Steve Cohen urges Mets fans to stay calm after Alonso and Díaz depart

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Lead New York Mets owner Steve Cohen asked fans for patience on Dec. 10, 2025, after two cornerstone players—Pete Alonso and Edwin Díaz—left the organization on consecutive days. Alonso agreed to a five-year, $155 million deal with the Baltimore Orioles after seven seasons in Queens, and Díaz signed a three-year, $69 million contract with the … Read more

Nobel Winner Machado Arrives in Oslo After ‘Journey of Extreme Danger’

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Dec. 11, 2025 — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado arrived in Oslo in the early hours of Thursday, following a trip her team described as hazardous. Her daughter had accepted the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize on Machado’s behalf hours earlier at the ceremony. Norwegian media had reported uncertainty over Machado’s ability to reach the … Read more

Half a million flee Thai–Cambodia border as Trump offers to mediate

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Fresh clashes along the Thailand–Cambodia frontier on Wednesday forced more than 500,000 people into temples, schools and ad hoc shelters after fighting involving jets, tanks and drones erupted near contested temple sites. Officials from both countries reported at least 15 dead, a figure that includes Thai soldiers and Cambodian civilians, as evacuation convoys streamed away … Read more

Mount Vernon, Sumas and Everson Ordered to Evacuate as Rivers Rise

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Lead: Heavy, persistent rain in northwest Washington has pushed the Skagit and Nooksack river systems toward major crests, prompting Level 3 evacuation orders for Mount Vernon and upstream communities and evacuation notices for Sumas and Everson on Wednesday, Dec. 10. Officials warned residents to move to high ground immediately as forecasts show the Skagit and … Read more

Michigan Fires Coach Sherrone Moore After Probe Finds Inappropriate Relationship

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Dec. 10, 2025 — The University of Michigan has terminated head football coach Sherrone Moore with cause after an external investigative firm concluded he engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a member of the football staff. Athletic director Warde Manuel announced the firing Wednesday, saying the conduct violated university policy and that U-M maintains zero … Read more

NASA just lost contact with a Mars orbiter, and will soon lose another one

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Lead: NASA reported a loss of contact with the MAVEN Mars orbiter in early December 2025, creating an immediate gap in the agency’s planetary communications network. The agency is actively attempting to re-establish two-way telemetry with MAVEN; engineers say the spacecraft remains in Martian orbit but is currently silent. The timing is particularly concerning because … Read more

Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson to Return for ‘Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping’

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Lead: Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson are set to return to the Hunger Games universe in the upcoming prequel film The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, slated for theatrical release on Nov. 20, 2026. Lionsgate confirmed the casting to The Hollywood Reporter; both performers are expected to appear in a flash-forward sequence, though specific … Read more

Coca‑Cola Taps COO Henrique Braun as CEO, Quincey to Become Executive Chairman

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Henrique Braun, currently Chief Operating Officer at The Coca‑Cola Company, will succeed James Quincey as CEO effective March 31, 2026, the company announced. Quincey, 60, who has led Coca‑Cola since 2017, will remain with the firm as executive chairman and Braun will be nominated to the board of directors. Braun, 57, joined Coca‑Cola in 1996 … Read more

Orioles land Pete Alonso in $155 million, five-year deal

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Lead: The Baltimore Orioles have reached agreement on a five-year, $155 million contract with slugger Pete Alonso, a person with knowledge of the arrangement told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The source spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal remained subject to a physical. The move is a significant splash for a club determined … Read more

U.S. seizes oil tanker off Venezuela coast, Trump says U.S. will keep the oil

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Lead On December 10, 2025, U.S. authorities seized a large crude oil tanker, identified as the Skipper, just after it departed a Venezuelan port, prompting denunciations from Caracas and sharp remarks from President Donald Trump. The Coast Guard led a helicopter-supported boarding that sources say began about 6 a.m., and senior officials described involvement by … Read more

Oracle Stock Slides As Mixed Results Fail To Shake AI Fears

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Lead: On December 2025, Oracle released quarterly results that investors broadly described as mixed, and the company’s shares slipped in after-hours and next-day trading as doubts about its AI growth trajectory persisted. Management highlighted continuing investment in AI products and infrastructure, but market response focused on execution timing and customer adoption. The report did not … Read more

Washington Braces for Record Flooding as Atmospheric River Dumps Heavy Rain

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Dec. 10, 2025 — A persistent atmospheric river stalled over the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday, unleashing intense rainfall that sent rivers in Western Washington toward historic highs and prompted evacuation preparations across multiple counties. Tens of thousands of residents along the Skagit, Snohomish and Puyallup river corridors were told to prepare to leave as flood … Read more

Measles outbreak accelerates in South Carolina, hundreds quarantined

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Lead: State health officials warned on Dec. 10, 2025, that a measles outbreak in upstate South Carolina is accelerating after Thanksgiving gatherings, with 111 confirmed cases centered in Greenville and Spartanburg counties. Public health leaders say 27 of those infections were reported in the few days before Dec. 10, and 254 people are currently under … Read more