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Vince Zampella, the game developer widely credited as a co‑creator of the Call of Duty franchise, died Sunday afternoon on the Angeles Crest Highway in unincorporated Los Angeles County. Electronic Arts confirmed Zampella’s death and said he was 55; the company did not disclose a cause. The California Highway Patrol said it responded to a … Read more

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved an oral form of Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss medicine Wegovy, the company announced on Monday. The once-daily pill is the first oral GLP-1 product cleared by the regulator specifically for weight loss and is slated for a US launch in early January 2026. Novo Nordisk reported trial results … Read more

Lead: On December 21, 2025, the Epic Games Store revealed Sorry We’re Closed as its free daily title, making it available to claim for 24 hours. The retro-inspired survival horror game, developed by British studio à la mode games and published by Akupara Games, had recently been awarded Debut Game at the 2025 Indie Game … Read more

Lead Warner Bros. Discovery on Monday confirmed it has received an amended, unsolicited tender offer from Paramount Skydance and said it will review the proposal in consultation with independent financial and legal advisers. The board reiterated its existing support for a previously announced sale of studio and streaming assets to Netflix and told shareholders not … Read more

Lead: The Powerball jackpot has climbed to an estimated $1.6 billion ahead of Monday night’s drawing, giving players a shot at the fifth-largest jackpot in U.S. history. If you hit the winning numbers, one of the first big choices is between a 30-year annuity and a lump-sum payout — roughly $735.3 million before taxes. Emily … Read more

Ukrainian forces carried out a series of strikes inside Russian territory and in Russian-held Crimea on Monday, hitting an oil terminal, a pipeline, two parked jet fighters and at least two ships, officials said. The operations — which Kyiv described as efforts to disrupt Moscow’s logistics and military capacity — included hits on an ammunition … Read more

A 55-year-old woman who was swimming near Lovers Point in Monterey Bay vanished over the weekend, prompting a multiagency search after witnesses reported a possible shark encounter, authorities said. The disappearance was reported after the swimmer’s group returned to shore and discovered she was missing; one witness later described seeing a large splash and a … Read more

Southern California faces a wet, potentially dangerous storm this week as an atmospheric river moves over the region, bringing heavy rainfall and a heightened flash-flood threat for communities near recent wildfire burn scars. Authorities issued an evacuation warning for the Palisades Fire burn scar effective 11 a.m. Tuesday amid concerns about mudslides and debris flows; … Read more

Trigger warning: some submissions describe suicide and other distressing events. Fifteen contributors to the BuzzFeed Community shared personal accounts of why they abruptly cut contact with longtime friends. Across these accounts—submitted to an online outlet—contributors describe moments ranging from bigotry and betrayal to neglect during illness, with many saying the break felt necessary. The result: … Read more

Lead: In Madison, Wisconsin on Monday, Mercedes-Benz USA and parent Daimler AG agreed to pay $149.6 million to resolve multistate allegations that software in diesel vehicles was used to pass emissions tests but allowed higher pollution during normal driving. State attorneys general say more than 211,000 diesel passenger cars and vans made between 2008 and … Read more

Vince Zampella, the 55-year-old game developer who helped create the Call of Duty series, died in a highway car crash in Los Angeles on Sunday, Electronic Arts confirmed. Zampella was traveling in a Ferrari with another occupant when the vehicle left the roadway, struck a concrete barrier and became engulfed in flames, the California Highway … Read more

Lead A Mexican Navy aircraft transporting burn patients crashed into Galveston Bay on Monday afternoon, Dec. 22, 2025, killing at least three people, officials say. A 2-year-old child is reported among the victims. Eight people were on board — four naval crew and four civilians — and search-and-rescue teams recovered four survivors while one person … Read more

Lead On Dec. 22, 2025, Brown University announced that Rodney Chatman, the university’s vice president for public safety and emergency management, has been placed on administrative leave while an after-action review proceeds following a Dec. 13 mass shooting that left two students dead and nine others wounded. The university named Hugh T. Clements, former Providence … Read more

Lead: The Kansas City Chiefs announced on Monday they will relocate their home operations from Missouri to neighboring Kansas and begin playing in a newly financed stadium complex in 2031. Kansas lawmakers approved public funding for a mixed-use development and a domed stadium in Wyandotte County, while team leaders say the project includes training, headquarters … Read more

Lead: Jake and Romy Reiner said on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, that they will announce a memorial for their parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, at a later date following the couple’s killings in their Brentwood home. The siblings issued the statement through a spokesperson after the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner released the … Read more