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Top News Stories for Monday, December 29th 2025
Sunday, Dec 28th, 2025 -
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Source: huffpost.com
Sunday, Dec 28th, 2025 -
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The Houston Texans are riding a wave of momentum as the playoffs near. They're still alive in the race for the AFC South, a division they've won multiple times, and bolstered by the NFL's best defense, they're taking aim at earning their first berth in the AFC Championship Game. C.J. Stroud threw for two long touchdowns on Houston's first two drives of the game, and the Texans went on ...
Source: apnews.com
Sunday, Dec 28th, 2025 -
Brigitte Bardot, the international sex goddess of cinema in the 1950s and '60s, has died aged 91. Bardot's animal rights foundation announced her death in a statement to news agency Agence France-Presse on Sunday, without specifying the time or place of death. Stylish and seductive, Bardot exuded a kind of free sexuality, rare in the buttoned-up 1950s. She modeled, made movies, influenced fashion around the world ...
Source: npr.org
Sunday, Dec 28th, 2025 -
Authorities say they arrested a man, 23, for kidnapping teen in a Houston suburb as she walked her dog on Christmas A Texas father used the parental controls on his teenage daughter's cell phone to find and help rescue her after she was kidnapped at knifepoint while walking her dog on Christmas, authorities allege. The 15-year-old girl at the center of a case, which quickly gained national attention in the US over ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Dec 28th, 2025 -
HAMMONTON, N.J. (AP) — Two helicopters crashed midair in New Jersey on Sunday, killing one person and critically injuring another, authorities say. Hammonton Police Chief Kevin Friel said rescuers responded to a report of an aviation crash at about 11:25 a.m. Video from the scene shows a helicopter spinning rapidly to the ground. Police and fire crews subsequently extinguished flames that engulfed one of the ...
Source: wfla.com
Sunday, Dec 28th, 2025 -
An Oklahoma man is facing a first-degree manslaughter charge after authorities say a bullet he fired while doing target practice in his backyard struck and killed a woman sitting with her family on Christmas Day. Cody Adams, 33, was charged with first-degree manslaughter in connection with the shooting, court records show. At approximately 3:15 p.m. on Dec. 25, the Stephens County Sheriff's Office responded to ...
Source: aol.com
Sunday, Dec 28th, 2025 -
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Nick Kyrgios won the latest version of the "Battle of the Sexes" in tennis, beating top-ranked women's player Aryna Sabalenka, 6-3, 6-3, in an exhibition match that represented light entertainment rather than another landmark moment for gender equality. There was laughing and joking between the players, some under-arm serves, over-the-top grunting on shots, and even some dancing ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Sunday, Dec 28th, 2025 -
Historic embroidery will be protected from damage or loss under taxpayer-backed scheme The UK Treasury will insure the Bayeux Tapestry for an estimated £800m when it goes on show at the British Museum (BM) next year. According to the Financial Times, which first reported details of the agreement, the protection will cover damage or loss during the transfer of the tapestry from Normandy and also while it is on ...
Source: theartnewspaper.com
Saturday, Dec 27th, 2025 -
The Arab League, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the African Union (AU), and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have joined numerous countries and foreign ministers in decrying Israel's formal recognition of the Somali breakaway region of Somaliland as an independent state. Somaliland, a region in the Horn of Africa, declared independence from Somalia in 1991 and has pushed for international ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, Dec 27th, 2025 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... BOSTON — More than a thousand flights were canceled or delayed across the Northeast and Great Lakes regions due to snow as thousands took to roads and airports during the busy travel period between Christmas and New Year's. New York City received about 4 inches of snow Friday night into early Saturday — slightly under what some forecasts had predicted. At least ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com