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There’s no shortage of choices for the best Xbox Series X games in 2024, so narrowing things down to just 10 wasn’t easy. Microsoft’s latest home console generation may be lagging behind in sales compared to the PS5, however, there is still a wealth of franchises and console exclusives worth playing on the platform.  Whether that means running around in the chunky boots of John-117, the Master Chief, going for a personal best lap time in Forza Motorsport, or taking on the world in the latest online shooter, you’ll find only the best games for Xbox Series X listed below. Best Xbox Series X games in 2024 10.

Q: Ira, in a season of low points, Saturday night may have been the lowest, with an eight-point fourth quarter. The Heat are back to .500 for the season.  A mediocre record for a mediocre team that is once again destined as a play-in team in the very mediocre Eastern Conference.

Syria, known throughout history as the “crossroads of civilization,” now finds itself at a crossroads of its own. After 54 years, the Assad family’s brutal dictatorship in Syria has finally ended. “I never thought I’d live to see this day,” said my dad, who left Aleppo as a teenager. Both of my parents grew up there. After Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia, elated Syrians rejoiced in the streets.

By MICHAEL PROBST and VANESSA GERA MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) — German authorities said they received tipoffs last year about the suspect in a car attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg as more details emerged on Sunday about the five people killed. Authorities have identified the suspect as a Saudi doctor who arrived in Germany in 2006 and had received permanent residency.

Today is Sunday, Dec. 22, the 357th day of 2024. There are nine days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 22, 1984, New York City resident Bernhard Goetz shot and wounded four young Black men on a Manhattan subway, alleging they were about to rob him. (Goetz was acquitted of attempted murder and assault charges but convicted on a weapons possession charge, ultimately serving eight months of a one-year sentence.) Also on this date: In 1894, French army officer Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in a court-martial that triggered worldwide charges of antisemitism.