14 Dec 2025, 4:11 pm
Jalen Hurts rebounds with 3 TD passes as Eagles snap losing streak in 31-0 rout of Raiders
PHILADELPHIA - Jalen Hurts rebounded from his worst NFL game to throw three touchdown passes, Saquon Barkley had a 2-yard touchdown run and the Philadelphia Eagles snapped a three-game losing streak with a 31-0 win over the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday.The Eagles (9-5) were able to get their maligned offense under embattled coordinator Kevin Patullo right against the woeful Raiders and finally showed signs of life with a nice mix of play calling in bitter cold temper…
14 Dec 2025, 3:55 pm
Disney shares its new Paris theme park music
By Robert Niles: Disney is sharing a "first listen" to its new theme park music in Paris.Last month, we previewed all that Disney is working on for its second gate at the Disneyland Paris resort. The renamed Disney Adventure World opens March 29 and will include a new Adventure Way promenade that expands the current Walt Disney Studios Park.In How Disney is fixing its second park in Paris, we heard from Walt Disney Imagineering VP Michel den Dulk, who is overseeing…
14 Dec 2025, 3:41 pm
Quarterback Kase Evans Becomes Penn State’s Third Commitment of the Day on Sunday
Don't let Matt Campbell get hot. Penn State secured a commitment from three-star quarterback Kase Evans on Sunday afternoon, the team's third commitment of the day and fourth of the Campbell era. https://twitter.com/Hayesfawcett3/status/2000299344571093168?s=20 Evans is listed as the No. 60 quarterback, No. 158 Texas prospect and No. 1,154 overall recruit in the 2026 class, per the 247Sports composite rankings. He's listed at 6-foot-2, 198 pounds and beco…
14 Dec 2025, 3:35 pm
Get-Right Game – 20 Immediate Observations from Eagles 31, Raiders 0
The Eagles entered Sunday afternoon on a three-game losing streak and yet found themselves a double-digit favorite for the first time this season. That’s how bad Vegas is. Take the league’s worst offense and put a backup QB under center and you end up with a final score of Eagles 31, Raiders 0. The pessimist would say the Birds won a game they were expected to win, and stopped the weeks-long bleeding. No doubt that’s true, though the optimist would say t…
14 Dec 2025, 3:34 pm
Entry-Level Tech Workers Confront an AI-Fueled Jobpocalypse
AI "has gutted entry-level roles in the tech industry," reports Rest of World. One student at a high-ranking engineering college in India tells them that among his 400 classmates, "fewer than 25% have secured job offers... there's a sense of panic on the campus." Students at engineering colleges in India, China, Dubai, and Kenya are facing a "jobpocalypse" as artificial intelligence replaces humans in entry-level roles. Tasks once assigned to fresh graduates, su…
14 Dec 2025, 3:33 pm
Your say: week beginning December 15
Every day, we publish a selection of your emails in our newsletter. We’d love to hear from you, you can email us at yoursay@theconversation.edu.au. Monday December 15 The mind of Trump “Andrew Gawthorpe’s article on America’s national security and Trump’s view of the world is brilliant. It gives a clear explanation of what is going on in the mind of the president. For us mortals who are not historians, I value a writing style for the layman. Thank you f…
14 Dec 2025, 3:26 pm
Pelosi predicts first female president ‘within this next generation’
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) predicted in a recent interview that the United States will have its first female president “within this next generation.” “Democrats have nominated two women for president, and they both lost to Donald Trump. What’s the lesson of that experience? And do you think a woman will be elected president……
14 Dec 2025, 3:23 pm
Spare us the empty platitudes - it is time to take action, says Josh Howie
For nearly 2,000 years, Jews around the world have recited a prayer to celebrate the Festival of Lights. And today, in Bondi, Australia, those lights are the flashing lights of police cars and ambulances.Because once again, in the West, Jews are being murdered for being Jews. Once again, the intifada has been globalised.And you know exactly why this has happened and how it has been allowed to happen. You know why two men could calmly load their guns, aim them at chi…
14 Dec 2025, 3:22 pm
Trump Is Already Weighing Pardons for His Inner Circle
President Trump has already discussed the idea of preemptively pardoning an array of Trump advisers, policymakers, and others who the president believes will likely be criminally investigated once Democrats are back in power, Zeteo reports.
