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Tyler Robinson, 22, appeared in person at a Provo, Utah, court on Dec. 11, 2025, for the first time since his arrest in the Sept. 10 fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. Robinson is charged with seven state counts, including aggravated murder, an offense in Utah that can carry the … Read more

Lead: On Dec. 11, 2025, the Indiana State Senate voted 31-19 to reject a Republican-drawn congressional map pushed by former President Donald J. Trump. The chamber, where Republicans hold 40 of 50 seats, saw more than a dozen GOP senators join Democrats to defeat a plan that would have increased Republican advantage across the state’s … Read more

On Thursday, December 11, 2025, two demonstrators briefly interrupted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem as she began remarks before the House Committee on Homeland Security on Capitol Hill. One protester shouted lines associated with the 1973 film The Exorcist while holding signs demanding an end to ICE raids; a second displayed a poster reading “No … Read more

Dec. 11, 2025 — More than 100,000 people in western Washington were ordered to leave low-lying areas on Thursday after several days of intense rain drove rivers to record levels north of Tacoma and north of Seattle. Officials in the Skagit Valley and along the Snohomish River urged residents to seek higher ground immediately as … Read more

Lead: Researchers report that cycads, 250-million-year-old seed plants, produce heat in their reproductive cones that attracts specialist beetles on dusk in a study published in Science on Dec. 11, 2025. The Zamia furfuracea cones warmed above ambient temperature and appeared to emit a signal detectable by Rhopalotria furfuracea beetles equipped with infrared-sensitive antennae, encouraging pollination. … Read more

Lead: New C.D.C. data published Dec. 11, 2025, found that Covid-19 vaccination given last fall sharply lowered children’s risk of emergency-department and urgent-care encounters in the first six months after inoculation. The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) analysis used electronic health records from the VISION network across nine states and covered visits from Aug. … Read more

Record rainfall and an atmospheric river on Thursday pushed Western Washington into a state of emergency, with authorities ordering immediate “GO NOW” evacuations for the entire 100-year floodplain of the Skagit River valley. The National Weather Service warned of “catastrophic” river flooding as the Snohomish and Skagit rivers climbed toward historic levels; the Snohomish at … Read more

The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 601 points (about 1.3%) on Thursday to a fresh intraday record as traders shifted away from high-flying AI-focused technology names after disappointing results from Oracle. The move followed a Federal Reserve decision earlier this week to cut its policy rate to a 3.5%–3.75% range, which has encouraged flows into … Read more

Lead: Rivian announced on Thursday at an “AI and Autonomy” event in its Silicon Valley office that it has designed a proprietary 5-nanometer AI chip and a bundle of software and sensor plans aimed at enabling eventual Level 4 autonomous vehicles. The automaker said the program will include lidar on upcoming R2 models, a Large … Read more

Steelers pass rusher T.J. Watt, 31, was taken to a local hospital for further evaluation of a lung issue after feeling discomfort at the team’s practice facility on Wednesday, the team said. The issue arose during treatment at the facility and Watt has remained hospitalized since, sources told ESPN. The organization said he will not … Read more

Lead: In the wake of Notre Dame’s exclusion from this season’s College Football Playoff, reporting indicates the CFP signed a memorandum that would effectively guarantee Notre Dame a spot if it ranks inside the top 12 starting next year, and in some expansion scenarios a top-13 safety net. That provision — first reported by Yahoo … Read more

Dec. 11, 2025 — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was pressed by the House Homeland Security Committee on Thursday over the Trump administration’s stepped-up immigration enforcement, including paused visas and a large-scale review of past asylum approvals. Lawmakers focused on recent policy shifts after the October shooting that killed a National Guard member and on … Read more

Federal Judge Paula Xinis on Thursday ordered the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration custody, finding his continued detention lacked lawful basis after a contested chain of removals and re-detainments. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran who was deported in March to El Salvador’s CECOT mega-prison despite a 2019 court order barring such removal, was … Read more

Lead German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told reporters that Ukraine has delivered a revised peace-plan proposal to US President Donald Trump, including suggested territorial compromises Kyiv might consider. The disclosure came amid intense diplomacy this week in which European leaders sought to ensure Ukrainian consent for any deal. Merz said Europeans made clear to Trump that … Read more

Lead Late October 2024, a skunk scratch on a man in rural Idaho set off an uncommon and fatal chain of events that federal investigators say ultimately killed the original donor and a kidney transplant recipient in Michigan. The donor deteriorated over roughly six weeks with confusion, difficulty swallowing and walking, and hallucinations before dying; … Read more