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Lead: On Friday, December 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider whether President Donald Trump’s January 20 executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship is constitutional. The high court’s decision to grant review brings a century-old precedent into play and signals a willingness to address the merits after earlier procedural rulings. Lower courts … Read more

Lead: Netflix announced it will acquire Warner Bros., HBO and HBO Max for about $82.7 billion, following earlier media reports. The companies said the transaction would occur only after Warner Bros. completes its planned separation from legacy cable and Discovery assets, a process expected in the third quarter of 2026. Netflix said it intends to … Read more

Russian president Vladimir Putin told Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on 5 December 2025 in New Delhi that Moscow is prepared to keep oil deliveries to India “uninterrupted,” framing the pledge as a rebuttal to Western pressure. The pledge followed a bilateral summit that both leaders described as evidence their ties withstand outside interference. The … Read more

December 5, 2025 Lead The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted 8–3 on December 5, 2025 to remove the CDC’s long-standing universal recommendation that all newborns receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth. Under the new guidance ACIP says recommendations should depend on the mother’s hepatitis B testing … Read more

The new study links major volcanic activity in the mid-1340s to a cascade of climatic, ecological and socioeconomic disruptions that helped carry Yersinia pestis into the Mediterranean and then into Europe. Tree-ring evidence and contemporaneous chronicles point to unusually cool, cloudy summers from 1345–47, years that also saw sharp cereal price rises and emergency grain … Read more

A massive sunspot complex labeled AR 4294–4296 has rotated into view on the Sun’s Earth-facing hemisphere and is currently pointed toward our planet. First seen by NASA’s Perseverance rover on the Sun’s far side about a week before it crossed into view, the group’s dark area measures roughly 90% of the size of the 1859 … Read more

Lead State employees in Minnesota detected signs of large-scale abuse tied to the charity Feeding Our Future as early as July 2019, months before the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated payments, according to former Department of Education staff. Those early warnings involved unusual meal-counts and aggressive pressure from the charity’s leadership. The scheme later grew into a … Read more

Lead On Thursday evening the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated a Texas congressional map that a lower federal court had struck down, a move expected to hand Republicans five additional U.S. House seats. The decision in Abbott v. LULAC was issued along apparent partisan lines, with the Court’s three Democratic justices dissenting. Though brief, the majority … Read more

Lead: U.S. equities climbed on Friday as the S&P 500 notched a fourth consecutive winning session, drawing nearer to its recent high after September’s core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) index came in slightly below economists’ forecasts. The lighter-than-expected inflation reading reduced near-term pressure on the Federal Reserve and increased market odds of a rate cut … Read more

On July 4, emergency call recordings from the catastrophic flash flooding that swept through Kerr County and the Texas Hill Country have been made public, revealing frantic pleas for rescue as the Guadalupe River surged. Authorities released recordings of at least 579 911 calls linked to the storm that killed more than 130 people, including … Read more

Lead: On December 5, 2025, Netflix Inc. agreed to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. in a transaction valued at $72 billion, paid in a combination of cash and stock. The deal, announced on December 5, 2025, brings together a streaming pioneer and one of Hollywood’s oldest studios, reshaping the global entertainment landscape. Both companies described … Read more

Lead: On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee voted to roll back a decades‑long recommendation that all newborns receive a hepatitis B vaccine dose within 24 hours of birth. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) now advises that women who test negative for hepatitis B may choose, in consultation … Read more

Lead: U.S. equities extended gains on Friday as the S&P 500 rose for a fourth consecutive session, trading within roughly 0.4% of its recent high after a softer-than-expected inflation print. Traders digested a delayed September core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) reading showing a 2.8% annual rate, and markets priced a strong probability of a Fed … Read more

In 2025 television returned sharper and more purposeful, producing a compact slate of series that combined formal daring with emotional heft. From intimate British limited dramas to oversized genre experiments and smart workplace comedies, these 15 shows stood out for craft, performances and cultural resonance. The list surveys titles that dominated awards conversation and streaming … Read more

Lead On Dec. 5, 2025, IndiGo, India’s largest carrier, canceled more than 1,000 flights, halting over half of its scheduled departures and leaving thousands of passengers stranded across the country. The disruption, centered on New Delhi and rippling to airports from Bengaluru to Ahmedabad, followed days of increasing cancellations that began on Dec. 2. IndiGo … Read more