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Lead On Dec. 13, 2025, United Airlines Flight 803 returned to Washington Dulles International Airport shortly after takeoff when part of an engine cover separated and caught fire, the F.A.A. said. The Boeing 777-200ER, carrying 275 passengers and 15 crew members, landed safely at about 1:20 p.m. No injuries were reported and a small brush … Read more
Lead: On December 13, 2025, a drone strike struck a United Nations logistics base in Kadugli, Kordofan, killing six U.N. peacekeepers and wounding eight others, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said. The victims were serving with the U.N. Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and were all Bangladeshi nationals. The Sudanese military blamed the Rapid Support … Read more
Belarusian authorities freed 123 political detainees on Saturday after talks between President Alexander Lukashenko and U.S. Special Envoy John Cole. Among those released were Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and protest leader Maria Kolesnikova. The move was followed by a U.S. announcement that some economic sanctions — including measures on Belarus’s potash sector — … Read more
The Geminids meteor shower is expected to reach its peak over Colorado on the night of Dec. 13, 2025, offering observers the chance to see as many as 120 meteors per hour under dark skies. The shower will remain active through Dec. 24, with peak activity beginning after sunset and intensifying a couple of hours … Read more
Lead Blue Origin is midway through a four-flight certification campaign that could clear its New Glenn rocket to carry U.S. national security payloads. Company test flights in 2025 produced two launches, including a successful first-stage recovery of Glenn Stage 1 (GS1) on the second mission, and officials say two more flights remain. The progress was … Read more
On Dec. 13, 2025, six Bangladeshi U.N. peacekeepers were killed when a drone struck a United Nations base in Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan, according to U.N. officials. The attack, which also wounded seven peacekeepers and set fire to a warehouse, is the deadliest single incident for U.N. personnel in Sudan since the country’s … Read more
Lead World Wrestling Entertainment will stage “WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event” at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Dec. 13, with the broadcast beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. The show features John Cena’s announced retirement match against Gunther, plus a champion-vs.-champion meeting between Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes and NXT Champion … Read more
US special envoy Steve Witkoff is due to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a string of European leaders in Berlin this weekend, the White House said on 14 December 2025, as Washington urges a concrete plan to end the war in Ukraine. Germany is hosting preparatory talks between US and Ukrainian delegations over the weekend … Read more
Lead On Dec. 13, 2025, Israel’s military announced it killed a senior Hamas commander, Raed Saad, in Gaza after an explosive device detonated and wounded two Israeli soldiers. The Israeli statement identified Saad as a key architect of the Oct. 7, 2023 attack and as the Hamas official responsible for weapons manufacturing. Hamas did not … Read more
Inglewood, Calif. — On Dec. 13, 2025, Washington opened bowl season with a decisive 38-10 victory over Boise State in the LA Bowl, powered by Demond Williams Jr.’s four touchdown passes and a defense that produced five interceptions. The Huskies (9-4) scored 38 straight points after conceding an opening-drive field goal and improved to four … Read more
Victor Wembanyama returned from a 12-game absence on Dec. 14, 2025, in Las Vegas and provided an immediate lift as the San Antonio Spurs edged the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-109 to reach the NBA Cup final. Wembanyama finished with 22 points and nine rebounds in a limited 21-minute stint while the Spurs’ balanced attack overcame … Read more
Lead On Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, a mass shooting outside the Barus and Holley building at Brown University in Providence, R.I., left two people dead and eight others in critical but stable condition; a ninth person suffered a non-life-threatening fragment injury. The incident occurred around 4 p.m. ET while final exams were underway in the … Read more
Chicago-area residents should prepare for accumulating snow in some locations and dangerously low wind chills this weekend as the National Weather Service and local meteorologists warn. Advisories and alerts cover parts of northeastern Illinois, northwest Indiana and southeastern Wisconsin beginning Saturday evening and lasting into Sunday. Municipalities including Aurora have opened warming centers and adjusted … Read more
Lead In early 2025 astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope reported three unusually bright, high-redshift sources that some researchers now propose could be “dark stars”—giant, long-lived objects powered by annihilating dark matter rather than fusion. If confirmed, these objects would rewrite parts of conventional star-formation theory and offer a novel indirect probe of the … Read more
Fernando Mendoza capped a historic season Saturday night in New York by winning the 2025 Heisman Trophy, becoming the first player from Indiana University to take college football’s top individual honor. The Miami-born quarterback led the Hoosiers to a 13-0 record, the program’s first Big Ten championship since 1967 and its first-ever No. 1 ranking. … Read more