14 Dec 2025, 3:18 pm
Clintons Fight to Avoid Testifying in the Epstein Inquiry
“A quiet, monthslong battle between Representative James Comer of Kentucky, the Republican chairman of the Oversight Committee, and Bill and Hillary Clinton over the panel’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation could come to a head this week,” the New York Times reports. “Mr. Comer has threatened to begin contempt of Congress proceedings against them if they fail to appear in person for depositions.” “The threat is the starkest example yet of the attempt by Hou…
14 Dec 2025, 3:17 pm
Far right candidate leads in Chilean presidential election polls
Chileans head to the polls Sunday in a presidential runoff election in which the son of a Nazi party member, who has pledged to build a border wall to keep migrants out of the country, is the leading candidate.
14 Dec 2025, 3:16 pm
Penn State Adds Commitment From 6-foot-6, 220-Pound Punter Lucas Tenbrock
Penn State continues to pillage Iowa State's signing class. The Nittany Lions secured their third commitment in 24 hours with the addition of three-star class of 2026 punter Lucas Tenbrock, another former Cyclone signee. He announced the decision on Sunday afternoon, two days after being released from his signing with Iowa State. The 247Sports composite rankings peg him as the No. 5 punter, No. 72 Illinois native and No. 2,817 overall player in the class. Tenb…
14 Dec 2025, 3:15 pm
Born to be Mild: Del Hughes – cool under pressure, bent on rebellion
Complaints department Del Hughes  Orwell, Churchill, King Harold II, Cher, Joplin, and Dame Judi Dench are each, in their own way, undeniably cool and culturally iconic (even if some of their views wouldn’t pass muster today). And now, improbably, I find myself counted among them. Suddenly, I’m in with the in‑crowd – and I bloody love it! Because, in all my years, I have never once been considered cool. At school, I was neither pretty enough nor sporty enou…
14 Dec 2025, 3:12 pm
Remembering the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, 13 years later
On December 14, 2012, a gunman opened fired inside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. The shooting killed 20 first-grade students and six educators.
14 Dec 2025, 3:10 pm
Gunman Who Killed 3 Americans In Syria Was Member of Syrian Government Forces
Gunman Who Killed 3 Americans In Syria Was Member of Syrian Government Forces Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com The gunman who killed two members of the Iowa National Guard and an American civilian interpreter in an attack in Palmyra, central Syria, on Saturday was a member of the Syrian government’s security forces, according to the Syrian Interior Ministry. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) first reported that the attacker wa…
14 Dec 2025, 3:08 pm
'Really angry': Parkland survivor recounts Brown University mass shooting
Zoe Weissman, a Brown University sophomore who survived the 2018 Parkland, Florida, high school shooting, said shes angry to be facing yet another tragedy again on her own campus.WATCH | Zoe Weissman urges federal action after experiencing second mass school shooting 'Really angry': Parkland survivor recounts Brown University mass shooting"I'm numb but I'm also really angry," Weissman told CNN. "I think the sadness will set in when we, you know, get all the victims…
14 Dec 2025, 3:08 pm
'What has happened to my country?!' Ex-Australian MP calls for action after GB News guest shot in the head on Bondi Beach
A former Australian MP has expressed his outrage following a shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney that left a frequent GB News contributor with a gunshot wound to the head.Timothy Smith, speaking to the People's Channel, said he was "disgusted" by the attack, which targeted Jewish Australians at the iconic Sydney location.Among those injured was Arsen Ostrovsk, an Israeli-Australian human rights lawyer who has appeared previously on this channel. According to Mr Smith,…
14 Dec 2025, 3:06 pm
Sen. Banks: Congress will ‘back up’ Trump’s next move in Syria
Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) vowed to support President Trump’s efforts to fight ISIS, a day after two U.S. service members and one civilian were killed in Syria by a gunman allegedly tied to the terror group. “Donald Trump rooted out and took out the ISIS caliphate in his first term without starting another forever war.……
14 Dec 2025, 3:06 pm
Arizona Cardinals' Andre Baccellia leaves on a stretcher after injuring neck on kickoff return
He remained on the ground for several minutes while medical staff tended to him as players from both teams looked on with concern.
14 Dec 2025, 3:04 pm
US President Trump condemns 'purely antisemitic attack' after Bondi Beach shooting leaves 16 dead
US administration says it "strongly condemns the terrorist attack in Australia targeting a Jewish celebration" after deadly shooting. Australian authorities treating shooting as terrorism.
