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U.S. equities finished the week on a constructive note Friday as major indexes closed higher following renewed buying in AI-linked stocks. The S&P 500 rose 0.88% to 6,834.50, the Nasdaq Composite climbed 1.31% to 23,307.62, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 183.04 points to 48,134.89. Strength in names tied to artificial intelligence and several … Read more

On Dec. 20, 2025, at Miami’s Kaseya Center, former two-time unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (29-4, 26 KOs) ended Jake Paul’s (12-2) latest crossover experiment with a sixth-round knockout. The scheduled eight-round bout ended at 1:31 of Round 6 after Joshua forced four knockdowns over the course of the fight. Paul spent much of the … Read more

On Dec. 20, 2025 in Norman, Oklahoma, No. 9 seed Alabama rallied from a 17-point hole to defeat No. 8 Oklahoma 34-24 in the College Football Playoff first round. Quarterback Ty Simpson threw for 232 yards and two touchdowns while freshman Lotzeir Brooks—scoreless during the regular season—found the end zone twice and posted season highs … Read more

Lead Anuradha Mittal, who chaired Ben & Jerry’s independent board for seven years, says she was warned by Magnum executives they would publish defamatory claims about her if she did not resign. The allegation surfaces amid a widening dispute over the autonomy of Ben & Jerry’s board after Unilever spun off its ice cream division … Read more

Lead: On Friday, retro publisher ININ Games briefly posted that Nintendo had announced two new, smaller cartridge sizes for the Switch 2, then removed that claim and issued a correction. The publisher said the change allowed it to revise production plans for a physical Switch 2 release of R-Type Dimensions III and that the boxed … Read more

Dec. 19, 2025 — The Delaware Supreme Court on Friday reinstated the 2018 compensation package for Elon Musk at Tesla, reversing a lower-court order that had undone the award. The unanimous five-member court ruled rescission was an improper remedy, finding that canceling the plan left Mr. Musk uncompensated for years of service. The decision clears … Read more

Lead Taylor Swift’s new Disney+ docuseries episodes show Andrea Swift prompting her daughter to consider dating NFL star Travis Kelce. The third and fourth installments landed on Disney+ on Thursday and include scenes where Andrea recounts tracking Kelce’s appearances at Swift’s shows. Those segments link moments from Kelce bringing a friendship bracelet to Swift’s tour … Read more

In response to a deadly ambush on 13 December in Palmyra that killed two US soldiers and a US civilian interpreter, US forces launched a large-scale strike across central Syria on Friday evening. US Central Command (Centcom) reported the operation hit more than 70 targets using over 100 precision munitions, with fighter jets, attack helicopters, … Read more

Lead: NASA announced that four crew members from three agencies will fly on SpaceX Crew-12 to the International Space Station no earlier than Feb. 15, 2026, for a long-duration science expedition. The crew includes NASA astronauts Jessica Meir (commander) and Jack Hathaway (pilot), ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev as mission specialists, … Read more

Lead: On 19 December 2025 at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Anthony Joshua defeated Jake Paul by sixth-round knockout in an eight-round, non-title heavyweight contest that capped a star-studded Netflix card. Joshua, 36, entered the ring at 243.4lb and imposed a physical advantage over Paul, 28, who weighed 216.6lb at the official weigh-in. The bout—contested … Read more

Nick Reiner, 32, was diagnosed with schizophrenia before he was arrested in a double homicide at his parents’ Brentwood home on Dec. 14, authorities and reporting indicate. Coroner investigators confirmed that Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner died from multiple sharp-force injuries at the residence. Los Angeles County prosecutors have charged Nick with two counts … Read more

Buyers returned to technology shares on Friday, pushing the Nasdaq higher as options contracts expired and investors rotated back into growth names. The market finished the week with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up on the session and trimming its weekly loss to under 1%, while other major indexes posted weekly gains. Trading earlier in … Read more

Lead: On Dec. 19, 2025, workers affixed new lettering to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., after the center’s board of trustees voted to add President Donald J. Trump’s name to the building. The change followed a unanimous vote by a board whose recent appointees were selected by Trump, … Read more

Democratic lawmakers said they are weighing legal steps after the Justice Department announced it would not complete the public release of all records tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by the statutory deadline at 11:59 p.m. on Friday. On Friday the DOJ began releasing hundreds of thousands of pages but Deputy Attorney General Todd … Read more

Lead: On December 19, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice published an initial tranche of more than 13,000 records and hundreds of photographs connected to Jeffrey Epstein’s investigations, producing new images but leaving large portions sealed or redacted. The release, ordered by a congressional law with a midnight deadline, revealed photos of high-profile figures and … Read more