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USA

ByteDance and TikTok have signed binding agreements with Oracle, Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi–based MGX to sell most of TikTok’s US operations to a new joint venture, avoiding a threatened US ban after months of...

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USA

A federal jury in Milwaukee this week convicted Hannah Dugan of obstructing immigration agents after she interfered with an April attempt to arrest Eduardo Flores-Ruiz in her courtroom. Prosecutors played audio and said...

USA

A joint family statement published by NASCAR said Greg Biffle, his wife Cristina Grossu and their two children died in a plane crash at Statesville Regional Airport, following reports that the Cessna Citation 550...

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USA

Paris Hilton won Muse of the Year and Jeremiah Brown was named Rising Star as the 2025 TikTok Awards, themed New Era, New Icons, honored the platform’s top creators following the inaugural US TikTok Awards at the...

USA

The Justice Department faces a Friday deadline to publish files on Jeffrey Epstein after legislation Donald Trump signed last month ordered most records released, including materials about the probe into his death in...

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USA

The CPUC cut the allowed returns for PG&E, Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Gas starting in 2026, reducing PG&E’s maximum return on equity to 9.98 percent from 10.28 percent...

Japan

Sony will acquire the Peanuts franchise for about $460 million after agreeing to buy WildBrain’s 41 percent stake, giving Sony an 80 percent ownership share and leaving the Schulz family with 20 percent. The deal, which...

USA

Catherine Almonte Da Costa resigned after old antisemitic social media posts resurfaced, following her announcement as Zohran Mamdani’s director of appointments. The Anti-Defamation League posted X messages from 2011...

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USA

An amended complaint filed in Los Angeles County court alleges Riley Keough is the biological parent of one of John Travolta and the late Kelly Preston’s children, following photos showing Keough in her first public...

USA

Kristi Noem announced that references in US Coast Guard policy describing hate symbols as "potentially divisive" have been removed and Jacky Rosen said she was lifting her hold on Kevin Lunday’s nomination to be Coast...

USA

Donald Trump announced that the White House will host the first-ever Patriot Games next fall as part of Freedom 250, following his July preview of the semiquincentennial competition. He said the four-day televised event...

6h/4h

USA

Nike's stock fell nearly 11% after mixed fiscal second-quarter results that beat revenue and earnings-per-share expectations but exposed a sharp deterioration in Greater China, following a quarter that showed modest...

7h/2h

USA

Kristin Cabot said in interviews published by The New York Times and The Times of London that she had been separated before the Coldplay concert and that both she and Andy Byron have begun divorce proceedings, following...

14h/6h

USA

Donald Trump unveiled new descriptive plaques beneath a gold-heavy display he calls the Presidential Walk of Fame, replacing Joe Biden’s portrait with an image of an autopen and his signature after earlier reports that...

7h/6h

USA

Florida carried out its 19th execution of the year, executing Frank Athen Walls amid new scrutiny of error-prone Florida Department of Corrections records and the rapid pace of state warrants after courts denied his...

USA

Trump Media will provide up to $300 million and invest $200 million immediately to fund TAE Technologies’ first US fusion plant, Michl Binderbauer said, following the all‑stock merger that values the combined company at...

15h/11h

USA

Sean Astin, chair of SAG-AFTRA, praised Harrison Ford after the union announced he will receive the SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award; the union announced the honor this week and Ford will be presented the award at a...

USA

Charles Fain Lehman warned that President Donald Trump's order to have the Justice Department reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III will chiefly benefit large cannabis companies, following Trump's move to...

France

The Sun, in an article by Harvey Geh, recalled a similar February death as it updated details about a 24-year-old British skier who fell about 300 metres down a steep off-piste slope at Les Arcs 2000 in the French Alps....

USA

Justice Department attorneys are racing to redact thousands of pages tied to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell ahead of a congressionally mandated deadline on Friday, following House Oversight Committee disclosures...

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USA

Elsie Hewitt announced on Instagram that their daughter, Scottie Rose Hewitt Davidson, was born last week, following the couple’s July pregnancy reveal. Hewitt posted photos and wrote that the baby was “My best work...

USA

Austan Goolsbee called the November inflation and jobs reports encouraging but urged caution after the Bureau of Labor Statistics published a 2.7 percent year‑over‑year CPI print that was distorted by missing October...

15h/4h

Taiwan

The Trump administration announced more than $10 billion in arms sales to Taiwan, including medium-range missiles, HIMARS and drones, following earlier US notifications that outlined an eight-part offer. The State...

25h/15h

Italy

Kering is acquiring Raselli Franco Group in a staged deal that values the Valenza-based supplier at about €575 million and begins with a 20 percent purchase for €115 million in early 2026, following earlier...

