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Oil prices are on pace to close out the year about 10% lower as bearish sentiment has taken over due to worries that the market is oversupplied from record production outside OPEC.

The West Texas Intermediate contract for February gained 10 cents, or 0.14%, to trade at $71.87 to barrel on Friday. The Brent contract for March rose 12 cents, or 0.16%, to trade at $77.27.

But U.S.

Apple Inc. on Saturday said it shut down third-party applications that enabled Android devices to use the iMessage service to communicate with iPhone users. The iPhone maker said in a statement it “took steps to protect our users by blocking techniques that exploit fake credentials in order to gain access to iMessage.” It added that “these techniques posed significant risks to user security

Israel has warned that it will respond to ramped up attacks from militant group Hezbollah on its border with Lebanon.

Israeli defense officials have repeatedly said in recent days that they would not tolerate a threat from the Iran-backed militia, and so far, both sides have avoided escalating the conflict beyond lobbying artillery fire over the border.

Fears are growing, however

A 13-year-old boy is among two teen victims shot to death in what investigators say was a targeted attack in Jefferson County. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office on Tuesday identified the victims as Johnathan Keith Cottingham, 13, of Forestdale, and Louis Craig IV, 19, of Birmingham. Just before 8 p.m. Monday, deputies responded to a call of shots fire in the 200 block of Chickasaw Drive