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Lead On December 16, 2025, Netflix confirmed that Snoop Dogg will headline the halftime performance — billed as “Snoop’s Holiday Halftime Party” — during the Lions vs. Vikings Christmas Day game on December 25 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. The Minnesota Vikings will play the Detroit Lions in the afternoon slot, but Netflix is … Read more
Warner Bros. Discovery on December 16, 2025 signaled it will advise shareholders to reject a hostile takeover attempt by Paramount Skydance, citing doubts about how the bid would be financed and other deal terms. According to people familiar with the board’s deliberations, Warner Bros. directors concluded that the company’s existing agreement with Netflix offers greater … Read more
Lead: Netflix announced on Dec. 16, 2025, that Snoop Dogg will headline the halftime program for the Detroit Lions–Minnesota Vikings game on Dec. 25 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. The special, billed as “Snoop’s Holiday Halftime Party,” will air on Netflix at 4:30 p.m. ET and promises chart-topping songs, holiday themes and surprise guests. … Read more
Hollyland has introduced the Lyra, a compact 4K webcam that integrates a built-in receiver for the company’s Lark A1 wireless lavalier microphone, aiming to lift both picture and sound for creators and remote workers. The Lyra records up to 4K at 30fps (or 1080p at 60fps) from a 1/1.5-inch sensor behind an f/1.8 lens, and … Read more
Lead On Dec. 16, 2025, FIFA announced a new “supporter entry tier” that will make $60 tickets available for each of the 104 matches at the 2026 World Cup, to be held across the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The offer is explicitly limited to fans of teams that have qualified and is constrained in quantity, … Read more
Jared Kushner’s private equity firm, Affinity Partners, announced it will no longer participate in the consortium backing Paramount Skydance’s unsolicited $108 billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. The withdrawal, disclosed in a statement to NBC News, came amid a rapidly shifting fight over the media giant after Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison launched the offer … Read more
Lead On December 16, 2025, Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly publicly rejected a Pentagon escalation of a review into his conduct, calling the action politically motivated. The Defense Department confirmed it moved a preliminary review into an official command investigation after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth asked the Navy secretary to examine Kelly’s role in a … Read more
On December 16, 2025, the White House issued a presidential proclamation continuing and expanding entry restrictions on nationals from multiple countries, citing gaps in identity management, vetting, and information sharing. The measure, effective January 1, 2026, keeps full suspensions for 12 countries, adds seven additional full suspensions and multiple partial restrictions, and narrows categorical exceptions … Read more
Lead: Los Angeles prosecutors announced on Tuesday that they will file two counts of first-degree murder against 32-year-old Nick Reiner in the deaths of his parents, actor-director Rob Reiner, 78, and Michele Singer Reiner. The bodies were discovered Sunday in the master bedroom of the family home in Brentwood, Los Angeles, and law enforcement says … Read more
Lead On November 25 teams at NASA Goddard in Greenbelt, Maryland completed the final assembly of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and declared the observatory mission complete. The wide-field survey telescope, built around a 2.4 meter primary mirror, has passed thermal vacuum, acoustic and vibration testing and is on track for launch as soon … Read more
Lead Washington — On December 16, 2025, after Vanity Fair published an extensive profile quoting White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, President Donald J. Trump and several Cabinet members publicly defended her. The Vanity Fair piece, by Chris Whipple, is based on 11 interviews with Wiles conducted between Jan. 11 and Nov. 5 and … Read more
Lead Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson said a stretch of U.S. Highway 2 between Skykomish and Leavenworth will remain closed for “months” after severe storm damage from an atmospheric river. State officials say the closure affects about 49 miles of roadway, with sections completely washed out and at least one bridge buried under several feet of … Read more
On Dec. 16, 2025, the American Heart Association (AHA) published a review in Circulation that has reignited a long-running debate over whether light alcohol consumption benefits cardiovascular health. The review, aimed at practicing cardiologists and released in July, concluded that one to two drinks per day appears not to raise—and may modestly lower—the risk of … Read more
On December 2025, the White House announced that President Donald J. Trump signed a new Proclamation broadening travel and entry limits for nationals from multiple countries deemed to have persistent weaknesses in identity verification, vetting, and information sharing. The measure preserves full bans on the original 12 high-risk countries and adds five more for full … Read more
Lead: Los Angeles authorities announced they will brief the public after filmmaker Rob Reiner, 78, and his wife Michele, 68, were found dead at their Brentwood home on Sunday. Emergency responders arrived about 15:38 local time (23:38 GMT) and the couple were pronounced dead at the scene; their 28-year-old daughter Romy discovered the bodies. Police … Read more
