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Top News Stories for Monday, December 8th 2025
Sunday, Dec 7th, 2025 -
A video of a U.S. military strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean that killed two survivors of the initial attack shows "nothing remarkable," the Republican who leads the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday, and he would not oppose its public release if the Pentagon were to declassify it. Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, who backs President Donald Trump's campaign against suspected drug smugglers , is ...
Source: aol.com
Where is Ohio State football on Stephen Means' AP Top 25 ballot after the Big Ten Championship Game?
Sunday, Dec 7th, 2025 -
INDIANAPOLIS-- Indiana proved it was the nation's best team by knocking off Ohio State to win the Big Ten. That victory will also afford the Hoosiers the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff and more than likely the Heisman Trophy for its quarterback Fernando Mendoza. There shouldn't bet be questions about who should get the other three byes. Georgia and Texas Tech handled their business in conference ...
Source: cleveland.com
Sunday, Dec 7th, 2025 -
McLaren driver Lando Norris held his nerve but could not hold back the tears after clinching his first Formula 1 title at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday. Red Bull driver and defending champion Max Verstappen won the race with Norris placing third behind his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in second, which allowed Norris to finish two points ahead of Verstappen in the season-long standings. "It's ...
Source: apnews.com
Sunday, Dec 7th, 2025 -
COTONOU, Benin (AP) — A group of soldiers has appeared on Benin 's state TV announcing the dissolution of the government in an apparent coup, the latest of many in West Africa. The group, which called itself the Military Committee for Refoundation, on Sunday announced the removal of the president and all state institutions. Lt. Col. Pascal Tigri has been appointed president of the military committee, the ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Sunday, Dec 7th, 2025 -
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he expects the Gaza ceasefire plan to move into the second phase "very shortly." Netanyahu, speaking during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz after a meeting between the two leaders, said they discussed how to "bring an end to the Hamas rule in Gaza." "We finished the first part," he said, adding, "And then we very shortly ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Sunday, Dec 7th, 2025 -
A massive fire tore through a nightclub in one of India's most popular beach resorts, killing at least 25 people including tourists. Musicians were playing on stage when the fire broke through the ceiling and engulfed the club in a matter of minutes. Guests were heard screaming as they fled the venue in video recorded inside the club as the fire took hold. The blaze started at just after midnight on Sunday ...
Source: aol.com
Sunday, Dec 7th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON — Sylvester Stallone, Kiss and Gloria Gaynor are among the luminaries being celebrated Sunday at the annual Kennedy Center Honors, with Donald Trump hosting the show , the first time a president will command the stage instead of sitting in an Opera House box. Since returning to office in January, Trump has made the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which is named after a Democratic ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Sunday, Dec 7th, 2025 -
Her daughter is only 6 weeks old, but Eleanor Trenary is already worried that it could be difficult to secure childhood immunizations over the next several years, given shifting vaccine guidance from the federal government. It was something she and her husband fretted about throughout the pregnancy. "What if we can't protect our second baby as well as we could our first?" said Trenary, 35. For many parents, rapidly ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Sunday, Dec 7th, 2025 -
Henry Cuellar launched House re-election bid as Democrat days after Trump pardoned him over bribery charges Days after issuing him a pardon, Donald Trump criticized US House member Henry Cuellar of Texas for deciding to run for re-election as a Democrat . Trump pardoned Cuellar and the congressman's wife on Wednesday as they faced bribery charges. They were alleged to have accepted thousands of dollars from ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Dec 7th, 2025 -
Chinese military fighter jets twice locked their radar on Air Self-Defense Force aircraft over international waters southeast of Okinawa Prefecture over the weekend, the Defense Ministry in Tokyo said Sunday, an account Beijing disputed as ties between the neighbors continue to fray. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told reporters Sunday that the "dangerous acts" were "extremely regrettable," adding that Japan had ...
Source: japantimes.co.jp
Sunday, Dec 7th, 2025 -
Actor speaks out over controversy around American Eagle advert in the summer that critics say flirted with eugenics The actor Sydney Sweeney has said she should have addressed the controversy surrounding her American Eagle jeans advert, which was accused by critics of flirting with eugenics, saying not doing so "widened the divide" between people. Sweeney, who made her name in HBO's Euphoria and has since become a ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Dec 7th, 2025 -
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah said he had been "thrown under the bus" as he tore into the club over his treatment and signalled a potential exit, after watching from the bench as they were held to a 3-3 Premier League draw with Leeds United on Saturday. In his incendiary post-match comments, the 33-year-old Egyptian lashed out at the club and coach Arne Slot, telling journalists he felt he had been scapegoated for ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Sunday, Dec 7th, 2025 -
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missile, drone and shelling attacks overnight and Sunday killed at least four people in Ukraine, after U.S. and Ukrainian officials wrapped up a third day of talks aimed at ending the war. A man was killed in a drone attack on Ukraine's northern Chernihiv region Saturday night, local officials said, while a combined missile and drone attack on infrastructure in the central city of ...
Source: military.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
London police arrested four people Saturday after apple crumble and custard were thrown at a display case containing Britain's priceless Crown Jewels in the Tower of London, in the latest direct action protest stunt. The city's Metropolitan Police said officers responded to "reports of criminal damage to a display case, containing the State Crown" and that "four protesters threw suspected food onto the case before ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 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? The Trump administration removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from next year's schedule of free entrance days for national parks, then added President Donald Trump's birthday, which ...
Source: huffpost.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
CAPE TOWN – A mass shooting carried out Saturday by multiple suspects in an unlicensed bar near the South African capital left at least 12 people dead, police said. The victims included three children aged 3, 12 and 16. Another 13 people were wounded and being treated in the hospital. Police didn't give details of the ages of those who were injured or their conditions. Police adjusted the death toll after ...
Source: news4jax.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
Lionel Messi's legacy was long secured when he came to Inter Miami and joined Major League Soccer. He'd won a World Cup, won dozens of trophies, was generally considered the greatest player in the sport's history. He didn't need an MLS Cup. But he wanted one — and got it. Messi and Inter Miami have completed their ascent, beating the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 on Saturday in the MLS Cup final for the franchise's ...
Source: cbsnews.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