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Lead On Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2025, the Indianapolis Colts signed 44-year-old quarterback Philip Rivers to their practice squad after a Monday-night workout with the team. Rivers — who retired following the 2020 season — will rejoin the organization as the Colts navigate an injury-plagued stretch and an 8-5 record. The move comes with immediate roster … Read more

Lead: Kyle Schwarber agreed to a five-year, $150 million contract to remain with the Philadelphia Phillies, the club announced on Tuesday. The deal makes the 32-year-old a designated hitter in Philadelphia and is the first major free-agent signing among hitters this offseason. Schwarber arrives at the agreement after a career season in 2025 in which … Read more

Lead: On Dec. 10, 2025, U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman granted the Justice Department’s request to unseal federal grand jury records related to Jeffrey Epstein, invoking a new law that compels release by Dec. 19. The order follows a similar ruling a day earlier in the related Ghislaine Maxwell matter and could yield the … Read more

Lead The Federal Reserve will announce its December policy decision at 2 p.m. ET on Wednesday, marking the central bank’s final meeting of 2025. Markets are pricing in another quarter-point cut — the third in succession — as economists and investors weigh weak labor signals and persistent inflation. Key U.S. economic releases were delayed by … Read more

Lead In recent years researchers have shifted from genetics toward the environment to explain rising Parkinson’s rates. Veterans who lived at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune and other exposed populations now link trichloroethylene (TCE) — a long‑used industrial solvent — to increased Parkinson’s risk and faster progression. New epidemiology and lab experiments, including mouse inhalation … Read more

Since their 2021 evacuation from Kabul, Afghan fighters who served in CIA-run “Zero Units” have confronted prolonged immigration delays, feelings of abandonment and rising mental-health crises in the United States — conditions that advocates and some former operatives say helped fuel despair across the community. One former Zero Unit member, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, was charged after … Read more

On Dec. 9, 2025, Democrat Eileen Higgins defeated Republican Emilio Gonzalez in Miami’s mayoral runoff, ending nearly three decades without a Democratic mayor in the city. Higgins, 61, led by roughly 19 percentage points with nearly all votes counted and will be the first woman to serve as Miami’s mayor. The race drew national attention … Read more

An Australian man, Johnson Wen, who was jailed in Singapore last month after grabbing pop star Ariana Grande, was removed from a Lady Gaga concert at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium on Tuesday night. The 26-year-old posted on Instagram that he was “kicked out” before the performance began. Venue officials say the decision followed a review of … Read more

Lead: Elon Musk told the Katie Miller Podcast on Tuesday that he would not repeat his brief leadership of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), even as he described the group’s year-long effort under President Donald Trump as “a little bit successful.” Musk, who stepped down in May, defended some cuts while acknowledging political … Read more

Lead: Paramount Skydance disclosed on Monday in a revised SEC filing that Tencent Holdings withdrew a $1 billion financing pledge from Paramount’s hostile $77.9 billion offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, citing concern its participation as a “non-U.S. equity financing source” could prompt review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). Paramount … Read more

Video verified by BBC journalists shows strikes and structural damage inside Cambodia close to the disputed boundary with Thailand. The material, examined on the morning of publication, documents damage to a construction site in Pursat Province located about 500m (1,600ft) from the Thmor Dar Diamond Hotel and Casino, a facility hit at least twice in … Read more

Lead: An anonymous sperm donor whose sperm carried a harmful mutation in the TP53 gene has been linked to at least 197 children born across 14 European countries over about 17 years. The mutation, associated with Li‑Fraumeni syndrome, can give carriers an up to 90% lifetime risk of cancer and already appears in multiple affected … Read more

Rod Paige, the first Black person and the first classroom educator to lead the U.S. Department of Education, died in Houston at age 92, his family said; the obituary was published Dec. 10, 2025. Mr. Paige, a onetime Houston school superintendent, became President George W. Bush’s first education secretary and championed the No Child Left … Read more

The International Monetary Fund has urged China to address persistent economic “imbalances” that it says are hampering a stronger and more sustainable recovery. In a recent staff assessment, the IMF recommended policy shifts to reduce reliance on investment and the property sector while boosting household consumption and managing local government borrowing. The call comes as … Read more

Rod Paige, the first Black U.S. secretary of education and the Houston superintendent whose accountability model shaped the 2002 No Child Left Behind law, died on Tuesday at age 92, former President George W. Bush announced. Bush named Paige to lead the Department of Education after praising his Houston reforms during the 2000 campaign; the … Read more