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Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
For years, the person who planted pipe bombs at the Republican and Democratic national party headquarters the night before rioters took over the Capitol remained a mystery. On Thursday, federal investigators announced a major breakthrough in the Jan. 5, 2021, case. Brian Cole Jr., 30, was arrested and charged with transporting an explosive device and attempted malicious destruction by means of explosive materials, ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer A federal vaccine advisory committee on Thursday voted to delay a decision on whether newborns should still get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they're born. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, meeting in Atlanta, voted to delay the decision until Friday after committee members voiced confusion about voting language ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
This year, the holidays don't feel celebratory for many Americans who've been negatively affected by the Trump administration's decisions. We're here to make sure those people do not go unheard. Help us hold the administration accountable. Already a member? WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday came to the rescue of Texas Republicans , allowing next year's elections to be held under the state's ...
Source: huffpost.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Jim Farley says customers will get to choose what they want instead of being 'forced' into EVs The CEO of Ford Motor Co. is revved up for the Trump administration's plan to make automobiles affordable, as he expressed his praise for helping to bring car prices back down. "What you should know is that this is a victory for affordability and common sense. As the president said, we will be able to offer more ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put defence personnel and their missions at risk when he used the messaging app Signal to discuss sensitive information about military strikes on Yemen's Houthis, a classified Pentagon watchdog report has found. In a report provided to Congress on Tuesday, the Pentagon inspector general said its investigation concluded that Hegseth violated protocol when he used his ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
US and international cybersecurity agencies have issued new guidance to help critical infrastructure operators safely incorporate AI into operational technology (OT) systems. Published on December 3, the guidance was developed collaboratively by the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Australian Signals Directorate's Australian Cyber Security Centre, with input from ...
Source: infosecurity-magazine.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article New footage and images released by Democrats as lawmakers ask for update on Epstein files from the Justice Department Leer en Español Never-before-seen photos and videos, released Wednesday by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee , reveal details of late sex offender ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
– Remains that militants in Gaza handed to Israel as part of the first phase of the ceasefire deal were those of a Thai agricultural worker, Israeli and Thai officials said Thursday. The return of Sudthisak Rinthalak's remains leaves just one more hostage to be returned under the agreement. Sudthisak was an agricultural worker who had been employed at Kibbutz Be'eri, one of the hardest-hit communities in the ...
Source: news4jax.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Today, the moon has reached its peak illumination at 100%, meaning the entire Earth-facing side of the moon is lit up by the sun. This full moon will rise in the sign of Taurus, then quickly enter Gemini early in the morning. According to Moongiant, "The Moon will be visible throughout the night sky, rising at sunset in the east and setting with the sunrise the next morning in the west." technically , during this ...
Source: vice.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Dec 4 (Reuters) - Unions representing U.S. State Department employees have asked a federal judge to block the agency from laying off more than 1,300 workers on Friday, the latest legal battle over mass job cuts by President Donald Trump's administration. The unions in a filing in San Francisco federal court late Wednesday said the looming cuts, which include 1,100 civil service jobs and nearly ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands pull out after decision not to hold vote on Israel's participation Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands will boycott next year's Eurovision after Israel was given the all-clear to compete in the 2026 song contest despite calls by several participating broadcasters for its exclusion over the war in Gaza. No vote on Israel's participation was held on Thursday at ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
THURSDAY, Dec. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A large recall of shredded cheese sold under several popular grocery store brands is now underway after the manufacturer reported the product may contain small metal fragments, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The recall involves more than 250,000 cases of shredded cheese made by . The FDA states the products were pulled from retailers ...
Source: insidenova.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
The New York Times newspaper, one of the largest in the United States, has filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon that seeks to overturn new rules limiting access to media outlets. In the filing on Thursday, the newspaper said the rules imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violate the US Constitution's First Amendment freedom of speech guarantees, as well as its due process provisions. They argue the rules give ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
European antitrust regulators have launched an investigation into Meta's artificial intelligence (AI) enhancement to WhatsApp . The European Commission announced Thursday (Dec. 4) that it had launched a probe into whether the tech giant's new policy on AI providers' access to WhatApp violates European Union competition rules. Meta's new policy, announced in October, bars AI providers from using a tool allowing ...
Source: pymnts.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Artificial Intelligence (AI) took the world by storm when OpenAI released its chatbot, dubbed ChatGPT, for public use back in November 2022. Since then, multiple companies have launched their own chatbots to try to claim a piece of the growing market. Even with multiple players in the market, , ChatGPT users mainly use the chatbot for assistance in everyday tasks and "three-quarters of conversations focus on ...
Source: bgr.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Trump's Prosecutor Picks Are Backfiring, Badly to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Donald Trump has been successful in weaponizing the judicial system in some big ways, but in one area, his tactics are backfiring. Over the past few months, Republican- and Democratic-appointed judges across the country have repeatedly ruled that the president's ...
