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Top News Stories for Tuesday, December 2nd 2025
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
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Source: zdnet.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
Members of Congress have launched a bicameral, bipartisan effort to sharpen oversight of the Pentagon after a report on an alleged order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to "kill everybody" in the military's boat strike campaign spurred widespread condemnation over the weekend. The Republican-led Armed Services Committees in both the House and the Senate have announced that they are launching probes into the ...
Source: truthout.org
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
KYIV — Ukraine's priority in peace talks is getting security guarantees and maintaining its sovereignty, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday in Paris, amid a fresh round of hastily unfolding diplomatic wrangling over the US-led effort to end the war with Russia. Zelensky was in France as part of a blitz to shore up support from European allies, as all sides pushed to exert their influence in the talks ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
Extreme weather kills more than 1,100 people across southern and south-eastern Asia as cyclones turbocharge rain systems Tropical cyclones have combined with heavy monsoon rains to lay waste to swathes of Asia, killing more than 1,100 people, with the death toll expected to rise, and leaving many more homeless . A confluence of three tropical weather systems – including a rare cyclonic storm that built up in ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally requested a pardon in his long-running corruption trial, arguing it was in the "public interest." In a letter addressed to President Isaac Herzog, Netanyahu wrote that his trial has become "a focal point of fierce controversy" for which he bears "broad public and more responsibility, with an understanding of the overall ramifications of these events." Netanyahu ...
Source: aol.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's doctor says the president had MRI imaging on his heart and abdomen in October as part of a preventative screening for men his age, according to a memo from the physician released by the White House on Monday. Sean Barbabella said in a statement that Trump's physical exam included "advanced imaging" that is "standard for an executive physical" in Trump's age group. ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said on Monday it will begin charging air travelers $45 on February 1 if their IDs do not meet stricter federal standards, a move aimed at encouraging travelers to get the enhanced identity documents. In May 2025, the TSA began enforcing the standards known as "REAL ID" but gave warnings and conducted enhanced screening for passengers without the new IDs. TSA ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
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Source: huffpost.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
News Alina Habba in 2024. SWinxy, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Third Circuit disqualifies Trump lawyer Habba from serving as acting US attorney in New Jersey A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a lawyer who represented US President Donald Trump in a number of civil and criminal matters between his first and second presidencies cannot serve as acting US attorney for the District of New Jersey. The ...
Source: jurist.org
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
Luigi Mangione, the man charged with murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson , was in court Monday for pretrial hearings about which evidence will be allowed in his upcoming trial in New York City. Mangione has pleaded not guilty to nine state charges , including murder, as well as other federal charges that carry the possibility of the death penalty. Back in September, a judge dropped two other state ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
Hong Kong — As the confirmed death toll from the Hong Kong apartment complex fire climbed to at least 151 on Monday, officials said their investigation into the blaze had found that mesh used to cover scaffolding for ongoing renovations was not up to fire-safety codes. Frustration over what appears to have been clear safety lapses ahead of the devastating fire — which took more than two days to ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
Some members say supporters of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana will continue battle over 'soul of the party' Your Party faces a potential proxy war between supporters of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana after members opted for a collective model of leadership, insiders have warned. Members voted narrowly in favour of an initial period in which the new leftwing party is guided by a 16-strong central executive ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
Georgia and Oregon climb into the top four and Texas A&M drops in the penultimate USA TODAY Sports NCAA Re-Rank 1-136 of the regular season. Georgia is up to No. 3 and Oregon to No. 4 after both capped the regular season with rivalry wins. The Bulldogs smothered Georgia Tech and the Ducks did the same to Washington. The Aggies are down two spots to No. 5 after losing 27-17 to Texas . The move up one spot to No. 14 ...
Source: aol.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
Shop deals curated by our expert deal finders Netflix says it is dropping support for casting shows from mobile devices to TVs and streaming devices. The streaming company hasn't yet commented on the reason for the change. However, on a Help page on its website , Netflix appears to be encouraging people to use the built-in Netflix apps for those TVs and devices. Don't miss any of our unbiased tech content and ...
Source: cnet.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
Pope Leo XIV's visits holy sites in Lebanon on Monday that draw Christian and Muslims as he seeks to recognize the importance of the country's and also send a message to Christians not to abandon the region. Over the past few decades, hundreds of thousands of Christians have left parts of the Middle East for good, driven by wars and the rise of Muslim extremists. Leo arrived in Beirut on Sunday after a visit to ...
