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Dec. 9, 2025 — 3:08 p.m. ET • Orlando, Fla. — The Winter Meetings opened with a major free-agent signing and a flurry of trade chatter on Tuesday. Kyle Schwarber agreed to return to the Philadelphia Phillies on a five-year, $150 million deal, and Edwin Díaz reached terms with the Los Angeles Dodgers on a … Read more

Lead: On Sunday afternoon the College Football Playoff selection committee omitted Notre Dame from the four-team postseason field, ending the Irish’s season and eliminating a chance to reach the national championship. The program subsequently declined a bowl invitation, bringing a 10-win campaign to an abrupt close. The decision prompted widespread debate among analysts and fans, … Read more

Lead: On Dec. 9, 2025, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill that limits civil immigration enforcement around state courthouses and narrows the types of information hospitals, day cares and colleges may share with federal immigration agents. The law, approved by the state legislature in October amid a recent federal enforcement surge in the Chicago … Read more

Lead Philip Rivers, 44, is set to join the Indianapolis Colts’ practice squad after working out with the club Monday night, multiple reports say. Rivers retired after the 2020 season and had been coaching high school football in Alabama; he is now stepping back into a professional role as the Colts cope with a cascade … Read more

Lead: On December 8, 2025, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Trump v. Slaughter, a case testing whether Congress may impose ‘for cause’ limits on a president’s ability to remove commissioners of independent agencies. The argument focused on whether longstanding statutory protections that limit removal by the president can survive a robust ‘unitary executive’ … Read more

Lead: Over a 12-week span in late 2025, Paramount Skydance’s David Ellison personally pursued Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav with repeated proposals and private meetings in an effort to acquire WBD. Paramount ultimately offered an all-cash $30 per share bid (an equity value of $77.9 billion) on Dec. 4, 2025, but Warner Bros. Discovery … Read more

Lead A Michigan man who received a kidney transplant in December 2024 died after developing rabies that investigators traced to the organ donor, officials reported. The donor, from Idaho, had been scratched by a skunk while defending a kitten in October and later became critically ill and brain dead; several organs were recovered. Postmortem testing … Read more

Lead: On Dec. 9, 2025, the U.S. Treasury notified conservative influencer Erika Kirk that none of the four tax-exempt entities she runs are being examined or investigated by the IRS, a letter CBS News reviewed shows. The letter — written in response to a request from Kirk last week — also states each entity filed … Read more

Lead: A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Aomori on Dec. 8, 2025, prompting Japan to issue a nationwide megaquake advisory on Dec. 9. Authorities reported 34 mostly mild injuries and localized damage to roads and buildings, and warned an offshore megaquake could produce a tsunami up to 98 feet high and … Read more

Dec. 9, 2025 — Three years after the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision, state-level battles over abortion have intensified across the United States. In recent weeks the North Dakota Supreme Court reinstated a near-total ban, Texas enacted a law enabling private citizens to sue out-of-state clinicians who mail abortion medication into the state, and California … Read more

Week 15 of the 2025 NFL season reshuffled the league’s pecking order on Dec. 9, 2025 as late-game heroics, key injuries and a few shocking results altered playoff math. The Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers climbed the board after emphatic showings, while Philadelphia’s defending champions and the Indianapolis Colts slipped sharply following an overtime defeat … Read more

On Dec. 9, 2025, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. signaled a potential reversal of long-standing federal advice on saturated fat, saying the next Dietary Guidelines for Americans — due in early 2026 — will “stress the need to eat saturated fats.” The comments come amid renewed debate among nutrition scientists, clinicians and public-health … Read more

Dec. 9, 2025 — In a year reviewers described as chaotic, a year-end roundup by Yussef Cole highlights the 10 most notable games of 2025, emphasizing personal narratives, a strong mystery resurgence and standout indie work. The list spans intimate autobiographical projects and inventive experiments that reframe familiar mechanics, with several titles offering solace or … Read more

Lead: Chad Spodick, a 42-year-old alumnus of the 2016 reality series Finding Prince Charming, died in December, his family announced. Loved ones launched a GoFundMe describing his passing as “sudden and heartbreaking” and sought help covering funeral costs. Five days after that campaign went live, a Boca Raton Police spokesperson told PEOPLE that Spodick’s death … Read more

Lead: Jenna Bush Hager announced on Dec. 9 that Sheinelle Jones will become the permanent co-host of TODAY’s fourth hour, beginning Jan. 12, and the program will be rebranded as TODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle. Jones, 47, will step away from the third hour to join Jenna on the new fourth-hour slot; Craig Melvin, Al … Read more