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Tom Stoppard, the Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter best known for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and the Oscar-winning Shakespeare in Love, has died at 88 at his home in Dorset, his agents said. The announcement, relayed by news outlets following a statement from his representatives, said Stoppard died peacefully surrounded by family. Over a … Read more

Lead: The 2025 SEC Championship will pit the Georgia Bulldogs against the Alabama Crimson Tide on Saturday, Dec. 6, with kickoff set for 4:00 p.m. ET in Atlanta. The game will be televised nationally on ABC, with Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Holly Rowe on the call. Both teams finished 7-1 in SEC play; Georgia’s … Read more

New brain-imaging research using scans from nearly 4,000 people identifies five distinct neural “eras”, with transition points at ages 9, 32, 66 and 83, and suggests the brain settles into an “adult mode” in the early thirties. The study mapped changing patterns of connectivity rather than focusing on single regions, and its authors report a … Read more

Lead: Four people were killed and 10 others wounded in a shooting during a family gathering at a Stockton banquet hall just before 6 p.m. on Nov. 29, 2025, sheriff’s officials said. The victims included both children and adults, and authorities said early evidence indicates the attack may have been targeted. Investigators have not yet … Read more

In Ann Arbor on Saturday, No. 1 Ohio State beat No. 15 Michigan 27-9, ending a 2,191-day drought in the rivalry and giving coach Ryan Day a long-awaited vindication. The win followed years of frustration for Day — hired in 2019 and carrying a 2-4 record against Michigan — and came amid a 16-game winning … Read more

Lead: Lane Kiffin is reported to prefer completing the 2025 season at Ole Miss rather than immediately moving to LSU after being pursued for the Tigers’ vacancy. Sources say LSU believes Kiffin has accepted an offer worth more than $90 million, while Kiffin has held extended talks with Ole Miss leadership and told associates he … Read more

Lead Four people were killed and 10 others were hospitalized after gunfire broke out shortly before 6 p.m. Saturday on the 1900 block of Lucile Avenue in Stockton, San Joaquin County, authorities said. The shooting occurred at a banquet hall where a family was holding a celebration that officials and local leaders described as a … Read more

Lead: On Dec. 14, 2023, suburban Broomfield, Colorado, was rocked when 43-year-old mother Kristil Krug was found dead in her garage. In the weeks before her death she had reported persistent, menacing messages and images from an account tied to a past boyfriend; investigators later traced threatening messages to a county workplace Wi‑Fi. Within days … Read more

Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin’s future remained unsettled more than 24 hours after the Rebels’ win in the Egg Bowl on Friday. Kiffin had told reporters he planned to announce whether he would stay at Mississippi or move to LSU on Saturday, but no public decision arrived by late Sunday. Reports circulated that he was … Read more

Lead On November 29, 2025, demonstrators in Lower Manhattan blocked a planned federal immigration operation at a Department of Homeland Security parking garage ramp near Chinatown, forcing agents to withdraw. The first 911 call was logged at 11:46 a.m., and when New York City police arrived they found more than 100 people in the street … Read more

Lead: On Saturday, November 29, 2025, in Ann Arbor, Ohio State ended a four-game losing run to Michigan with a 27–9 victory that reverberated through the College Football Playoff picture. Coach Ryan Day celebrated visibly at Michigan Stadium after the win, a moment that closed a difficult chapter and thrust Ohio State back into national-title … Read more

Global carriers scrambled on Saturday to restore Airbus A320-family jets after a partial fleet recall by the European planemaker halted hundreds of flights across Asia and Europe and threatened U.S. travel during a peak holiday weekend. Regulators ordered airlines to revert software to a prior version and, for some older aircraft, change hardware before passenger … Read more

As Black Friday winds down and Cyber Monday approaches, Anker and its brands still have more than 60 discounted items available across chargers, audio, home and security equipment, and projectors. Deals include deeply reduced power stations and robot vacuums, popular earbuds and headphones, and several multiport chargers — many verified by product testers. Prices and … Read more

Lead: Top U.S. negotiators for President Donald J. Trump will meet Ukrainian officials in Florida on Sunday to discuss a possible peace settlement to halt Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The U.S. delegation is expected to include Secretary of State Marco Rubio, special envoy Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner. The talks follow a weekend meeting in … Read more

Lead: Ukrainian naval unmanned vessels struck two sanctioned oil tankers, the Kairos and the Virat, in the Black Sea as they sailed toward Novorossiysk, Ukrainian security officials said. Video shared by Kyiv showed explosions and fires aboard both ships, which were reportedly empty and bound to load oil for export. Turkey said the strikes occurred … Read more