11 Dec 2025, 2:00 pm
The hooker is widely considered to be one of the best young talents in Welsh rugby…
11 Dec 2025, 1:59 pm
Pole To Pole with Will Smith (National Geographic) A former Welsh rugby star turned global adventurer joined a Hollywood superstar for upcoming epic docuseries Pole to Pole with Will Smith. Richard Parks, the ex-Wales international and Dragons player, who after retiring became an extreme sports athlete and TV presenter, joined the movie icon as part of the National Geographic series to be screened in the New Year. Five years in the making, the seven-part docuseries…
11 Dec 2025, 1:56 pm
Richard Burton. Image credit: BBC Amelia Jones A rare 1955 Christmas message from Richard Burton has resurfaced online, showing the Welsh actor delivering a warm holiday greeting. The short clip, reposted by the BBC Archive, captures Burton addressing viewers directly, including a brief section in Welsh to mention his family and home community. His tone is calm and thoughtful, offering a glimpse of Burton before he became the international star he is remembered as…
11 Dec 2025, 1:54 pm
Cuba’s top diplomat on Wednesday called the U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG) recent seizure of an oil tanker an “aggressive escalation” amid growing tensions between the Trump administration and Venezuela. “We condemn the vile act of piracy and the seizure by that country’s military forces of a vessel carrying Venezuelan oil, which contravenes the rules of……
11 Dec 2025, 1:51 pm
Tennessee executes Harold Wayne Nichols on Thursday morning for the rape and murder of a 20-year-old college student in 1988.
11 Dec 2025, 1:47 pm
The Baltimore Ravens agreed to a three-year extension with defender Travis Jones, the team announced Thursday. He was set to hit free agency in 2026.
11 Dec 2025, 1:45 pm
This one pol who didn't make the cut as sidekick, but is known for having learned a certain language, didn't do so to read...a book (as is thought), but to watch barely legal p*rn (from the country in question) without the dubbing.
11 Dec 2025, 1:43 pm
Cardiff Central. Image: Transport for Wales Latest figures show Transport for Wales’ reliability is improving as more services run on time across the Wales and Borders network. The Office of Rail and Road’s (ORR) quarterly figures for July to September, published today (11 December), show TfW had the biggest improvement in punctuality of all UK train operators, with a 4.9 percentage point increase to 84.1%. The second biggest increase was East Midlands Trains’…
11 Dec 2025, 1:42 pm
Dozens of tankers are transporting American-sanctioned oil off the coast of Venezuela, raising the possibility of further seizures after the U.S. captured an oil tanker in the Caribbean on Wednesday. More than 80 vessels loaded or waiting to load oil were in Venezuelan waters or near its coast as of Wednesday, including more than 30……
11 Dec 2025, 1:38 pm
Liverpool has been crowned Britain's most charitable city for the second year in a row, based on donations by the crowdfunding site GoFundMe.The rankings measure generosity by comparing the number of donors against local population statistics.Glasgow secured the runner-up position, while London placed third in the annual league table.Cardiff and Bristol completed the top five, with Norwich, Manchester, Belfast and Edinburgh also featuring among the leading ten citie…
11 Dec 2025, 1:33 pm
Neither of two competing healthcare plans meant to address healthcare costs mustered enough votes for Senate passage on Thursday.
11 Dec 2025, 1:33 pm
GB News presenter Martin Daubney warned loosening criminal record rules will not deter offenders, arguing the real issue is that “too many people get away with it”.He said serious offences, including sexual crimes, must always stay on record, but questioned whether people who have genuinely moved on should still declare teenage crimes in their 30s.The comments come as Justice Secretary David Lammy is examining proposals that could see childhood criminal records…
11 Dec 2025, 1:33 pm
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will spend nearly $140 million to buy six Boeing 737 planes that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will use for deportation flights.The Washington Post first reported the details of the contract.In an interview with CNBC, DHS Spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin claimed the new initiative will save "$279 million in taxpayer dollars."RELATED STORY | Fear and shuttered stores as immigration raids hit Louisianas Hispanic heartTh…
11 Dec 2025, 1:30 pm
Also: 700M Euro Fraud Busted, 2 Arrested in Crypto-Linked Killing CaseThis week, Ledger flagged physical attack risks to Android hot wallets, a 700M euro fraud network was dismantled, a suspect in the $243M Genesis theft was reportedly detained and a member of a $263M crypto scam pleaded guilty. Two men arrested in a Vienna crypto-linked killing.
