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Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
This year, the holidays don't feel celebratory for many Americans who've been negatively affected by the Trump administration's decisions. We're here to make sure those people do not go unheard. Help us hold the administration accountable. Already a member? WASHINGTON (AP) — A Navy admiral commanding the on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean told lawmakers Thursday that there was no "kill them all" order ...
Source: huffpost.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory panel meets Thursday for the first of two days of discussions about childhood vaccine schedules and recommendations. The panel will focus on the hepatitis B vaccine and vote on whether to continue recommending it be given to all children at birth or delay the first dose. The hepatitis B vaccine has been universally recommended for ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court revived on Thursday a redrawn Texas electoral map designed to add more Republicans to the U.S. House of Representatives, boosting President Donald Trump 's quest for his party to keep control of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections. The court, whose 6-3 conservative majority includes three justices appointed by Trump, issued the ruling amid a nationwide battle ...
Source: reuters.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Jim Farley says customers will get to choose what they want instead of being 'forced' into EVs The CEO of Ford Motor Co. is revved up for the Trump administration's plan to make automobiles affordable, as he expressed his praise for helping to bring car prices back down. "What you should know is that this is a victory for affordability and common sense. As the president said, we will be able to offer more ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put defence personnel and their missions at risk when he used the messaging app Signal to discuss sensitive information about military strikes on Yemen's Houthis, a classified Pentagon watchdog report has found. In a report provided to Congress on Tuesday, the Pentagon inspector general said its investigation concluded that Hegseth violated protocol when he used his ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
The future of work has undergone major shifts in recent years, and workplace changes for 2026 are expected to go even farther. As employees and employers prepare for the New Year, business leaders are making predictions about AI trends. In 2023, I wrote for —the "invasion" of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Since then, most experts see AI literacy continuing to dominate AI predictions for 2026, along with ...
Source: forbes.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article New footage and images released by Democrats as lawmakers ask for update on Epstein files from the Justice Department Leer en Español Never-before-seen photos and videos, released Wednesday by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee , reveal details of late sex offender ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The body of a Thai agricultural worker held hostage in Gaza for nearly 800 days has been returned to Israel, the Israeli government said Thursday. The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced in a statement that the family of Sudthisak Rinthalak, 42, had been informed of the return of his remains. Rinthalak, who has been an agricultural worker in Israel since 2017, was killed by ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
The last dazzling sky show of the year will be Thursday, Dec. 4. December's supermoon is known as the Cold Moon and is the fourth of 2025. The moon earned its name because it appears in the colder months of the year, near the winter solstice, according to the Almanac . What is a supermoon? A supermoon occurs when a full moon is at its closest point to Earth in its orbit. This point is known as perigee, according to ...
Source: aol.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Dec 4 (Reuters) - Unions representing U.S. State Department employees have asked a federal judge to block the agency from laying off more than 1,300 workers on Friday, the latest legal battle over mass job cuts by President Donald Trump's administration. The unions in a filing in San Francisco federal court late Wednesday said the looming cuts, which include 1,100 civil service jobs and nearly ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
This year, the holidays don't feel celebratory for many Americans who've been negatively affected by the Trump administration's decisions. We're here to make sure those people do not go unheard. Help us hold the administration accountable. Already a member? GENEVA (AP) — Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest , the feel-good pop music gala that draws more than 100 million viewers every year, are meeting ...
Source: huffpost.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
THURSDAY, Dec. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A large recall of shredded cheese sold under several popular grocery store brands is now underway after the manufacturer reported the product may contain small metal fragments, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The recall involves more than 250,000 cases of shredded cheese made by . The FDA states the products were pulled from retailers ...
Source: insidenova.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
The New York Times newspaper, one of the largest in the United States, has filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon that seeks to overturn new rules limiting access to media outlets. In the filing on Thursday, the newspaper said the rules imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violate the US Constitution's First Amendment freedom of speech guarantees, as well as its due process provisions. They argue the rules give ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
The EU said Thursday it had opened an antitrust probe to determine if the way Meta is rolling out AI features in WhatsApp breaches the bloc's competition rules. The move against the US giant marks the latest attempt by the 27-nation EU to rein in Big Tech, in the face of strong pushback by the government of US President Donald Trump. The probe falls under the bloc's antitrust rules rather than its newly reinforced ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
'Information-dense' AI responses are most persuasive but these tend to be less accurate, says security report Chatbots can sway people's political opinions but the most persuasive artificial intelligence models deliver "substantial" amounts of inaccurate information in the process, according to the UK government's AI security body. Researchers said the study was the largest and most systematic investigation of AI ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Lawyers for the New York attorney general's office are expected to appear in federal court in Albany on Thursday to try to disqualify a US attorney from investigating the state's civil case against President Donald Trump. New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, is challenging the appointment of John Sarcone, the Trump administration's pick as acting US attorney for the Northern District of New York. ...
Source: aol.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Hundreds of U.S. Border Patrol agents are reportedly set to begin a major immigration crackdown across much of southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi this week as part of what has been dubbed operation "Swamp Sweep." The planned action follows similar surges in Chicago (operation "Midway Blitz") and Charlotte, North Carolina (operation "Charlotte's Web"), where agents have been accused of using overly ...
