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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 -
Washington — President Trump on Monday afternoon was expected to confer with his top deputies on the next steps for U.S. operations in Venezuela, according to a senior military official and two sources familiar with the upcoming White House meeting. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were scheduled to attend what sources described as a decisional meeting regarding the next ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
Kaja Kallas says negotiators should not 'lose focus that it's actually Russia who has started this war' The EU's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, has said she fears talks between the Russian president, Vladimir Putin , and Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, will pile pressure on Ukraine to make concessions with the two men expected to meet on Tuesday. Witkoff , the property developer turned envoy ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
More than 1,160 people have been killed by extreme weather events across Asia. Authorities in Indonesia are scrambling to help residents of Sumatra, after flooding killed nearly 600 people. Sri Lanka and Thailand are also moving to support those effected by deadly flood events. Indonesia's president has called for more action to confront climate change as countries across Asia grapple with the aftermath of extreme ...
Source: abc.net.au
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 -
President Donald Trump's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Monday that his October medical imaging was of his cardiovascular and abdominal systems and that both showed "perfectly normal" results. "President Trump's cardiovascular imaging is perfectly normal. There is no evidence of arterial narrowing impairing blood flow or abnormalities in the heart or major vessels. The heart chambers are ...
Source: aol.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
Editor's Note: This story was updated with new details from TSA. (NEXSTAR) — If you have plans to fly in 2026 but don't have a REAL ID, be prepared: you may have to fork over $45 before you can pass through the security checkpoint. Last month, the Transportation Security Administration proposed a program that would charge those trying to fly without a REAL ID or a compliant form of identification less than ...
Source: wfla.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Two conservative challengers were practically tied for the lead in Honduras' with votes from about 55% of polling places counted early Monday, according to preliminary and partial results. The previous day's vote had come just days after U.S. President The National Electoral Council said that fewer than 5,000 votes separated Nasry "Tito" Asfura of the National Party who had 40% of ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
The ruling calls into question the legitimacy of a number of cases and criminal charges approved during Habba's challenged tenure Reading Time: 3 minutes A federal appeal court on Monday determined that Alina Habba, a former personal lawyer to US President Donald Trump, was unlawfully appointed as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey and disqualified her from supervising cases, in a rebuke to the Trump ...
Source: scmp.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
NEW YORK Luigi Mangione, 27, is set for hearings starting Monday on his bid to block the Manhattan District Attorney's Office from showing or telling jurors about items seized during his arrest at a yet-unscheduled state murder trial . Those items include that prosecutors say matches the one used in the Dec. 4, 2024, killing and a notebook in which they say he described his intent to "wack" a health insurance ...
Source: news4jax.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
The remains of some of those killed in last week's inferno at a Hong Kong apartment complex may never be recovered, a city official said Monday, as a painstaking search effort continues at the site. The death toll has risen to 151 people and at least 30 remain missing, officials said Monday, after the city's worst fire in decades, which tore through seven high-rise towers of the Wang Fuk Court complex. The housing ...
Source: aol.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 -
LONDON — Oxford University Press has named "rage bait'' as its word of the year, capturing the internet zeitgeist of 2025. The phrase refers to online content that is "deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative or offensive," with the aim of driving traffic to a particular social media account, Oxford said in a statement. "The person producing it will bask in the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The landmark federal antitrust trial against NASCAR opened Monday with three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin breaking down in tears minutes into his testimony as the first witness in a case that could upend the venerable stock car series. Hamlin's 23XI Racing, which he co-owns with Michael Jordan, and Front Row Motorsports claim the series is a monopolistic bully that leaves its ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
Sales by the world's top 100 arms makers reached a record $679 billion last year. Sales by the world's top 100 arms makers reached a record $679 billion last year, as the wars in Ukraine and Gaza boosted demand, researchers said Monday, but production issues hampered deliveries. The figure was 5.9 percent higher than the year before, and, over the 2015-2024 period, revenues for the top 100 arms makers have ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
The Seoul Metropolitan Police has identified the suspect of a large-scale data breach affecting Coupang, an Amazon-like e-commerce platform that is popular in South Korea. The incident dates back June 2025, when Coupang detected unauthorized access to delivery-related personal information from an overseas location. Early reports suggested 4500 accounts were believed to be affected. However, the company now ...
Source: infosecurity-magazine.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 -
That's A Win-Win. We handpick every product we feature. When you shop through our guides, you're supporting the kind of journalism that keeps you informed and empowered. Shop with us today. Already a member? VERSAILLES, France (AP) — A long-lost painting by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens , which was hidden for more than four centuries, sold at 2.3 million euros ($2.7 million) at an auction Sunday in ...
Source: huffpost.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 -
It was a combination of weather factors occurring at the worst possible time: 8.4 inches of snow falling in a day on one of the nation's busiest travel hubs when tens of millions were on the move, trying to get home following the Thanksgiving holiday. That snow total was recorded Saturday at O'Hare International Airport and it set a single-day record for November at the airport, the National Weather Service ...
Source: aol.com
Sunday, Nov 30th, 2025 -
Lane Kiffin left his one-loss Ole Miss team to become the coach at LSU on Sunday, taking over a program that has won national titles under three of its previous four coaches while saying he would have stayed to coach the Rebels in the postseason had he been allowed to. The move comes two days after No. 6 Mississippi's victory over Mississippi State in the annual Egg Bowl rivalry game that all but guaranteed the ...
Source: aol.com
Sunday, Nov 30th, 2025 -
Max Verstappen believed he had long since "checked out" from being able to defend his world championship. Yet the Dutchman, while down, was far from out and has, with victory in the Qatar Grand Prix, battled and bludgeoned his way back into contention just as McLaren have somehow contrived to leave Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri vulnerable to his late charge, as Verstappen forced the title race to the wire at the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Nov 30th, 2025 -
Head of the Swiss right-to-die group Dignitas, Ludwig Minelli, has died through an assisted death, the organisation has confirmed. Minelli, who founded Dignitas in 1998, died on Saturday, just days before his 93rd birthday. The group said he spent his final years looking for new ways to help people make their own choices about the end of life. "Right up to the end of his life, he continued to search for further ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com