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30 December 2025 — Russia announced on 30 December that it has deployed the intermediate-range, nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile system to Belarus and released first footage of the weapon on mobile launchers. The defence ministry’s material shows vehicles moving through forested terrain during exercises; Belarusian president Aliaksandr Lukashenka had said the systems arrived on 17 December … Read more

On Dec. 30, 2025, five-star point guard Deron Rippey Jr. announced his commitment to Duke University, a move that propelled the Blue Devils to the top of the 2026 recruiting rankings. Rippey, a 6-foot-1 guard from Blair Academy (New Jersey), selected Jon Scheyer’s program over finalists NC State, Tennessee, Miami and Texas after official visits … Read more

New CDC data released Dec. 30 show at least 7.5 million flu illnesses and 3,100 deaths in the U.S. this season, and cases are rising rapidly across the country. Hospital admissions exceeded 19,000 last week—about 10,000 more than the prior week—and New York reported more than 71,000 cases in a single week. Public-health experts point … Read more

Tatiana Schlossberg, a 35-year-old environmental journalist and granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy, died on Dec. 30, 2025, after a public battle with cancer. Her family and the JFK Library Foundation confirmed her death in a statement saying she passed away that morning. Schlossberg had disclosed in a recent New Yorker essay that she was … Read more

Lead South Carolina reported 20 new measles cases on Tuesday, raising the state’s total for 2024 to 179 and adding momentum to a national outbreak that has exceeded 2,000 cases this year. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 93% of U.S. cases were in people who were unvaccinated or had unknown vaccination … Read more

Lead: The Walt Disney Company has agreed to pay $10 million to resolve federal claims that it failed to label some YouTube videos as directed to children, allowing targeted advertising and the collection of personal data. The U.S. Department of Justice announced a federal court order on Tuesday confirming the payment and additional compliance obligations. … Read more

Lead: Tatiana Schlossberg, a 35-year-old environmental reporter and the daughter of Caroline Kennedy and granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy, died on Dec. 30, 2025, her family announced through the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. Ms. Schlossberg had written a widely read November essay in The New Yorker recounting a diagnosis of rare, aggressive leukemia … Read more

Published: Dec 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM — In Week 18 of the 2025 NFL regular season, outcomes reshaped the playoff map and the top of our rankings: Jacksonville climbed to No. 3 after a seventh straight win, San Francisco returned to the top five while Buffalo slipped, and multiple division and No. 1-seed races … Read more

Lead: An Idaho processor has recalled nearly 3,000 pounds of raw ground beef after routine testing detected E. coli. The packages—16-ounce vacuum-sealed units labeled “Forward Farms Grass-Fed Ground Beef” and marked with establishment number EST 2083—were produced Dec. 16 and carry a “use or freeze by” date of Jan. 13. The meat, made by Mountain … Read more

Lead On Dec. 30, 2025, a U.S. district judge in Washington ordered the Trump administration to continue pursuing funds for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), blocking an administration effort to stop the agency’s financing. The ruling preserves an earlier injunction aimed at preventing staffing and funding moves intended to shutter the bureau. Judge Amy … Read more

Lead: Singer Chappell Roan on Monday publicly reversed earlier praise for the late French film star Brigitte Bardot after learning of Bardot’s later-life alignment with far-right politics. Roan, 27, had referenced Bardot in her 2023 song “Red Wine Supernova” and initially offered condolences after Bardot’s death. She later said she did not condone Bardot’s political … Read more

Lead: Ahead of the Jan. 1 premiere of CNN’s documentary I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not, actress Yvette Nicole Brown posted an Instagram statement pushing back on public discussion of her relationship with former Community co-star Chevy Chase. Brown’s message, which did not name the film, said others were speaking about her without having spoken … Read more

Lead: On Dec. 21, 2025, the U.S. Coast Guard attempted to intercept the oil tanker Bella 1 in the Caribbean Sea as it headed for Venezuela to load oil; the ship is reported to have been pursued by U.S. forces in the Atlantic. U.S. officials say crew members painted a Russian flag on the vessel … Read more

Lead On Dec. 30, 2025, Saudi airstrikes hit the southern Yemeni port city of Mukalla, targeting an arms shipment linked to the United Arab Emirates and UAE-backed separatist forces. The strikes followed a rapid STC (Southern Transitional Council) advance this month that seized large parts of Hadramout and Mahra provinces and key oil facilities. The … Read more

On Dec. 20, 2025, four crew members for NASA’s Artemis 2 mission completed a full launch-day dress rehearsal at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, practicing boarding and countdown procedures ahead of a planned circumlunar flight. The crew—NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman and Christina Koch, alongside Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen—moved through … Read more