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Lead Elliott Investment Management, the private investment firm that owns Waterstones and Barnes & Noble, has held early talks about a possible initial public offering for the bookselling group, the Financial Times reported on 18 December 2025. Sources say the multibillion-pound business prefers a London listing to New York, though no final decision has been … Read more

Lead NASA engineers at JPL are certifying the Perseverance rover to drive up to 100 kilometers on Mars as the agency’s Mars Sample Return (MSR) plans remain unsettled. Perseverance landed in Jezero Crater in February 2021 and has already driven roughly 40 kilometers while caching 33 sample tubes for potential return to Earth. With the … Read more

LOS ANGELES — On Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, Los Angeles Rams Pro Bowl receiver Puka Nacua publicly criticized NFL officiating during a livestream with creators Adin Ross and N3on, saying referees seek visibility and attention. The exchange included a touchdown celebration rehearsal that featured a hand-rubbing gesture tied to a controversial online personality and prompted … Read more

Lead President Donald J. Trump delivered a primetime year-end address from the White House on the evening of December 17, 2025, outlining what his administration called an 11-month turnaround on inflation, border security, and military support. He announced a one-time ‘Warrior Dividend’ payment and previewed plans for large tax cuts, energy policy actions, and further … Read more

Lead Thursday Night Football in Week 16 pits the Los Angeles Rams against the Seattle Seahawks on Dec. 18, 2025, with kickoff set for 5:15 p.m. Pacific Time. The game will be carried nationally on Amazon Prime Video and locally on FOX 11, with Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit on the call and Kaylee Hartung … Read more

Google rolled out an Android 16 QPR3 beta update on December 17, 2025, that includes a set of refreshed emoji on Pixel devices. The Beta 1 release alters a number of face, animal and object emoji—most changes move visuals closer to Apple’s iOS designs. The tweaks are minor in many cases but visible in side-by-side … Read more

Lead The White House announced on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, that the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will be renamed the “Trump-Kennedy Center” after a unanimous vote by its board of trustees. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the trustees, appointed by President Donald Trump in February 2025, approved the change, … Read more

House Oversight Committee Democrats on Dec. 18, 2025 publicly released roughly 70 photographs from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, one day before a statutory deadline for the Justice Department to disclose its own files. The images were handed to Congress as part of a much larger transfer of more than 95,000 files … Read more

Lead: The Seattle Seahawks host the Los Angeles Rams at Lumen Field on Thursday, December 18 for Week 16 of the 2025 NFL season, with kickoff scheduled for 5:15 P.M. PT. The game will be nationally carried on Prime Video, with a full radio and digital window for local and international fans. Key storylines entering … Read more

Several people were killed when a small private jet crashed near Statesville, North Carolina, on Thursday, Dec. 18. Local authorities say the accident occurred shortly after takeoff from Statesville Regional Airport in the late morning and that fatalities have been reported, though an exact count is not yet available. Federal investigators from the FAA and … Read more

Archaeologists and geneticists report that remains from a Bronze Age burial cave in southern Italy provide the earliest direct evidence of a parent–offspring sexual union in the archaeological record. The bones come from Grotta della Monaca in Calabria, a cemetery used between 1780 and 1380 B.C., where researchers sequenced DNA from 23 interred people. Analysis … Read more

Lead On 18 December 2025, late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel opened his Wednesday show by lampooning President Donald Trump after the White House announced an unexpected national address at 9pm ET. Kimmel framed the speech as a surprise primetime interruption that displaced season finales on major networks and used the moment to mock the administration’s recent … Read more

Lead: U.S. equity benchmarks climbed on Thursday after a delayed November Consumer Price Index showed softer-than-expected inflation and chipmaker Micron Technology posted stronger-than-forecast results and guidance. The S&P 500 moved to end a four-day losing streak, the Nasdaq outperformed, and the Dow intraday swings narrowed, as investors parsed the implications for 2026 interest-rate policy. The … Read more

Lead U.S. consumer prices rose at a slower annual pace in November, with the Labor Department reporting a 2.7% year‑over‑year increase on Thursday. Grocery prices climbed 1.9% from a year earlier, while overall inflation eased from 3.0% for the 12 months ending in September. Government price collection was interrupted in October by a shutdown, and … Read more

Lead Kristin Cabot, the woman who appeared on a Kiss Cam embrace with her boss at a Coldplay concert on July 16, 2025, has given her first extended account since the footage went viral. The short TikTok clip drew roughly 100 million views within days and sparked widespread condemnation, doxxing and threats. Cabot says she … Read more