14 Dec 2025, 3:01 pm
Sen. Bill Cassidy believes deal on Affordable Care Act subsidies could be made
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy said Sunday that he believes a deal on Affordable Care Act subsidies could be made before the tax credits expire at the end of the year.
14 Dec 2025, 3:00 pm
GigLegal – For everything freelance; Contracts, escrow, and our Get Paid Guarantee
GigLegal is dedicated to empowering New York City's independent workforce. We aim to provide affordable, accessible, and easy-to-understand legal tools, ensuring every freelancer can operate with the confidence and security of a large corporation. We believe legal protection should be a standard, accessible tool, not an expensive barrier. The biggest challenges in freelancing are non-payment and scope creep. GigLegal is designed to solve these problems at their roo…
14 Dec 2025, 2:58 pm
Spectre/Meltdown Family Tree (2019)
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14 Dec 2025, 2:58 pm
Luxury Beliefs
Suella Braverman, former Home Secretary, PA images Jacob King Ben Wildsmith ‘Luxury beliefs’ is a phrase that has recently become popular amongst right-wingers. I first heard it from former Home Secretary Suella Braverman in relation to border regulations and liberal concepts in criminal justice. The line is that ‘elites’ cultivate ostensibly virtuous beliefs because they are protected from their consequences by wealth and privilege. So, the argument runs t…
14 Dec 2025, 2:51 pm
Nobel laureate María Corina Machado: ‘I absolutely support President Trump’s strategy’ in Venezuela
Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado said she supports President Trump’s aggressive approach in dealing with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and said she thinks the Venezuelan government’s days are “numbered.” In an interview that aired Sunday on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” the Venezuelan opposition leader was asked if she supports the U.S. increasing……
14 Dec 2025, 2:50 pm
Somebody Get President Biden a Hat from a Super Bowl the Eagles Actually Won
President Biden was enjoying himself at the game: Former President Joe Biden is in attendance at the @Eagles game. pic.twitter.com/0NllGhtgg5— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) December 14, 2025 Wait, Super Bowl LVII? For who? For what? Let’s not bring back memories of Haason Reddick slipping all over the field and Andy Reid tearing apart QGannon’s defense with the “corn dog” play. These hats wound up on the Marshall’s discount rack years ago. If th…
14 Dec 2025, 2:40 pm
Letter from Doc Penfro
Doc Penfro Julie Brominicks  ‘I came to Wales because it was one of very few places I could get my hands on some uranium’ Fabio tells me, a few minutes into my second lift of the day (Andy, a postie from Corris, having already delivered me to Machynlleth.) Actually, Fabio stopped because he thought I was a lollipop lady. I am bound for Doc Penfro where I’m doing a fundraiser at Cwtch Coffee Shop and Art Gallery, which is located in a building the landlady has…
14 Dec 2025, 2:35 pm
Zelenskyy Open To Dropping NATO Bid As Peace Talks Continue On Berlin
Zelenskyy Open To Dropping NATO Bid As Peace Talks Continue On Berlin Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is willing to drop efforts to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) if the United States and European allies offer “security guarantees” in order to end the war. “Thus, today, bilateral security guarantees between Ukraine and the US, Article 5-like guarantees for us from the US, and security guarantees from European colleague…
14 Dec 2025, 2:31 pm
California mortuary accused of mistakenly giving man his son's brain in bag
The man's father allegedly emptied the contents of the bag into a washing machine only to find "human brain matter."…
14 Dec 2025, 2:21 pm
Ilhan Omar Says Her Son Was Stopped by ICE
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) said federal immigration agents pulled over her son on Saturday and asked him to prove his citizenship, CBS News reports. The congresswoman said her son “always carries” his passport with him.
