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Lead: Week 16 delivered dramatic finishes, policing controversies and statement wins that reshaped playoff maps across the NFL. On Sunday the Detroit Lions saw two would-be game-winning touchdowns nullified by offensive-penalty calls that left their postseason chances precarious, the Jaguars upset Denver in a high-profile road test, and individual performances from Caleb Williams and Justin … Read more

Lead: A senior Russian officer, Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, was fatally wounded by an explosive device placed under his car in Moscow on Monday, Russian investigators said. The death, confirmed by the Investigative Committee, marks the third killing of a high-ranking military officer in roughly a year. Authorities said one line of inquiry points to … Read more

Samsung is reportedly developing a new foldable phone, dubbed the “Wide Fold,” intended to arrive alongside its regular Fold model and directly target Apple’s rumored first foldable iPhone. Leaks attribute a 7.6-inch inner OLED with a 4:3 aspect ratio and a 5.4-inch outer screen to the Wide Fold, a layout designed for a tablet-like reading … Read more

Lead: James Ransone, the American actor best known for playing Ziggy in season two of The Wire, has died aged 46, the Los Angeles Medical Examiner reported. The office listed the cause as suicide on Friday. Ransone’s career spanned television and film, including Generation Kill (2008) and It Chapter Two (2019). His death prompted public … Read more

Lead Jim Beam’s owner announced the company will stop production at its Clermont, Kentucky distillery for the entirety of 2026 to carry out site enhancements. The pause, described as an opportunity to invest in the facility, will not affect the company’s other Kentucky operations, including a second distillery, bottling and warehousing plants, or its visitor … Read more

Lead In December 2025 President Trump suggested the United States could allow the production of the ultracompact Japanese “kei” cars, stirring interest among a small but passionate U.S. community of owners and importers. Kei cars — tightly regulated in Japan by size and engine limits — are popular there for affordability and maneuverability but face … Read more

Lead On Dec. 22, 2025, Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov was killed in Moscow when an explosive device placed beneath his vehicle detonated early that morning in a southern residential district. Russian investigators identified Sarvarov as the head of the General Staff’s army operational training directorate and said they opened a criminal investigation into the blast. … Read more

Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate in the Russian Armed Forces’ General Staff, was killed after a car bombing in southern Moscow on Monday, Russia’s federal investigators said. Sarvarov died from injuries sustained in the blast, authorities reported, and investigators say they are following multiple leads into the attack. The Investigative … Read more

Lead: CBS aired a one-hour special, “CBS News: Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life,” on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2025, honoring the actor-director’s career through interviews and archival footage. The program, shown on CBS and streamed on Paramount+, gathered colleagues and friends to reflect on Reiner’s influence in film, television and public life. The broadcast … Read more

Lead Creator Darren Star says the season five finale of Emily in Paris — now streaming on Netflix — resolves Emily’s arc by having her choose the life she has built in Paris over moving to a small Italian town with Marcello (Eugenio Franceschini). The season follows Emily (Lily Collins) as she splits time between … Read more

Lead: At the halfway mark of Turning Point USA’s four-day AmericaFest in Phoenix, a pattern of internecine confrontation and policy jockeying dominated the agenda. Speakers traded personal attacks and rivalries on the main stage while debates over Israel, the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement and endorsements for JD Vance signaled deeper contests over the … Read more

Lead: The Powerball jackpot has risen to an estimated $1.6 billion after Saturday night’s drawing produced no grand-prize winner, setting the prize for the next drawing on Monday at an all-time high for this run. The next drawing will be the 46th in the current jackpot streak and ranks as the fourth-largest jackpot in Powerball … Read more

Lead: Actor James Ransone, known for his role as Ziggy Sobotka on HBO’s The Wire and for parts in horror films including It: Chapter Two and Sinister, was found dead in Los Angeles on Friday at age 46. The Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office has ruled the death a suicide. Ransone’s career spanned television … Read more

James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash opened to a blockbuster global premiere this weekend, grossing $345 million worldwide and $88 million domestically, according to Comscore. The third installment in Cameron’s planned five-part saga arrived in U.S. theaters the weekend before Christmas and led a string of strong holiday releases. While the domestic start trails 2022’s … Read more

Lead: Jimmy Kimmel, the American late-night host, will deliver Channel 4’s alternative Christmas message on Dec. 25, 2025, at 5:45 p.m., the broadcaster announced. In the address he is scheduled to condemn fascism and reflect on free-speech debates that followed a suspension of his ABC show in September. The appointment places an American late-night figure … Read more