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Top News Stories for Sunday, December 7th 2025
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
Dr. Brian Chow, an infectious disease specialist, is among the most qualified people in the country to speak about the importance of hepatitis B vaccinations. He received advanced training at Brown University and was an attending physician at Tufts Medical Center. While there, he witnessed a young patient die of liver cancer that stemmed from a hepatitis B infection, a death that could have been prevented had the ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
By Wendy Lee and Meg James, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES - Hollywood moguls once dismissed the outsize ambitions of Netflix's executives. "Is the Albanian army going to take over the world?" former Time Warner Chairman Jeff Bewkes asked a reporter 15 years ago . "I don't think so." Think again. On Friday, Netflix co-Chief Executive Ted Sarandos pulled off an audacious $82 billion deal to buy much of Bewkes' old ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday refused to say whether the Pentagon would release video of the early September operation that targeted survivors of a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean. "We're reviewing the process, and we'll see," Hegseth said in a Q&A session after addressing a defense forum hosted by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. "Whatever we ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
The United States Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether US President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship — as guaranteed under the 14th Amendment for more than 150 years — is constitutional. Next spring, the justices will hear oral arguments in Trump's appeal of a lower court ruling that struck down parts of an executive order — titled Protecting the Meaning and ...
Source: truthout.org
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
Friday's World Cup draw couldn't have gone much better for U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino . In a star-studded two-hour ceremony held at the Kennedy Center, Americans were grouped with Paraguay and Australia, teams they beat in the last two months, along with the winner of a European playoff featuring Turkey, Romania, Slovakia and Kosovo. "We've already done the homework because it's fresh," Pochettino said. "We ...
Source: latimes.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
Federal Judge Orders Release of Jeffrey Epstein Grand Jury Records in Florida The big question is whether, as another judge suspected, this is just a DOJ distraction. Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. A Trump-appointed federal judge in Florida has ordered the public release of grand jury transcripts from the first federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's abuse of underage ...
Source: motherjones.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
Elon Musk deems $140M fine against X 'bulls---,' says European Union 'should be abolished' Elon Musk and Trump administration officials delivered blistering criticism of the European Union after its executive branch issued a $140 million fine against Musk's social media platform, X. "The EU should be abolished and sovereignty returned to individual countries, so that governments can better represent their ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Park Service will offer free admission to U.S. residents on President Donald Trump's birthday next year — which also happens to be Flag Day — but is eliminating the benefit for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth. The new list of free admission days for Americans is the latest example of the Trump administration downplaying America's civil rights history while ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pushed and pepper-sprayed Rep. Adelita Grijalva during an immigration enforcement action outside a Tucson restaurant on Friday, she alleges. Grijalva, D-Ariz., said she identified herself and was "asking for clarification" after finding about 40 ICE agents and their vehicles in the street outside a restaurant that she frequents, NBC News reported. The ...
Source: upi.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
Four people arrested after civil-resistance group Take Back Power protest against inequality in the UK Part of the Tower of London was temporarily closed to visitors on Saturday after food was thrown at a display case containing the crown jewels in a protest against inequality in the UK. Four people were arrested after the action, which was claimed by Take Back Power – a self-described, non-violent ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
The Trump administration will be expanding its ban on travel for citizens of certain countries to more than 30, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said, in the latest restriction to come since a man from Afghanistan was accused of shooting two National Guard members. The expansion would build on a travel ban already announced in June by the Republican administration, which barred ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
With the White House's push for states to draw new maps ahead of the midterms not going as smoothly as planned, the Sunshine State is now entering the fray. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida could be the final state the White House can count on to pick up additional seats as part of the rare mid-decade redistricting cycle it has pushed ahead of the midterm elections. The Republican-controlled state officially ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
Gunmen have killed at least 12 people, including a three-year-old boy, in a mass shooting at a bar near the South African city of Pretoria, according to police. Athlenda Mathe, spokesperson for the South African Police Service (SAPS), confirmed on Saturday that a total of 25 people were shot in the bar in Saulsville township, 18km (11 miles) west of Pretoria, adding that 14 had been taken to hospital. Police said ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