14 Dec 2025, 2:20 pm
Christmas Poem: The Ballad of Mari Lwyd
Mari Lwyd. Credit: Urdd Derwyddon Môn Vernon Watkins (1906-67) Prologue (Spoken by the Announcer of the Ballad) Mari Lwyd, Horse of Frost, Star-horse, and White Horse of the Sea, is carried to us. The Dead return. Those Exiles carry her, they who seem holy and have put on corruption, they who seem corrupt and have put on holiness. They strain against the door. They strain towards the fire which fosters and warms the Living. The Living, who have cast them out, from…
14 Dec 2025, 2:20 pm
Chasing Chi
Just published: Chasing Chi: The FBI’s Groundbreaking Pursuit of China’s Most Prolific Spy Family by James E. Gaylord “It began as furtive tip, grew to fevered investigation, and climaxed with midnight airport arrests to prevent US military secrets from being lost forever.” Sale Chasing Chi: The FBI's Groundbreaking Pursuit of China's Most Prolific…
14 Dec 2025, 2:19 pm
WATCH: Donald Trump condemns 'purely antisemitic attack' on Bondi Beach
US President Donald Trump has called the shooting in Sydney a “terrible attack” during a Christmas celebration at the White House.Speaking alongside his wife Melania, Mr Trump called the incident “a purely antisemitic attack.”He said: "It was a rough day, for Australia and the Prime Minister, to everybody that we know so well, we get along with so well, we have a great relationship. That's a terrible situation going on over there."WATCH THE CLIP ABOVE FOR MO…
14 Dec 2025, 2:15 pm
Sen. Murphy’s Claim Of Trump’s ‘Dizzying Campaign To Increase Violence’ Surprises CNN’s Dana Bash
In the aftermath of a mass shooting at Brown University, Democratic Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy appeared to surprise CNN host Dana Bash on Sunday’s “State of the Union” episode by claiming President Donald Trump is on a “dizzying campaign to increase violence.” At least two people were declared dead by officials and at least nine others were injured after a mass shooting occurred Saturday evening on Brown University’s campus. A manhunt broke out for a…
14 Dec 2025, 2:15 pm
Company in Huge Trouble for Creating “Tinder for Kids” App
These days, startups are trying just about everything. Some of them are wacky, if harmless, like the company turning your loved ones’ remains into stones for you to display. Others fall into the “why did you do that” category — like the startup selling an AI-powered toilet camera to analyze your stool. A startup called Wizz is clearly the latter, in the darkest sense imaginable. Peddling “age-appropriate engagement” for users as young as 13, Wizz is a…
14 Dec 2025, 2:14 pm
Penn State Adds First Two Commits of Matt Campbell Era
The Nittany Lions are picking up steam on the recruiting trail. Penn State landed commitments from a pair of three-star, class of 2026 safeties, Bryson Williams and Tyrell Chatman. Williams committed on Saturday, while Chatman announced the move on Sunday afternoon. https://twitter.com/bwilliams_2828/status/1999929181686436165?s=20 https://twitter.com/Tyrell_C_/status/2000277629421945101?s=20 Both recruits were formerly committed to Iowa State but ha…
14 Dec 2025, 2:12 pm
Polar Bears are Rewiring Their Own Genetics to Survive a Warming Climate
"Polar bears are still sadly expected to go extinct this century," with two-thirds of the population gone by 2050," says the lead researcher on a new study from the University of East Anglia in Britain. But their research also suggests polar bears "are rapidly rewiring their own genetics in a bid to survive," reports NBC News, in "the first documented case of rising temperatures driving genetic change in a mammal." "I believe our work really does offer a glimmer…
14 Dec 2025, 2:05 pm
30 years on, Heat still shapes action cinema – and tactical police training
Warner BrosThe crime thriller Heat (1995) is a formidable blend of character, setting and complex storytelling. Written and directed by Michael Mann, it forensically examines the lives of both law enforcement and criminals, memorably pairing Robert De Niro and Al Pacino on screen for the first time. Thirty years after its release, Heat remains deeply embedded in the DNA of contemporary action cinema, and has influenced fashion, interior design, video games and ev…
14 Dec 2025, 2:05 pm
Friendship is magic: male dolphins with close friends age more slowly
Shark Bay Dolphin ProjectFor more than 40 years, researchers in Shark Bay, Western Australia, have been watching the lives of a very unusual group of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus). The male dolphins in this group form one of the most complex social systems known outside of humans, complete with lifelong friendships, supportive alliances, and cooperative partnerships that shape their entire lives, including how many calves they sire. Now, our n…
14 Dec 2025, 2:05 pm
New research shows it’s never too late to help students learn to read – even in high school
