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Lead: A broad surge of Arctic air and a fast-moving winter system is sweeping across the United States this weekend, bringing dangerously low temperatures, widespread snow and river flooding in the Northwest. Nearly 49 million people are under cold-weather alerts from the Northern Plains into the Southeast, and roughly 58 million face winter alerts from … Read more

Dec 13, 2025 — In Baltimore, the 126th edition of the Army–Navy Game serves as the finale of the 2025 regular season, with Navy entering as a 6.5-point favorite after a 9-2 campaign and Army seeking to spoil the Midshipmen’s bid for a historic repeat of 10-win seasons. The matchup features Navy’s dynamic playmaker Blake … Read more

Lead: Two U.S. service members and one American civilian were killed Saturday in an ambush near Palmyra in central Syria, U.S. Central Command and Syrian state media said. The United States has blamed the Islamic State group for the attack and reported three other U.S. service members wounded; the shooter was killed, U.S. officials said. … Read more

Lead: On Dec. 13, 2025, newly released images and recent interviews placed Woody Allen back at the center of public scrutiny over his association with Jeffrey Epstein. The 90-year-old filmmaker, who this year published his first novel and has spoken publicly about Epstein as “charming and personable,” did not apologize for the relationship. House Oversight … Read more

December 13, 2025 — Peter Greene, the character actor best known for his 1994 turns in Pulp Fiction and The Mask, was found dead in his New York City apartment on Friday. He was 60. Greene’s manager confirmed the discovery and said the cause of death has not been disclosed; police told local outlets they … Read more

Lead: Philip Rivers, 44, will start at quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday after being promoted from the practice squad just days after coming out of retirement. The move, first reported by NFL Network insiders Ian Rapoport, Tom Pelissero and Mike Garafolo, follows Rivers’ workout with the Colts on Monday … Read more

Lead On Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, House Republicans led by Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled an 111-page health care package in Washington aimed at tackling rising costs but stopping short of extending expiring enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium subsidies. The measure would expand association health plans and so-called CHOICE arrangements, impose new transparency rules on … Read more

Lead Who: Western Washington communities and the National Weather Service. When: a second atmospheric river arriving Sunday after a major event earlier this week. Where: river valleys across northwest Washington, including the Nooksack, Skagit, Skykomish and Snohomish systems. What and result: the new plume is forecast to be weaker and shorter-lived than the storm that … Read more

Destiny 2’s newest three-player dungeon, Equilibrium, launches as part of the Renegades expansion and opens with a World First race starting Saturday, December 13 at 9:00 AM PT. Contest Mode runs for 48 hours and Normal Mode will unlock after Bungie confirms a World First clear. Access requires ownership of Renegades and that the fireteam … Read more

US soldiers, civilian interpreter killed during ambush in Syria by apparent ISIS gunman Lead: On December 13, 2025, two U.S. servicemembers and a U.S. civilian interpreter were killed near Palmyra, Syria, after an ambush that U.S. officials say was likely carried out by an Islamic State gunman. The attackers engaged the small U.S. element while … Read more

Lead Philip Rivers will be the Indianapolis Colts’ starting quarterback for Sunday’s road game against the Seattle Seahawks after being activated from the practice squad this week. The move follows a Monday workout and comes as the Colts seek a win to revive their playoff hopes. Rivers last took a snap for Indianapolis in the … Read more

Dec. 13, 2025 — Peter Greene, the character actor best known for playing the menacing Zed in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 film Pulp Fiction, has died at his home in New York City. He was 60, his manager Gregg Edwards confirmed. Edwards said the cause of death had not been released and described Greene as a … Read more

Lead: On Saturday, 13 December 2025, the Metropolitan Police in London announced it will take no further action over reports that Prince Andrew asked a personal protection officer in 2011 to conduct checks on Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of sexually abusing her as a teenager and died by suicide in April. The force said … Read more

California governor Gavin Newsom immediately denounced President Donald Trump’s new artificial intelligence executive order hours after it was released on Thursday evening, saying the federal directive — which seeks to block state-level AI rules — advances “grift and corruption” rather than public safety or innovation. Newsom framed the measure as an attempt by the federal … Read more

Lead Israeli forces said on Saturday they struck a vehicle in Gaza City that killed a senior Hamas commander, in an attack that Palestinian emergency services reported also killed three other people and wounded bystanders. The Israeli military described the target as a “key Hamas terrorist” while Hamas-linked civil defence sources named four fatalities. The … Read more