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Lead: In Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Friday night, No. 11 Gonzaga overwhelmed No. 18 Kentucky, winning 94-59. Gonzaga shot 57 percent from the field and 50 percent from three, while Kentucky managed just 27 percent overall and 21 percent from long range. The Zags’ balanced attack featured 28 points and 10 rebounds from Graham Ike … Read more
Lead: Fresh fighting broke out overnight along the Pakistan–Afghanistan border on the night of the clash, centered around Spin Boldak and nearby districts. Both Islamabad and the Afghan Taliban say the other side opened fire, and officials report a four‑hour exchange that forced civilians to flee. A Kandahar medical source reported four bodies brought to … Read more
Lead: About 24 hours after announcing an agreement to acquire Warner Bros., Netflix sent a short, carefully worded note to its more than 82 million U.S. subscribers saying that ‘nothing is changing today.’ The message, circulated late Friday from the ‘Netflix team,’ emphasized that Netflix and Warner Bros.’ streaming services will continue to operate separately … Read more
Lead On their 20th birthday, Cocona of the seven-member group XG used the group’s Instagram account to announce they are AFAB transmasculine and nonbinary and revealed they had top surgery earlier this year. The statement said the label assigned at birth never fit and described a long personal journey toward self-acceptance. Cocona thanked bandmates, the … Read more
More than a week after a blaze ripped through Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po on Dec. 6, 2025, leaving 159 people dead and thousands displaced, survivors face urgent housing and recovery questions. The towers had been home to over 4,900 residents, many working-class families who purchased subsidized flats decades earlier. With more than 3,800 … Read more
Lead: India’s largest carrier, IndiGo, has grounded hundreds of services this week after failing to align crew schedules with stricter pilot night‑flying and weekly‑rest rules, triggering what the airline and regulators call an operational crisis. On Friday more than 1,000 IndiGo flights were canceled; on Saturday 385 cancellations continued, leaving long lines and confused passengers … Read more
Dec. 5, 2025 — The White House on Thursday published an updated National Security Strategy that reframes U.S. global priorities around commercial advantage and migration control rather than active promotion of democratic values. The document elevates economic leverage — including preferential contracts for U.S. firms and a transactional posture toward regional partners — and describes … Read more
Lead: On Dec. 6, 2025, Meta announced an internal shift that pushes the release of its mixed‑reality glasses code‑named “Phoenix” from the second half of 2026 into the first half of 2027. Company memos reviewed by Business Insider say the delay is intended to provide “breathing room” for hardware and core user‑experience work so the … Read more
Late Friday, S&P Global announced that Carvana (CVNA), Comfort Systems (FIX) and CRH (CRH) will be added to the S&P 500 as part of the index’s routine quarterly rebalancing. The news sent Carvana shares up nearly 10% in after-hours trading and lifted CRH by more than 6%, both showing technical breakouts. Comfort Systems posted a … Read more
The No. 11 Gonzaga Bulldogs beat No. 18 Kentucky 94-59 on Friday night at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, handing the Wildcats a lopsided defeat. Kentucky fell to 5-4 as Gonzaga shot efficiently and built an early lead that the Wildcats could not overcome. Otega Oweh led Kentucky with 16 points but UK struggled to convert, … Read more
Lead: On December 5, 2025, reality-TV personality Marciano Brunette filed a defamation lawsuit after public allegations that he sexually assaulted co-star Demi Engemann during an August 2024 shoot in Italy. Court documents obtained by TMZ say Brunette denies the claim and describes the off-camera kiss as consensual. He is seeking monetary damages and a narrowly … Read more
Lead Jane Fonda and the newly revived Committee for the First Amendment (CFA) called Friday’s announcement that Netflix is set to buy Warner Bros. Discovery a “catastrophic” escalation, urging federal and state enforcers to subject the transaction to rigorous antitrust scrutiny. The 2‑time Oscar winner — who has a recent working relationship with Netflix via … Read more
Dec. 5, 2025 — The New York Times critics place the rising Korean hyperpop innovator Effie and Brooklyn indie-rock outfit Geese at the top of their year-end lists. The roundup, published on Dec. 5, highlights repeat themes across the year’s strongest records: artists responding to online feedback, genre blending, and a tendency toward albums that … Read more
Lead Kentucky suffered a 35-point defeat to Gonzaga in Nashville at Bridgestone Arena, a margin that drew early and sustained boos from Wildcats fans. The loss is tied for the third-worst in program history in the shot-clock era and is the program’s heaviest defeat since the 41-point loss to Vanderbilt in 2008. Hosts from Kentucky … Read more
December 5, 2025 — SpaceX is preparing a private tender offer to allow insiders to sell shares in a transaction that could value the company higher than any private tech firm to date. People familiar with the matter say the deal could imply a valuation as high as $800 billion, topping OpenAI’s $500 billion benchmark. … Read more
