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Top News Stories for Sunday, December 21st 2025
Saturday, Dec 20th, 2025 -
One file contains dozens of censored images showing naked or scantily clad figures. Others show Epstein and companions, their faces obscured. The release of documents related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein follows months of pressure on the Trump administration for transparency about the politically explosive case. Friday's release, to meet a deadline set by Congress, was just the first tranche of what the ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Saturday, Dec 20th, 2025 -
PROVIDENCE — It was 8:30 p.m. on Monday night, the third day of the frantic manhunt for the gunman who opened fire on students at Brown University . Police had just released new images of a person of interest in the case, but they were grainy, and he had a mask over his face. Morale in the city felt low, after a lead on a person detained for 20 hours on Sunday turned out to be a dead end. A Reddit user posted ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, Dec 20th, 2025 -
Brazil's President Lula says an "armed intervention in Venezuela would be a humanitarian catastrophe" after the US seized a second tanker. The US has been warned against risking a "humanitarian catastrophe" in Venezuela after it seized another tanker. Secretary Kristi Noem of the Department of Homeland Security confirmed the operation on X, saying the oil tanker had last docked in Venezuela. She posted: "The United ...
Source: news.sky.com
Saturday, Dec 20th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration launched military strikes Friday in Syria to "eliminate" Islamic State group fighters and weapons sites in retaliation for an ambush attack that killed two U.S. troops and an American civilian interpreter almost a week ago. A U.S. official described it as "a large-scale" strike that hit 70 targets in areas across central Syria that had IS infrastructure and weapons. ...
Source: military.com
Saturday, Dec 20th, 2025 -
Elon Musk , the justices split on parts of the liability analysis but agreed that rescinding the entire package was "an inappropriate remedy" given Tesla's subsequent performance and shareholder support. The decision effectively clears the way for Musk to exercise options on about 303 million Tesla shares (split‑adjusted), a stake values at roughly $139 billion based on the stock's latest closing price. To ...
Source: bradenton.com
Saturday, Dec 20th, 2025 -
The home teams were dominant in the first year of the College Football Playoff . This year? Not so much No. 10 seed Miami used an opportunistic defense and got enough offense to pull out a 10-3 win at No. 7 Texas A&M . The victory by the Hurricanes came one day after . Miami advances to the quarterfinals and a meeting with Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl on Dec. 31. The defensive struggle was scoreless at halftime. ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Dec 20th, 2025 -
KYIV -- Ukraine has used drones four times in the past few weeks to hit oil tankers from Russia's shadow fleet, escalating the war in the seas and showing that Ukraine's security services agency feels increasingly emboldened to launch audacious attacks and claim them publicly. One ship was struck by aerial drones Thursday night in the Mediterranean Sea, more than 1,200 miles from Ukraine. The other three were hit ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, Dec 20th, 2025 -
Michaela Benthaus from Germany soared 65 miles above the Earth's surface in 10-minute Blue Origin flight A paraplegic engineer from Germany blasted off on a dream-come-true rocket ride with five other passengers on Saturday, leaving her wheelchair behind to float in space while beholding Earth from on high. Severely injured in a mountain bike accident seven years ago, Michaela Benthaus became the first wheelchair ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Dec 20th, 2025 -
The U.S. reportedly plans to overhaul the country's childhood vaccine schedule. The move, first reported by CNN , would change how many vaccines to protect against various diseases children get and when they receive those immunizations. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., secretary of health and human services, is a longtime vaccine skeptic and supports altering the vaccine schedule. Recommendations for several vaccines that ...
Source: scientificamerican.com
Saturday, Dec 20th, 2025 -
Attorney General Pam Bondi should have recused herself from Luigi Mangione's federal murder trial over a "profound" conflict of interest, his attorneys have argued. Bondi used to be a partner at Ballard Partners, a lobbying firm that represents UnitedHealthcare , and continues to profit from her links to the firm, Mangione's lawyers argued in a filing late Friday. Mangione, 27, is accused of fatally shooting ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Dec 20th, 2025 -
LONDON (AP) — British children's author and comedian David Walliams has denied allegations of inappropriate behavior after publisher HarperCollins dropped him. Walliams, 54, is one of the U.K.'s bestselling children's book authors and a former judge on the TV show "Britain's Got Talent." In a statement on Friday, HarperCollins said: "After careful consideration, and under the leadership of its new CEO, ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Dec 20th, 2025 -
Anthony Joshua knocked out Jake Paul in the sixth round of their heavyweight fight on Friday night. The two-time heavyweight champion displayed why he is one of the sport's elite punchers when he dropped the fading Paul twice in the fifth round. Sensing the YouTuber was finished, Joshua rocked him with a right uppercut early in the sixth. The native of England then floored Paul with a combination to the head. ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Dec 19th, 2025 -
Nine pharmaceutical companies have agreed to slash prices on their flagship drugs for Medicaid recipients and people who buy the medications in cash, rather than through insurance, as part of a new deal with the Trump administration. The agreement includes prescription drugs for asthma, certain cancers, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hepatitis B and C, HIV, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and Type ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Dec 19th, 2025 -
The name of President Donald Trump was added to the facade of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The theater's board on Thursday voted rename that Washington institution the "Trump-Kennedy Center." By law, the name of the Kennedy Center cannot be changed without authorization by Congress. Workers stand on lifts in front of the newly added lettering for President Donald Trump's name at the facade of ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Dec 19th, 2025 -
News / Pixabay Trump signs executive order to expedite marijuana rescheduling President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to accelerate the reclassification of marijuana, a move that would ease decades-old restrictions that have classified the drug alongside heroin as having no accepted medical value. The US Controlled Substances Act ranks drugs along a five-tier spectrum based on their potential for ...
Source: jurist.org
Friday, Dec 19th, 2025 -
SEATTLE — Sam Darnold connected with Jaxon Smith-Njigba for a touchdown in overtime, then hit a wide-open Eric Saubert for the winning 2-point conversion, and the Seahawks rallied from a 16-point fourth-quarter deficit to stun the Rams, 38-37, on Thursday night and take a one-game lead in the NFC West. The Seahawks went 3 for 3 on 2-point conversions, none more improbable than the one that tied the game at ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Dec 19th, 2025 -
The administration of President Donald Trump has announced it will halt the visa lottery programme that allowed the suspect in the Brown University shooting to enter the United States. The lottery awards approximately 50,000 immigrant visas each year, according to the US government. But Trump has long opposed the Diversity Immigrant Visa Programme, sometimes known as the DV Programme. On Friday, his secretary of ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Dec 19th, 2025 -
Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Sales of previously owned homes rose 0.5% in November from October, reflecting a slowdown, due to high mortgage rates, high prices and less supply. Home sales were 1% lower than November 2024, according to the National Association of Realtors. Sales came in at an annualized rate of 4.13 million units. The numbers are based on closings, so contracts may have been signed in the preceding months when ...
Source: upi.com