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Lead: On December 20, 2025, ballistic missiles struck port infrastructure in Odesa, southern Ukraine, killing eight people and wounding 27, Ukraine’s emergency service said. The attack hit vehicles and port facilities late Friday, with some casualties reported on a bus at the strike site. The strike occurred as U.S.-backed diplomatic efforts — including planned talks … Read more
Lead Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., directed by President Donald Trump, is preparing to propose a new childhood immunization schedule that mirrors the fewer-dose approach used in Denmark. The development, reported on Dec. 19, 2025, follows tentative steps Kennedy and his appointees took over the past year toward reshaping vaccine guidance. Administration officials say … Read more
Former president Bill Clinton on Friday accused the White House of using him as a political scapegoat after a congressionally ordered release of government files included photographs showing him with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell and with a young woman in a pool. Clinton has repeatedly said he severed ties with Epstein around 2005 and … Read more
Lead German actor Lars Eidinger has been tapped to portray Brainiac in James Gunn’s upcoming Superman and Lex Luthor film Man of Tomorrow, Deadline reports. The casting marks what the report describes as Brainiac’s first appearance on the big screen. The film pairs David Corenswet’s Superman with Nicholas Hoult’s Lex Luthor against a new cosmic … Read more
In Billund, Denmark, CBS News was granted a rare tour of a museum at the heart of the LEGO Group’s origin story, a staff-only collection that traces the brand’s evolution from mid-20th-century bricks to today’s multimillion-piece showcases. The exhibit sits adjacent to founder Ole Kirk Kristiansen’s original home and preserves early sets, including a 1955 … Read more
Dec. 20, 2025 — Bowen Yang, the 35-year-old actor and comedian and five-time Emmy nominee, announced on Saturday that he will leave Saturday Night Live after this weekend’s episode. The departure, revealed in an Instagram post, marks an unexpected midseason exit for a performer who joined the show as a writer in 2018 and rose … Read more
Lead On December 20, 2025, director-writer James Gunn announced that German actor Lars Eidinger will play Brainiac in Man of Tomorrow, the follow-up to this summer’s Superman. The casting was revealed via Gunn’s post on X and resolves weeks of speculation about the villain role. David Corenswet returns as Superman and Nicholas Hoult is set … Read more
Lead: Saline Township officials south of Ann Arbor say they settled a lawsuit in December 2025 that cleared the path for a 2.2-million-square-foot hyperscale data center planned by OpenAI partner Related Digital and Oracle. The board’s settlement follows a Sept. 12 suit filed by Related Digital and several landowners after the township voted 4-1 to … Read more
Lead Valve has stopped producing the Steam Deck LCD 256GB model, removing the $399 entry-level option from sale in the U.S. and listing a notice on its storefront that the configuration will not return once stock is exhausted. As of this report the 256GB LCD SKU is out of stock on the U.S. site and … Read more
Lead Federal prosecutors on Friday published another tranche of documents tied to Jeffrey Epstein’s investigations, but the release is heavily redacted and represents a small fraction of the material reportedly held. The files include photographs showing Epstein with high‑profile figures, scanned pages from books and notes, and at least one image of an oversized cheque … Read more
Lead: A broad storm system moving across the United States on Friday threatens holiday travel from coast to coast. Gusty winds and steady rain will impact the Northeast and the West Coast, while parts of the Rockies and the High Plains face extreme fire conditions. Airport delays and lake-effect snow are possible in the Northeast, … Read more
With a single victory the Philadelphia Eagles can clinch a second straight NFC East crown, and that opportunity arrives Saturday with a 5:00 PM kickoff in Landover, Maryland against the Washington Commanders. The matchup carries extra resonance: Washington was the team the Eagles beat in the 2024 NFC Championship Game en route to Super Bowl … Read more
Lead A Swedish team led by Kim Kultima analyzed blood samples in 2025 from 900 people recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) and matched controls and found that higher blood concentrations of PFOS and PCBs were associated with roughly double the odds of an MS diagnosis. The work, reported in a press release and covered … Read more
Lead On 20 December 2025 the US Department of Justice published a large cache of files tied to Jeffrey Epstein that include photographs showing the late financier and Ghislaine Maxwell with a number of well‑known public figures. The released images place Epstein and Maxwell alongside members of royalty, senior politicians and high‑profile entertainers across several … Read more
Lead: On Dec. 20, 2025, in Norman, Okla., No. 8 Oklahoma surrendered a 17-point advantage and fell 34-24 to No. 9 Alabama in the College Football Playoff first round at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Errors by quarterback John Mateer and miscues on special teams turned a dominant start into a collapse, handing Alabama a comeback victory … Read more