Jonathan Cooper/ UnsplashLearning to read is a complex process. It requires children to master and integrate multiple skills, from mapping abstract symbols to the right speech sounds to understanding what all the words mean. This is why reading is one of the first and most important things children are taught in the early years of school. Still, many children have reading difficulties that persist into high school. According to the most recent OECD data, one in fi…
14 Dec 2025, 2:05 pm
New Adaptation of Animal Farm Blames Capitalism
A Hollywood animation of George Orwell's Animal Farm has turned the classic story into a critique of capitalism and corporate corruption with a billionaire villain and a happy ending. The post New Adaptation of Animal Farm Blames Capitalism appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
14 Dec 2025, 2:04 pm
One UK journalist’s close access to Hitler carries a warning about Trump’s media restrictions
Interviewing Hitler opens in Linz, Austria, in 1938: the year before the outbreak of World War Two. Adolf Hitler, who was born in Austria, has just announced the Anschluss, the forced political union of Germany and his birth country. Since seizing power in 1933, he has been overseeing Germany’s rearmament and increasingly belligerent foreign policy moves. Now, on March 12 1938, Hitler has returned to Austria as a hero, greeted by enraptured crowds lining the stre…
14 Dec 2025, 2:04 pm
Has the Trump resistance been too passive? Here are 7 ways to effectively protest authoritarian rule
The United States, it has long been claimed, is organically disposed towards democracy. When the Puritans founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the early 1600s, the first governor, John Winthrop, called the new settlement a “city upon a hill” that inspires the world. This notion of American manifest destiny, however, has always depended on a blindingly obvious precondition: you cannot claim to be a beacon for democracy abroad without being a democracy at home…
14 Dec 2025, 2:01 pm
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14 Dec 2025, 2:01 pm
Indiana senator laments failed redistricting push as a ‘missed opportunity’
Indiana Sen. Jim Banks (R) expressed disappointment in his state’s Senate after it rejected a new House map that would favor the GOP. “This was a missed opportunity,” Banks told host Jacqui Heinrich on “Fox News Sunday.” “I supported the president. I thought that midcycle redistricting in Indiana made sense.” The Indiana Senate rejected the……
14 Dec 2025, 2:00 pm
Two new books offer readers a fresh insight into today’s Celtic Brittany
Fflag Llydaw flag of Brittany. Picture by Kergourlay (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stephen Price Brittany is often presented to visitors as a charming holiday destination, a place of seafood, standing stones and surfer beaches. Yet for many Bretons, their country remains first and foremost a Celtic nation, with its own language, history and political aspirations. Two recent English-language books by Jean Pierre Le Mat, published by the Breton house BreizhKlem, invite British, Wel…
14 Dec 2025, 2:00 pm
Liam Neeson, MAHA Ally? Narrates RFK Jr. Doc Slamming Lockdowns And COVID Jabs
Liam Neeson, MAHA Ally? Narrates RFK Jr. Doc Slamming Lockdowns And COVID Jabs Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, In an unexpected pivot that’s sending shockwaves through the pharma lobby, Liam Neeson has narrated a documentary titled Plague of Corruption: 80 Years of Pharmaceutical Corruption Exposed, an adaption of Dr. Judy Mikovits’ book and backed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s Children’s Health Defense.  It appears this is not j…
14 Dec 2025, 2:00 pm
Decoupling without a plan: The policy hurting US innovation and helping China
The U.S. policy of strategic decoupling from China is failing to achieve its objectives, resulting in financial losses for American businesses, confusion among allies, and accelerated technological independence for China.
14 Dec 2025, 2:00 pm
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14 Dec 2025, 1:49 pm
Penn State Reportedly Retaining Trace McSorley on Staff
A former Nittany Lion will be sticking around in Happy Valley. Penn State assistant quarterbacks coach Trace McSorley is expected to be retained by new head coach Matt Campbell, according to On3's Pete Nakos. It's unclear what his role will be next season, but with quarterbacks coach Danny O'Brien following James Franklin to Virginia Tech, McSorley may be in for a promotion. There was speculation McSorley, a Virginia native, could be headed to Blacksburg as we…
14 Dec 2025, 1:45 pm
RocketLab sends Japanese communications satellite into orbit
Rocket Lab has successfully launched an Electron technology demonstration satellite for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
14 Dec 2025, 1:45 pm
Blind Item #8
This royal author was sabotaged here in the US because the pseudo royal told the publisher her book would be even better.
