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Lead On Nov. 29, 2025, a winter storm dumped 6.9 inches of snow at O’Hare International Airport and 5.5 inches at Midway, marking the heaviest one-day total in Chicago since Nov. 21, 2015. The storm triggered widespread travel disruption, with more than 1,300 flights canceled across area airports and O’Hare reporting roughly 1,160 cancellations Saturday … Read more
Global measles cases jumped dramatically in 2024 and the United States has seen widening outbreaks in 2025, prompting World Health Organization officials to call the rise a “fire alarm” that signals broader gaps in routine immunization. WHO director Dr. Kate O’Brien warned that measles’ high contagiousness means even modest declines in vaccine coverage can spark … Read more
Lead Week 13 of the NFL returns with a full 16-game slate after three Thanksgiving matchups, producing a condensed selection pool for this weekend. This piece delivers spread and moneyline recommendations, a high-value receiving prop for Jaxon Smith-Njigba, plus first-quarter and first-half plays. I weigh matchup details, weather and personnel trends to recommend sides and … Read more
Lead Top Trump administration figures met a Ukrainian negotiating team this weekend in West Palm Beach, Florida, as President Donald Trump presses to advance a U.S.-brokered framework aimed at ending Russia’s war in Ukraine. Participants included Senator Marco Rubio, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner; Ukraine sent senior security and diplomatic officials. The meetings … Read more
Lead: Epic Games has launched the Chapter 7 Season 1 Battle Pass for Fortnite, which debuts two high-profile movie characters—Marty McFly from Back to the Future and Beatrix “The Bride” Kiddo from Kill Bill—alongside six original outfits. The pass is available from the season’s start and changes the usual progression by letting players unlock most … Read more
Lead Swiss voters are preparing to decide in a nationwide referendum on a proposal to impose a 50% inheritance tax on the country’s wealthiest estates. The measure is pitched by its backers as a way to reduce extreme wealth concentration and fund public services; opponents warn of capital flight and legal challenges. The vote marks … Read more
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
