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Next week's New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square will still go on, just not with as many revelers as usual because of COVID19, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday.

This certainly looked a lot more enticing when the NFL schedule was released during the spring.

Rookie receiver Jaylen Waddle is back with the Miami Dolphins, practicing Wednesday after missing last weekend's win over the New York Jets while on the NFL's COVID19 reserve list.

Turkish police on Wednesday said it arrested a U.S. diplomat in Turkey last month for selling his passport to a Syrian trying to travel to Germany, but the U.S. State Department denied that the person in custody was a diplomat.

A Palestinian man was killed late Wednesday by Israeli gunfire in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials said.

Defending champion Atltico Madrid slumped to a fourth consecutive defeat in the Spanish league after losing 21 at Granada on Wednesday, extending its worst run in the competition since Diego Simeone took charge a decade ago.

UCFs long wait for another shot at Florida is over.

With a surge of COVID-19 cases threatening to disrupt the NFL season last week, the league discussed canceling games for the first time since the pandemic began.

As night fell, some rescue teams had called off their searches, and although others pressed on there were no reports anyone had been rescued.

A look at whats happening in European soccer on Wednesday:

A billionaire who is believed to be the wealthiest person originally from Utah has formally resigned his membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints and rebuked the faith over social issues and LGBTQ rights.

The New York Jets placed rookie left guard Alijah VeraTucker and cornerback Michael Carter II on the COVID19 list, adding to a growing group of sidelined players.

Improbable ended up being impossible for the snakebit Browns.

Khayla Pointer had 19 points, seven rebounds and seven assists and No. 21 LSU beat shorthanded Texas Tech 7460 for its 10th straight victory on Tuesday in the West Palm Beach Invitational.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte on Tuesday discussed U.S. support for Lithuania in response to Chinese economic pressure with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, her office said.

Former San Antonio Spurs star Manu Ginobili, SuperSonics and Suns forward Tom Chambers and Olympic and WNBA champion Lindsay Whalen are among the firsttime nominees for the Basketball Hall of Fame.