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Lead PROVO — At Madison Square Garden on Thursday night in the Jimmy V Classic, No. 10 BYU erased a 22-point second-half deficit to beat Clemson 67-64. AJ Dybantsa dominated the comeback, scoring 22 of his game-high 28 points after halftime, and Robert Wright III hit a buzzer-beating 3 to seal the victory. The win … 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

On Dec. 9, 2025, a new Australian law banning social media accounts for anyone under 16 came into force, marking one of the most comprehensive national moves to limit children’s access to major platforms. The measure requires tech companies to identify and deactivate accounts belonging to Australians younger than 16; failure to take what the … Read more

Lead: Democrat Eileen Higgins secured victory in Miami’s mayoral runoff on Tuesday evening, ending nearly three decades of Republican control of the city hall. The 61-year-old defeated Emilio Gonzalez, a Trump-endorsed former city manager, in a high-profile contest watched as a bellwether in Florida. Higgins campaigned on ethics, affordable housing and opposition to harsh immigration … Read more

Lead María Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, will not travel to Oslo to receive the prize in person, the head of the Norwegian Nobel Institute told Norway’s public broadcaster on Dec. 10, 2025. Kristian Berg Harpviken said Machado was not in the Norwegian capital on Wednesday morning and will not appear onstage … Read more

Lead Late Tuesday, Japan scrambled fighter jets after two Russian Tu-95 strategic bombers rendezvoused with two Chinese H-6 bombers and were escorted by Chinese J-16 fighters on a long-distance patrol near Okinawa and Miyako islands. The Japanese Defence Ministry said the aircraft conducted a round-trip between Okinawa and Miyako, with separate Russian activity detected in … Read more

Lead: Silver surged to a record above $60 an ounce on the spot market on Tuesday as investors anticipated a US Federal Reserve interest-rate cut and industrial demand for the metal remained strong. The move followed a rally in gold, which earlier this year topped $4,000 an ounce, prompting flows into cheaper precious-metal alternatives. Market … Read more

Lead: Larian Studios’ publishing director Michael Douse told a fan on social media that Divinity: Original Sin 3 is not currently in development, while a separate leak points to a new Definitive Edition build of Divinity: Original Sin 2. The leak — surfaced via a PlayStation database watcher — and Douse’s response both arrived in … Read more

Lead On December 9–10, 2025, Asian equity markets traded mixed as investors awaited guidance from the Federal Reserve ahead of its final interest-rate decision of the year. Chinese property shares rallied on Bloomberg Terminal signals of possible policy support, while Taiwan benchmarks rose and South Korea’s indexes slipped. US equity futures were largely unchanged, silver … Read more

Lead: Taylor Swift, 35, was photographed in New York City on Tuesday, Dec. 9, arriving for dinner with musician and friend Este Haim at private members’ club Chez Marguax. She wore a monochromatic black ensemble featuring a Louis Vuitton Double Face Duffle Coat listed at $6,400 and Midtown High Boots priced at $2,370. The outing … Read more

Lead David Ellison, the Skydance founder and a significant investor in Hollywood studios, has been pressing Warner Bros shareholders to reconsider the studio’s commercial relationship with Netflix. The outreach, reported this week, frames the Netflix tie-up as strategically misaligned with certain shareholder interests. Ellison’s push comes amid renewed debate over how legacy studios should monetize … Read more

Lead Brazil’s lower house of Congress descended into disorder on Tuesday as conservative deputies pushed a bill that would sharply reduce the prison term of former president Jair Bolsonaro. Police removed a left-wing lawmaker who tried to disrupt the session and footage showed scuffles as security restored order. The move follows Bolsonaro beginning a 27-year … Read more

US president Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will place a phone call to try to halt renewed fighting along the Thailand-Cambodia border, where clashes resumed less than two months after a US-brokered ceasefire collapsed. Speaking at a Pennsylvania rally, Trump invoked his record as a dealmaker and said he would step in to defuse … Read more

Lead: On December 9, 2025, Taylor Swift and Blake Lively were both photographed out in New York City, but attending separate engagements that night. Swift was captured dining in the Meatpacking District with musician Este Haim, while Lively attended a West Village holiday pop-up for her Blake Brown haircare collaboration with Stoney Clover Lane. The … Read more

Lead: Former Miami‑Dade County Commissioner Eileen Higgins defeated former City Manager Emilio Gonzalez in the Dec. 9, 2025, Miami mayoral runoff, becoming the first Democrat elected mayor in the city in more than 30 years. Unofficial results from the Miami‑Dade County Supervisor of Elections show Higgins with roughly 59% versus Gonzalez’s near 41%. The result … Read more