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December 22, 2025 — The Trump administration on Monday ordered a pause on several high-profile offshore wind leases along the U.S. East Coast, including the 176-turbine Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project located about 27 miles off Virginia Beach. The Interior Department said the temporary halt responds to national security concerns raised by the Pentagon, … Read more

Lead Emergency services and weather agencies have extended flood watches across northern and central California through Friday as a string of atmospheric rivers moves ashore. Heavy rain—already 50–75 mm (2–3 in) in parts of northern California this weekend—is expected to continue, with mountain snow piling up in the Sierra Nevada. Forecasts call for widespread cumulative … Read more

Samsung is reportedly preparing a new foldable codenamed “Wide Fold” that industry outlets say will mirror the display proportions Apple is planning for its first foldable iPhone. Korea’s ET News, citing an unnamed industry source, says the Wide Fold will measure about 5.4 inches when folded and 7.6 inches when unfolded, with a roughly 4:3 … Read more

James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash opened over its first weekend with an estimated $88 million in the U.S. and $345 million globally, led by premium-format and 3D screenings. The film drew especially strong business in China, where it posted a $57.6 million opening — topping the previous franchise entries there. Early indicators include an … Read more

Lead: The Trump administration has ordered at least two dozen career ambassadors appointed during the Biden presidency to leave their overseas posts by mid-January, sources say. The moves affect embassies across Africa, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the Western Hemisphere and follow a broader restructuring of the State Department this year. Impacted diplomats are … Read more

December 22, 2025 — The U.S. Interior Department announced on Monday that it is pausing leases for five major offshore wind projects after the Department of Defense flagged national security concerns in classified reports. The move affects Vineyard Wind 1, Revolution Wind, Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW), Sunrise Wind and Empire Wind 1 and follows … Read more

Lead: On 22 December 2025, Oracle co‑founder Larry Ellison agreed to personally guarantee $40.4 billion in equity backing for Paramount Skydance’s hostile $108.4 billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). The move came after WBD urged shareholders to reject Paramount’s offer and disclosed a separate agreement to sell key studio assets to Netflix for $82.7 … Read more

Avatar: Fire and Ash opened at the top of the US and Canada box office this weekend with an estimated $88 million, though that figure falls short of Avatar: The Way of Water’s $134 million debut in 2022. The third film in James Cameron’s sci‑fi saga also earned about £9 million in the UK and … Read more

Lead: The S&P 500 climbed to open a holiday-shortened trading week on Monday, driven by gains in technology and artificial-intelligence–linked names. Early trading showed the broad index up around 0.4%, while the Nasdaq outperformed and the Dow posted a smaller advance. Market participants cited a mix of company-specific news — including reports about Nvidia chip … Read more

Lead Denmark said on December 22, 2025 it would summon the U.S. ambassador after President Donald Trump appointed Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as a special envoy to Greenland. The announcement came weeks after Mr. Trump returned to the White House in January 2025 and amid repeated American statements that the Arctic island is strategically vital. … Read more

In this end-of-year Feinberg Forecast, veteran awards analyst Scott Feinberg summarizes where the 2025 Oscar race stands as voting deadlines approach. Over a December weekend, new commercial and critical data for James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash arrived — Rotten Tomatoes shows 67% critic approval and 91% audience approval, and the film opened worldwide to … Read more

Lead Two weeks of successive “atmospheric river” storms in mid-December drenched parts of the U.S. Pacific Northwest, hitting the holiday tourism town of Leavenworth, Washington, hard and disrupting seasonal commerce. The downpours, high winds and power outages dumped more than a foot of rain in areas west of the Cascade Range and forced road closures … Read more

December 22, 2025 — As Americans head into Christmas, the strongest chances for measurable snow on the ground on Dec. 25 sit across the northern halves of Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota and the northern Great Lakes. The Weather Prediction Center meteorologist Scott Kleebauer told CBS News that areas from the Adirondacks into northern Maine also … Read more

Lead Denmark and Greenland on Monday issued a joint rebuke after US President Donald Trump named Louisiana governor Jeff Landry as a special envoy to Greenland, a largely self-governing territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. The two leaders said the appointment infringed on territorial integrity and reiterated that Greenlanders decide Greenland’s future. Denmark signalled formal … Read more

Lead: Oracle co‑founder Larry Ellison has pledged roughly $40 billion of personal capital to support a takeover bid for Warner Bros Discovery, a move reported this week that intensifies takeover speculation around the Hollywood studio and cable group. The reported commitment signals deep private funding behind a potential bid and has immediate implications for shareholders, … Read more