Source: truthout.org
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Reading time 2 minutes Ritz cracker sandwiches have been an incredibly popular snack in the U.S. for decades. But if you or anyone in your family has an allergy to peanuts, you may want to check your cupboards. Because the maker of Ritz and the FDA have both issued recalls because some Ritz sandwiches labeled as cheese variety have been shipped with peanut butter. Mondelēz Global, the maker of food brands like ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
The Justice Department on Thursday failed to secure an indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James, a person familiar with the matter told NBC News. The presentation to the grand jury came less than two weeks after the original criminal case against her was dismissed . James, a frequent political target of President Donald Trump's who had successfully brought a fraud lawsuit against him, had ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
This year, the holidays don't feel celebratory for many Americans who've been negatively affected by the Trump administration's decisions. We're here to make sure those people do not go unheard. Help us hold the administration accountable. Already a member? WASHINGTON — As Republicans spent most of the year on legislation to drastically cut taxes for the wealthy and slash Medicaid, then took a weekslong break ...
Source: huffpost.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
The White House has brought in a new architect to work on President Donald Trump's "vision" for his massive $300 million ballroom project, officials said Thursday. Shalom Baranes, head of Shalom Baranes Associates, has "joined the team of experts to carry out President Trump's vision on building what will be the greatest addition to the White House since the Oval Office — the White House Ballroom," White ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Renaming 'adds insult to injury' says lawyer for staff fired from non-profit thinktank by Trump administration The Trump administration has renamed the US Institute of Peace after Donald Trump and has planted the president's name on the organization's headquarters despite an ongoing fight over the institute's control. It is the latest twist in a seesaw court battle over who controls the US Institute of Peace, a ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Death of commander of Popular Forces is blow to Israel's efforts to confront Hamas through proxy groups The leader of an Israeli-backed militia in Gaza has been killed, dealing a major blow to Israel's efforts to build up its own Palestinian proxies to confront Hamas. Yasser abu Shabab, a Bedouin tribal leader based in the Israeli-held zone of the devastated territory, is thought to have died from wounds sustained ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
The guitarist for Booker T & the MGs defined the sound of original R&B, co-creating soul anthems and proving himself one of the most influential musicians of the 60s S teve Cropper stood at the side of musical legends and toiled in the shadows of the studio, never a star. But his work with his fellow musicians and singers at Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee, established him as one of the most creative and ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Russian President Vladimir Putin said parts of the US peace plan were unacceptable and Russia would take Ukrainian land through military force or other means in an interview aired Thursday, as Moscow sticks to its demand that Kyiv surrender territory it still holds after nearly four years of fighting. Excerpts from the interview with India Today, which coincided with Putin's arrival in India on Thursday night, ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
News By No machine-readable author provided. assumed (based on copyright claims). - No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims)., US federal judge blocks warrantless immigration arrests A US federal judge on Tuesday granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from enforcing its policy of warrantless civil immigration arrests without ...
Source: jurist.org
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
U.S. prosecutors have charged two Virginia brothers arrested on Wednesday with allegedly conspiring to steal sensitive information and destroy government databases after being fired from their jobs as federal contractors. Twin brothers Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, both 34, were also sentenced to several years in prison in June 2015, after pleading guilty to accessing U.S. State Department systems without ...
Source: bleepingcomputer.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
The European Union has unveiled plans to use billions of euros in frozen Russian assets to help cover Ukraine's war needs over the next two years. But Belgium is pushing back following the announcement on Wednesday, arguing that the plan carries legal and financial risks that it fears it could end up shouldering alone. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that Brussels would supply 90 billion ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
President Donald Trump and Republicans have launched an unprecedented effort this year to redraw state congressional maps to help protect the party's narrow majority in the House ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Democrats have responded with redistricting efforts of their own, setting off a series of fights across the country — including in the courts — which will shape the midterm landscape and ...
Source: aol.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage fell again this week, slipping close to its low point so far this year. The decline brings the average long-term mortgage rate to 6.19% from 6.23% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.69%. This is the second straight weekly drop in the average rate ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
NEW DELHI — India 's telecoms ministry on Wednesday rolled back its order for smartphone manufacturers to preinstall a government-run cybersecurity app on new devices. The Ministry of Communications on Monday asked smartphone makers to install the government's "Sanchar Saathi" app within 90 days and to prevent users from disabling it. It also required manufacturers to push the app onto older models through a ...
Source: nbcnews.com
From Soaring Energy Prices to Climate Threat to AI Bubble, Experts Warn Against Data Center Buildout
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
As the construction of artificial intelligence data centers expands across the nation largely unregulated, experts warn that the unrestrained buildup of these facilities is causing electricity costs to skyrocket, accelerating the climate crisis , and putting the economy at risk. A new report out Thursday from the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen highlights the "unchecked expansion" of these data centers, ...
