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Top News Stories for Monday, December 22nd 2025
Sunday, Dec 21st, 2025 -
Help uncover the truth. As the Epstein files come to light, HuffPost is committed to separating fact from spin. Our newsroom is tracking what's released, what's withheld, and why it matters. Support reporting that holds government accountable. Become a Member. Already a member? Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Jeffrey Epstein files removed from the Department of Justice's website Saturday have "nothing ...
Source: huffpost.com
Sunday, Dec 21st, 2025 -
The Trump administration's "total and complete blockade" of "all sanctioned oil tankers" off the Venezuelan coast was already denounced by critics as "an act of war"—and the United States further escalated its aggression on Saturday by seizing a tanker that is not on a list vessels under US sanctions . US Coast Guard troops led Saturday's seizure of the Centuries , a Panamanian-flagged, Chinese-owned oil ...
Source: commondreams.org
Sunday, Dec 21st, 2025 -
Cam Ward threw for 228 yards and two touchdowns, and the Tennessee Titans snapped an 11-game home skid by beating the Kansas City Chiefs 26-9 on Sunday. The Titans (3-12) improved to 1-7 at home this season with their first win at Nissan Stadium since 3 November 2024. The skid matched the franchise's worst since moving to Tennessee in 1997. With two games left, the Chiefs (6-9) are assured of their first losing ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Dec 21st, 2025 -
jackpot has climbed to $1.6 billion after no one claimed the winning ticket following Saturday's drawing. There have been 45 consecutive drawings with no grand-prize winner. The new jackpot is the fourth largest in the game's history, and the fifth biggest among all U.S. lottery jackpots, Saturday's was the second consecutive drawing with a jackpot The last Powerball winner claimed $1.787 billion in September. ...
Source: bradenton.com
Sunday, Dec 21st, 2025 -
By COLLEGE STATION, Texas The No. 10 Miami Hurricanes' national championship hopes are still alive after a 10-3 upset win over the No. 7 Texas A&M Aggies on Saturday at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas. Miami (11-2) next faces the No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes (12-1) in a quarterfinal matchup in the Cotton Bowl (Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m.). Here are nine notable stats from the Hurricanes' win over the Aggies. 10 : Miami's ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Sunday, Dec 21st, 2025 -
Decision takes the total number of new settlements to 69 in past few years as construction binge continues Israel has approved a proposal for 19 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank as the government pushes ahead with a construction binge in the territory that poses a further threat to the possibility of a Palestinian state. It brings the total number of new settlements over the past few years to 69, a ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Dec 21st, 2025 -
The FBI received a complaint about in 1996, nearly a decade before they investigated his activities in Florida and more than two decades before the Department of Justice brought . The complaint was made publi c as part of a larger document release Dec. 19 under the . The document is redacted so that the complainant is not named, but Maria Farmer and her lawyer quickly identified it as hers. "Complainant stated that ...
Source: aol.com
Sunday, Dec 21st, 2025 -
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nine people have died and at least 10 others were wounded after a group of gunmen carried out a shooting at a South African pub during the early hours of Sunday, authorities said. The incident occurred just before 1 a.m. in the township of Bekkersdal which is located 46 kilometers (28 miles) west of Johannesburg. It is the second mass shooting to happen in South Africa in three weeks. ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Sunday, Dec 21st, 2025 -
A Kremlin envoy said peace talks on a U.S.-proposed plan to end the nearly four-year war in Ukraine were pressing on "constructively" in Florida, while the Ukrainian president said they were moving "quickly." The talks are part of the Trump administration's monthslong push for peace that also included meetings with Ukrainian and European officials in Berlin earlier this week. Florida talks press on "The discussions ...
Source: military.com
Saturday, Dec 20th, 2025 -
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture added a page to the space history books today by sending the first wheelchair user into space. "It was the coolest experience," said Michaela "Michi" Benthaus , a German-born aerospace and mechatronics engineer at the European Space Agency who sustained a spinal cord injury in a mountain biking accident in 2018. Blue Origin's suborbital New Shepard rocket ship lifted off from ...
Source: geekwire.com