14 Dec 2025, 1:43 pm
Michael Sheen’s brilliant story about Kenneth Williams and Richard Burton
Michael Sheen pictured with Dermot O’Leary (Credit: BBC Radio 2) As we all know Michael Sheen has plenty of stories to tell and thankfully for us he’s happy to tell them. Now whether these stories be in the form of his latest stellar projects from the Welsh National Theatre or from the many tales extracted from memory, they are all relentlessly entertaining. Take the Welshman’s appearance on Dermot O’Leary’s show on Radio 2 this weekend when he told a magn…
14 Dec 2025, 1:42 pm
Eagles vs. Raiders, Week 15: Live updates and open thread
Follow along and chat Eagles-Raiders in a now crucial Week 15 matchup.
14 Dec 2025, 1:42 pm
Is increased coverage of Reform fuelling the public’s preoccupation with migration and asylum?
Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage at the launch of Reform UK’s plan to deport asylum seekers, at Oxford Airport in Oxfordshire. Image: Jacob King/PA Wire Martin Shipton Increased coverage of Reform UK by Britain’s broadcast media appears to have fuelled the public’s rising preoccupation with the issues of immigration and asylum, according to research carried out in Wales. Media academics led by Professor Stephen Cushion of Cardiff University have established…
14 Dec 2025, 1:32 pm
'People were screaming and running. I didn’t know what was happening,' Australian eyewitnesses describe moment gunman opened fire on Bondi Beach
Eyewitnesses have described chaotic scenes as a gunman opened fire on Bondi Beach, likening the attack to being “like fish in a barrel”.One resident told reporters they initially thought the sound of multiple gunshots was fireworks, only to realise people were being shot around them.“I saw an older lady get shot and fall to the floor,” he said. “An older man was also shot and badly injured. People were screaming and running towards me, and I didn’t know…
14 Dec 2025, 1:30 pm
Australian beach shooting targeting Jewish community leaves 16 dead
The New South Wales Police reported that 16 people are dead and 40 are injured following a shooting rampage that targeted the Jewish community. The incident happened on Sunday morning on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. Sunday marks the first day of Hanukkah — a day that drew hundreds from the Jewish community to celebrate with a day at the beach. Police say one of the suspects in the shooting is dead, and the other is hospitalized in critical condition.  Sydne…
14 Dec 2025, 1:30 pm
Blind Item #7
This A list singer/actress/producer literally attended a function for 4 minutes and 32 seconds. Yes, someone timed it because they knew it would be quick. That is crazy.
14 Dec 2025, 1:23 pm
Welsh clubs defy the odds in Europe as Dragons finally win and Ospreys remain perfect
All four Welsh clubs were in action this weekend and it was a good weekend for them in the main…
14 Dec 2025, 1:20 pm
Eisteddfod to debut jukebox musical celebrating Welsh rock legends
Sefyll ar y Sqwâr To mark World Choral Day (14 December), the National Eisteddfod organisers have announced a brand new jukebox musical set to premiere at the festival in 2026. efyll ar y Sqwâr (Standing on the Square) is a jukebox musical celebrating the legacy of Ail Symudiad, the 70s rock band hailing from Cardigan, and the legacy of Fflach records. As the Eisteddfod Choir project for 2026, the musical will combine choral vocals, Ail Symudiad’s music, and a n…
14 Dec 2025, 1:19 pm
Brendon McCullum issues warning ahead of third Ashes test as England aim to avoid whitewash
England head coach Brendon McCullum has issued a blunt warning to his struggling squad that their current two-nil Ashes deficit could swiftly deteriorate into a complete series whitewash without composure in the coming days.Both opening Tests ended in comprehensive eight-wicket losses for the visitors.The tourists' woes in Australia extend far beyond this series, with England having failed to secure a single Test victory on Australian soil since January 2011.Their r…
14 Dec 2025, 1:18 pm
Suspect arrested in connection with suspicious death of 93-year-old in Logan
The suspect, 53-year-old Coy Thomas, was taken into custody Sunday at 22nd and Lehigh avenues.
14 Dec 2025, 1:15 pm
Man charged with Earls Court murder
Police were called to Old Brompton Road where the body of Xiaoqing Ke, 39, was found. Deepak Sandhu, 23, of Southampton, has been charged.
