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Monday — The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch covering portions of 12 counties across western Washington as a series of wet weather systems returns to the region. The watch, announced early Monday, includes major population centers such as Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia and follows last week’s emergency response in Skagit County, where … Read more
European leaders meeting in Berlin on 15 December 2025 agreed a detailed framework of security guarantees for Ukraine, promising military, intelligence and diplomatic backing if Russia mounts a future attack. The two-day talks produced a joint statement outlining a European-led multinational force, a US-led monitoring mechanism for any ceasefire and a legally binding pledge to … Read more
Ford Motor Company has stopped production of the all‑electric F‑150 Lightning, announcing a strategic pivot on Dec. 15, 2025 that prioritizes hybrids, lower‑cost EVs and stationary battery products. The company says consumer demand and persistent losses on the Lightning left the model without a viable path to profitability. Battery factories once intended for truck cell … Read more
Lead: Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: ULCC) announced that President James G. Dempsey will become Interim Chief Executive Officer effective December 15, 2025, while current CEO Barry L. Biffle will remain with the company in an advisory role through December 31, 2025. The Board, led by Chair Bill Franke, praised Biffle’s 11 years of leadership … Read more
Frontier Group Holdings announced on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, that long-serving chief executive Barry Biffle will be replaced immediately by the carrier’s president, James Dempsey, who will serve as interim CEO. The move comes at the end of a nearly decade-long tenure for Biffle, who led Frontier from March 2016 and will remain with the … Read more
December 15, 2025 Lead Scientists report the discovery of an exceptionally thick, low-density rock layer beneath Bermuda that appears to support the island even though its volcanoes became inactive about 31 million years ago. The finding, published in Geophysical Research Letters, is based on seismic imaging using waves from 396 distant earthquakes and resolves structures … Read more
Lead: A flash flood warning was issued for parts of southern King County, Washington, Monday after the Desimone levee holding back the Green River reportedly failed near Tukwila. The National Weather Service in Seattle issued the warning at 11:51 a.m. PST on Dec. 15, 2025, and said the threat is life‑threatening; the advisory remained in … Read more
Lead: On 15 December 2025, the International Criminal Court’s Appeals Chamber refused Israel’s request to set aside a lower-court ruling that allows an ongoing ICC investigation into alleged war crimes in Gaza. The decision preserves arrest warrants issued in November 2024 against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. Judges found the … Read more
Lead: On Dec. 15, 2025, Ford Motor announced it will take a one-time $19.5 billion charge as the company sharply reduces production of battery-only vehicles and shifts toward more gasoline and hybrid models. Executives said the decision reflects weaker-than-expected demand for pure electric vehicles and a changed U.S. policy environment under the Trump administration. The … Read more
Lead: On Dec. 15, 2025, three former aides to Donald Trump — attorneys Jim Troupis and Kenneth Chesebro and campaign aide Mike Roman — appeared in Dane County, Wisconsin, for a preliminary hearing on felony forgery allegations tied to a 2020 fake-elector scheme. The state case, filed by the Wisconsin Department of Justice in 2024, … Read more
Lead: On December 15, 2025, Apple made the first iOS 26.3 developer beta available to registered developers for iPhone. The release arrives days after the official iOS 26.2 rollout and already signals a planned Apple–Google cooperation intended to simplify switching between iOS and Android. Apple is using the developer beta channel to gather compatibility feedback … Read more
Lead On 15 December 2025, Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) reported that domestically produced Sub Sea Baby underwater drones struck a Russian Project 636.3 Varshavyanka (Kilo-class) submarine in Novorossiysk, Russia, leaving the vessel critically damaged and effectively put out of action. The SBU said the boat carried four Kalibr missile launchers used in long-range strikes against … Read more
Lead: In 2025 major technology companies have shifted significant resources toward smart glasses as a mainstream computing platform. Leaders including Meta, Google and Apple (via reported plans) are investing in lightweight spectacles that overlay information rather than fully replace the world. That move follows years of mixed results for other device categories such as 3D … Read more
Lead New York — U.S. equity markets opened the week in mixed trade on Monday as investors awaited a slate of economic reports due later this week that could shift interest-rate expectations. The S&P 500 slipped about 0.2% while a slight majority of its components rose; the Dow fell roughly 75 points and the Nasdaq … Read more
December 15, 2025 — A small comet from another star system, cataloged as 3I/Atlas, is making its nearest sweep past Earth this week, reaching roughly 167 million miles (269 million kilometers) away on Friday (Dec. 19, 2025). Discovered by the ATLAS survey in July, the ice-rich visitor is estimated at between 1,444 feet (440 meters) … Read more
