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Lead On the eve of Selection Day — the College Football Playoff bracket reveal scheduled for Sunday at 11 a.m. CT on ESPN — Alabama’s spot in the 12-team field was in serious doubt after a 28-7 loss to Georgia in the SEC title game. Entering Saturday, sportsbooks and model forecasts showed Alabama as a … Read more

Lead: Conference title-day upsets — most notably James Madison clinching the Sun Belt crown and Duke’s overtime victory over Virginia — forced a broad reworking of bowl projections across multiple leagues on Dec. 7, 2025. The ACC appears unlikely to place its champion into the 12-team College Football Playoff, meaning the league’s 11 bowl-eligible teams … Read more

Lead India’s biggest carrier, IndiGo, has disrupted domestic travel since December 2 after cancelling more than 2,000 flights, leaving thousands stranded across major hubs including New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad. The cancellations followed the November 1 phase of new Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL), which tightened pilots’ rest and duty rules. The airline, which … Read more

Lead: Benin’s government says it thwarted an attempted coup on Sunday after a group of soldiers broadcast that they had removed President Patrice Talon. Interior Minister Alassane Seidou said loyalist forces reinforced by top military leadership retained control and secured the situation. Eyewitnesses reported gunfire in Cotonou and temporary detentions of some state broadcaster staff, … Read more

Lead: Curt Cignetti’s Indiana Hoosiers completed a rapid rebuild on Saturday, beating No. 1 Ohio State 13-10 in Indianapolis to secure the program’s first outright Big Ten championship since 1945. The victory, which ended Ohio State’s 16-game winning streak, left Indiana 13-0 and seeded at the top of the College Football Playoff field. The result … Read more

Lead More than 900 people have died after a rare, powerful cyclone that formed over the Malacca Strait last week triggered torrential rain, widespread flooding and landslides across parts of Indonesia. The destruction included the loss of over 100,000 homes and left hundreds unaccounted for while remote communities remain cut off. Authorities and international responders … Read more

Lead: The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Monday in Trump v. Slaughter, a case arising from President Trump’s removal of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter that challenges statutory protections for commissioners. The dispute centers on whether federal law that allows removal only for cause—inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance—violates the Constitution’s … Read more

Lead On Dec. 7 memorials at Pearl Harbor now mark an endpoint in living memory: only 12 veterans of the 1941 Japanese attack remain, all centenarians, and none were able to travel to Hawaii for this year’s waterfront observance. The attack, which killed more than 2,300 service members and thrust the United States into World … Read more

Lead Indiana completed a 13-0 season on Saturday night by defeating Ohio State 13-10 to claim the Big Ten crown, becoming the only undefeated FBS team and the top pick in the latest 2025 rankings. Texas Tech also vaulted up after an emphatic 34-7 win over BYU to secure its first outright conference title since … Read more

Lead: On December 7, 2025, the 84th anniversary remembrance at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu will proceed without any living survivor in attendance. Only 12 veterans who experienced the 1941 attack are still alive, all aged 100 or older, and none could travel to Hawaii for the ceremony. That absence means no attendee will have firsthand … Read more

Lead: On Dec. 7, 2025, a federal advisory panel voted to end the long-standing recommendation that all newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine at birth, a decision that has left many parents unsettled and health groups alarmed. The meeting of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices was chaired by … Read more

Dec. 6, 2025 — Indiana delivered a historic upset in Indianapolis, beating top-ranked Ohio State 13-10 to capture its first outright Big Ten championship since 1945 and secure the No. 1 overall seed in the College Football Playoff. The victory at Lucas Oil Stadium completed a 13-0 regular season for the Hoosiers and earned them … Read more

Lead At least 25 people were killed in a nightclub fire in Arpora, North Goa, in the early hours of Saturday, officials said. The blaze broke out around midnight and was later brought under control after emergency crews responded. Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant visited the scene and ordered an inquiry; initial reports point to … Read more

Lead On Saturday evening, December 6, 2025, President Donald J. Trump welcomed the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees to the Oval Office for a medal-presentation ceremony honoring George Strait, Michael Crawford, Sylvester “Sly” Stallone and the rock band Kiss. Trump praised the group as a uniquely accomplished class and promoted his role in the selection and … Read more

Indiana completed a dramatic turnaround by beating No. 1 Ohio State 13-10 in the Big Ten Championship, capped by a missed 27-yard field goal by Ohio State kicker Jayden Fielding late in the fourth quarter. The Hoosiers, led by coach Curt Cignetti in his second season, held on after a tense closing sequence that included … Read more