14 Dec 2025, 1:15 pm
Blind Item #6
How did this foreign born almost A- list actress land multiple movie franchises all at once seemingly out of nowhere? This studio head loves sleeping with her and makes sure she gets into literally any project she wants.
14 Dec 2025, 1:10 pm
Sydney fruit seller is hero who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters
Ahmed al Ahmed, a 43-year-old fruit shop owner, confronted one of the attackers during the Bondi Beach shooting that left 12 dead. The father of two wrested the rifle from the shooter and pointed it back at him, saving lives in the process.
14 Dec 2025, 1:10 pm
Big batteries are now outcompeting gas in the grid—and gas-rich Western Australia is at the forefront
Australia's electricity grids are undergoing a profound transformation. Solar and wind have provided 99% of new generating capacity since 2015. Last month, renewables hit parity with fossil fuels for the first time.
14 Dec 2025, 1:09 pm
Louis Rees-Zammit pulled from team last minute and Dragons celebrate in poignant scenes
These are the rugby stories making headlines on Sunday, December 14…
14 Dec 2025, 1:05 pm
‘Look In The Mirror’: Erika Kirk Tells Last Person To Speak To Her Husband Who Needs To Calm The Rhetoric Down
When questioned during a CBS News town hall which aired Saturday about President Donald Trump’s reaction to a video encouraging members of the military to disobey allegedly illegal orders, Turning Point USA (TPUSA) CEO Erika Kirk said all Americans share the responsibility of cooling down rhetoric. Democratic Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin and five other Democrats who served in the military or intelligence agencies appeared in a Nov. 18 video which urged members of…
14 Dec 2025, 1:01 pm
'We've been looking for 47 years:' Alabama woman ramps up search for former foster child
She simply wants to know that a former foster child of hers is happy.
14 Dec 2025, 1:00 pm
Taking Electronics to a Different Level
One part wants 3.3V logic. Another wants 5V. What do you do? Over on the [Playduino] YouTube channel, there’s a recent video running us through a not-so-recent concern: various approaches to level-shifting. In the video, the specific voltage domains of 3.3 volts and 5 volts are given, but you can apply the same principles to other voltage domains, such as 1.8 volts, 2.5 volts, or nearly any two levels. Various approaches are discussed depending on whether you are…
14 Dec 2025, 1:00 pm
Looters are stealing our historical treasures
Once a site is looted, context — and the knowledge it carries — is lost forever.
14 Dec 2025, 1:00 pm
Blind Item #5
This foreign born A- list singer was not only wasted out of her mind at a Christmas concert but also beat up her girlfriend after the concert.
14 Dec 2025, 12:50 pm
DOJ Must Return Data Seized From Comey Confidant, Court Will Retain Copy: Judge
DOJ Must Return Data Seized From Comey Confidant, Court Will Retain Copy: Judge Authored by Melanie Sun via The Epoch Times, The Department of Justice has been ordered by a federal judge to return everything that it seized and obtained between 2017 to 2020 from a longtime confidant of former FBI Director James Comey, siding with the friend and plaintiff who said his constitutional rights had been violated when the materials in his possession were misus…
14 Dec 2025, 12:49 pm
Dragons late surge stuns Lyon
Dragons match report Dragons produced a late rally with a last-gasp converted try from Harrison Keddie to edge out Lyon 23-21 in a thrilling finish at Rodney Parade The Welsh side, who lost away in Perpignan last time out, made a bright start and went ahead through couple of penalties from Angus O’Brien before Jared Rosser was shown a yellow card in the 22nd minute for an illegal clear out. Lyon, beaten at home by Newcastle in their opening European fixture, went…
14 Dec 2025, 12:49 pm
Attacker who killed US troops in Syria was a recent recruit to security forces: official
BEIRUT (AP) — A man who carried out an attack in Syria that killed three U.S. citizens had joined Syria’s internal security forces as a base security guard two months earlier and was recently reassigned amid suspicions that he might be affiliated with the Islamic State group, a Syrian official told The Associated Press Sunday. The attack Saturday in [...]…
14 Dec 2025, 12:46 pm
Tyrese Maxey ruled out for Sixers-Hawks on Sunday; Joel Embiid still questionable
After playing in the first 23 games of the season, an illness will cost Tyrese Maxey at least two consecutive games.
