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Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
The US has issued new sanctions targeting Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro's family, six oil tankers and shipping companies linked to them. The US has issued new sanctions targeting Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro's family, oil tankers and shipping companies, as Washington ramps up pressure on Caracas. The measures target three of the president's wife's nephews as well as six crude oil tankers and six ...
Source: news.sky.com
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
It's likely just a matter of time before we see the wisened duo of Rafiki and Jiminy Cricket weilding lightsabers on the icy plains of Arendelle. to use Disney's characters and other intellectual property. Disney will also invest $1 billion in OpenAI and will purchase ChatGPT Enterprise for its employees. It's a major shift for Disney, which has historically been deeply protective of its intellectual property. And ...
Source: insider.com
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at preventing state-level regulation of the burgeoning artificial intelligence industry, a gift to tech corporations that bankrolled his inauguration and are currently funding his White House ballroom project. Trump's order instructs the US Justice Department to establish an AI Litigation Task Force with a single mandate: sue states that enact AI ...
Source: commondreams.org
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
The 30-year-old returned to his home in Beltsville, Maryland, a few hours later and was due to check-in with ICE officials in Baltimore on Friday. White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said the Trump administration would be appealing against the court ruling. Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who became a flashpoint of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown earlier this year when he was wrongly deported to El ...
Source: news.sky.com
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By LARRY LAGE ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — After spending two nights in jail, fired Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore was expected to be arraigned Friday amid a police investigation of an alleged assault. Moore, 39, was fired on Wednesday for what the school called an inappropriate relationship with a staff member. Hours later, he was in police custody. Authorities ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
The Justice Department's mortgage fraud investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James is on life support after a grand jury, for the second time, rejected an indictment that would have revived charges against her. Lindsey Halligan , appointed by President Donald Trump to run the office, now faces the decision on whether to try again next week or pull the plug and risk the wrath of the president who ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
Western Washington is facing a "historic" flooding crisis that has forced tens of thousands to flee their homes and could displace thousands more Friday as rivers reach record levels. There have been no reports of fatalities, but local authorities and first responders stressed the potentially lethal nature of the record-breaking flooding. Warnings remain in place for some parts of the state until Saturday morning. ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
's declaration that he has granted former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters a "full pardon" saying it 'is a matter for the courts to decide". Peters, who was convicted in 2024 on multiple state charges-including attempting to influence a public servant and criminal impersonation-remains incarcerated at La Vista Correctional Facility while her appeal proceeds. In a post on X Thursday, Polis wrote that Peters "was ...
Source: bradenton.com
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
The US Food and Drug Administration intends to put a "black box" warning on Covid-19 vaccines, according to two people familiar with the agency's plans. A boxed warning, which appears at the top of prescribing information for medicines, is the agency's most serious, designed to warn about risks such as death or life-threatening or disabling reactions that should be weighed against the intervention's benefits. They ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
The United States is planning to require some visitors to provide their social media history from the past five years, according to US President Donald Trump's administration. This requirement will apply to visitors who do not need a visa to enter the US. Here is a closer look at this proposal: What is the US planning to do? The proposal was announced on the Federal Register by the US Customs and Border Protection ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
Football's leading fan organisations have demanded FIFA immediately stop selling tickets for next year's World Cup , to be played in the United States, Canada and Mexico, warning that prices reaching nearly $9,000 for premium final seats will exclude supporters from the tournament. Football Supporters Europe, which called the ticket pricing "extortionate", issued the call on Thursday after national associations ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
FDA reports cases have increased from 39 last week with illnesses spanning multiple months At least 51 babies have been hospitalized in a growing botulism outbreak tied to contaminated baby formula, federal health officials announced Wednesday. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said suspected and confirmed cases have now been reported in 19 states among infants who consumed ByHeart formula ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
Co-founder of Singapore-based Terraform Labs given more jail time by US judge than prosecutors sought Do Kwon, the entrepreneur behind two cryptocurrencies that lost $40bn (£29.8bn) three years ago and caused the sector to crash, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for fraud. The South Korean, 34, had pleaded guilty to two counts of US charges of conspiracy to defraud and wire fraud. Kwon, who co-founded ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Dec 11th, 2025 -
Average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rose to 6.22%, says Freddie Mac Mortgage rates ticked higher this week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. Freddie Mac's latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage increased to 6.22% from last week's reading of 6.19%. The average rate on a 30-year loan was 6.6% a year ago. ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Thursday, Dec 11th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year. As Republicans and Democrats have failed to find compromise, senators voted on two partisan bills instead that they knew would fail — the Democratic bill to extend the subsidies, and a ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Thursday, Dec 11th, 2025 -
During a Thursday national security hearing, Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-R.I.) methodically questioned Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over the brutal anti-immigration crackdown her department is carrying out on behalf of President Donald Trump . The Democrat managed to secure a verbal pledge from Noem to, at the very least, take a look at certain individual immigrants' cases of alleged mistreatment at the hands ...