11 Dec 2025, 1:30 pm
Unpatched Flaw in Open-Source Gogs Service Facilitates Remote Code ExecutionAn attacker has been exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Gogs, an open-source and popular Git service that allows for self-hosting, warned researchers. At least 700 internet-exposed servers running Gogs shows signs of being infected with command-and-control malware; no patch is yet available.
11 Dec 2025, 1:30 pm
The FCI Dublin prison, recently shuttered, was infamous for sexual abuse and harassment of inmates, with over 100 women accusing eight former guards of criminal abuses, and the union boss Ed Canales being accused of enabling the abuse and obstructing accountability.
11 Dec 2025, 1:30 pm
November 26, 2025This should be in jail Housewife is about to take yet another trip to Panama. Why exactly?Erika Jayne Girardi…
11 Dec 2025, 1:26 pm
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday demanded that the Trump administration explain why a Venezuelan oil tanker was seized by U.S. forces. “I really hope that the United States, although they consider themselves entitled to conduct such operations, will somehow explain, out of respect for other members of the world community, what facts led……
11 Dec 2025, 1:26 pm
“After the U.S. military seized a large crude oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast, President Donald Trump suggested the ship’s contents could remain in U.S. possession,” CNBC reports. Said Trump: “Well, we keep it, I guess.”…
11 Dec 2025, 1:25 pm
President Bernardo Arévalo ordered military presence to be tripled after a series of incidents along the Guatemala-Mexico border involving a cartel..
11 Dec 2025, 1:24 pm
Senate Democrats and Republicans each shot down the other’s healthcare proposal on Thursday, underscoring how divided the parties remain as the boosted Obamacare subsidies are set to expire at the end of the year. The Senate voted on a Democrat plan to extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies for three years, as well as a Republican alternative centered on expanded Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). Both measures failed after party leaders declared the…
11 Dec 2025, 1:24 pm
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11 Dec 2025, 1:24 pm
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11 Dec 2025, 1:23 pm
Four Republican senators, including two vulnerable incumbents who are up for reelection next year, broke ranks Thursday and voted for a three-year extension of enhanced health insurance premium subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) all voted for the Democratic proposal,……
11 Dec 2025, 1:22 pm
“The Senate rejected dueling health care bills Thursday, all but guaranteeing that Obamacare subsidies used by more than 20 million Americans will lapse at the end of the year,” Politico reports.
11 Dec 2025, 1:22 pm
Rand Paul is again making his case that President Trump can have his war with Venezuela — but he has to come to Congress and receive authorization. Why? Because that’s what our Constitution demands. …
11 Dec 2025, 1:21 pm
Move over, Thin Mints. There’s a new cookie in town. Exploremores has been added to the cookie lineup, per NewsNation. The new cookie is described as having a creme-filled center that blends flavors of chocolate, marshmallow and toasted almonds. The Girl Scouts of the USA describes them as “a rocky road ice cream–inspired sandwich cookie.” “Exploremores reflect the spirit of exploration at the heart of every Girl Scout,” Girl Scouts of Sou…
11 Dec 2025, 1:21 pm
Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Jane Dodds(R). The Welsh Liberal Democrats have renewed calls for urgent action to tackle Wales’ worsening water pollution crisis, backing proposals for a new Clean Water Bill as campaigners warn the condition of Welsh rivers has reached a critical point. The proposed Bill—developed by Save the River Usk (STRU) alongside a coalition of environmental groups—sets out sweeping reforms to transform how Wales protects its waterways. It…
11 Dec 2025, 1:20 pm
Actress Cheryl Hines says her decades-long friendship with “Curb Your Enthusiasm” creator Larry David has cooled, and she believes politics are to blame. According to Fox News, Hines, who played David’s wife — and later ex-wife — on the HBO series, revealed in an interview with NewsNation that she hasn’t spoken to David since the show’s 2024 finale. “I think he’s mad … because Bobby’s in the administration,” Hines said, referring to h…
11 Dec 2025, 1:20 pm
Diane Kruger says the mum she plays in "Little Disasters" needs help, but doesn't known how to ask for it following the birth of her third child.
