The Ethiopian Water Crisis By The Numbers (photos)

Juan Soto and the New York Mets agreed to a record $765 million, 15-year contract Sunday night, a person familiar with the deal told the Associated Press. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the agreement hadn’t been announced and was subject to the completion of a successful physical. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] It’s the 12th contract worth at least $325 million in Major League Baseball.

Moon Alert: Avoid shopping or big decisions from 3:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. EST today (12:30 a.m. to 6 a.m. PST). After that, the Moon moves from Pisces into Aries. Happy Birthday for Monday, Dec. 9, 2024: Even though you’re sensitive and kind-hearted, you appear to be confident and, at times, austere.

Today is Monday, Dec. 9, the 344th day of 2024. There are 22 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 9, 1979, scientists certified the global eradication of smallpox, a disease which killed an estimated 300 million people in the 20th century. Also on this date: In 1965, “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” the first animated TV special featuring characters from the “Peanuts” comic strip by Charles M.

Sharp divides have seemed to define America lately—and Merriam-Webster just made it official. The famous American dictionary publisher on Monday announced that “polarization”—defined as “division into two sharply distinct opposites; especially, a state in which the opinions, beliefs, or interests of a group or society no longer range along a continuum but become concentrated at opposing extremes”—is its Word of the Year for 2024. Read More: ‘Brain Rot’ Is the 2024 Word of the Year, According to Oxford University Press [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The term—which dates back to the early 1800s in reference to light waves but is often used today in relation to politics—was chosen at the end of the world’s biggest-ever election year, including a U.

Lara Trump will step down as co-chair of the Republican National Committee as she considers a number of potential options with her father-in-law, President-elect Donald Trump, set to return to the White House. Among those possibilities is replacing Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, whom Trump tapped to be the next secretary of state.

NEWARK, N. J. — The list of truly impressive performances by the Colorado Avalanche this season is not long enough, given the Stanley Cup aspirations. The Avs certainly added one to the list Sunday night, and given the context, it probably deserves to be at or near the top. Colorado, playing on short rest and on the road against one of the best teams in the NHL, throttled the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center in a 4-0 victory. “I think it was our best game of the year on the defensive side of it, to be honest,” Avs coach Jared Bednar said.