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Lead: On Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, at Soldier Field in Chicago, the Green Bay Packers confirmed RB Josh Jacobs and WR Christian Watson will be active for the Week 16 meeting with the Chicago Bears. Both players had been listed as questionable on the pregame injury report but were cleared to dress. In contrast, RT … Read more
Lead: After more than four years with an iPhone 12 Pro Max, I wanted a lighter, pocketable Apple phone without paying roughly $1,000 for a new model. I purchased a used blue iPhone 13 Mini (256GB) for $353 on Amazon and tested whether it could deliver iOS 26 features and daily reliability. The phone ran … Read more
Comedian Bowen Yang has announced he will depart the cast of NBC’s Saturday Night Live after the programme’s upcoming episode airs. In an Instagram post shared ahead of Saturday’s show, Yang declined to give a reason for his mid-season exit but said he is “grateful for every minute” of his time on the series. Yang, … Read more
Lead On Dec. 20, 2025, internal memos reviewed by NPR show that Apple and Google have advised some U.S.-based employees on H‑1B visas to postpone international travel. The guidance follows reports of months-long wait times at U.S. consulates and new Department of Homeland Security rules requiring up to five years of social‑media screening for visa … Read more
Lead: On December 20, 2025, defense lawyers for Luigi Mangione filed a motion in New York federal court arguing that Attorney General Pam Bondi has a disqualifying conflict of interest that warrants removing the death-penalty notice from the case. Mangione, who has pleaded not guilty, faces federal charges alleging he stalked and murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO … Read more
Saturday night in Eugene, No. 5 Oregon (11-1) hosts No. 12 James Madison (11-1) in the final College Football Playoff first-round game, a meeting between two teams with no prior head-to-head history and no shared regular-season opponents. Oregon arrives ranked fifth after an 11-1 regular season, led by redshirt sophomore quarterback Dante Moore and an … Read more
Lead: The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.5 billion on Saturday after almost 45 consecutive drawings produced no jackpot winner. The advertised jackpot carries a one-time cash option of $686.5 million before taxes. The drawing is scheduled for 10:59 p.m. ET Saturday; a single ticket that matches five white-ball numbers plus the red Powerball … Read more
Lead President Donald Trump on Thursday directed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reclassify cannabis from a Schedule I to a Schedule III substance, a federal shift that could broaden clinical study opportunities and change financial rules for marijuana businesses. The change is set to take effect in the second quarter of next year … Read more
Lead: On Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, No. 10 Miami stunned No. 7 Texas A&M 10-3 in a College Football Playoff first-round game at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas. The Hurricanes, the final at-large selection by the CFP committee, prevailed after a late goal-line stand and a game-sealing interception. The contest produced the first scoreless … Read more
Lead A Sweden-based research team reports a new association between long-lasting industrial compounds and multiple sclerosis (MS). Published in Environment International, the analysis compared blood samples from 900 people recently diagnosed with MS against samples from people without the disease and found that higher levels of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and certain polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) … Read more
Lead: On December 20, 2025, No. 9 Alabama traveled to face No. 8 Oklahoma in the College Football Playoff first round. The matchup featured heavy contributions in the passing game and several impactful defensive plays, with Alabama’s Lotzeir Brooks (5 catches, 79 yards, 2 TDs) and Oklahoma’s Deion Burks (7 catches, 107 yards, 1 TD) … Read more
On Dec. 20, 2025, reports show YouTube Music is moving toward a new Now Playing screen on Android and iOS after more than a year of trials. The candidate redesign restores distinct icons for the Song/Video switcher, rounds the progress bar and removes the playhead, and relocates Lyrics into the album/queue carousel. Google’s A/B tests … Read more
On 20 December 2025 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Liverpool edged Tottenham 2-1 after a chaotic Premier League contest that ended with Spurs reduced to nine men. Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike scored in the second half for Arne Slot’s side, while Richarlison pulled one back late for Tottenham. The match was defined by two dismissals: … Read more
Lead: A single ticket bought for Saturday’s Powerball drawing (Dec. 20, 2025) could win an estimated $1.5 billion annuity or a $689.3 million lump sum, if it matches the winning numbers. The jackpot climbed after no grand-prize ticket matched Wednesday’s draw. That earlier drawing produced two $2 million winners and matched five white balls and … Read more
Lead Pope Leo XIV has invited every cardinal in the global Catholic hierarchy to Rome for a two‑day consistory on Jan. 7–8, 2026, immediately after the Jan. 6 close of the 2025 Holy Year. The Vatican framed the meeting as a consultative session to advise the pope on governing the universal Church. The timing follows … Read more
