Lead Tesla has published an analyst “consensus” on its investor website indicating 2025 deliveries will be lower than recent output and below company targets. The figures show an expected 423,000 deliveries in Q4 2025 and a total of 1.64 million vehicles for 2025, down from 1.79 million in 2024. Published estimates project deliveries of 1.75 … Read more
Lead On Dec. 24, 2025, Baylor announced it had signed James Nnaji, a 21-year-old, 7-foot center who was the 31st pick in the 2023 NBA draft and has played professionally in Europe since 2020. The move — announced on Christmas Eve and expected to make Nnaji available for Big 12 play the following week — … Read more
In 2025 President Donald J. Trump returned to the White House for a second term and swept a series of high‑impact actions through the federal government, from broad executive orders to agency renamings. Over the year his administration pushed a major domestic package dubbed “One, Big Beautiful Bill,” pardoned roughly 1,500 people connected to Jan. … Read more
NHL officials completed a full roof-and-door test at loanDepot park in Miami on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2025, preparing for the 2026 Discover NHL Winter Classic between the Florida Panthers and New York Rangers scheduled for Friday. The league opened the ballpark’s sliding glass panels and retractable roof in a controlled run-through and found ice-level temperatures … Read more
In Washington, weekly U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell to 199,000 for the week ending Dec. 27, down 16,000 from the prior week’s 215,000, the Labor Department reported on Wednesday. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had expected about 208,000 new claims. The report was released a day early because of the New Year’s Day holiday, and … Read more
Lead: Public health data show the U.S. flu season has surged: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates at least 7.5 million illnesses and more than 3,100 deaths so far as a new subclade of influenza A(H3N2) spreads after emerging in Australia this summer. Health officials say the current vaccine was formulated before that … Read more
Nearly 60 women members of Japan’s parliament, including Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, submitted a cross-party petition this month asking the lower house to add more female restrooms after long queues formed before plenary sittings. The appeal — signed by 58 lawmakers — highlights a mismatch between growing female representation and the Diet building’s century-old facilities. … Read more
The 2025–26 College Football Playoff bracket — the second season under the expanded 12‑team format — was released Sunday, Dec. 7. The tournament runs from Dec. 19, 2025, through the CFP National Championship on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. Early rounds use established bowl sites while semifinals occupy … Read more
On Dec. 31, 2025, Malaysian authorities announced a renewed deep-sea search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has begun in the southern Indian Ocean, more than 11 years after the jet vanished with 239 people aboard. The Transport Ministry said the vessel Armada 86 05 reached a designated search zone carrying two autonomous underwater vehicles that … Read more
Isiah Whitlock Jr., the character actor best known for playing corrupt state Sen. Clay Davis on HBO’s The Wire and for recurring roles on Veep as well as multiple collaborations with director Spike Lee, died in New York on Dec. 31, 2025, at age 71 after a short illness, his manager told The Associated Press. … Read more
On Dec. 31, 2025, designers John and Christine Gachot completed the conversion of a 19th-century carriage shed on their Shelter Island property into a combined art studio and recreation space. The project repurposes a rustic outbuilding into a working atelier and social room equipped with a Pac-Man arcade, pool table and a vintage slot machine. … Read more
Lead The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it has frozen all child care payments to Minnesota after a viral video alleged widespread fraud in day care centers. Deputy HHS Secretary Jim O’Neill announced tighter documentation rules for Administration for Children and Families payments, requiring justification plus receipts or photos. The action … Read more
Lead Friends and colleagues paid public tribute more than two weeks after filmmakers Rob Reiner and his wife, photographer Michele Reiner, were found dead at their Los Angeles home on 14 December. Actors and directors including Cary Elwes and Martin Scorsese posted remembrances, while law enforcement moved to limit release of investigatory material. The Reiners’ … Read more
Lead: NASA is preparing Artemis II, a four‑person crewed flight that could lift off as soon as February 6, 2026, from Kennedy Space Center. The mission will send NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen on a roughly 10‑day loop around the moon — the … Read more
Dec. 31, 2025 — New York Times readers voted in an online poll to name their favorite films of 2025, producing a list that blends big studio hits, streaming standouts and smaller art-house fare. Thousands of votes yielded a Top 50 that often overlapped with critics’ selections but also elevated controversial titles such as Eddington … Read more