14 Dec 2025, 12:45 pm
Founder of Mental Health Startup Has Epic Public Breakdown, Tries to Start Fire, Flees in Tesla, Crashes
The idyllic countryside of a Bay Area winery was rudely disrupted this weekend when a man allegedly tried to start a fire, got into a fight with staff, and deliberately crashed his Tesla into two other parked cars, The San Francisco Chronicle reports. The most curious detail to emerge from the mayhem has to do with the accused suspect, 42-year-old Beri Vikram of Menlo Park. Vikram, it turns out, is the founder of an online mental health platform called BetterLYF…
14 Dec 2025, 12:45 pm
Blind Items Revealed #4
November 18, 2025The rapper two numbers later than the trendy number faked the whole home invasion thing so he can try and get house arrest instead of going back to jail.Tekashi/69/67…
14 Dec 2025, 12:34 pm
America Adds 11.7 GW of New Solar Capacity in Q3 - Third Largest Quarter on Record
America's solar industry "just delivered another huge quarter," reports Electrek, "installing 11.7 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity in Q3 2025. That makes it the third-largest quarter on record and pushes total solar additions this year past 30 GW..." According to the new "US Solar Market Insight Q4 2025" report from Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie, 85% of all new power added to the grid during the first nine months of the Trump adminis…
14 Dec 2025, 12:32 pm
Sen. Murphy: Trump on ‘dizzying campaign to increase violence’ in US
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a leading gun reform advocate, on Sunday accused President Trump of engaging in a campaign to increase violence in the country since taking office. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” — conducted a day after a shooting at Brown University — Murphy defended his efforts to pass gun……
14 Dec 2025, 12:30 pm
Blind Items Revealed #3
November 16, 2025The married message board founder sure does seem to spend a crazy amount of time with one of the players on the team he owns.Alexis Ohanian/Reddit/Chelsea Women FC…
14 Dec 2025, 12:29 pm
Person of interest detained in Brown University shooting
A person of interest has been detained after a shooter opened fire on Brown University's campus Saturday, killing two people and injuring at least eight others.
14 Dec 2025, 12:26 pm
The Flyers burned themselves this week, but it's how they'll learn
The Flyers hung with Vegas and Carolina this week as two of the NHL's elites, but they had the chance to take both games and let themselves get burned instead. It's part of the process, but it's painful.
14 Dec 2025, 12:21 pm
Top Armed Services Democrat: US must work ‘aggressively’ with new Syrian government to fight ISIS
After two American service members and one civilian were killed in Syria by a gunman allegedly tied to ISIS, Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) said Sunday that the U.S. should work with the Syrian government to combat the terror group.  “We have to be very aggressive and work with the new government in Syria. We have……
14 Dec 2025, 12:20 pm
'Unforgivable choices': Mom who allowed fatal 'corporal punishment' that severed 6-year-old's liver will have a long time to think about her misdeeds
Inset: Ashley Fagan (Columbus Division of Police). Background: The area in Columbus, Ohio where Fagan lived with and allegedly killed her daughter (Google Maps). A 33-year-old mother in Ohio who stood by and did nothing as her boyfriend beat and strangled her 6-year-old daughter for weeks if not months, ultimately leading to her death, is headed to prison. Court records show Ashley Fagan on Friday pleaded guilty to two counts each of permitting child abuse and endan…
14 Dec 2025, 12:18 pm
'Folded her up into a suitcase': Boyfriend stowed dead girlfriend away in closet and then went to buy lottery tickets after killing her for 'fussing at him'
Left inset: Frederick Durham (Upson County Sheriff's Office). Right inset: Margaret Dubinion (Upson Beacon/Obituary). Background: Frederick Durham being taken into custody for the murder of Margaret Dubinion (WAGA/YouTube). A Georgia man told cops he killed his girlfriend after she started "disrespecting him by calling him vulgar names" — beating and strangling her to death — before wrapping her up in a comforter and stuffing the woman into a suitcase. He then…
14 Dec 2025, 12:17 pm
At least 10 killed in shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach
At least 10 people were killed after two gunmen opened fire at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday night.
14 Dec 2025, 12:15 pm
Blind Items Revealed #2
November 15, 2025A couple of weeks ago I wrote a blind about how everyone needs to kiss the talk show host's ass at all times and all places or else, but he can be wasted and whacked out and mean to others and they have to put up with it or lose their jobs. That has been on full display over the past several days.Andy Cohen/BravoCon…