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On Dec. 11, 2025, the Heisman Trophy Trust and ESPN released the fifth through 10th places in the 2025 Heisman balloting during The Top 10 Heisman Trophy Finalists Show. The announcement completed the Top 10 field that included four finalists revealed earlier in the week: Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love, Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza, Vanderbilt … Read more

Lead: John Cena will close his in-ring career with a headline bout at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., this Saturday, drawing fans from across the country. The match, billed as Cena vs. Austrian champion Gunther, anchors a multi-day WWE program across the city that includes meet-and-greets, a large merchandise superstore and a public fan … Read more

Lead: On Dec. 13, 2025, Juventus’ controlling shareholders publicly turned down a roughly €1 billion (about $1.2 billion) takeover bid from Tether, ensuring the historic Serie A club stays under the Agnelli family’s control. Exor CEO John Elkann released a video statement emphasizing the club’s century-long family ties and saying Juventus is not for sale. … Read more

Lead A drone strike on Saturday, 13 December 2025, struck a United Nations logistics base in Kadugli, Kordofan, killing six UN peacekeepers and wounding eight others, UN Secretary General António Guterres said. All the victims were Bangladeshi nationals serving with the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei, UNISFA. The UN chief warned the attack may … Read more

Comedian and actress Amy Schumer announced on social media that she and chef Chris Fischer are separating after seven years of marriage. The couple, married in February 2018, said they have made a “difficult decision” to part ways while remaining committed to raising their six-year-old son together. Schumer, 44, and Fischer, 45, described the split … Read more

Multiple people were reported shot on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, near Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, triggering an active-shooter alert and shelter-in-place orders during the second day of fall-semester final exams. Authorities have not released a confirmed count of victims, their conditions, or the motive, and investigators described the information as preliminary. University emergency … Read more

Lead: House Republicans released a health-care package late Friday after the Senate failed this week to advance competing measures to address rising costs. The proposal would not extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace tax credits that expire at year-end, but it includes measures aimed at lowering drug prices and expanding small-business purchasing options. … Read more

Lead: The Powerball jackpot has reached an estimated $1 billion (a $457.7 million cash option) for the drawing on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, following 41 consecutive drawings without a jackpot winner. The prize ranks as the game’s seventh-largest on record. The draw will take place in Tallahassee just before 11 p.m. ET, and ticket buyers … Read more

Lead: Peter Greene, a character actor best known for playing unsettling villains in films such as Pulp Fiction and The Mask, has died at 60. His manager, Gregg Edwards, said Greene was found dead in his Lower East Side Manhattan apartment on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, a discovery prompted by a 24-hour noise complaint and … Read more

Lead Tonight the annual Geminids meteor shower reaches its peak, offering observers across the Northern Hemisphere their best chance to see dozens of meteors per hour. NASA predicts peak rates up to about 120 meteors an hour under ideal, dark-sky conditions. The shower is visible from both hemispheres, though Northern Hemisphere viewers have the edge. … Read more

Lead On Dec. 14, 2025, Chileans cast ballots in a sharply polarized presidential runoff between far-right José Antonio Kast and left-wing Jeannette Jara. The vote follows nationwide closing rallies — Kast in Temuco and Jara in Santiago — and comes amid heightened public concern about crime and migration. Polls heading into the runoff show Kast … Read more

Lead: Three Americans — two U.S. soldiers and a U.S. civilian interpreter — were killed and three other service members wounded in an ambush in Palmyra, central Syria, the U.S. Central Command said. The attacker, described by U.S. officials as a lone Islamic State gunman, was engaged and killed during the incident. President Donald Trump … Read more

Lead Comedian and actress Amy Schumer announced on social media on Friday that she and chef Chris Fischer have decided to end their marriage after seven years. The couple, who married in February 2018 in Malibu, said they remain committed to co‑parenting their son, born in May 2019, and asked for privacy. Both have collaborated … Read more

Lead: A broad surge of Arctic air and a fast-moving winter system is sweeping across the United States this weekend, bringing dangerously low temperatures, widespread snow and river flooding in the Northwest. Nearly 49 million people are under cold-weather alerts from the Northern Plains into the Southeast, and roughly 58 million face winter alerts from … Read more

Dec 13, 2025 — In Baltimore, the 126th edition of the Army–Navy Game serves as the finale of the 2025 regular season, with Navy entering as a 6.5-point favorite after a 9-2 campaign and Army seeking to spoil the Midshipmen’s bid for a historic repeat of 10-win seasons. The matchup features Navy’s dynamic playmaker Blake … Read more