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Lead On 3 December 2025 House Democrats publicly released a set of photos and walk-through videos taken on Jeffrey Epstein’s private Caribbean estate, providing a rare visual record of the properties where prosecutors have said trafficking occurred. The materials, collected by law enforcement in the US Virgin Islands in 2020, include interior shots of living … Read more

President Donald Trump is expected to unveil a proposal on Wednesday in Washington to weaken federal vehicle fuel-economy requirements through the 2031 model year, loosening regulatory pressure on automakers to limit gasoline-powered tailpipe pollution. The outline — disclosed to reporters by people familiar with White House plans who spoke on condition of anonymity — would … Read more

NEW YORK — A federal vaccine advisory panel this week is expected to revisit long-standing guidance that all newborns receive a hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth. The committee, chaired under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is scheduled to discuss a change at a Thursday meeting that would depart from decades of … Read more

President Donald Trump announced he would grant a “full and unconditional” pardon to Democratic Representative Henry Cuellar of Texas and to his wife, Imelda Cuellar, after federal charges last year accused the couple of accepting about $600,000 in illicit payments. The announcement came on social media alongside claims that the prosecution was politically motivated; Cuellar … Read more

Lead: Israel on Wednesday received human remains that could belong to one of the final hostages held in Gaza and said it will soon allow Palestinians to exit the territory through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. The remains, found by militants in northern Gaza and handed to the Red Cross, will undergo forensic testing … Read more

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