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Kyle Whittingham announced Friday that he is stepping down as head football coach at the University of Utah after 21 seasons leading the Utes. The 66-year-old finished the 2025 season with a 10–2 record and will leave as the program’s all-time winningest coach with a 177–88 career mark in Salt Lake City. Whittingham’s final game … Read more

Lead: President Donald Trump announced on Friday that Thai and Cambodian leaders have agreed to restart a ceasefire after several days of deadly cross-border clashes that threatened to unravel a truce brokered earlier this year. Trump said the agreement followed phone calls with Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet and … Read more

Lead: On Friday, President Donald Trump told the Wall Street Journal that former Fed governor Kevin Warsh has moved to the top of his shortlist to succeed Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair. Trump said the change followed a recent meeting and interviews, and he reiterated that the Fed chair should consult the president on … Read more

Former University of Michigan head football coach Sherrone Moore was arraigned Dec. 12, 2025, in Washtenaw County on charges that he entered the home of a woman with whom he had been in a relationship and threatened self-harm. Prosecutors say the incident occurred days after the woman ended the relationship; Moore was charged with third-degree … Read more

Lead: The Pittsburgh Steelers finalized preparations Friday for Monday night’s game in Miami, with linebacker T.J. Watt ruled out after a medical evaluation of his lung. Coach Mike Tomlin said Watt underwent a procedure, was released from the hospital and is resting at home, but will not participate this week’s practices or be available Monday. … Read more

Lead Britain’s King Charles III said his cancer treatment will soon be scaled back after what he described as an early diagnosis, swift medical intervention and close adherence to doctors’ instructions. In a televised message aired Friday in support of the Stand Up to Cancer campaign, he called the development a personal blessing and a … Read more

Lead: On Dec. 12, 2025, the National Trust for Historic Preservation filed a federal lawsuit to halt President Trump’s plan to build a 90,000-square-foot ballroom on White House grounds after the East Wing was demolished in October. The suit, filed in federal court, asks judges to require formal reviews and congressional authorization before construction proceeds. … Read more

Lead: On December 12, 2025, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) granted conditional approvals for five digital-asset firms to convert state charters into federally chartered national trust banks. The approvals — for Ripple, Circle, BitGo, Fidelity Digital Assets and Paxos — are limited-category national trust charters and mark a significant step toward … Read more

December 12, 2025 — In Washington, Speaker Mike Johnson is confronting an unusual wave of resistance within his own Republican conference as rank-and-file members push procedural measures to force floor action. Over the past month members have used discharge petitions and bipartisan alliances to bypass leadership on issues from Affordable Care Act premium tax credits … Read more

A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general filed a federal lawsuit on Friday challenging the Trump administration’s new $100,000 surcharge on H-1B visas. The lawsuit, led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta and joined by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and New York Attorney General Letitia James, alleges the Department of Homeland Security exceeded … Read more

Record storm-driven flooding in Western Washington forced tens of thousands of residents to leave their homes this week, with authorities issuing large-scale evacuation notices across multiple counties on Dec. 12, 2025. Heavy rainfall pushed rivers past their banks — notably the Skagit, Snohomish and Chehalis — inundating towns, farms and parts of regional infrastructure. The … Read more

Amazon has removed an AI-generated video recap of its Prime Video series Fallout after viewers pointed out several factual mistakes, including a claim that a scene was a 1950s flashback rather than occurring in 2077. The recap feature had been introduced by Amazon as an experimental tool in November for select US English-language Prime Originals, … Read more

Google has expanded its live speech-to-speech translation so that it can stream through any compatible headphones, moving the capability beyond Pixel Buds. The rollout begins today in beta on Android devices in the United States, Mexico and India, supporting more than 70 languages. The update also includes improved text translations powered by Gemini and an … Read more

Lead Wide receiver Tee Higgins will not play for the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens after re-entering the NFL concussion protocol, the team announced Dec. 12, 2025. This marks the second game Higgins has missed this season under concussion-related restrictions; he also sat out the teams’ Thanksgiving meeting, a 32-14 Bengals win … Read more

Lead The National Trust for Historic Preservation filed suit on Friday in federal court in Washington, D.C., asking a judge to halt construction of President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom on White House grounds. The group says the White House demolished the East Wing in October and began work without required reviews, public comment or filings … Read more