New York City’s incoming mayor, Zohran Mamdani, held a private swearing-in beneath the decommissioned Old City Hall subway station shortly after midnight on New Year’s Eve, a deliberate symbolic choice that ties his administration to the city’s transit history and working-class roots. The small ceremony on Dec. 31, 2025, included family and New York Attorney … Read more
Last updated: Thursday, January 1, 2026 6:48AM GMT — A Pacific storm pushed into Southern California overnight, bringing heavy rain across Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties and prompting evacuation warnings for millions. The system produced widespread soaking on New Year’s Eve and into New Year’s Day with officials warning of debris … Read more
El Paso, Texas — On Dec. 31, 2025, Darian Mensah threw for 327 yards and four touchdowns to lift Duke to a 42-39 victory over Arizona State in the Sun Bowl. Mensah, named game MVP, completed 29 of 51 passes and threw one interception; his 17-yard scoring pass to Que’Sean Brown with 2:10 remaining broke … Read more
Lead: In December 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed a Proclamation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to postpone a scheduled tariff increase on certain wood-derived products. The measure keeps the existing 25% tariff on specified upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets, and vanities in place and delays a planned rise that had … Read more
Ohio health officials confirmed that a teenager from Greene County became the state’s first pediatric influenza death of the 2025–26 season, recorded in late December. State data and public health guidance say flu activity in Ohio typically rises from November and peaks between December and February. The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) reiterated vaccine and … Read more
Former special counsel Jack Smith told congressional lawmakers in a Dec. 17, 2025 deposition that the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol “would not happen” without then-President Donald Trump, calling him the “most culpable and most responsible person” in the conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election. The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee released a … Read more
Across time zones from Sydney to New York, crowds gathered on Dec. 31, 2025 and into Jan. 1, 2026 to welcome the new year with fireworks, bell ceremonies and public gatherings. Iconic backdrops — including the Elizabeth Tower and London Eye, the Pyramids of Giza, Sydney Harbour Bridge and Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate — provided focal … Read more
Lead: Reported by ESPN’s Emily Kaplan ahead of Friday’s formal announcement, Clayton Keller, Tage Thompson and Seth Jones have been named to the United States men’s Olympic hockey roster for Milan, while Adam Fox was omitted. The full roster is scheduled to be unveiled Friday at 8 a.m. ET on NBC’s TODAY. Several veterans — … Read more
Lead Investor’s Business Daily reports that investors should brace for a major Tesla announcement at the start of 2026, coming after U.S. markets tested critical technical levels in late 2025. The coverage signals heightened attention on Tesla’s upcoming disclosures — likely to center on deliveries, guidance or product updates — and notes that traders repositioned … Read more
Lead: Trump Media and Technology Group announced it will distribute a new digital token to shareholders, issuing one token per share via a partnership with Crypto.com on the Cronos blockchain. The move was unveiled on Wednesday and prompted a rise in Trump Media’s shares; the company said tokens will arrive “in the near future” and … Read more
Lead: President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he is withdrawing federally controlled National Guard troops from Los Angeles, Portland, Ore., and Chicago after recent court actions raised legal doubts about federal authority to keep the forces deployed. The removal followed a U.S. Court of Appeals order that returned control of California’s Guard to Gov. … Read more
Lead: The Green Bay Packers claimed cornerback Trevon Diggs off waivers from the Dallas Cowboys on Tuesday after Dallas released him, the team said. Dallas coach Brian Schottenheimer described the move as “a culmination of multiple factors,” citing on-field performance and unspecified off-field issues. Green Bay will assume Diggs’s Week 18 base pay of $472,000 … Read more
December 31, 2025 — 5:30 p.m. As the two‑hour series finale of Stranger Things premiered on Netflix, viewers across the globe reported playback problems and app failures while attempting to watch the episode on New Year’s Eve. Social posts showed frustrated fans unable to load the finale; the episode follows Season 5, Vol. 2, which … Read more
U.S. military officials said Dec. 30, 2025, that people aboard three suspected drug-smuggling boats in international waters of the eastern Pacific abandoned two vessels by jumping into the sea after a separate strike on a third boat. Southern Command reported an initial attack killed three people and said follow-up engagements later sank the remaining two … Read more
As midnight swept across time zones on Jan. 1, 2026, communities from Sydney to Beirut marked the start of the new year with fireworks, bells and public gatherings. Photographers captured shared rituals and local variations — from Sydney Harbour’s pyrotechnics to Taipei 101’s tower display and Seoul’s bell-tolling ceremony. The images document both large public … Read more