Source: huffpost.com
Thursday, Dec 11th, 2025 -
The "Architects of AI" were named Time's person of the year Thursday, with the magazine citing 2025 as when the potential of artificial intelligence "roared into view" with no turning back. "For delivering the age of thinking machines, for wowing and worrying humanity, for transforming the present and transcending the possible, the Architects of AI are TIME's 2025 Person of the Year," Time said in a social media ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Dec 11th, 2025 -
Measles outbreaks are growing along the Utah-Arizona border and in South Carolina, where hundreds are in quarantine. Between Friday and Tuesday, South Carolina health officials confirmed 27 new measles cases in an outbreak in and around northwestern Spartanburg County. In two months, 111 people have been sickened by the vaccine-preventable virus . More than 250 people, including students from nine area elementary, ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Dec 11th, 2025 -
KYIV -- President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that a compromise peace plan backed by the United States still called for Ukraine to withdraw from the eastern Donbas region, a concession that Zelensky said his country would not make. Speaking to reporters in Kyiv, Zelensky made clear that territorial questions remained a major unresolved issue, a day after Ukrainian and European leaders sent to the United States ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Thursday, Dec 11th, 2025 -
OpenAI released its anticipated update to GPT-5 on Thursday, boasting that the new AI is "the most capable model series yet for professional knowledge work." "We designed GPT‑5.2 to unlock even more economic value for people; it's better at creating spreadsheets, building presentations, writing code, perceiving images, understanding long contexts, using tools, and handling complex, multi-step project," the ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Thursday, Dec 11th, 2025 -
White-sided dolphins seem to help killer whales "scout" and catch Chinook salmon near Vancouver Island, then eat the leftovers Killer whales and dolphins have been working together to hunt salmon in the northern Pacific Ocean, an unexpected finding that further reveals the complex social lives of marine mammals. Video cameras and sensors attached to nine killer whales – also known as orcas – showed four ...
Source: newscientist.com
Thursday, Dec 11th, 2025 -
Some social media users in the Netherlands said they couldn't stomach it, so McDonald's has withdrawn an advertisement generated entirely by artificial intelligence . Entitled "the most terrible time of the year," the 45-second video was released on the fast-food giant's YouTube channel for the country Saturday. As a reworked version of the Andy Williams song "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" plays in the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Dec 11th, 2025 -
On Wednesday, through a legally dubious executive order, President Donald Trump launched the "Trump Card," a means by which wealthy immigrants or their corporate backers can expedite their visa process and gain entry into the United States. "THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT'S TRUMP GOLD CARD IS HERE TODAY!" Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Wednesday . "A direct path to Citizenship for all qualified and vetted ...
