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Top News Stories for Sunday, December 7th 2025
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
Pediatricians say panel's decision will create confusion and access issues, and condemn 'parody of public health' The entire US childhood vaccine schedule is now open for scrutiny, experts say, after government vaccine advisers took up discussions of the safety and efficacy of the vaccines and their components and changed its recommendations on one crucial prevention. Several of the vaccine advisers are longtime ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
Netflix won the business version of the Squid Game on Friday, beating out Paramount Skydance , Comcast , and possibly others in a bidding war for the Warner Bros. streaming and studios assets of Warner Bros. Discovery . Netflix is now the biggest entertainment company in the world by far, with a market cap of more than $400 billion, and the company that was dismissed by a former Warner Bros. boss as the "Albanian ...
Source: fool.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has built up a fleet of warships near Venezuela , including the largest U.S. aircraft carrier , as American forces keep blowing up small boats accused of smuggling narcotics for drug cartels. The expanded U.S. military presence, the largest in Latin America in decades, is fueling speculation about how the forces could be employed. President Donald Trump has said that ...
Source: military.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
News , via Wikimedia Commons US Supreme Court agrees to consider the legality of birthright citizenship The US Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide on the principle of birthright citizenship, which holds that all children born on US soil are American citizens. The principle of birthright citizenship is rooted in Section 1 of the 14 th Amendment to the Constitution, and US President Donald Trump asked the court ...
Source: jurist.org
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tyler Adams has set a bold goal for the U.S. soccer team, aiming to reach the World Cup semifinals for the first time since the inaugural tournament in 1930. "Everyone's going to want us to say winning it is obviously the goal," the American midfielder said Friday after the World Cup draw, "but I think setting the benchmark of the furthest the U.S. team has gone is also realistic." The ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
Federal Judge Orders Release of Jeffrey Epstein Grand Jury Records in Florida The big question is whether, as another judge suspected, this is just a DOJ distraction. Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. A Trump-appointed federal judge in Florida has ordered the public release of grand jury transcripts from the first federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's abuse of underage ...
Source: motherjones.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
Elon Musk deems $140M fine against X 'bulls---,' says European Union 'should be abolished' Elon Musk and Trump administration officials delivered blistering criticism of the European Union after its executive branch issued a $140 million fine against Musk's social media platform, X. "The EU should be abolished and sovereignty returned to individual countries, so that governments can better represent their ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
The US National Park Service (NPS) is removing Martin Luther King Jr Day and Juneteenth from its list of fee-free entrance days. The move is part of President Donald Trump's "modernisation" of the park service, which, beginning in 2026, also includes changing the parks' cost structure to favour American citizens over foreign visitors, following a July executive order from Trump. In addition to removing the two ...
Source: bbc.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
In what Arizona's attorney general slammed as an "unacceptable and outrageous" act of "unchecked aggression," a federal immigration officer fired pepper spray toward recently sworn-in Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva during a Friday raid on a Tucson restaurant. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) wrote on social media that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) officers "just conducted a raid by Taco Giro in Tucson — a ...
Source: truthout.org
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
Four people have been arrested after custard and apple crumble were flung at a display case containing part of the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London. Police were called shortly before 10:00 GMT on Saturday after the case containing the Imperial State Crown - which is typically worn by the King at formal ceremonies - was defaced. The Metropolitan Police said four people had been arrested on suspicion of criminal ...
Source: bbc.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
The expansion would build on a travel ban already announced in June by the Republican administration. That barred travel to the U.S. for citizens from 12 countries and restricted access to the U.S. for people from seven others. In a social media post earlier this week, Noem had suggested more countries would be included. U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem holds a press conference, in Los Angeles, ...
