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Lead: On January 29, 2025, the U.S. government formally admitted liability in the midair collision above the Potomac River that killed all 67 people aboard an Army Black Hawk and American Eagle Flight 5342. The Justice Department’s court filing said the government breached a duty of care, citing failures by Army aircrew and Federal Aviation … Read more

Lead Ann Arbor — A lawyer for a former University of Michigan football staffer told police that ex-head coach Sherrone Moore had a “long history of domestic violence” during the couple’s relationship, according to sworn testimony at a complaint authorization hearing before Moore’s Dec. 10 arraignment. Detective Jessica Welker of the Pittsfield Township Police Department … Read more

Stocks dropped sharply on Wednesday as renewed anxiety about the artificial intelligence sector swept U.S. markets after a Financial Times report raised questions about financing for Oracle’s planned $10 billion Michigan data center. Oracle and its development partner Related Digital issued statements disputing the report, but the absence of a publicly identified equity backer unsettled … Read more

Lead LG has teamed with Dolby to bring the first FlexConnect soundbar to market, unveiling the H7 as part of a new modular audio family at CES 2026. The H7 uses the Alpha 11 Gen 3 processor — the same chip in LG’s latest OLED and Micro RGB LED TVs — and joins the M5 … Read more

Lead The White House in December 2024 added new commemorative plaques that sharply criticize former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, displaying language that repeats disputed and partisan claims. The plaques accuse Mr. Biden of taking office after “the most corrupt Election ever seen” and of overseeing economic and foreign-policy failures; they also use derisive … Read more

Lead: Measles outbreaks that accelerated in late 2025 remain active and are expected to carry into the new year across multiple U.S. states. Since late summer, clusters centered in southwestern Utah and Mohave County, Arizona, and a growing outbreak in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, have produced thousands of exposures and nearly 2,000 confirmed infections nationally. … Read more

Lead The Chicago Bears told season-ticket holders and the Chicago Tribune this week they are examining sites in northwest Indiana as a contingency while talks with Illinois lawmakers over incentives for a new Arlington Heights stadium stall. Team president and CEO Kevin Warren confirmed the cross‑state possibility but stressed the club still prefers Arlington Park; … Read more

Lead On Dec. 17, 2025, internal guidance circulated to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) field offices directs staff to provide the Department of Justice’s Office of Immigration Litigation with 100–200 denaturalization cases per month in fiscal 2026. The instruction, confirmed in reporting by The New York Times, would mark a dramatic increase compared with … Read more

Markets will enter the Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025 session with traders focused on a compact set of catalysts that could drive volatility and sector rotation. Economic releases, company reports and Fed commentary all line up to influence price action across U.S. equities and fixed income. Ahead of the session, investors are weighing year‑end positioning, recent … Read more

Lead BP has named Meg O’Neill as its next chief executive, replacing Murray Auchincloss and making her the first woman to run a major global oil company. The appointment was announced this week and O’Neill will take up the role on 1 April, with Carol Howle serving as interim CEO until then. Auchincloss, who succeeded … Read more

Interim University of Michigan president Domenico Grasso said on Dec. 17, 2025, that the school will move quickly to terminate employees if a wide-ranging review of the football program and athletic department uncovers credible wrongdoing. Grasso spoke in a video update one week after the university fired head football coach Sherrone Moore on Dec. 10 … Read more

Financial Times reports that BP has replaced chief executive Murray Auchincloss after a tenure of under two years, marking another abrupt leadership change at one of the world’s largest oil majors. The move, disclosed by the FT and attributed to company and market sources, follows a period of strategic repositioning for BP as it balances … Read more

Dan Bongino, who was appointed deputy director of the FBI by President Donald Trump, announced Wednesday that he will leave the bureau in January. His written statement thanked Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Director Kash Patel and said he was grateful for the opportunity to serve. The departure follows months of high-profile disputes and … Read more

Lead: Former special counsel Jack Smith told House Judiciary Committee members on Dec. 17, 2025, in a private deposition that his decisions to prosecute former President Donald J. Trump were driven by evidence rather than politics. Smith said his team developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump participated in a scheme to overturn the … Read more

Lead: Delta President Glen Hauenstein will retire effective Feb. 28, 2026, the company announced in a Dec. 17, 2025 memo from CEO Ed Bastian. Hauenstein, who joined Delta in 2005, led the airline’s evolution from a largely domestic carrier into a global network spanning six continents and numerous joint ventures. Delta said Joe Esposito, a … Read more