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Police and federal authorities are conducting a multi‑state manhunt after two shootings that left three people dead and one suspected assailant later found dead, officials said on December 18, 2025. Law enforcement sources told CBS News investigators are probing a possible link between the mass shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and the … Read more

ByteDance has signed binding agreements to transfer a majority stake in TikTok’s U.S. operations to a consortium of investors, the company’s CEO told staff on Thursday. The transaction — set to close on 22 January — would place Oracle, Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi-based MGX among the new owners while allowing ByteDance to retain a … Read more

Lead: ByteDance has reached binding agreements to transfer majority ownership of TikTok’s U.S. operations to a consortium of U.S. and global investors, CEO Shou Zi Chew told staff on Thursday. The transaction, which is scheduled to close on 22 January, would resolve a multiyear U.S. push to force a sale over national security concerns. Under … Read more

Lead: On Thursday, December 18, 2025, the President signed S. 1071—the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026—into law in Washington, D.C. The measure authorizes FY2026 appropriations chiefly for Department of Defense programs and military construction, Department of Energy national security activities, intelligence programs, and Department of State work. It also supports a military … Read more

Disney conducted closed screen tests and chemistry readings in London last week as it narrows candidates for the lead roles in a live-action adaptation of its 2010 animated hit Tangled. Several early-career actresses — including Freya Skye, Sarah Catherine Hook, Teagan Croft and Olivia‑Mai Barrett — reportedly read for Rapunzel, while Milo Manheim, Charlie Gillespie … Read more

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee granted a pardon Thursday to country artist Jelly Roll, acknowledging the Nashville native’s journey from drug use and prison to recovery, songwriting and advocacy. The pardon, one of 33 Lee issued as part of his customary holiday clemency decisions, follows a monthslong review and a unanimous, nonbinding recommendation from the state … Read more

Nike’s stock plunged after the company revealed weaker-than-expected sales in China in its latest trading update, undermining investor confidence in the athletic brand’s turnaround plan. The market reaction followed comments from the firm and analysts that flagged slower demand in Greater China, a core growth market. Investors interpreted the update as a setback for Nike’s … Read more

Lead: Authorities on Thursday named a person of interest in the fatal shooting that took place at Brown University last weekend and have launched a search for that individual and a rented car investigators believe may link the campus attack to the separate killing of an M.I.T. professor earlier this week. The Brown attack left … Read more

In December 2025, a team of astronomers announced they have captured the first direct images of debris clouds produced by collisions between large objects orbiting the nearby star Fomalhaut. The events—recorded in 2004 and again in 2023—are interpreted as the aftermath of impacts between planetesimals roughly 60 kilometers across. Observers used long-baseline imaging from the … Read more

Lead On December 18, 2025, the President issued an order directing that federal executive departments and agencies be closed and employees excused from duty on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, and Friday, December 26, 2025, the day before and the day after Christmas Day. The order authorizes department and agency heads to keep certain offices open … Read more

American Airlines announced this week that customers who buy Basic Economy tickets on or after December 17, 2025 will no longer earn AAdvantage miles or Loyalty Points toward status. The carrier said the change affects the airline’s lowest-priced, most restricted fare class but that standard on-board amenities such as a free personal item, a carry-on … Read more

Tom Cruise appears dramatically transformed in the first teaser for Digger, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s new comedy, which Warner Bros. unveiled ahead of its October 2, 2026 theatrical release. The short clip shows Cruise as a heavily made-up, older character named Digger Rockwell, largely obscured in shadow while carrying a shovel. The film, described by studio … Read more

On December 18, 2025 the White House issued an executive order directing federal agencies to accelerate research on medical marijuana and hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) and to move forward with administrative steps to reschedule marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act. The order cites 2023 federal reviews from the Food and Drug Administration and Health and Human … Read more

A civil complaint filed in Los Angeles alleges that John Travolta’s youngest child, Ben Travolta, was born after an egg donation from Riley Keough, making him a great-grandson of Elvis Presley. The plaintiffs say the arrangement occurred around Ben’s birth in November 2010 and included payment and a vehicle as consideration. The claim appears in … Read more

Lead Former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and members of his family were killed when a small business jet crashed and caught fire while landing at Statesville Regional Airport in North Carolina on Dec. 18, 2025. Local authorities and the families identified the victims, and the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office said five adults and two children … Read more