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Lead James Cameron’s third Avatar instalment, Avatar: Fire and Ash, opened in December 2025 as part of the franchise that includes the 2009 original and 2022’s Avatar: The Way of Water. At 197 minutes, the film is markedly longer than earlier entries and leans heavily on spectacle over tidy storytelling. Critics argue it favors franchise … Read more

Lead: Howard Stern announced on Tuesday morning that he has signed a new three-year agreement to remain with SiriusXM, ending months of public speculation about his future. The deal, Stern said, gives him greater flexibility and more free time while keeping him on the satellite platform he joined in 2006. Terms were not disclosed, though … Read more

Lead: In December 2025, as Netflix and Paramount contest control of Warner Bros., the studio’s long, fraught history of mergers has returned to the headlines. From the $182 billion AOL–Time Warner wedding in 2000 to AT&T’s $85.4 billion purchase of Time Warner in 2018 and the 2022 formation of Warner Bros. Discovery, repeated consolidation attempts … Read more

Lead: U.S. nonfarm payrolls increased by a seasonally adjusted 64,000 in November after an abbreviated October count showed a 105,000 decline, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Tuesday in figures delayed by the recent government shutdown. The unemployment rate climbed to 4.6%, the highest since September 2021, while a broader measure including discouraged and … Read more

Lead: Nick Reiner, 32, was arrested and booked on murder charges Sunday in connection with the deaths of his parents, actor-director Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, authorities and media reported. On the same day, Providence police released an image they believe shows the gunman in the Brown University campus shooting that killed two students … Read more

Lead: On 16 December 2025, a UK court sentenced 54-year-old Paul Doyle to 21½ years in prison after he drove his van into crowds of Liverpool supporters during the club’s Premier League victory parade on 26 May 2025. The attack, captured on dashcam and other footage, injured more than 130 people — including infants, children … Read more

Lead Kraft Heinz has named Steve Cahillane, the former CEO who oversaw Kellogg’s post-breakup spinoff, as its next chief executive effective Jan. 1. The move comes as the food giant prepares to split into two publicly traded companies, a separation the company projects will occur in the second half of 2026. Cahillane will lead the … Read more

Lead: The U.S. economy recorded a loss of 105,000 jobs in October and a gain of 64,000 in November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday, helping to clarify a months-long period of mixed signals in the labor market. The national unemployment rate rose to 4.6% in November. Revisions released with the report also trimmed … Read more

Lead: On Dec. 16, 2025, outside Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, a group of Palestinian hikers altered a planned route after encountering an Israeli settler encampment near a centuries-old spring. What had been linear walks across hills and valleys are increasingly truncated as new tents and outposts appear along traditional paths. Hikers now report … Read more

Lead: Aaron Rodgers delivered a near-flawless performance Monday night at Acrisure Stadium, completing 23 of 27 passes (85.2%) for 224 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. The veteran quarterback posted a passer rating of 125.9 and directed Pittsburgh for the entire 33:33 the team held the ball. Beginning with the final possession of the first … Read more

Today marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, and a new 12-question Book Review quiz invites readers to test their knowledge of her life, novels and cultural legacy. The interactive set covers basic facts—birthplace and publication history—alongside questions about famous lines, adaptations and on-page details. The quiz both celebrates Austen’s continued global reach and … Read more

On Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, Slope announced a partnership with Amazon to offer reusable lines of credit to eligible U.S. Amazon sellers, integrated directly into Seller Central and supported by a JPMorgan Chase credit facility. The program provides near-instant, real-time approvals and allows approved sellers to draw as needed, with repayment terms aligned to inventory … Read more

Lead: Anthony Geary, the actor best known as Luke Spencer of General Hospital and one half of daytime television’s iconic Luke-and-Laura pairing, has died at 78. ABC confirmed he died Sunday in Amsterdam from complications that followed a surgical procedure three days earlier. Geary’s portrayal of Luke—first appearing in 1978—earned him eight Daytime Emmy awards … Read more

Lead: In December 2025, a fatal attack on National Guard members in Washington, D.C., and the charging of an Afghan national in that case have intensified a rift within the Republican Party over immigration policy toward Afghans. Senior GOP senators including Thom Tillis and Susan Collins warned that broad restrictions and pauses on Afghan visas … Read more

Lead On the morning after a deadly attack near Bondi, residents in Bonnyrigg — about 30 miles west of the Bondi beachside park — described a quiet household where the suspects lived. Police sealed the street early Monday and ordered occupants to exit; officers later reported three people leaving the home. Neighbors and local workers … Read more