10h/7h

Reuters

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Australia to launch gun buyback scheme after Bondi massacre”

SouthKorea

LG will allow users to delete a Microsoft Copilot shortcut after several owners, including Engadget staff, discovered the icon had appeared on some newer LG smart TVs and initially seemed impossible to remove. LG...

Venezuela

Russia's foreign ministry warned the USA against making a “fatal mistake” after a recent US strike in the eastern Pacific killed four men, a development that follows months of US maritime operations near Venezuela. US...

27h/17h

Netherlands

The USA imposed sanctions on two ICC judges who rejected Israel’s challenge to the court’s Gaza investigation, following earlier US moves against court officials. The measures, announced by Secretary of State Marco...

13h/11h

CNN

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Brown University shooting suspect found dead”

USA

The US government admitted in a court filing that actions by an air traffic controller and Army helicopter pilots helped cause the midair collision that killed 67 people near Reagan National Airport, after months of...

30h/13h

Albania

Torches and water were thrown as lawmakers disrupted a parliamentary vote amid protests over corruption allegations against Belinda Balluku, following weeks of unrest that began when SPAK moved to lift her immunity....

Belgium

Giorgia Meloni asked for more time, prompting the European Commission to postpone the EU–Mercosur trade agreement signing until January after weeks of farmer protests and last‑minute opposition had already threatened...

25h/7h

USA

The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees voted to rename the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts the Trump-Kennedy Center, a move announced by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt after months in which...

34h/6h

USA

Reporting that the payment repackages existing housing funds, critics called the one-time $1,776 warrior dividend announced by Donald Trump in a prime-time White House address a political rebrand rather than a new...

27h/6h

TheHill

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Trump to sign mammoth defense spending bill into law”

France

Frédéric Péchier was convicted and sentenced to life by a French criminal court after investigators linked a long pattern of deliberate poisonings of 30 patients between 2008 and 2017. Prosecutors said Péchier secretly...

19h/13h

USA

Analysts sharply upgraded Micron and its stock jumped after the company posted much stronger-than-expected first-quarter results, with DRAM revenue up 69 percent year over year and shares rising as much as 14 percent,...

USA

Dan Bongino announced he will leave the FBI in January amid disputes over the handling of Epstein files and criticism of ICE raids, following his controversial appointment earlier this year. Bongino thanked Donald...

31h/22h

USA

HHS announced regulatory proposals to cut Medicare and Medicaid payments to hospitals that provide gender-affirming care to people under 19, following House votes that advanced a federal ban on care for minors. Robert...

28h/7h

UK

William and Catherine published their 2025 family Christmas portrait on social media with the caption "Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas," following an April photoshoot that supplied several family images used...

18h/7h

USA

Alan Dershowitz has outlined legal theories in a newly published book that he says could allow Donald Trump to remain president for an additional term after he discussed the idea at a White House Chanukah event....

15h/13h

Denmark

The European Court of Justice ruled that Denmark’s 2018 "ghetto law" can lead to discrimination on the basis of ethnicity and left it to Danish courts to decide whether the numerical "non‑Western" threshold breaches EU...

24h/8h

Argentina

Thousands protested in Buenos Aires against a labor reform pushed by Javier Milei as the Senate began debating the bill, following the CGT’s planned mass march at Plaza de Mayo that mobilized unions and social groups....

10h

BBC

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TikTok owner signs deal to sell US business”

USA

Two families — Tricia Maciejewski and Ros and Mark Dowey — filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Meta using newly released internal records after their teenage sons, Levi Maciejewski and Murray Dowey, died by suicide...

11h

France

Mindy Chen accepts Nico's proposal and becomes engaged, creating a friendship rift after Season 5 sent Emily Cooper between Paris and Rome and closed in Venice. The split followed secret sparks between Mindy and Alfie,...

17h/9h

Sudan

UN human rights investigators call for independent probes after a new OHCHR report says more than 1,000 civilians were killed when the RSF seized the Zamzam camp in April, following interviews with 155 survivors who...

12h

USA

The Oscars will move to YouTube from 2029, a symbolic blow to network television after the Academy announced YouTube would become the exclusive global streaming home beginning with the 101st ceremony. The multi‑year,...

35h/17h

Fox

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Jesse Watters discusses reactions to Donald Trump's primetime address”

USA

Peter Arnett died in Newport Beach, California, at age 91 from prostate cancer, his family said, following a long career as a frontline war correspondent who reported from Vietnam and Baghdad. Born in Riverton, New...

