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Lead Body-camera and store surveillance released by officials show a 21-year-old accused shoplifter, Shane C.L. Newman, allegedly drawing a handgun and pointing it at an off-duty Canton police officer inside a Walmart in Canton, Ohio, on Dec. 18, 2025. The weapon did not fire; a Walmart loss-prevention employee tackled Newman and officers quickly handcuffed him. … Read more

China’s central bank left its 1-year and 5-year loan prime rates at 3.00% and 3.50% on Monday, marking a seventh consecutive meeting without change on 22 December 2025 in Beijing. The decision comes as recent November data showed softer retail sales and industrial output and an ongoing downturn in the property sector, even as policymakers … Read more

Lead On Dec. 21, 2025 in Charlotte, the Carolina Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-20 to move to 8-7 and take a one-game lead in the NFC South with two games remaining. Quarterback Bryce Young engineered the game-winning field-goal drive and threw two touchdown passes despite a painful right-ankle incident earlier in the game. … Read more

Asia-Pacific equities climbed on Monday as investors reacted to China’s central bank holding its benchmark loan prime rates steady and other policy shifts in the region. The People’s Bank of China left the 1-year LPR at 3.00% and the 5-year LPR at 3.50% for a seventh straight meeting, a move that influenced demand for risk … Read more

Published Dec 21, 2025 at 01:00 PM — A broad group of NFL analysts offered their Week 16 projections ahead of the New England Patriots’ road trip to Baltimore. Experts from ESPN, NFL.com, CBS, Pro Football Talk and team writers split almost evenly on a likely winner, with close scorelines the common theme. Several prognosticators … Read more

Lead: As holiday gatherings and seasonal drinking increase, medical experts warn that combining alcohol with several widely used medicines can cause serious, even fatal, effects. Clinicians say common categories — painkillers, sleep aids, blood thinners, antidepressants, antibiotics and anti-anxiety drugs — can interact with alcohol to worsen sedation, destabilize heart rhythm or damage the liver. … Read more

Lead: Less than 24 hours after an overtime comeback against Green Bay, the Chicago Bears clinched a spot in the 2025 NFL postseason on Sunday when the Detroit Lions lost 29-24 to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Detroit. The Bears improved to 11-4 with Saturday night’s 22-16 OT win over the Packers and now qualify for … Read more

Lead: A former classmate of the man accused in the Brown University and MIT killings says the suspect displayed signs of anger and social awkwardness while they were students in Providence. The shootings occurred Dec. 13 at Brown’s Barus & Holley building, where two students were killed and nine others wounded, and on Dec. 15 … Read more

Lead On December 21, 2025 in Cleveland, the Buffalo Bills edged the Cleveland Browns 23-20 as James Cook carried the offense with 117 rushing yards and two touchdowns. Josh Allen, playing through a right-foot injury sustained in the second quarter, completed 12 of 19 passes for 130 yards while the Bills improved to 11-4 and … Read more

Lead Video recorded at a Canton, Ohio Walmart shows 21-year-old Shane Newman producing a handgun and attempting to shoot a police officer during a Thursday afternoon arrest; the weapon failed to fire and no injuries were reported. The two people detained at the store were identified as Newman and 23-year-old Katerina Jeffrey, who was also … Read more

Lead: The U.S. Department of Justice restored an image from the Jeffrey Epstein files to its public archive on Sunday after temporarily removing it following its initial posting on Friday. The photo contained two separate pictures that included former President Donald Trump among other prominent figures; the DOJ said the Southern District of New York … Read more

James Ransone, a character actor best known for roles in IT Chapter Two, The Wire, Inside Man (2006) and Red Hook Summer (2012), has died at 46. The Los Angeles County medical examiner’s report states he was found hanging on Friday and the death is being treated as a suicide. News of his death prompted … Read more

Lead: Jim Beam’s owner, James B. Beam Distilling Co., announced that production at its primary distillery on the James B. Beam campus in Clermont, Kentucky, will pause beginning January 1, a move the company says accompanies site investment work. The pause comes amid a record inventory of aging bourbon barrels in Kentucky and continuing trade-policy … Read more

Lead: In Arlington on Sunday, the Dallas Cowboys—already eliminated from playoff contention—faced the Los Angeles Chargers, who needed a victory to clinch a postseason berth. The Chargers prevailed, as Justin Herbert hurt Dallas with both his passing and his mobility, and a handful of less-noticed plays helped determine the final margin. Five specific moments — … Read more

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences say that after retrieving autonomous reef monitoring structures from deep coral reefs off Guam, they collected 2,000 specimens over two weeks in November and identified 100 species in the area for the first time. Preliminary analysis and DNA sequencing indicate more than 20 of those organisms may be … Read more