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Lead: A new genomic analysis finds that human groups living in southern Africa remained largely isolated for roughly 100,000 years, producing genetic profiles that lie outside the range seen in most living people. Researchers sequenced and compared genomes from skeletons dated between about 10,200 and 1,400 years ago — including a 7,900-year-old Matjes River specimen … Read more

Lead On Dec. 3, 2025, two papers published in Nature reported null results for additional neutrino types long hypothesized by some physicists. The MicroBooNE experiment at Fermilab and the KATRIN experiment in Karlsruhe each probed different signatures that a so-called sterile neutrino would leave, and neither found convincing evidence. The findings align closely with the … Read more

Lead: On Dec. 3, 2025, Fanatics rolled out Fanatics Markets, a new prediction-market platform, with an initial launch across 24 U.S. states including California, Texas, Florida and Washington. The platform lets users trade contracts tied to sports, finance, economics and politics immediately, with plans to add crypto, stocks, tech and music contracts early next year. … Read more

On Dec. 3, 2025, during the early signing window that runs Wednesday through Friday, programs across the country finalized scholarship agreements that reshaped the Class of 2026. Live coverage and real-time updates—including a CBS Sports/247Sports broadcast that began at 10 a.m. ET—tracked commitments, flips and ranking movement as top prospects either locked in their choices … Read more

Federal agents launched coordinated immigration enforcement actions in New Orleans and Minneapolis on Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and law enforcement officials said. The operations, announced a day after President Donald Trump said he would deploy National Guard troops to Louisiana, focus on individuals DHS describes as criminal noncitizens and those alleged to … Read more

Dec. 3, 2025 — New York equity trading was uneven as investors digested an unexpected decline in private payrolls and fresh headlines around Microsoft. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 208 points (0.4%) while the S&P 500 was essentially flat, up about 0.1%, and the Nasdaq Composite slipped roughly 0.1%. Microsoft shares fell nearly 2% … Read more

President Donald Trump announced on Dec. 3, 2025, that he would grant pardons to Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife, who were indicted in 2024 on charges that included bribery. The announcement arrived amid ongoing political debate over the scope of presidential clemency and its impact on congressional ethics. The move removes the immediate … Read more

Lead: Launched on 2 December 1995, the joint ESA–NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has spent 30 years observing the Sun from its perch about 1.5 million km sunward of Earth. Intended as a two‑year mission, SOHO has produced an almost uninterrupted record spanning nearly three 11‑year solar cycles, transforming our ability to monitor solar … Read more

In early December 2025, Macy’s said it had again raised its full-year sales guidance after reporting stronger-than-expected results in the quarter ending Nov. 1, signaling resilience among holiday shoppers in U.S. stores and online. The department-store giant recorded comparable-sales growth of about 3 percent for the three months through Nov. 1, its best pace in … Read more

Lead On Dec. 3, 2025, a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette column argued that comments from former Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and veteran coach Bruce Arians about Mike Tomlin’s job security were logical given the context. The piece notes both men — figures closely tied to Steelers culture — framed Tomlin’s future around leadership, roster realities and organizational … Read more

Lead Malaysia announced that Ocean Infinity, a U.S. marine robotics company, will restart a seabed search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 beginning Dec. 30 in a targeted 15,000-square-kilometer area of the southern Indian Ocean. The Boeing 777 vanished on March 8, 2014, with 239 people aboard and has not been recovered despite multinational efforts. Families … Read more

The U.S. labor market cooled further in November as private payrolls unexpectedly declined by 32,000, ADP reported on Wednesday. The drop was driven overwhelmingly by losses at small firms, while larger employers added workers. The result was well below economists’ Dow Jones consensus expectation of a 40,000 gain and followed an upwardly revised October increase … Read more

Music refused to sit still in 2025: across continents and styles artists took daring paths and reshaped popular taste. Rolling Stone’s annual list collects these shifts into a single snapshot — from genre-defying debuts to late-career triumphs — and shows which records defined the year. The selection spans flamenco, Afropop, shoegaze, club music and more, … Read more

Dec. 3, 2025 — The LA Clippers announced in the early hours of Wednesday that they are parting ways with veteran point guard Chris Paul, who had said last month this would be his final NBA season. The move came while the team was in Atlanta preparing to face the Hawks and follows a 116–loss … Read more

Lead: On Dec. 3, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security announced coordinated enforcement operations in New Orleans and the Twin Cities, prompting immediate community alarm and official pushback. DHS officials described a large-scale sweep in New Orleans, called Operation Catahoula Crunch, with a stated goal of 5,000 arrests or more, while a separate ICE surge … Read more