23h/15h

Belgium

The protests threatened to derail the EU leaders' summit after around 7,000 farmers surrounded EU institutions in Brussels to oppose the Mercosur trade deal, following an earlier mobilisation that brought tractors and...

19h/12h

USA

University of Michigan hires law firm Jenner & Block and expands an independent review of athletics culture and procedures after interim president Domenico Grasso announced a probe following the firing and arrest of...

13h

USA

Thursday’s official weigh-in for Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua will stream live on Most Valuable Promotions and Netflix Sports YouTube channels, following the matchup announced for the Netflix main event at the Kaseya...

17h/14h

USA

Jonathan Reiner said on CNN’s The Lead that he was medically concerned about Donald Trump’s recent White House address, after Moira Donegan’s column and a New York Times analysis raised questions about the president’s...

17h/1h

USA

Ghislaine Maxwell filed this week a pro se petition in federal court asking to vacate, set aside or correct her conviction and 20‑year sentence, saying substantial new evidence undermines the 2021 sex‑trafficking...

31h/27h

Ecuador

Mario Pineida and his partner were fatally shot and Pineida's mother was wounded in a targeted attack in Guayaquil, following earlier reports that Pineida had been killed in a daytime shooting. Officials said the attack...

22h/15h

Russia

European and Ukrainian intelligence say Moran Security operatives have been placed aboard shadow-fleet tankers to conduct espionage and protect sanction-busting oil shipments, following earlier reports of covert Russian...

22h/15h

USA

Four House Republicans, including Ryan Mackenzie, signed a Democratic discharge petition that guarantees a House vote on a three-year extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies in January after earlier votes failed and...

29h/8h

CNN

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Private jet crashes after takeoff in North Carolina”

Lebanon

Israel said it carried out airstrikes across southern and northeastern Lebanon that killed a Hezbollah operative and struck weapons storage as it sought to disrupt rearmament ahead of a deadline at the end of the month...

15h

USA

The Associated Press updated that the Ursids meteor shower will peak Sunday night into Monday morning and remain visible in the Northern Hemisphere through Dec. 26, following earlier AP reports that the shower was...

15h

Italy

Laura Burdese will become Bulgari’s chief executive officer on July 1 next year, succeeding Jean-Christophe Babin after she was named deputy CEO last year. She will report to Stéphane Bianchi, and Babin will remain...

15h

Spain

The central government will convert government buildings into a nationwide network of climate shelters and expand regional schemes, following Sánchez's earlier announcement of the plan to protect people from intense...

15h

Brazil

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he will veto a parliamentary bill that would sharply reduce Jair Bolsonaro's 27-year, three-month prison sentence after the Senate approved the measure this week and the lower house had...

29h/11h

USA

OpenAI has launched an in-chat app directory inside ChatGPT available on iOS, Android and the web, and opened a developer submission process with resources after earlier releases of interactive apps and an SDK in...

16h

USA

Fact‑checkers disputed claims after Donald Trump's year‑end White House address, which earlier coverage described as a combative defense of his first 11 months in office and a blame‑the‑opponent strategy. Reporters...

16h

BBC

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More photos from Epstein estate released by Democratic lawmakers”

11h

USA

The Senate confirmed billionaire Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator, ending a monthslong nomination saga that included an earlier withdrawn nomination and a November renomination by Donald Trump. The Senate approved...

32h/28h

TheJoeRoganExperience

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Michael P. Masters”

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USA

Investigators say they have identified a suspect and have interviewed a man who appeared on surveillance video in proximity to the suspect following the Brown University shooting that killed two students and wounded...

42h/5h

USA

Jamieson Greer published a presentation to congressional committees this week saying Canada must change its protected dairy market and its Online Streaming Act if the administration is to recommend renewing the USMCA,...

24h

USA

Jane's Addiction has officially disbanded following a private settlement that resolves lawsuits arising from last year’s onstage altercation in Boston. Navarro, Avery and Perkins had sued seeking at least $10 million,...

31h/18h

Germany

Birkenstock forecast annual profit below Wall Street expectations as the Trump administration's 15% US import tariff is set to shave about 100 basis points from gross margins, following a quarter in which revenue rose...

18h

UK

Celtic sit second in the Scottish Premiership, six points behind Hearts, amid a deepening crisis after Wilfried Nancy lost his fourth match in as many games when Dundee United beat Celtic 2-1. Daizen Maeda put Celtic...

28h/24h

NewYorkTimes

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Nick Reiner seen before arrest”

13h

USA

The White House announced that TrumpRx and a most-favored-nation pricing approach will start in January 2026, following agreements the administration says link US drug prices to lower foreign prices and...

