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On Dec. 13, investigators say a gunman opened fire in a Brown University lecture hall in Providence, killing two students and wounding nine. Two days later an MIT professor, Nuno F.G. Loureiro, was shot to death at his Brookline home. Federal officials later linked both scenes to the same suspect and found him dead in … Read more

Lead On Thursday, December 18, 2025, the performing arts complex on the Potomac was officially restyled as The Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, and by Friday crews were installing new signage. Lawmakers immediately raised legal questions, saying a formal name change may require Congressional action. Though … Read more

Bowen Yang, one of Saturday Night Live’s most prominent breakout performers, will leave the show after this Saturday’s episode, which is hosted by Ariana Grande; Cher is scheduled as the musical guest for SNL’s 2025 Christmas episode, Yang’s final broadcast. Yang began with SNL as a writer in 2018 (season 44), joined the cast as … Read more

On Friday, the Delaware Supreme Court reinstated Elon Musk’s 2018 compensation package for Tesla — a grant originally valued at $56 billion — overturning a previous court decision that had voided the award two years earlier. The opinion acknowledged breaches in the original approval process but ruled that rescinding the award outright would be “inequitable,” … Read more

Lead: A federal judge in Rhode Island on Dec. 19 issued a preliminary injunction halting the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s abrupt changes to homelessness funding, which would have reshaped how roughly $4 billion is distributed. U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy found plaintiffs — a coalition of states, cities and nonprofits — were … Read more

Lead: On Thursday night in Week 16, the Seattle Seahawks erased a 16-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Los Angeles Rams 38-37 in overtime, moving to 12-3, clinching a playoff berth and seizing the top spot in the NFC. Facing a Rams offense led by Matthew Stafford and Puka Nacua, Seattle rallied through a special-teams … Read more

On Dec. 19, 2025, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., backed by a directive from President Trump, moved closer to recommending that American children follow Denmark’s childhood immunization timetable rather than the U.S. schedule. The proposed shift would mean fewer recommended routine shots for children and a departure from the committee-driven process that has guided … Read more

On Friday, the Delaware Supreme Court reversed a lower-court decision and ordered that Elon Musk’s 2018 Tesla compensation plan be reinstated, awarding nominal damages of $1. The 2018 package — structured as 12 milestone-based stock tranches and worth about $56 billion when fully vested — had been rescinded earlier by the Court of Chancery in … Read more

Lead On Friday in Moscow, President Vladimir Putin used his annual televised “Direct Line” event to say Russia would not start further large-scale military operations if Western countries treated Moscow with respect and its security interests were guaranteed. Speaking during a nearly four-and-a-half-hour broadcast, he rejected claims that Russia plans new attacks on Europe as … Read more

Lead Erika Kirk, widow of conservative organiser Charlie Kirk, publicly declared her backing for JD Vance as the next U.S. president on the opening day of Turning Point USA’s annual America Fest in Phoenix. Her endorsement on Thursday came at the organisation’s largest gathering since Charlie Kirk was shot dead in September. Erika Kirk said … Read more

Retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, his wife Christina Grossu Biffle, their son Ryder and Biffle’s daughter Emma were among seven people killed when a Cessna C550 crashed while attempting to land at Statesville Regional Airport in North Carolina on Thursday morning. Cathy Grossu, Christina’s mother, said she exchanged texts with her daughter during the flight … Read more

Lead: In December 2025, President Donald J. Trump announced nine new agreements with major pharmaceutical manufacturers to bring most-favored-nation (MFN) pricing to American patients. The deals, with Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Genentech, Gilead Sciences, GSK, Merck, Novartis and Sanofi, aim to lower out-of-pocket and direct-purchase prices through a new TrumpRx channel and to … Read more

Lead: The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced new designations that target relatives and close associates of figures linked to Nicolás Maduro’s inner circle. The action builds on a December 11, 2025 designation of Carlos Erik Malpica Flores and adds immediate family members under Executive Order 13850. OFAC says … Read more

Lead Bowen Yang will step away from Saturday Night Live after the episode airing this Saturday, hosted by Ariana Grande with Cher as the musical guest. The departure comes in the middle of Yang’s eighth season with the show and follows a wave of exits ahead of Season 51. Representatives for Yang and Saturday Night … Read more

In Milwaukee on Thursday, a jury convicted Milwaukee County circuit judge Hannah Dugan of obstruction after finding she impeded federal agents attempting to arrest a Mexican national at her courthouse in April. The panel deliberated for six hours before acquitting Dugan on a related concealment charge; she faces up to five years in prison and … Read more