As catastrophic flooding inundated parts of Texas Hill Country on July 4, dispatchers received multiple frantic 911 calls from Camp Mystic, a Christian sleepaway camp for girls, describing children gone missing and pleading for helicopters to rescue them. Callers described fears that girls may have drowned, dozens of people unaccounted for and roads that had washed away. at Camp Mystic — 25 campers, the ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
By Everything looked rosy for Lionel Messi and Inter Miami from the opening whistle as they faced the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday afternoon in the MLS Cup Final, the biggest game in club history. Chase Stadium was packed with pink-clad fans. " La Familia ", the club's most diehard supporters, bounced shoulder to shoulder in the north stands, belting out chants and banging drums. They were there at the lowest ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
By Following public pressure, ride-hailing robotaxi service Waymo is making a significant change. Waymo, which Alphabet owns, has been under some scrutiny this week after the Austin Independent School District publicized videos of the company's robotaxis driving past Austin school buses with their stop signs and crossing bars deployed. As of November 20, Waymo robotaxis were committing school bus traffic violations ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court 's conservative majority on a steady march of increasing the power of the presidency, starting well before Donald Trump's time in the White House . The justices could take the next step in a case being argued Monday that calls for a unanimous 90-year-old decision limiting executive ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
A new released by the White House calls for asserting U.S. dominance in the Western Hemisphere and "cultivating resistance" within Europe, while reestablishing "strategic stability" with Russia and accepting the Middle East and its leaders "as they are." The strategy released late Thursday, which builds on President Donald Trump's " America First " maxim, marks a sharp escalation of his Administration's criticism ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
Voters who backed Democratic governors in New Jersey and Virginia this year after voting for President Donald Trump in 2024 have a message for both parties: reject your party's extremes and run campaigns about more than just Trump. In new focus groups, 14 swing voters from New Jersey and Virginia revealed sharply negative views of both parties — and of politicians broadly. They explained that they were drawn ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
World football's governing body, which announced the annual award last month, said it would be given to "individuals who have taken exceptional and extraordinary actions for peace". US President Donald Trump has been awarded FIFA's new peace prize at the draw for next year's World Cup. FIFA President Gianni Infantino presented Mr Trump with a large golden trophy - formed of hands holding the earth - and a gold ...
Source: news.sky.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
Narendra Modi says energy security is 'pillar of the India-Russia partnership' as two leaders meet in Delhi Vladimir Putin has told the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, that Russia is ready to continue "uninterrupted" shipments of oil to India, signalling a defiant stance to the US as the two leaders met in Delhi and affirmed that their ties were "resilient to external pressure". The statement, made on Friday ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
Cloudflare reports it is investigating issues with Cloudflare Dashboard and related APIs From Technical problems at internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare today have taken a host of websites offline this morning. Cloudflare said shortly after 9am UK time that it "is investigating issues with Cloudflare Dashboard and related APIs [application programming interfaces – used when apps exchange data with each ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
Kash Patel is coming under fire once again for how he has allegedly used a security detail for his girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins . The FBI director, 45, is accused of ordering the agents assigned to Wilkins to drive one of her allegedly intoxicated friends home after partying in Nashville, where Wilkins spends time for work. MS NOW reported that three sources claimed Wilkins, 27, asked her security detail at least ...
Source: people.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
Thursday marked the biggest crisis in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest. Four countries pulled out over Israel's continued participation in the competition, and more may follow. The boycott includes Ireland, which has won seven times - a tally matched only by Sweden - and five-time winner the Netherlands. Spain, one of the contest's biggest financial backers, and Slovenia, are also out. The row exposes a ...
Source: bbc.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 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? LOS ANGELES (AP) — Frank Gehry, who designed some of most imaginative buildings ever constructed and achieved a level of worldwide acclaim seldom afforded any architect, has died. He was 96. ...
Source: huffpost.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
Canadian–American architect who explored crumpling and fish curves in such buildings as the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao Frank Gehry, who has died aged 96 after a respiratory illness, influenced the course of world architecture at least twice. First, in the 1970s, with his informal ad hoc aesthetic, he showed how such material as chain-link fencing could be turned into an expressive art form. Secondly, in the ...
Source: theguardian.com