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Elsewhere in the top flight, the results are in. Arsenal held on to beat Brighton 2-1 in a nervy match at the Emirates, Brentford thrashed Bournemouth 4-1, Burnley and Everton played out a messy 0-0 draw, Liverpool edged Wolves 2-1 and Fulham won 1-0 at West Ham. Liverpool’s victory means Chelsea start this match in fifth, three points behind Arne Slot’s side, while Villa remain third, four points behind second-place City.

Looking for some pre-match reading? Here’s our report from the early Premier League kick-off, with Manchester City winning 2-1 at Nottingham Forest, plus a bit of Scottish Premiership and Africa Cup of Nations action.

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Expect defense to reign supreme in Los Angeles on Saturday.

You'll get cleaner pages, fewer trackers, and child-safe filters on up to 9 devices.

The move comes shortly after Brooklyn reportedly blocked his parents, Victoria and David Beckham, on Instagram earlier this week.

Immediately following surprise U.S. strikes targeting militants in Nigeria, it remained unclear who or what was actually hit as Washington and Abuja told slightly different stories. Read More

Alexander Hale's fate, explained.

Gwyneth Paltrow reveals she refused to film an explicit sex scene in "Great Expectations" with Ethan Hawke, telling director "I'm never doing that."

With the wind at his back after a new inflation report, President Trump is predicting the 2026 elections will be about “pricing.”

Russia pummelled Ukraine's capital with drones and missiles on Saturday, killing a woman and cutting power to hundreds of thousands, ahead of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's latest talks with U.S. leader Donald Trump. Read More

Another edible mascot will be sacrificed post-game.

Saturday is the busiest day of bowl season, but don't overlook the Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl.

"Bad news doesn't get better with age! Fix it and move on."

"If you look very closely, you see me go, oop, oop, because I was gonna pass out."

Ukrainian president to meet Canadian PM and call European leaders before travelling to US

A Montana cattleman and his wife are donating their $21.6 million, 38,000-acre family ranch to a rancher-led nonprofit, choosing to keep the land working as soaring prices and outside buyers squeeze multigenerational operations.

New York Giants star wide receiver Malik Nabers poked fun at his own season-ending injury and fantasy football in a hilarious commercial.

The mass graves were found along a 2.3-mile-long stretch of the D11 highway in the Czech Republic.

Jenner supported Chalamet's new movie, Marty Supreme, with a sweet Instagram shoutout.

The Washington Post editorial board praised President Donald Trump's Christmas airstrikes against ISIS targets in Nigeria, arguing that these efforts must be sustained.

Inside the rift behind the vows.

Your data could be pilfered in a New York minute.

Rece Davis doesn’t seem to be buying Johnny Manziel’s excuse for missing “College GameDay” last weekend, and took a not-so-subtle-shot at the former college football star during an episode of the ESPN host’s podcast. 

Trump is using the presidency as a branding opportunity. He’s slapping his name on as many buildings, monuments and government projects as he can

In 2011, Donald Trump published a book with the self-help guru Robert Kiyosaki titled Midas Touch. It’s a typical self-empowerment manual in which the pair expound on the secrets of entrepreneurial success while drawing on their personal experiences. At one point, they write, “Building a brand may be more important than building a business.”

That was certainly Trump’s approach to business: he was the New York real estate tycoon who turned his fame into a brand that symbolized luxury and savvy strategy – even if his companies had filed for bankruptcy six times. Trump spent decades trying to use his name to turn a profit: he owned an airline and a university, and slapped his moniker on vodka, steaks, neckties, board games and even bottled water. Leveraging the fame he gained from the Apprentice TV show, he expanded to licensing Trump-branded global real estate projects built by other developers. In many of these ventures, Trump collected licensing fees, rather than investing his own money, ensuring that he profited even if the businesses collapsed.

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