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Lead On Christmas Eve (Dec. 24, 2025), a single Powerball ticket sold in Cabot, Arkansas matched all six numbers and won a $1.817 billion jackpot, the second-largest in U.S. history. Lottery officials said the prize concluded a 47-drawing rollover that had pushed the top prize to a record run. The winning ticket was sold at … Read more
New York City and the surrounding metropolitan region are gearing up for a significant winter storm arriving late Friday and continuing into Saturday, with the National Weather Service forecasting total accumulations as high as 5 to 7 inches in parts of the area. The heaviest precipitation is expected overnight Friday into early Saturday morning, and … Read more
On Dec. 25, 2025 in Oklahoma City, the San Antonio Spurs defeated the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder 117-102. De’Aaron Fox led the Spurs with 29 points, Victor Wembanyama added 19 points and 11 rebounds, and Stephon Castle contributed 19 points and seven assists. San Antonio shot 53.6% overall and stretched its winning streak to … Read more
December 25, 2025 Lead Dak Prescott threw for 307 yards and two touchdown passes as the Dallas Cowboys edged the Washington Commanders 30-23 on Thursday, the opening game of the NFL’s Christmas triple-header in Arlington, Texas. Dallas raced to an 18-point advantage early but had to withstand multiple comeback attempts before closing out the victory. … Read more
Lead On Dec. 25, 2025, A24’s Marty Supreme opened widely in North America, and behind Timothée Chalamet’s convincing on-screen table tennis was a small Pasadena-based team. Diego Schaaf, 71, and his wife Wei Wang, 64, of Alpha Productions were hired in June 2024 to turn Chalamet into a believable elite player for the film directed … Read more
Lead: On Dec. 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM ET, the Minnesota Vikings (7-8) announced their inactive list for Week 17 against the Detroit Lions (8-7). Quarterback J.J. McCarthy is ruled out with a hairline fracture in his right hand, and Brett Rypien is listed as the emergency quarterback after being claimed and returned to the … Read more
Lead: After a bye-week three-game surge that quickly evaporated into a three-game skid, the Dallas Cowboys arrived in Week 17 facing the Washington Commanders with two regular-season games left in 2025. The matchup—played on Christmas Day and carried on Netflix—featured Dak Prescott insisting he would play and lead despite the season’s recent turbulence. Washington opened … Read more
On Dec. 25, 2025, Tanzanian officials reported that five people died after an Airbus helicopter went down near Barafu Camp on Mount Kilimanjaro. The crash happened late Wednesday afternoon during the aircraft’s descent from the summit area in Kilimanjaro National Park. Victims included two Czech climbers, a local guide, a doctor and the pilot; authorities … Read more
Lead Bernardo Quintero traced a small 1992 university program known as Virus Málaga back to its author this year, closing a three-decade mystery that helped shape his career in cybersecurity. The discovery linked an anonymous teenage programmer to a chain of events that led Quintero to found VirusTotal, a startup Google acquired in 2012. That … Read more
Lead Field teams from the Samoa Conservation Society (SCS) reported five separate sightings of the manumea (Didunculus strigirostris) during a survey conducted from Oct. 17–Nov. 13 in remote coastal rainforest near Uafato, Samoa. The repeated observations — the first cluster of sightings since a lone photograph in 2013 — offer cautious hope that the critically … Read more
Lead Football will dominate Christmas Day on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, with a three‑game NFL tripleheader scheduled across the afternoon and evening. The slate opens at 1:00 p.m. ET with the Dallas Cowboys (6‑8‑1) visiting the Washington Commanders (4‑11) at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Md., continues at 4:30 p.m. ET with the Detroit Lions (8‑7) … Read more
Lead: On Dec. 25, 2025 at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland, the Dallas Cowboys opened Christmas Day against the Washington Commanders and led 24-10 at halftime before Washington trimmed the margin to 24-17 late in the third quarter. Dallas struck early with touchdowns on each of its first three drives, including an 86-yard scoring pass … Read more
Published 25 December 2025 Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27‑year prison sentence for an attempted coup, left custody in Brasília this week to undergo surgery to repair a painful double inguinal hernia. The procedure took place at DF Star Hospital and was described by family and attending doctors as successful and … Read more
Lead James Nnaji, a 21-year-old seven-foot center who was selected in the first round of the 2023 NBA draft, has been awarded four years of NCAA college eligibility and is expected to play at Baylor. Although his draft rights moved from the Detroit Pistons to the Charlotte Hornets and then to the New York Knicks, … Read more
Lead The Kennedy Center’s long-running Christmas Eve Jazz Jam, scheduled for Dec. 24, was canceled after Donald Trump’s name was added to the performing arts center’s branding and façade. The event’s long-time bandleader, Chuck Redd, who has led the jam since 2006, said he pulled the show after seeing the name change appear online and … Read more