Source: cnbc.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
With the White House's push for states to draw new maps ahead of the midterms not going as smoothly as planned, the Sunshine State is now entering the fray. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida could be the final state the White House can count on to pick up additional seats as part of the rare mid-decade redistricting cycle it has pushed ahead of the midterm elections. The Republican-controlled state officially ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
Gunmen have killed at least 12 people, including a three-year-old boy, in a mass shooting at a bar near the South African city of Pretoria, according to police. Athlenda Mathe, spokesperson for the South African Police Service (SAPS), confirmed on Saturday that a total of 25 people were shot in the bar in Saulsville township, 18km (11 miles) west of Pretoria, adding that 14 had been taken to hospital. Police said ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
As catastrophic flooding inundated parts of Texas Hill Country on July 4, dispatchers received multiple frantic 911 calls from Camp Mystic, a Christian sleepaway camp for girls, describing children gone missing and pleading for helicopters to rescue them. Callers described fears that girls may have drowned, dozens of people unaccounted for and roads that had washed away. at Camp Mystic — 25 campers, the ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
By Everything looked rosy for Lionel Messi and Inter Miami from the opening whistle as they faced the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday afternoon in the MLS Cup Final, the biggest game in club history. Chase Stadium was packed with pink-clad fans. " La Familia ", the club's most diehard supporters, bounced shoulder to shoulder in the north stands, belting out chants and banging drums. They were there at the lowest ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
By Following public pressure, ride-hailing robotaxi service Waymo is making a significant change. Waymo, which Alphabet owns, has been under some scrutiny this week after the Austin Independent School District publicized videos of the company's robotaxis driving past Austin school buses with their stop signs and crossing bars deployed. As of November 20, Waymo robotaxis were committing school bus traffic violations ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court 's conservative majority on a steady march of increasing the power of the presidency, starting well before Donald Trump's time in the White House . The justices could take the next step in a case being argued Monday that calls for a unanimous 90-year-old decision limiting executive ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
A new released by the White House calls for asserting U.S. dominance in the Western Hemisphere and "cultivating resistance" within Europe, while reestablishing "strategic stability" with Russia and accepting the Middle East and its leaders "as they are." The strategy released late Thursday, which builds on President Donald Trump's " America First " maxim, marks a sharp escalation of his Administration's criticism ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
Welcome to the online version of , a newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team's latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. In today's edition, we break down the findings from our focus groups with voters who backed President Donald Trump in 2024, but went for Democrats in last month's gubernatorial elections. Plus, Kristen Welker explores how the health ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
With the world's soccer fans watching, Gianni Infantino, the great toady to the globe's oligarchs, handed a made-up award to the increasingly violent US president. Bluesky Outside of what DC locals have dubbed the "Vichy" Kennedy Center, people gathered on Friday to protest the 2026 World Cup draw. Campaigners showed up for many reasons—from the security apparatus the World Cup will bring to North American ...
Source: thenation.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
Vladimir Putin arrives in New Delhi with a large trade delegation and wants to protect trade and defence ties from US sanctions over the war in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin was given a red carpet ceremonial welcome as he arrived in New Delhi for the 23rd India-Russia summit. Breaking protocol, India's prime minister Narendra Modi greeted the Russian leader on the tarmac on Thursday evening, ...
Source: news.sky.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
The web infrastructure company said at around 9am that it was "investigating issues with Cloudflare Dashboard" after reports of "a large number of empty pages". Several websites, including Linkedin, Zoom and Canva, went down after new issues with internet provider Cloudflare. The web infrastructure company said at around 9am that it was "investigating issues with Cloudflare Dashboard and related APIs (application ...
Source: news.sky.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
This newsroom tells stories that reflect real lives and real stakes. Your support ensures that work continues. Join as a member today and close the year by strengthening independent reporting for all. Already a member? FBI Director Kash Patel was hit with another damning allegation of abusing the bureau's resources after MS NOW reported Friday he has ordered his girlfriend's security detail to drive a drunk friend ...
Source: huffpost.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
The European Broadcasting Union said a 'large majority' of its members agreed not to vote on Israel's participation ( JTA ) — Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia's public broadcasters said they will boycott this year's Eurovision Song Contest after a Thursday meeting of the European Broadcasting Union confirmed Israel's participation. The Thursday General Assembly meeting in Switzerland of the ...
Source: forward.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
His famous buildings include the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. Gehry won every major prize architecture. Frank Gehry, who won global acclaim for designing some of the world's most imaginative buildings has died aged 96. His triumphs included the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain ; the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Berlin's DZ Bank Building. During his lifetime he was awarded every major prize ...
Source: news.sky.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
Frank Gehry, the architect whose undulating, titanium-sheathed museum turned little-known Bilbao, Spain, into an international travel destination and ushered in an era of spectacular form-making, has died. He was 96. He died on Friday at his home in Santa Monica, California, the New York Times reported, citing Meaghan Lloyd, his chief of staff. He lived in Santa Monica with his wife, Berta, in a house that was one ...
Source: bostonglobe.com