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Lead Who: Western Washington communities and the National Weather Service. When: a second atmospheric river arriving Sunday after a major event earlier this week. Where: river valleys across northwest Washington, including the Nooksack, Skagit, Skykomish and Snohomish systems. What and result: the new plume is forecast to be weaker and shorter-lived than the storm that … Read more
Destiny 2’s newest three-player dungeon, Equilibrium, launches as part of the Renegades expansion and opens with a World First race starting Saturday, December 13 at 9:00 AM PT. Contest Mode runs for 48 hours and Normal Mode will unlock after Bungie confirms a World First clear. Access requires ownership of Renegades and that the fireteam … Read more
US soldiers, civilian interpreter killed during ambush in Syria by apparent ISIS gunman Lead: On December 13, 2025, two U.S. servicemembers and a U.S. civilian interpreter were killed near Palmyra, Syria, after an ambush that U.S. officials say was likely carried out by an Islamic State gunman. The attackers engaged the small U.S. element while … Read more
Lead Philip Rivers will be the Indianapolis Colts’ starting quarterback for Sunday’s road game against the Seattle Seahawks after being activated from the practice squad this week. The move follows a Monday workout and comes as the Colts seek a win to revive their playoff hopes. Rivers last took a snap for Indianapolis in the … Read more
Dec. 13, 2025 — Peter Greene, the character actor best known for playing the menacing Zed in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 film Pulp Fiction, has died at his home in New York City. He was 60, his manager Gregg Edwards confirmed. Edwards said the cause of death had not been released and described Greene as a … Read more
Lead: On Saturday, 13 December 2025, the Metropolitan Police in London announced it will take no further action over reports that Prince Andrew asked a personal protection officer in 2011 to conduct checks on Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of sexually abusing her as a teenager and died by suicide in April. The force said … Read more
California governor Gavin Newsom immediately denounced President Donald Trump’s new artificial intelligence executive order hours after it was released on Thursday evening, saying the federal directive — which seeks to block state-level AI rules — advances “grift and corruption” rather than public safety or innovation. Newsom framed the measure as an attempt by the federal … Read more
Lead Israeli forces said on Saturday they struck a vehicle in Gaza City that killed a senior Hamas commander, in an attack that Palestinian emergency services reported also killed three other people and wounded bystanders. The Israeli military described the target as a “key Hamas terrorist” while Hamas-linked civil defence sources named four fatalities. The … Read more
13 December 2025 — In a major diplomatic turn, Belarus released 123 detainees, including Nobel Peace Prize co-winner Ales Bialiatski and opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova, after the United States announced it would lift sanctions on Belarusian potash. The US special envoy for Belarus, John Coale, said the decision followed two days of talks with President … Read more
Lead: At the Winter Meetings on Dec. 13, 2025, managers and front-office officials traded updates and assessments that underscored workload questions, clubhouse moves and front-office strategy. Terry Francona flagged playing-time concerns for Reds All-Star shortstop Elly De La Cruz after a heavy two-season workload. Other notable notes touched on Sonny Gray’s past Yankees ties, Dave … Read more
Lead: Abraham Quintanilla Jr., the father and longtime manager of Tejano star Selena Quintanilla, has died, the family said in a social-media announcement on Dec. 13, 2025. The notice, posted by his son Abraham Quintanilla III from Corpus Christi, Texas, confirmed the death but provided limited immediate detail. Quintanilla Jr. was widely known as the … Read more
Lead: The Metropolitan Police said it will take no further action after a fresh assessment found no new evidence that Prince Andrew, styled Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, committed a criminal offence by allegedly asking a protection officer for details about accuser Virginia Giuffre. The claim first surfaced in October in the Mail on Sunday, which reported the … Read more
Kevin Murray, a 72-year-old Tampa father who nearly died from an undiagnosed cardiac condition in 2003, persuaded his brothers to get advanced heart imaging after a routine scan cleared him. In late 2022 his brother Patrick, 67, received a cardiac CT that revealed critical coronary blockages and required immediate open-heart surgery; that diagnosis prompted the … Read more
Lead On Dec. 13, 2025, in Ann Arbor, former University of Michigan head football coach Sherrone Moore was charged with felony home invasion and stalking after prosecutors say he forced his way into the apartment of a woman with whom he had been having an affair and threatened self-harm. Authorities say the encounter occurred shortly … Read more
Lead: The Washington Post this month introduced “Your Personal Podcast,” an AI-driven audio product that assembles episodes from a user’s reading history and offers voice and topic customization. The feature is in beta and the Post describes it as an automated, nontraditional editorial product intended to broaden audio reach. Within days, critics and staff raised … Read more
