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On Monday of the first week in May 2026, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art will host its annual Met Gala with four co-chairs announced for the event: Beyoncé, Venus Williams, Nicole Kidman and long-time host Anna Wintour. The title event will introduce the Costume Institute’s spring 2026 exhibition, which opens to the public on … Read more

Lead: On Wednesday, David Ellison, chairman and CEO of Paramount Skydance, sent a letter to Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) shareholders urging them to tender their shares to accept Paramount’s $30.00-per-share all-cash offer. Paramount argues its bid is financially superior and faster to close than the $83.7 billion Netflix transaction announced Dec. 5. The company says … Read more

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

Michigan University dismissed head football coach Sherrone Moore on Wednesday after an internal investigation found evidence of an “inappropriate relationship with a staff member,” the school said. Athletic director Warde Manuel framed the action as a clear violation of university policy and emphasized a zero-tolerance stance. Moore, 39, was in his second season as head … Read more

US forces seized a large oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday, President Donald Trump told reporters, marking an abrupt escalation in a months-long campaign of military pressure in the Caribbean. The White House event and subsequent comments by the president added fresh controversy to Washington’s stated counter-narcotics operations, while Venezuelan officials accused … Read more

Michigan has dismissed head coach Sherrone Moore after a university investigation concluded there was “credible evidence” he engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a staff member, athletic director Warde Manuel announced on Dec. 10, 2025. The decision ends Moore’s tenure after a 9-3 2025 season in which Michigan finished 18th in the College Football Playoff … Read more

Lead: The Federal Reserve on Wednesday reduced its policy interest rate by 0.25 percentage points — the third cut this year — moving the federal funds target to a 3.50%–3.75% range after a 9–3 vote. The decision, announced in Washington, exposed an unusual division within the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) as officials weighed modest … Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — League sources told The Athletic that the New York Mets did not extend a retention offer to Pete Alonso before he agreed to a five-year, $155 million contract with the Baltimore Orioles on Dec. 10, 2025. The decision follows a string of high-profile departures from the Mets, coming one day after closer … Read more

Lead: Venezuelan opposition figure María Corina Machado did not appear in Oslo on Wednesday to receive the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize; her daughter accepted the honor on her behalf as officials and supporters made the trip a broad indictment of President Nicolás Maduro’s government. Confirmation that Machado had traveled to Europe revived debate at home, … Read more

Lead U.S. forces seized a large oil tanker off Venezuela on Dec. 10, 2025, President Donald Trump announced from the White House. Trump described the vessel as “very large” and said it was the largest tanker ever seized, without identifying its owner or destination. The announcement came amid an intensified U.S. military presence in the … Read more

The parents of Charlotte O’Brien, a teenager who took her own life after sustained online bullying, publicly backed Australia’s new law restricting social media access to people aged 16 and over on Dec. 10, 2025. They spoke after Charlotte’s funeral in November 2025, which drew renewed attention to the toll of online harassment on families … Read more

Lead Philip Rivers, who rejoined the Indianapolis Colts this week after five years away from the NFL, emerged as a possible starter following the Dec. 7 game in which quarterback Daniel Jones suffered a ruptured Achilles in Jacksonville. Rivers watched the injury live and was contacted by Colts head coach Shane Steichen; after consulting family … Read more

On Dec. 10, 2025, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to end its deployment of California National Guard troops in Los Angeles, finding the federal presence continued after the immediate emergency had passed. The ruling applies to roughly 100 Guard members who remained in the city six months after protests began over immigration raids … Read more

CBS News announced that Tony Dokoupil will take over as anchor of the network’s flagship broadcast, CBS Evening News, beginning Jan. 5. The move, confirmed by the network on Wednesday, replaces the departing anchor team of John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois. The hire is the first major editorial appointment under Bari Weiss, who became CBS … Read more

Lead: Madeleine Wickham, best known by her pen name Sophie Kinsella, has died aged 55. The bestselling author of the Shopaholic novels revealed in April 2024 that she had been diagnosed with glioblastoma at the end of 2022 and underwent surgery followed by radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Wickham, who was born in London in 1969, wrote … Read more