25h

France

20 Minutes is following amateur club Lyon La Duchère in a video series ahead of its Coupe de France tie with Toulouse, after Olympique Lyonnais sealed direct Champions League quarterfinal qualification by beating...

20h

Italy

Investigators are analysing seized drives and widening the probe after an electrician who installed home surveillance systems was arrested in Trieste when his partner found nude photos of her underage daughters....

19h

USA

Kevin Warren said the Bears have expanded their stadium search beyond Chicago to include the club's 326-acre Arlington Heights property and sites in Northwest Indiana after state leaders told the team the project would...

25h

Russia

Vladimir Putin is expected to signal at his end-of-year news conference whether he will pursue peace or continue the war in Ukraine, after he warned senior military officers that Russia would expand territory if Kyiv...

38h/7h

USA

Dolby and LG unveiled the modular LG Sound Suite using Dolby FlexConnect, following earlier reports that LG planned an H7 soundbar as part of a new Sound Suite. The collection—centered on the H7 and including M7 and M5...

26h

Germany

Federal prosecutors charged eight people on Dec. 18 over an alleged right-wing terror cell called Letzte Verteidigungswelle, following police raids in May that detained suspects aged 14 to 21. The indictment in Hamburg...

20h

TEDTalks

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Why are people starting to sound like ChatGPT”

14h

Australia

A video released shows Ahmed Al-Ahmed receiving a giant symbolic cheque after more than AU$2.5 million was raised by over 43,000 people following his intervention at the Bondi Beach Hanukkah shooting. Al-Ahmed remains...

46h/8h

CNN

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Inflation cooled in November to 2.7%”

15h

USA

The Trump administration has ordered a sharp expansion of denaturalization efforts, asking USCIS field offices to refer 100 to 200 cases per month to the DOJ for fiscal 2026 after earlier reports said the agency would...

21h

Germany

Sam Kerr scored a late header and became the first Australian—and only the second Chelsea player—to reach 20 Champions League goals as Chelsea came from behind to beat Wolfsburg 2-1 and advance directly to the Women's...

31h/27h

USA

Jennifer Lawrence admitted on a recent episode of Variety and CNN's Actors on Actors that she accidentally took Ambien while filming The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, hallucinated during a 2013 dance scene with Philip...

28h

BBC

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Parents of teenage sextortion victim sue Meta”

16h

USA

Craig Melvin visited and interviewed James Van Der Beek at his Texas ranch and posted behind-the-scenes photos showing Van Der Beek upbeat, after Van Der Beek publicly revealed last November that he has stage 3...

22h

Belgium

ReBirth completed a majority-stake recapitalisation of Cowboy, converting legacy obligations into equity and supplying a combined €15 million to clean up the balance sheet and restart production, after earlier reports...

22h

USA

Players and coaches were scheduled to depart at 8:25 p.m. ET after their team plane was delayed by an equipment issue, Adam Schefter reported, following earlier accounts that the Rams were seeking alternate travel to...

28h

Belgium

European leaders met in Brussels this week to push through a Commission plan to lend roughly €210 billion of frozen Central Bank of Russia assets to the EU so funds can be lent to Ukraine as a reparations loan,...

44h/16h

USA

Carr defended his actions and denied intending threats at a Dec. 17 hearing after he pressed broadcasters to punish Jimmy Kimmel following Kimmel’s Sept. 15 monologue about the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk. Senators...

31h/29h

Italy

Leonardo Apache La Russa said he was cleared of a revenge-porn charge and revealed he suffered depression and contemplated suicide after a Milan judge declared the charge extinguished following a €25,000 settlement....

22h

SouthAfrica

The South African government is working to rescue 17 nationals trapped inside the Russian military and fighting in Ukraine, following reports that they were lured to Russia and tricked into joining. Cyril Ramaphosa’s...

31h/12h

USA

Susan Illston will block the Trump administration from laying off hundreds of federal workers following unions' lawsuit to stop more than 4,000 cuts announced during the 43-day government shutdown. Illston said she will...

28h

USA

The Pittsburgh Penguins are being sold to the Hoffmann family in a deal reported to be worth roughly SEK 15.8–16.7 billion, following earlier reports that Fenway Sports Group had reached an agreement to sell the club....

29h

USA

Oracle shares fell another 5%, dragging the Nasdaq down about 1.8%, after investors reacted to fresh signs of financial strain including stalled financing for a planned $10 billion, 1‑gigawatt data centre in Saline...

34h/19h

China

A Reuters report says a Chinese prototype extreme ultraviolet lithography machine built by former ASML engineers is now undergoing testing in Shenzhen after Reuters revealed the project used ex-ASML staff working under...

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