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Federal advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) met on December 4–5, 2025, to scrutinize long-standing elements of the childhood immunization timetable, including the timing of the birth dose of hepatitis B. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is reviewing the schedule that directs more than 30 doses protecting against over … Read more

Lead: New genomic analyses published in Nature (2025) show that an ancient population in southern Africa diverged from all known modern human groups more than 200,000 years ago. The genomes indicate a sizeable, long-lived group that remained largely separate from other African populations until comparatively recently. Researchers propose that climate and geography created a southern … Read more

Lead Giannis Antetokounmpo and his agent, Alex Saratsis, have opened formal discussions with the Milwaukee Bucks about whether he should remain with the franchise or pursue a move elsewhere, according to reporting by ESPN’s Shams Charania. The conversations are said to be active in early December 2025 and a resolution is expected in the coming … Read more

Miley Cyrus, now engaged to drummer Maxx Morando after nearly four years together, says she values the privacy the couple has maintained since their relationship became public in late 2021. Speaking to People, Cyrus described being “astounded” by how small and protected their bubble has stayed and credited age and choice for her changed approach … Read more

Lead Dr. Salvador Plasencia, a Santa Monica physician, was sentenced on Wednesday to 30 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to distributing ketamine that prosecutors say helped fuel the addiction and eventual overdose death of actor Matthew Perry in 2023. The sentence — the first handed down in the multiyear federal probe into how … Read more

Somalia’s prime minister said it was “better not to respond” a day after President Donald Trump described Somali immigrants as “garbage” during a White House cabinet meeting on Dec. 2, 2025. The comment, and Mr. Trump’s additional remark that Somalia “stinks,” prompted anger among some Somalis and questions about the government’s public stance. Prime Minister … Read more

Lead: On Dec. 3, 2025, Pentagon investigators concluded that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared sensitive U.S. military information in a private Signal group earlier this year, a move the inspector general says breached department rules and could have placed American service members at risk. The finding, conveyed to Congress in a classified report, traces key … Read more

Lead On December 3, 2025, Meta Platforms hired Alan Dye, Apple’s longtime head of user-interface design, in a high-profile recruitment that signals the social-media giant’s intensified move into AI-equipped consumer hardware. Dye led Apple’s UI design team since 2015 and is widely regarded as a central figure in the company’s software aesthetics and interaction work. … Read more

Lead Two separate nationwide cheese recalls announced in early December 2025 affect hundreds of thousands of shredded mozzarella and multi‑cheese packages and several grated Pecorino Romano products. Great Lakes Cheese recalled multiple shredded mozzarella and multi‑cheese blends after potential metal fragments were found; the FDA upgraded that action to a Class II risk. Separately, The … Read more

Lead Republican Rep Jim Jordan, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, issued a subpoena on December 3, 2025 compelling former special counsel Jack Smith to give closed-door testimony on December 17 and to produce documents by December 12. The move is part of a GOP oversight probe into Smiths teams prosecutions of President Donald Trump, … Read more

Lead On 3 December 2025 House Democrats publicly released a set of photos and walk-through videos taken on Jeffrey Epstein’s private Caribbean estate, providing a rare visual record of the properties where prosecutors have said trafficking occurred. The materials, collected by law enforcement in the US Virgin Islands in 2020, include interior shots of living … Read more

President Donald Trump is expected to unveil a proposal on Wednesday in Washington to weaken federal vehicle fuel-economy requirements through the 2031 model year, loosening regulatory pressure on automakers to limit gasoline-powered tailpipe pollution. The outline — disclosed to reporters by people familiar with White House plans who spoke on condition of anonymity — would … Read more

NEW YORK — A federal vaccine advisory panel this week is expected to revisit long-standing guidance that all newborns receive a hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth. The committee, chaired under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is scheduled to discuss a change at a Thursday meeting that would depart from decades of … Read more

President Donald Trump announced he would grant a “full and unconditional” pardon to Democratic Representative Henry Cuellar of Texas and to his wife, Imelda Cuellar, after federal charges last year accused the couple of accepting about $600,000 in illicit payments. The announcement came on social media alongside claims that the prosecution was politically motivated; Cuellar … Read more

Lead: A new genomic analysis finds that human groups living in southern Africa remained largely isolated for roughly 100,000 years, producing genetic profiles that lie outside the range seen in most living people. Researchers sequenced and compared genomes from skeletons dated between about 10,200 and 1,400 years ago — including a 7,900-year-old Matjes River specimen … Read more