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Admiral Rachel L. Levine’s framed photograph in the Humphrey Building was recently relabeled to show a prior name, officials and colleagues tell NPR. The portrait—displayed shortly after Levine won Senate confirmation in 2021 as assistant secretary for health and head of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps—was altered during the federal government shutdown in late … Read more
A visiting Harvard law professor from Brazil departed the United States this week after Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained him and the State Department revoked his J‑1 visa following an October incident near a Brookline synagogue. Federal officials and the professor’s attorney said he agreed to leave voluntarily and returned to Brazil on Thursday. The … Read more
Lead Vanity Fair and journalist Olivia Nuzzi said they have mutually agreed to let her contract expire at the end of the year, a joint statement announced on Friday. Nuzzi, 32, who had served as the magazine’s West Coast editor earlier this year, has drawn sustained public attention because of her reported relationship with Robert … Read more
Lead Who: No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 2 Indiana. When/Where: Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium, kickoff just after 8 p.m. ET on FOX. What: The Big Ten Championship Game crowns a conference champion and awards the top seed in the College Football Playoff; this is the first time the title game pits the conference’s … Read more
Dec. 5, 2025 (updated 8:57 p.m. ET) Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. used a speech at the LGBTQ+ Victory Institute’s annual conference in Washington on Dec. 5, 2025, to defend his backing of transgender rights and to criticize Republican messaging that, he said, has turned sexual orientation and gender identity into a political weapon. … Read more
Lead Sources who viewed a classified video shown to lawmakers say two people who survived an early Sept. 2 U.S. strike on an alleged drug-running vessel in the Caribbean were visibly waving before a subsequent attack that killed them. The Sept. 2 operation was part of a broader campaign the administration has carried out against … Read more
With roughly eight weeks until Oscar nominations are revealed, the race to secure broadcast rights to the Academy Awards has intensified. Sources close to negotiations say the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is seeking a new 5–10 year licensing pact, and several potential bidders have been sizing up the deal. Netflix has stepped … Read more
In Auckland last week, a 32-year-old man allegedly stole an 18‑karat gold Fabergé egg pendant from a jewelry shop and swallowed it inside the store, police said. Officers arrested him at the scene and charged him with theft; after a medical assessment he was monitored while officers waited for the pendant to be expelled. Six … Read more
Lead: On Friday, 5 December 2025, at the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington D.C., former US president Donald Trump received FIFA’s newly created inaugural Peace Prize onstage at the Kennedy Center. FIFA president Gianni Infantino presented the award, saying it recognized exceptional actions to promote peace and unity. Trump accepted a trophy, medal and … Read more
Lead: On Dec. 5, 2025, Condé Nast and Olivia Nuzzi announced a mutual decision to let her Vanity Fair contract expire at the end of the year, ending her brief tenure as the magazine’s West Coast editor. The move follows new allegations about Nuzzi’s past romantic relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and questions raised … Read more
Lead: A federal judge in Florida on Friday granted the Justice Department’s expedited request to unseal grand jury transcripts from the mid-2000s federal probe of Jeffrey Epstein, and allowed modification of protective orders that might block public release. U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith, a Trump appointee, concluded that the recently enacted Epstein Transparency Act supersedes … Read more
On Dec. 5, 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin began a two-day state visit to New Delhi, meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a high-profile reception that included ceremonial honors and public displays of welcome. The leaders used the visit to announce measures aimed at deepening economic links — notably a labor mobility agreement and … Read more
Lead Frank Gehry, a defining figure in late 20th-century architecture, has died at age 96, his office confirmed. The Canadian-born architect rose to global prominence after the 1997 opening of the titanium-clad Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, which transformed both his career and the cultural profile of the city. Gehry, celebrated for an experimental, deconstructivist approach … Read more
Netflix has agreed to acquire the film and streaming arm of Warner Bros Discovery for an equity price of $72 billion (about £54 billion), creating a new entertainment behemoth. The boards of both companies approved the cash-and-stock deal, which values the enterprise at roughly $82.7 billion and offers $27.75 per Warner Bros share. The transaction, … Read more
Lead On September 2, US forces struck a small boat in international waters in an operation that left 11 people dead after multiple follow-up attacks. Adm. Frank Bradley told lawmakers the targeted craft had been moving to rendezvous with a larger vessel reportedly bound for Suriname, according to officials with direct knowledge of his briefing. … Read more
