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Lead Google has launched a limited-time promotion that reduces annual Google One plans by 50%, including the 100GB, 2TB storage tiers and the premium Google AI Pro plan. The discounted prices drop the 100GB plan to $10/year, the 2TB storage-only plan to $50/year, and Google AI Pro — which bundles 2TB with expanded Gemini limits … Read more

Lead: On Dec. 24, 2025, a federal judge declined to halt demolition tied to President Trump’s proposed 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom, allowing work to continue while ordering limited procedural filings. The National Trust for Historic Preservation had sued to impose pre-demolition safeguards after parts of the East Wing and its connecting corridor were dismantled in … Read more

Lead President Volodymyr Zelensky on Dec. 23 presented a jointly drafted 20-point peace-plan framework developed by Ukraine and the United States to end Russia’s full-scale invasion. The revised draft replaces an earlier 28-point text that Kyiv said risked capitulation and is accompanied by proposed three-party and bilateral security-gueline documents, plus an economic “roadmap.” The U.S. … Read more

The Justice Department on Dec. 23 released roughly 30,000 pages of records tied to Jeffrey Epstein, including flight logs, memos and letters that contain hundreds of references to President Donald Trump, though Trump is not accused of wrongdoing. On Dec. 24 the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 emergency decision, blocked a short-term deployment of … Read more

Lead On December 24, 2025, court documents obtained by TMZ show skateboarder and reality TV figure Bam Margera has agreed to pay $2,500 per month in child support for his son, Phoenix. Payments are scheduled to begin January 1, 2026, and Nikki Boyd will provide and maintain Phoenix’s health insurance. The agreement follows a contentious … Read more

Lead Newly released death certificates show Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner were found fatally wounded at their Brentwood, Los Angeles home on Sunday 14 December. The documents, released by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and obtained by media outlets, list the cause as multiple sharp‑force injuries and classify each death as … Read more

Lead: On Dec. 24, 2025, a government-shutdown delayed Commerce Department release showed U.S. real GDP rose 4.3% in the third quarter, surprising economists and prompting investors to reassess the timing of Federal Reserve rate cuts. Markets nonetheless pushed the S&P 500 to another intraday record as technology names outperformed and Treasury yields were little changed. … Read more

Lead: BP has agreed to sell a majority stake in its Castrol lubricants division to US investor Stonepeak, a deal announced on 24 December 2025 that values the unit at about $10.1bn including debt. Stonepeak will acquire 65% of Castrol while BP retains a 35% stake through a joint venture, with the transaction expected to … Read more

Lead On Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025, Powerball will hold a live drawing with a $1.7 billion jackpot after 46 consecutive rollovers. The multistate game — played in 45 states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands — has drawn national attention as holiday shoppers buy tickets. Lottery officials say the holiday will … Read more

Lead Search teams in central Turkey recovered both the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder on Wednesday after a private jet crash on Tuesday killed eight people, including Libya’s western military chief, Gen. Muhammad Ali Ahmad al-Haddad. The Falcon 50 business jet departed Ankara’s Esenboğa Airport at 8:30 p.m. and lost contact roughly 40 … Read more

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the United States and Ukraine have aligned on most elements of a 20-point draft intended to end the nearly four-year war, following marathon talks in Florida. Zelenskyy briefed reporters after the U.S. presented the plan to Russian negotiators; he said Moscow’s response was expected on Wednesday. Key sticking points remain … Read more

Lead As Christmas approaches, several Indian film personalities have revealed trees and décor that double as intimate snapshots of family, memory and values. From Dia Mirza’s nearly two-decade-old tree reused in the name of sustainability to Trisha Krishnan’s tribute to her late dog Zorro, each display ties seasonal ritual to a personal narrative. Some stars, … Read more

On Wednesday in central Moscow, two police officers were killed by an explosive device after they approached a man acting suspiciously near the spot where Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov was killed two days earlier by a car bomb. Russia’s State Investigative Committee said a third person also died in the blast and that criminal cases … Read more

BP has agreed to sell a 65% stake in its Castrol motor oil business to New York investment firm Stonepeak for $6 billion, valuing Castrol at $10.1 billion. The transaction leaves BP with a 35% holding in the lubricants maker it acquired control of in 2000, and will free cash to cut debt and refocus … Read more

Lead Twenty-five years after the first long-term crew arrived, the International Space Station (ISS) remains continuously inhabited in low Earth orbit, some 400 km (250 miles) above the planet. Since Expedition 1 in November 2000, more than 280 people have visited the complex, which has grown from three initial modules into an international laboratory and … Read more