11 Dec 2025, 1:18 pm
Foreclosure filings in November jumped 21% from last year, while completed foreclosures surged 26% year-over-year, according to real estate data firm ATTOM.Despite the double-digit increases across all categories nationwide, housing market experts say these statistics represent a return to normal market conditions rather than a warning sign of impending crisis."The thing to keep in mind about these foreclosure rates is that foreclosures were kept artificially low th…
11 Dec 2025, 1:18 pm
“With little to no public discussion or debate, the Republican-led Michigan House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday voted to discontinue nearly $645 million in funding for ongoing programs across multiple state departments,” the Detroit News reports. “The 78 program cuts are all ones included in the 2025 fiscal year budget, which was passed under Democratic control last year. The cuts include roughly $18.5 million in funding for a prenatal and infant suppo…
11 Dec 2025, 1:17 pm
The Frederick County school board voted Wednesday to continue allowing students in the district to use whichever bathroom or locker room they choose, and to compete on boys or girls sports teams regardless of their biological sex. However, in that 4-2 vote, the board also removed the requirement that students and staff use someone’s “preferred pronouns,” and now encourages the involvement of parents in discussing a child’s gender identity, according to The F…
11 Dec 2025, 1:16 pm
The climate phenomenon is expected to "continue for the next month or two," national forecasters said in an update Thursday.
11 Dec 2025, 1:13 pm
Former Rep. David Trone (D-Md.), who ran and lost in a race for Senate in Maryland last year, is launching a bid for his old House seat in Maryland’s 6th Congressional District as he looks to make a comeback to Congress next year. Trone filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on Thursday announcing his intent to……
11 Dec 2025, 1:12 pm
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt experienced discomfort in his lung and was treated at a local hospital, the team announced Thursday.
11 Dec 2025, 1:10 pm
As we all know by now, the legendary actor/director was chosen for the role of child ra*ist in the Oscar-winning movie not despite the fact he was one, but because he was one (even though his doctor friend was the only one put on trial). What many people don't know is that he was also an in person pitch man for one of the breakfast food makers. Why would such a venerable person take such a job? To meet children, of course.
11 Dec 2025, 1:09 pm
A sprawling international fertility scandal is forcing regulators and doctors across Europe to rethink donor screening after a single sperm donor — whose genetic material helped conceive nearly 200 children — was later found to carry a dangerous mutation tied to aggressive childhood cancers. According to Fox News, for nearly two decades, clinics across the continent relied on sperm from the unidentified donor, who began donating as a student in 2005. His…
11 Dec 2025, 1:08 pm
Spanish Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo said migration remains an economic opportunity even as the debate around it is hijacked by political forces, with false narratives about migrants amplified by social media.
11 Dec 2025, 1:07 pm
The Senate on Thursday failed to advance competing health care plans, as enhanced ObamaCare tax subsidies are set to expire at the end of the year. Both proposals failed largely along party lines. The Democratic plan sought to extend the subsides for three more years, while the GOP proposal would have converted the tax credits……
11 Dec 2025, 1:06 pm
Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a motion to advance a Democrat-drafted bill to extend enhanced health insurance premium subsidies that are due to expire at the end of 2025, tax credits that Democrats say are needed to keep premiums from rising by double digits next year. The legislation, which needed 60 votes to advance, failed……
11 Dec 2025, 1:06 pm
A Maryland woman's strategy of sticking with the Maryland Lottery's most recently-released scratch-off tickets earned her a $100,000 prize.
11 Dec 2025, 1:05 pm
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11 Dec 2025, 1:05 pm
Olivia Nuzzi’s new book American Canto sold only 1,165 hardcover copies in its first week on the shelves, Politico reports. The book was savaged in reviews, with the New York Times calling it “self-serious and altogether disappointing” and the Washington Post writing that she “tries and fails to save her reputation in the book.” One publishing industry insider called it a “publishing debacle of epic proportions.”…
11 Dec 2025, 1:03 pm
McDonald’s has become corporate enemy number one after its hideous AI holiday commercial went viral across numerous social media platforms for all the wrong reasons. TBWA and The Sweetshop — the agency and production company behind the turd of an ad — have since tried to scrub it from the net, along with a bizarrely defensive statement by Sweetshop CEO, which is now unavailable. “For seven weeks, we hardly slept, with up to 10 of our in-house AI and po…
11 Dec 2025, 1:03 pm
Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow and an ardent supporter of President Trump, announced a bid for governor of Minnesota on Thursday, joining a growing field of candidates vying to oust incumbent Gov. Tim Walz (D) next year. “I’m officially running for Governor of Minnesota. After prayerful consideration and hearing from so many of you……
11 Dec 2025, 1:01 pm
One pupil told the investigator he had started self-harming because of his treatment by the school…
11 Dec 2025, 1:01 pm
“After demolishing the White House’s East Wing, President Donald Trump is now eying four federal buildings for the same treatment and is circumventing a key government agency with his plans,” CNN reports.