Source: slate.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Trump administration officials overseeing the immigration crackdown launched this week in New Orleans are aiming to make 5,000 arrests, a target that some city leaders who oppose the operation say is unrealistic and would require detainining more than just violent offenders. It's an ambitious goal that would surpass the number of arrests during a two-month enforcement blitz this fall around ...
Source: aol.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
A popular snack cracker is being pulled from shelves after it was discovered to contain a potentially deadly allergen. The Ritz Cracker recall was first shared on Nov. 28, 2025 in a statement from the parent company. In the days that followed the recall notice was shared far and wide in an effort to make sure that customers who purchased these crackers were aware of issue with the label that could cause those who ...
Source: greenmatters.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Federal grand jurors declined to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday, a U.S. official said, marking another blow to the government's case after a judge tossed out the Justice Department's bank fraud charges against the Trump foe last week. The grand jury in Norfolk, Virginia, voted down an indictment after it was presented by federal prosecutors, the official said. Last week, a ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
This year, the holidays don't feel celebratory for many Americans who've been negatively affected by the Trump administration's decisions. We're here to make sure those people do not go unheard. Help us hold the administration accountable. Already a member? WASHINGTON — As Republicans spent most of the year on legislation to drastically cut taxes for the wealthy and slash Medicaid, then took a weekslong break ...
Source: huffpost.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
– The White House is expected to submit plans for President Donald Trump's to a federal planning commission before the year ends, about three months after construction began. , who was named by Trump as chairman of the National Capital Planning Commission, said at the panel's monthly meeting Thursday that he was told by colleagues at the White House that the long-awaited plans will be filed sometime in ...
Source: news4jax.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's name has been added to the sign on the United States Institute of Peace headquarters in downtown D.C., above the existing building name. The State Department's X account shared a photo of the new facade on Wednesday in a post that called Trump "the greatest dealmaker in our nation's history," an apparent reference to his work to end multiple conflicts around the world. ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Abu Shabab's death would be a boost to Hamas, which branded him a collaborator and ordered its fighters to kill or capture him. The head of an armed Palestinian faction that opposes Hamas in Gaza has been killed, Israeli media reported on Thursday, in what would be a blow to Israeli efforts to support clans in Gaza against the Islamist movement. Yasser Abu Shabab, a Bedouin tribal leader based in Israeli-held Rafah ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Steve Cropper, the lean, soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and the M.G.'s at Stax Records and co-wrote the classics "Green Onions," "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" and "In the Midnight Hour," has died. He was 84. Pat Mitchell Worley, president and CEO of the Soulsville Foundation, said Cropper's family told her that Cropper ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow would seize the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine "in any case," including by military means, digging in on one of his key demands as Ukrainian officials prepare for more peace talks that have yet to yield a deal. Putin is set to arrive in New Delhi on Thursday where he will be hosted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, two days after a meeting at the Kremlin with a ...
Source: aol.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
President Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign received a legal setback on Tuesday when a federal judge issued yet another preliminary injunction against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). For the second time in as many months, the agency has been ordered to stop conducting warrantless immigration arrests without probable cause, this time in Washington, D.C., and to report on the facts surrounding these ...
Source: reason.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Defendants were convicted of similar crimes a decade ago. How were they cleared again? Two sibling contractors convicted a decade ago for hacking into US State Department systems have once again been charged, this time for a comically hamfisted attempt to steal and destroy government records just minutes after being fired from their contractor jobs. The Department of Justice on Thursday said that Muneeb Akhter and ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
The European Union has unveiled plans to use billions of euros in frozen Russian assets to help cover Ukraine's war needs over the next two years. But Belgium is pushing back following the announcement on Wednesday, arguing that the plan carries legal and financial risks that it fears it could end up shouldering alone. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that Brussels would supply 90 billion ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
By Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida House Republicans appear ready to throw Florida into a mid-decade redistricting battle. But they don't agree on when to start. Over the summer, President Donald Trump began pushing for red states to redraw their maps to protect the House Republican majority in the upcoming midterm elections and add more GOP-leaning seats. At the time, DeSantis was coy, telling people to "stay tuned" ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage fell again this week, slipping close to its low point so far this year. The decline brings the average long-term mortgage rate to 6.19% from 6.23% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.69%. This is the second straight weekly drop in the average rate ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
NEW DELHI — India 's telecoms ministry on Wednesday rolled back its order for smartphone manufacturers to preinstall a government-run cybersecurity app on new devices. The Ministry of Communications on Monday asked smartphone makers to install the government's "Sanchar Saathi" app within 90 days and to prevent users from disabling it. It also required manufacturers to push the app onto older models through a ...
Source: nbcnews.com
From Soaring Energy Prices to Climate Threat to AI Bubble, Experts Warn Against Data Center Buildout
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
As the construction of artificial intelligence data centers expands across the nation largely unregulated, experts warn that the unrestrained buildup of these facilities is causing electricity costs to skyrocket, accelerating the climate crisis , and putting the economy at risk. A new report out Thursday from the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen highlights the "unchecked expansion" of these data centers, ...
