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Top News Stories for Thursday, December 25th 2025
Wednesday, Dec 24th, 2025 -
By One of this season's most-talked-about "60 Minutes" investigations may be one that never made it to air. CBS News caused a controversy after it pulled a report from Sunday's episode of the long-running news program that featured the stories of Venezuelan men who were deported by the Trump administration to a brutal prison in El Salvador. But the 13-minute segment, as originally edited by "60 Minutes" staff ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Tuesday, Dec 23rd, 2025 -
A new batch of Jeffrey Epstein files that have been released contains numerous references to United States President Donald Trump, including documents detailing flights he took on his then friend's private jet. Trump flew on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's private jet "many more times than previously has been reported", according to an email from a New York prosecutor that forms part of the new batch of ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Tuesday, Dec 23rd, 2025 -
Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to Illinois over the objection of local officials. The unsigned 6-3 order is at least a temporary setback for the Trump administration, which argued in court that the troops were needed to quell unrest in the Chicago area that it said was obstructing federal immigration officials from doing their ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Dec 23rd, 2025 -
The U.S. economy grew at a robust 4.3% annual pace in the third quarter, marking the strongest growth in two years, according to new government data released Tuesday. The growth in gross domestic product — the nation's output of goods and services — between July and September far outstripped the forecast for 3% growth, according to economists polled by financial data firm FactSet. The latest figure, ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Dec 23rd, 2025 -
To prevent students from relying on artificial intelligence to write and do homework for them, many professors are returning to pre-technology assessments and having students finish essays in class. (TNS) — Oksana Korol remembers her parents telling her how they took oral exams in college. Professors would give them a problem to solve. They had 10 minutes to think it through, then explain their answer and ...
Source: govtech.com
Tuesday, Dec 23rd, 2025 -
– The Trump administration has directed five large-scale wind projects under construction off the East Coast to suspend their activities for at least 90 days, according to letters from the Interior Department obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, which provide new details on the government's move to During the pause, the Interior Department will coordinate with project developers "to determine whether the ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, Dec 23rd, 2025 -
showed that Instacart was running AI price experiments in the app, charging some consumers as much as 23% more than others for the same goods. While Instacart disputed some of the findings initially, announced on Monday that it will end all AI price experiments. Buyers may continue to see price differences for the same products between different retailers, similar to what happens in brick-and-mortar stores, but ...
Source: bgr.com
'Cruel, Unnecessary, and Irresponsible': Trump Admin to Resume Garnishing Wages of Student Borrowers
Tuesday, Dec 23rd, 2025 -
The US Education Department confirmed Monday that, starting next month, it will resume seizing the pay of student loan borrowers in default as the Trump administration wages a broader war on debt relief and cancellation efforts. The department, led by billionaire Linda McMahon—who is working to gut the agency from the inside— told the Washington Post that "it will notify about 1,000 defaulted borrowers ...
Source: commondreams.org
Tuesday, Dec 23rd, 2025 -
BRISTOL, Pa. (AP) — A thunderous explosion at a nursing home just outside Philadelphia collapsed part of the building and left people injured and trapped inside, authorities said. The explosion happened at Bristol Health & Rehab Center in Bristol Township, just as a utility crew had been on site looking for a gas leak, although the cause of the explosion was unclear several hours later, as was the extent of ...
Source: wfla.com
Tuesday, Dec 23rd, 2025 -
Defenders of reproductive rights on Tuesday responded with alarm after President Donald Trump's administration quietly imposed an abortion ban at the US Department of Veterans Affairs following a legal opinion penned by a deputy assistant attorney general. After the 2022 Roe v. Wade reversal, the Biden administration allowed the VA to provide abortion counseling and care for service members and beneficiaries in ...
Source: commondreams.org
Tuesday, Dec 23rd, 2025 -
The multi-state hunt for Melodee Buzzard, a missing 9-year-old California girl, came to a close when her remains were discovered in a rural area of southern Utah, authorities announced Tuesday. Members of the sheriff's office and the FBI arrested Ashlee Buzzard, Melodee's mother, Tuesday morning on a charge of first-degree murder, Santa Barbara County Sheriff-Coroner Bill Brown said Tuesday. Authorities say she ...
Source: aol.com
Tuesday, Dec 23rd, 2025 -
A decision from the University of Oklahoma on Monday left some asking whether the research university can still be seen as having "academic standards" after an instructor was removed from teaching duties for giving a failing grade to a student who focused on her own religious beliefs about gender in a paper for a psychology course. The university released a statement saying the graduate teaching assistant in the ...
Source: commondreams.org
Tuesday, Dec 23rd, 2025 -
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Source: huffpost.com
Tuesday, Dec 23rd, 2025 -
( NewsNation ) — Authorities in Georgia are searching for three escaped inmates who escaped from the DeKalb County Jail. In a Facebook post , the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department said the inmates, including one who was charged with murder, were discovered missing early Monday morning during a routine security check. The department said it is working with other local law enforcement agencies to find them. ...
Source: wfla.com
Tuesday, Dec 23rd, 2025 -
Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Former Sen. Ben Sasse announced Tuesday he's been diagnosed with stage-four pancreatic cancer, what he described as "a death sentence." The conservative who represented Florida for eight years in the Senate made the announcement in a post on X . "This is a tough note to write, but since a bunch of you have started to suspect something, I'll cut to the chase: Last week I was diagnosed with ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Dec 22nd, 2025 -
Alphabet Inc. today inked a deal to acquire Intersect Power LLC for $4.75 billion in cash. The Google LLC parent also plans to assume the renewable energy company's outstanding debt. It expects to complete the transaction in the first half of 2026. According to the search giant, the deal is intended to expedite its data center construction efforts. Founded in 2016, Intersect develops solar and wind power ...
Source: siliconangle.com