Source: commondreams.org
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
By At long last, the 2026 World Cup Draw is Friday at noon and soccer fans all over the world will have their TV sets tuned to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., where the 42 qualified teams will find out their fate. For fans of college basketball, think Selection Sunday on steroids. Of the 42 qualified teams, 39 are split into four pots based on November FIFA world rankings . The three co-hosts -- U.S., ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
The Future of Life Institute assigned letter grades to eight leading AI labs to score their safety efforts. The results look like the report card of a child who's barely making an effort. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways The world's top AI labs aren't exactly scoring top marks in their efforts to prevent the worst possible outcomes of the technology, a new ...
Source: zdnet.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By MORIAH BALINGIT WASHINGTON (AP) — When the children of wealthy households leave the nest, they often benefit from their parents' largesse in the form of a trust fund. Less affluent peers may receive nothing at all — or even be expected to support their families when they become adults. But what if all children, regardless of their family's circumstances, ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Elections for newly-created mayors will be delayed in four more areas of England, the BBC has confirmed, pushing back regional devolution plans. New mayors were expected to be elected in Greater Essex, Norfolk & Suffolk, Hampshire & the Solent, and Sussex & Brighton in May next year, but will now have to wait until May 2028. The government is arguing that more time is needed to reorganise local government in these ...
Source: bbc.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
This article originally appeared on PolitiFact . President Donald Trump has recently claimed his tariffs will generate so much money that Americans could soon stop paying federal income taxes. But experts say he's overpromised. "Over the next couple of years, I think we'll … be cutting income tax — could be almost completely cutting it, because the money we're taking in is going to be so large," Trump ...
Source: pbs.org
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Dogs may boost mental health by subtly reshaping the microbes in our bodies. "Adolescent children who keep dogs exhibit higher mental well-being, and we also found that dog ownership alters the gut microbiota," Takefumi Kikusui, one of the study authors and a professor at Azabu University in Japan, said . If this is the case, then it could change how we think about the benefits of pet ownership — not just as ...
Source: zmescience.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Report from the Gates Foundation says the death rate for under-fives will increase for the first time this century as cuts by Donald Trump and from nations across Europe begin to bite Around 200,000 more children under the age of five are projected to die across the world this ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will resume on Dec. 30, the country's Transport Ministry announced Wednesday, more than a decade after the airplane's mysterious disappearance over the Indian Ocean. The Malaysian government said that Texas-based marine robotics company Ocean Infinity is set to begin a 55-day targeted deep-sea search for the missing aircraft in the ...
Source: foxnews.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A doctor who pleaded guilty to selling ketamine to Matthew Perry was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison on Wednesday at an emotional hearing over the "Friends" star's overdose death. Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett handed down the sentence that included two years of probation and a $5,600 fine to 44-year-old Dr. Salvador Plasencia in a federal courtroom in Los Angeles. The judge emphasized ...
Source: wfla.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
A series of multimillion-dollar alleged fraud schemes in Minnesota has drawn the Trump administration's attention in recent weeks, vaulting an issue that has brewed in state politics for years into the national conversation. President Trump has attacked Democratic Gov. Tim Walz over the fraud cases, calling Minnesota a "hub of fraudulent money laundering activity" and lashing out against the state's Somali ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan , R-Ohio, subpoenaed former special counsel Jack Smith on Wednesday for a deposition, escalating Republicans' investigation into one of President Donald Trump's top political foes. Jordan directed Smith to appear before the committee on Dec. 17, according to a copy of the subpoena reviewed by Fox News Digital. "Due to your ...
Source: foxnews.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
US President Donald Trump launched a verbal attack on Somali immigrants on Tuesday, as federal authorities prepared to launch a major immigration crackdown targeting hundreds of undocumented Somalis in the state of Minnesota. In a long rant to reporters, Trump said he did not want Somali immigrants in the United States, claiming that residents of the East African country "contributed nothing" to the US while ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
Samples taken from the asteroid Bennu are continuing to shed light on the origins of the solar system. Scientists have been studying the samples since NASA's Osiris-REx spacecraft carried them back to Earth in 2020 and recently discovered that that they contain sugars and "a gum-like substance not seen before in astromaterials," NASA said. The revelations — and how they can help answer big ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
More than half a million satellites are planned to launch by the end of the 2030s, and simulations suggest they will have a severe impact on space-based astronomy One in three images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope could be ruined if space companies' plans to launch hundreds of thousands of satellites go ahead. More than three-quarters of the nearly 14,000 satellites currently in orbit around Earth were ...
Source: newscientist.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — A man was killed Wednesday in a targeted shooting at the food court at MGM National Harbor hotel and casino in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, police said. Detectives were working to determine the circumstances, and Prince George's County Police Chief George Nader said at a news conference that they are searching for the shooter, who was captured on video. Officers responded to the ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
Apple Inc.'s head of user interface design, Alan Dye, is leaving the company after almost 20 years and will now join Meta Platforms Inc. to head a new creative studio that will bring together design, fashion and technology. A major hire for Meta, Dye (pictured) was a lead executive on Liquid Glass , a key feature discussed in the launch of iOS 26. He had joined Apple in 2006, working on software for the iPhone, ...
Source: siliconangle.com