Source: commondreams.org
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
By At long last, the 2026 World Cup Draw is Friday at noon and soccer fans all over the world will have their TV sets tuned to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., where the 42 qualified teams will find out their fate. For fans of college basketball, think Selection Sunday on steroids. Of the 42 qualified teams, 39 are split into four pots based on November FIFA world rankings . The three co-hosts -- U.S., ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
The Future of Life Institute assigned letter grades to eight leading AI labs to score their safety efforts. The results look like the report card of a child who's barely making an effort. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways The world's top AI labs aren't exactly scoring top marks in their efforts to prevent the worst possible outcomes of the technology, a new ...
Source: zdnet.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account's 'Saved for Later' section. It's well known that Donald Trump loves to send taxpayer dollars directly to voters with packaging intended to make the bounty seem like a gift from his own self. So it's not surprising that his signature One Big Beautiful Bill Act had a provision creating something called "Trump accounts" that would be set up for all ...
Source: nymag.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
accused Keir Starmer of 'not believing in democracy' today after it emerged more elections are being delayed amid dire polls for . The Reform leader condemned the PM's 'monstrous' move in postponing four mayoral contests from May to 2028. The decision will affect 7.5million residents in Essex, Hampshire and the Solent, Sussex and , and Norfolk and Suffolk. Ministers argue that more time is needed to finish ...
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
This article originally appeared on PolitiFact . President Donald Trump has recently claimed his tariffs will generate so much money that Americans could soon stop paying federal income taxes. But experts say he's overpromised. "Over the next couple of years, I think we'll … be cutting income tax — could be almost completely cutting it, because the money we're taking in is going to be so large," Trump ...
Source: pbs.org
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Dogs may boost mental health by subtly reshaping the microbes in our bodies. "Adolescent children who keep dogs exhibit higher mental well-being, and we also found that dog ownership alters the gut microbiota," Takefumi Kikusui, one of the study authors and a professor at Azabu University in Japan, said . If this is the case, then it could change how we think about the benefits of pet ownership — not just as ...
Source: zmescience.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
The number of children who die before age 5 is expected to rise for the first time this century, amid sweeping cuts to global health funding by high-income countries, according to a new report from the Gates Foundation. Child mortality around the world is projected to reach an estimated 4.8 million deaths in 2025, an increase of 200,000 preventable deaths compared with last year, the Gates Foundation said in its ...
Source: aol.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will resume on Dec. 30, the country's Transport Ministry announced Wednesday, more than a decade after the airplane's mysterious disappearance over the Indian Ocean. The Malaysian government said that Texas-based marine robotics company Ocean Infinity is set to begin a 55-day targeted deep-sea search for the missing aircraft in the ...
Source: foxnews.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
A former California physician has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for repeatedly supplying ketamine to actor Matthew Perry in the weeks before Perry's fatal overdose, according to federal prosecutors. The sentence was handed down on Wednesday in Los Angeles, where 44-year-old Salvador Plasencia was ordered into immediate federal custody, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District ...
Source: bnonews.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia's leader said Wednesday that it was "better not to respond" a day after President Trump called Somali immigrants "garbage" during a xenophobic tirade. "We are not the only country that Trump insults," Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre told an audience at an innovation summit in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, in response to a question about Trump's comments, according to video ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday subpoenaed former special counsel Jack Smith to have him testify during a closed-door hearing on Dec. 17. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan , R-Ohio, wrote Smith on Wednesday to inform him of the subpoena as the committee investigates Smith's and the Biden administration's efforts to prosecute President Donald Trump . Separate investigations ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
US President Donald Trump launched a verbal attack on Somali immigrants on Tuesday, as federal authorities prepared to launch a major immigration crackdown targeting hundreds of undocumented Somalis in the state of Minnesota. In a long rant to reporters, Trump said he did not want Somali immigrants in the United States, claiming that residents of the East African country "contributed nothing" to the US while ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article 'We're looking at events near the beginning of the beginning' NASA has found sugars essential for life on Earth in samples of the 4.6 billion-year-old Bennu asteroid . Scientists discovered glucose, the human body's main source of energy, as well as the critical RNA ingredient ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
More than half a million satellites are planned to launch by the end of the 2030s, and simulations suggest they will have a severe impact on space-based astronomy One in three images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope could be ruined if space companies' plans to launch hundreds of thousands of satellites go ahead. More than three-quarters of the nearly 14,000 satellites currently in orbit around Earth were ...
Source: newscientist.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — A man was killed Wednesday in a targeted shooting at the food court at MGM National Harbor hotel and casino in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, police said. Detectives were working to determine the circumstances, and Prince George's County Police Chief George Nader said at a news conference that they are searching for the shooter, who was captured on video. Officers responded to the ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
Apple's head of user interface design, Alan Dye, is leaving the company and will reportedly join Meta. Dye revealed the June redesign of Apple's software interface for iPhones, Macs, and Apple Watch called Liquid Glass. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a Wednesday social media post said that Dye would lead up a new creative studio that brings together design, fashion and technology. In this article File: Then Apple ...
Source: cnbc.com