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Lead: The United States has accused Rwanda of violating a US-brokered peace accord after the M23 rebel movement seized the strategic Congolese port city of Uvira in eastern South Kivu. US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz made the charge on 12 December 2025 as Congolese officials and regional monitors reported that more than 400 … Read more

In U.S. trading today, the Nasdaq underperformed while shares of Broadcom slid and a noted Tesla competitor surged, driving mixed action across major indexes. Market participants cited sector rotation and profit-taking in chip stocks as key forces, even as select EV names attracted fresh buy interest. Volatility centered on technology and semiconductor names, with broader … Read more

December 10, 2025 — The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia has unsealed a seizure warrant for the crude oil tanker M/T Skipper (IMO 9304667), after the U.S. Coast Guard boarded and seized the vessel on December 10 while it was at sea following departure from Venezuela. The warrant was signed by a … Read more

Lead: Myles Garrett said Friday that he reached out to Steelers pass-rush standout T.J. Watt after reports that Watt suffered a partially collapsed lung following a dry-needling treatment at the Steelers facility. The update, posted on X by Watt’s brother J.J. Watt on Dec. 12, 2025, said T.J. underwent surgery and had been discharged from … Read more

Lead: New observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope indicate that the ultra-hot super-Earth TOI-561b — discovered in 2020 and located outside our solar system — is cooler on its dayside than expected, a result consistent with the presence of a substantial atmosphere. Researchers measured the planet’s dayside temperature during Webb’s Near-Infrared Spectrograph observations and … Read more

Lead Preservation groups filed suit on Friday to stop President Donald Trump’s proposed White House ballroom until the project undergoes independent design reviews, environmental assessments, formal public comment and congressional approval. The National Trust for Historic Preservation asks a federal court to block work that has already included demolition of the East Wing. The complaint … Read more

Lead On Wednesday, Disney sent a cease-and-desist letter to Google requesting removal of dozens of AI-generated YouTube clips that depicted Disney-owned characters. The videos — many reportedly created with Google’s Veo AI video tool — included Mickey Mouse, Deadpool and figures from Star Wars and The Simpsons. Links that previously led to those clips now … Read more

December 13, 2025 — SpaceX has moved ahead with an insider share sale that values the company at roughly $800 billion, according to a company message reviewed by Bloomberg. The message said the transaction is being positioned ahead of a possible initial public offering in 2026. Company documents and statements indicate the fundraising is intended … Read more

Dec. 12, 2025 — Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, one of two West Virginia National Guard members shot near the White House on Nov. 26, has been moved from acute care to inpatient rehabilitation, his neurosurgeon said. Wolfe suffered a critical gunshot wound to the head, underwent emergency surgery at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and … Read more

Rumors linking Arizona State head coach Kenny Dillingham to Michigan intensified after Wolverines offensive coordinator Sherrone Moore was fired for cause on Wednesday. By 6:30 p.m. MST Friday, sportsbooks listed Dillingham as the favorite for the Michigan opening, though he has repeatedly denied discussing other jobs during ASU’s season. Pundits and on-air analysts have cast … Read more

Lead: On Friday in Panama City Beach, Florida health officials held a public meeting to discuss a proposal to remove certain school and daycare vaccine requirements. The rule under consideration would rescind mandates for hepatitis B, chickenpox (varicella), haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for attendance in public and private schools, … Read more

Lead: On Dec. 12, 2025, the Transportation Security Administration announced a new labor framework that it says will take effect Jan. 11, 2026, and that rescinds the 2024 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between TSA and the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE). The move rests on a Sept. 29 determination by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi … Read more

Lead: Apple on December 12, 2025 released iOS 26.2, adding a new control that lets users reduce the Lock Screen clock’s Liquid Glass transparency. The update follows iOS 26.1’s system-wide opacity slider and addresses ongoing complaints that the semi‑transparent interface made text and controls harder to read. Alongside the Lock Screen tweak, iOS 26.2 introduces … Read more

Former University of Michigan coach Sherrone Moore was arraigned Friday in Washtenaw County on one felony count of third-degree home invasion and two misdemeanor counts—stalking and breaking and entering—after an alleged Wednesday incident at the residence of a female Michigan football staffer. Moore’s bond was set at $25,000 with a GPS tether and a continued … Read more

European Union governments have agreed to immobilise indefinitely up to €210bn of Russian assets that were frozen in the EU after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Most of that amount (€185bn) is held via Belgian-based clearing house Euroclear, and leaders are racing to finalise a plan at next week’s EU … Read more