Source: truthout.org
Thursday, Dec 11th, 2025 -
A law in Australia banning children under 16 from creating social media accounts took effect this week. It was the latest move in a growing global effort to protect young people from the harmful effects of social media. A group of American senators is hoping the US will do the same. "Australia is stepping up to protect kids from the addictive and harmful content being constantly fed to them on social media. It's ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Thursday, Dec 11th, 2025 -
Eli Lilly's next-generation obesity drug led to what appears to be the most weight loss seen so far in a late-stage trial, but rates of side effects were high and many participants discontinued the treatment, including people who felt they were losing too much weight. In a 68-week Phase 3 study of patients with obesity and knee osteoarthritis, those who took the highest dose and stayed on the drug, called ...
Source: statnews.com
Thursday, Dec 11th, 2025 -
Nascar reached a confidential settlement agreement on Thursday with Front Row Motorsports and Michael Jordan's 23XI racing in a federal courtroom in Charlotte. The two race teams filed an antitrust lawsuit against the motorsports organization in 2024, alleging monopolist practices and accusing Nascar of using anti-competitive tactics to pressure teams into compliance. The settlement came one day after the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Dec 11th, 2025 -
OpenAI and its investor Microsoft Corp. were sued over a Connecticut murder-suicide in the latest case to blame the popular ChatGPT chatbot for dangerous psychological manipulation of users. The lawsuit turns on the actions of a 56-year-old man who lived with his 83-year-old mother in Greenwich, Connecticut, and had been conversing for months with the chatbot over his fear that he was under surveillance and people ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Thursday, Dec 11th, 2025 -
In its latest splurge, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will spend nearly $140 million on six Boeing 737 planes to deport immigrants. The new DHS planes are intended to cut costs "by allowing ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] to operate more effectively," Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin told The Washington Post . The planes will be purchased with funding granted by the One ...
Source: reason.com
Thursday, Dec 11th, 2025 -
The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it plans to create a militarized zone along the U.S.-Mexico border in California to support border security operations for three years, the latest in a controversial series of moves aimed at securing the border amid the government's immigration crackdown. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum said in a written statement that the agency plans to transfer about 760 ...
Source: latimes.com
Thursday, Dec 11th, 2025 -
The US trade deficit narrowed unexpectedly in September to the smallest since 2020, delayed government data showed Thursday, with imports rising just slightly as President Donald Trump's new tariffs set in. The overall trade deficit fell 10.9 percent to $52.8 billion, the lowest since mid-2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic. This came as exports rose 3.0 percent to $289.3 billion, while imports edged up 0.6 percent ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Hearing on whether ex-Abercrombie & Fitch CEO is mentally fit to stand trial for sex trafficking set
Thursday, Dec 11th, 2025 -
NEW YORK – The former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch faces a March court hearing to determine whether he's competent to stand trial on after being hospitalized in recent months for dementia and Alzheimer's symptoms. If he's found mentally fit, Michael Jeffries could have his day in court by late October, U.S. District Court Judge Nusrat Choudhury said Thursday. "We are aiming for a trial this fall," she said on a ...
Source: news4jax.com
Thursday, Dec 11th, 2025 -
Conflict monitors say the junta has increased airstrikes year-on-year since the start of Myanmar's civil war Dozens have been killed in a military strike on a hospital in Myanmar's western Rakhine state, according to an aid worker, a rebel group, a witness and local media reports, as the junta wages a withering offensive ahead of elections beginning this month. "The situation is very terrible," said on-site aid ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Dec 11th, 2025 -
By Jennifer Lawrence is set to play Katniss Everdeen and enter the games, again! According to a report from The Hollywood Reporter , the Academy Award-winning star is set to make an appearance in the upcoming film, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, making her return to the franchise for the first time since Mockingjay – Part II, which was released in 2015. However, she is not the only one returning ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. Maven, an acronym for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, abruptly stopped communicating with ground stations on Dec. 6. NASA said this week that it was working fine before it went behind the red planet. When it reappeared, there was only silence. Launched in 2013 and having entered Mars' orbit in September 2014, Maven began ...
Source: cbsnews.com