Source: news4jax.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
Gentile, who was the CEO and a co-founder of GPB Capital Holdings, was convicted of wire and security fraud charges brought by the Justice Department during the Biden administration. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has commuted the seven-year sentence of former private equity CEO David Gentile days after he reported to prison, a White House official confirmed. Gentile was sentenced in May to seven years ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
CHICAGO (AP) — One of the sons of notorious Mexican drug kingpin "El Chapo" pleaded guilty on Monday to U.S. drug trafficking charges, months after his brother entered a plea deal. Known locally in Mexico as the "Chapitos" — or "little Chapos" — Joaquín Guzmán López and brother Ovidio Guzmán López are accused of running a faction of the Sinaloa cartel. Federal ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
This year's pick from Oxford University Press comes after 'Brain Rot' was named last year's word of the year - about the supposed effects of low-quality content on the brain. Don't get too upset, but 'rage bait' has been named by Oxford University Press as this year's Word of the Year, beating other online terms. The group behind the Oxford English Dictionary says the term is a noun which describes online content ...
Source: news.sky.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
Michael Jordan made an appearance in a federal courtroom in North Carolina while the lead attorney for his racing team kicked off a trial against NASCAR, arguing the organization is a monopolistic bully tightly controlled by a wealthy family that harms competition in the top tier of the sport though restrictive contracts. "They are the only purchaser of racing team services," Jeffrey Kessler, a partner with Winston ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
An annual report out Monday that tracks global arms sales shows that weapons makers in 2024 generated more revenue than at any time since the group behind the research began tracking the data over 35 years ago. The annual report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) shows that the top 100 weapons makers in the world—led by those in the United States—brought in a record-setting ...
Source: commondreams.org
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Coupang, South Korea's largest online retailer described as the country's Amazon .com, has apologized for a data breach impacting nearly 34 million of its customers. The company, which operates its global headquarters from Seattle, Wash., confirmed the cyberattack in a letter Sunday and explained that the data breach compromised customers' names, email addresses, phone numbers, shipping addresses ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday grappled with the practical implications of a closely watched copyright clash testing whether internet providers can be held liable for the piracy of thousands of songs online. Leading music labels and publishers who represent artists ranging from Bob Dylan to Beyoncé sued Cox Communications in 2018, saying it had failed to terminate the internet connections of ...
Source: bradenton.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
Mental health of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who is charged with murder, had reportedly been unravelling for years The suspect in the shooting of two West Virginia national guard soldiers in Washington DC on the eve of Thanksgiving had been struggling with his mental health, sometimes spending "weeks on end" in isolation, as he tried to assimilate in the years since arriving in the United States, it has emerged. ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
Auctioneer found the Flemish artist's masterpiece – depicting a crucified Christ – in a Paris mansion as he was preparing for the property to be sold A long-lost painting by baroque master Peter Paul Rubens has sold at auction in France for €2.3m ($2.7m) – well beyond its asking price. The work, of Jesus Christ on the cross and painted in 1613, was unearthed by auctioneer Jean-Pierre Osenat ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
Police in Australia have charged four men following an investigation into what they called an "international satanic child sex abuse material ring" in the city of Sydney. The New South Wales (NSW) police said on Monday they had charged the four with dozens of criminal offences after executing six search warrants at several addresses in Sydney last week. The men – aged 26, 39, 42 and 46 – were arrested ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
PORTLAND, Maine – Black ice, snow showers and fog pestered post-holiday travelers in the Midwest on Monday while the Northeast geared up for its first major snowstorm of the season. More than 8 inches (20.32 centimeters) of snow fell at Chicago O'Hare International Airport this weekend, setting a record for the highest single calendar day snowfall in November at the airport, according to the National Weather ...
Source: news4jax.com
Sunday, Nov 30th, 2025 -
College football's strangest saga of the season is finally over. Ole Miss Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin will take the same job with the LSU Tigers, he announced Sunday, leaving the seventh-ranked team in the nation for its conference rival. "After a lot of prayer and time spent with family, I made the difficult decision to accept the head coaching position at LSU," Kiffin wrote in a social media post. The Tigers ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Sunday, Nov 30th, 2025 -
Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri will contest a final-race championship showdown in Abu Dhabi after Red Bull's Verstappen won a gripping Qatar Grand Prix. Verstappen benefited from a strategy call from McLaren that flew in the face of decisions made by every other team during an early race safety car. It was a costly decision that sacrificed track position to Verstappen in the final stages and in ...
Source: bbc.com
Sunday, Nov 30th, 2025 -
Ludwig Minelli, whose work had lasting influence on Swiss law, dies just days before his 93rd birthday The head of the Swiss right-to-die organisation Dignitas has ended his life through an assisted death, the group has said. Ludwig Minelli, who founded the group in 1998, died on Saturday, days before his 93rd birthday, Dignitas said. It added: "Right up to the end of his life, he continued to search for further ...
Source: theguardian.com