known New England strip club that was shut down following a prostitution investigation have hosted a Christmas toy drive for their workers’ children. WLNE-TV reports that the owners of the Foxy Lady in Providence, Rhode Island bought $2,500 worth of toys and held a toy drive at a

ANKARA, Turkey — A Turkish official says U.S. President Donald Trump has accepted Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s invitation to visit the country that straddles Asia and Europe. Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin told reporters after a Cabinet meeting on Monday that Trump wants to make the trip in 2019 but a date hasn’t been set.