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Trigger warning: some submissions describe suicide and other distressing events. Fifteen contributors to the BuzzFeed Community shared personal accounts of why they abruptly cut contact with longtime friends. Across these accounts—submitted to an online outlet—contributors describe moments ranging from bigotry and betrayal to neglect during illness, with many saying the break felt necessary. The result: … Read more

Lead: In Madison, Wisconsin on Monday, Mercedes-Benz USA and parent Daimler AG agreed to pay $149.6 million to resolve multistate allegations that software in diesel vehicles was used to pass emissions tests but allowed higher pollution during normal driving. State attorneys general say more than 211,000 diesel passenger cars and vans made between 2008 and … Read more

Vince Zampella, the 55-year-old game developer who helped create the Call of Duty series, died in a highway car crash in Los Angeles on Sunday, Electronic Arts confirmed. Zampella was traveling in a Ferrari with another occupant when the vehicle left the roadway, struck a concrete barrier and became engulfed in flames, the California Highway … Read more

Lead A Mexican Navy aircraft transporting burn patients crashed into Galveston Bay on Monday afternoon, Dec. 22, 2025, killing at least three people, officials say. A 2-year-old child is reported among the victims. Eight people were on board — four naval crew and four civilians — and search-and-rescue teams recovered four survivors while one person … Read more

Lead On Dec. 22, 2025, Brown University announced that Rodney Chatman, the university’s vice president for public safety and emergency management, has been placed on administrative leave while an after-action review proceeds following a Dec. 13 mass shooting that left two students dead and nine others wounded. The university named Hugh T. Clements, former Providence … Read more

Lead: The Kansas City Chiefs announced on Monday they will relocate their home operations from Missouri to neighboring Kansas and begin playing in a newly financed stadium complex in 2031. Kansas lawmakers approved public funding for a mixed-use development and a domed stadium in Wyandotte County, while team leaders say the project includes training, headquarters … Read more

Lead: Jake and Romy Reiner said on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, that they will announce a memorial for their parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, at a later date following the couple’s killings in their Brentwood home. The siblings issued the statement through a spokesperson after the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner released the … Read more

Dec. 22, 2025 — updated 6:35 p.m. ET Paramount announced on Dec. 22 that Larry Ellison, father of Paramount CEO David Ellison, will personally guarantee roughly $40.4 billion of the equity underpinning Paramount’s $108 billion offer to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). The move aims to address a key concern raised by WBD’s board and … Read more

Lead: Doctors across the United States report that seasonal influenza has arrived earlier than usual and is producing intense illness, especially among children. Emergency departments in hotspots such as Colorado and Michigan say pediatric volumes are elevated and some hospitals are strained. Clinicians note that vaccinated children tend to have milder courses while unvaccinated kids … Read more

Lead: A federal judge ruled on Monday that men the U.S. government deported to El Salvador in mid-March must be afforded meaningful due-process protections after being removed under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act. The decision, issued by Chief Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, found the group were … Read more

President Donald Trump paused his Florida holiday on Monday to press a tougher line on Venezuela, warning President Nicolás Maduro as U.S. forces pursued sanctioned oil tankers in the Caribbean. Surrounded by top national security aides including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Trump said he was prepared to escalate a … Read more

Lead On Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis extended a temporary restraining order that prevents Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from re-detaining Salvadoran native Kilmar Abrego Garcia through the Christmas holiday. The order keeps Abrego Garcia out of federal custody while the government pursues deportation to Liberia or another country and prepares … Read more

On Dec. 22, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Novo Nordisk’s oral semaglutide for treatment of obesity, marking the first GLP‑1 pill authorized for that indication in the United States. The Danish drugmaker said the medication will begin shipping in early 2026, with a 1.5 milligram starter dose offered in pharmacies and via … Read more

Vince Zampella, a prominent game designer and co-founder of Respawn Entertainment, died Sunday afternoon in a single-car crash on Angeles Crest Highway north of Los Angeles. The southbound Ferrari reportedly left the roadway just after exiting a tunnel, struck a concrete barrier and caught fire; a passenger also died after being ejected and taken to … Read more

Lead: On Monday in Aleppo, exchanges of heavy fire between Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) left at least three people dead and 31 wounded, CNN and local authorities reported. The skirmishes occurred as high-level negotiations continued over a March 10 agreement that calls for integration of SDF-held institutions into Syria’s … Read more