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On Dec. 8, 2025, a group of 12 former FBI agents filed a federal civil suit in Washington, D.C., seeking reinstatement and damages after being dismissed earlier this year. The complaint says the agents were fired in retaliation for kneeling on June 4, 2020, while deployed in Washington to defuse unrest following George Floyd’s killing. … Read more
Lead On Dec. 8, 2025, Paramount submitted a hostile tender offer directly to Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders after Netflix announced an $83 billion agreement to acquire major parts of the company. Paramount proposed $30 per share in cash, valuing Warner Bros. Discovery at roughly $108 billion including debt, and said the Warner board was backing … Read more
Lead Mary Rebecca “Becky” Hill, the former Colleton County clerk who managed jury logistics during the 2023 Alex Murdaugh double-murder trial, pleaded guilty on Monday to charges connected to sealed crime-scene photographs and to misconduct in office. Judge Heath Taylor sentenced Hill to three years of probation after she admitted obstructing justice and committing perjury … Read more
On Dec. 8, 2025, the White House announced a $12 billion aid package aimed at farmers harmed by recent tariff-driven trade disruptions. The plan, presented at a White House roundtable, directs most funds through the Agriculture Department’s Farmer Bridge Assistance program and targets corn, cotton, sorghum, soybean, rice, cattle and wheat producers. The administration said … Read more
Lead: Astronomers have released fresh images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it nears its closest approach to Earth on December 19, 2025. The Hubble Space Telescope re-imaged the object on November 30 from about 178 million miles (286 million km) away, while ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) captured views from roughly 41 million miles … Read more
Google invited reporters to test a prototype of its next-generation smart glasses in early December, showing how the device can surface directions, answer calls and annotate scenes using Gemini and the Android XR platform. During a May demo and follow-up sessions this week, Google demonstrated live image edits and voice-driven queries that appear near the … Read more
President Trump will announce a $12 billion support package for American farmers at a White House event on December 8, 2025, aiming to blunt losses tied to tariffs and the trade dispute with China. The administration plans to allocate roughly $11 billion to the Department of Agriculture’s Farmer Bridge Assistance program to provide one-time payments … Read more
Lead: On Dec. 8, 2025, Paramount Skydance submitted a $108.4 billion hostile, all-cash offer to acquire all of Warner Bros. Discovery, days after Warner struck an agreement with Netflix valued at $82.7 billion. Paramount Skydance said its $30-per-share tender would cover Warner Bros. Discovery’s debt and provide shareholders a faster, cleaner cash exit. The move … Read more
Houston’s defense seized control at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday night, intercepting Patrick Mahomes three times and halting Kansas City on two second-half fourth-down attempts to secure a 20-10 win. The victory moved the Texans to 8-5, one game behind the Jacksonville Jaguars in the AFC South, while the Chiefs fell to 6-7 and now face … Read more
On Dec. 8, 2025, a powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck offshore of Aomori Prefecture on Honshu after 11 p.m. local time, prompting tsunami warnings for parts of northern Japan and immediate evacuation orders. The Japan Meteorological Agency reported a 5.6-magnitude aftershock and issued tsunami alerts for Aomori, Iwate and Hokkaido, with … Read more
Lead On Dec. 8, 2025, President Donald J. Trump hosted the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony in Washington, D.C., taking a central role in selecting and praising the evening’s honorees. The lineup included Sylvester Stallone, the rock band Kiss, Gloria Gaynor, George Strait and Michael Crawford, whom Mr. Trump singled out for his role in Phantom … Read more
Early Monday in east Jerusalem, Israeli police entered the compound of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, the agency said, escalating a months‑long campaign after Israel banned UNRWA from operating on its territory. UNRWA described the incursion as an unauthorized, forceful breach of the agency’s … Read more
Lead: Leonardo DiCaprio’s One Battle After Another emerged as the standout at the Golden Globe nominations announced on Monday, earning nine nods and positioning the film as the awards season frontrunner. The drama about the abduction of a former revolutionary’s daughter also secured acting nominations for DiCaprio and co-stars Sean Penn, Teyana Taylor, Benicio Del … Read more
Lead: Indianapolis Colts quarterback Daniel Jones suffered a torn right Achilles tendon on the final weekend of the 2025 season, ending his campaign and complicating plans for 2026. Jones had signed a one-year, $14 million deal with the Colts and had won eight of 12 starts before exiting Sunday in Jacksonville. The injury arrives as … Read more
Since taking office on 29 January 2025, President Ahmed al-Sharaa has undertaken an intense diplomatic sprint that has produced rare international goodwill for Damascus. In early December 2025 envoys from all 15 members of the UN Security Council visited Damascus to mark the anniversary of the fall of Bashar al-Assad, a show of unity unprecedented … Read more