11 Dec 2025, 1:00 pm
Back in the mid 1990s, the release of Microsoft’s Windows 95 operating system cemented the Redmond software company’s dominance over most of the desktop operating system space. Apple were still in their period in the doldrums waiting for Steve Jobs to return with his NeXT, while other would-be challengers such as IBM’s OS/2 or Commodore’s Amiga were sinking into obscurity. Into this unpromising marketplace came Be inc, with their BeBox computer and its very…
11 Dec 2025, 1:00 pm
Lords of the Fallen publisher CI Games has just announced and released a surprise final update to its 2023 game — mere hours ahead of its sequel getting a fresh airing at tonight's Game Awards. Today's new Version 2.5 release caps off a lengthy journey for the action role-player, which launched to mixed reviews but has since turned around its player sentiment via a series of major post-launch patches.Lords of the Fallen's previous major 2.0 update was once believe…
11 Dec 2025, 1:00 pm
New York City's homeownership rate is one of the lowest in the country, with only 32.7 percent of residents owning their homes, due to city programs and laws that favor developers and prioritize profit over people.
11 Dec 2025, 1:00 pm
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11 Dec 2025, 12:59 pm
Beneath the sugary hooks of today’s biggest pop hits, there’s often a distinctly dark undercurrent. Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy,” about a swaggering antihero who seduces a dad, Eminem and Rihanna’s “Love the Way You Lie” about a toxic, violent relationship, and Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” about a vengeful feud, all topped the charts over the past couple of decades. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience…
11 Dec 2025, 12:59 pm
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11 Dec 2025, 12:59 pm
Rockstar has claimed the employees it recently fired were dismissed because they leaked game features for upcoming and unannounced titles in Discord, not because they were trying to unionize.In a statement provided to IGN, a Rockstar Games spokesperson said:“Rockstar Games took action against a small group of individuals, across the UK and internationally, who distributed and discussed confidential information (including specific game features from upcoming and un…
11 Dec 2025, 12:58 pm
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11 Dec 2025, 12:58 pm
The teenager's family say they will never recover from the 'senseless' loss…
11 Dec 2025, 12:57 pm
The first topic of discussion at the 2025 Maintainers Summit has been in the air for a while: what role — if any — should machine-learning-based tools have in the kernel development process? While there has been a fair amount of controversy around these tools, and concerns remain, it seems that the kernel community, or at least its high-level maintainership, is comfortable with these tools becoming a significant part of the development process.
11 Dec 2025, 12:57 pm
The recent news that Netflix has agreed to buy part of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) for US$83 billion (£61.8 billion), followed by Paramount Global’s hostile counterbid to acquire WBD in its entirety for US US$108.4 billion, has triggered shockwaves through Hollywood and the wider entertainment industry. Initial responses – and passionate outcries – have largely centred on fears over job cuts, subscription fee rises, anti-trust concerns regarding the increase…
11 Dec 2025, 12:57 pm
In England and Wales, whole-life imprisonment is the harshest sanction available to the courts, emerging in the decades after the abolition of the death penalty. The whole-life order requires people to spend their whole lives in prison with no prospect of release, except on exceptional compassionate grounds. From 1988, whole-life sentences (called “whole-life tariffs”) could be imposed by the home secretary and were used for handful of criminals. However, a nu…
11 Dec 2025, 12:57 pm
Lenar Nigmatullin/ShutterstockBlack women are underrepresented in senior roles in British academia. As of May 2024, there were only 70 Black women professors. This is less than 1% of all female professors in the UK. Black women are also more likely to be employed on fixed-term contracts in academia. In our research, we’ve reviewed academic studies on the experiences of Black women in UK universities to identify some of the key reasons for this under-representat…
11 Dec 2025, 12:57 pm
The UK’s employment rights bill will usher in major changes for workers from April 2026. But beyond promising improved rights for employees over unfair dismissal and sick pay, one of the most controversial aspects of the bill concerns the rights of trade unions. Millions of UK workers belong to a trade union. They are found in virtually every key industry in the UK, including healthcare, education and transport. This new legislation promises to strengthen their r…
11 Dec 2025, 12:56 pm
goodluz/ShutterstockFarmers have increasingly sown a single type of grass in their fields over the past 100 years, and then added chemical fertiliser to increase their harvest. But new research suggests that there are alternatives that are cheaper and can increase the potential of these grasslands to feed livestock. My research team and I were particularly interested in the potential of mixing up the species of plants grown in agricultural grasslands and what the…
11 Dec 2025, 12:56 pm
Picture a busy A&E department on a winter evening. Among the emergencies – heart attacks, broken bones, severe injuries – sits someone with a sore throat. Another with an ingrown toenail. Last winter in England, over 200,000 people turned up to emergency departments with complaints like these, leading many to ask: are people misusing A&E – or is something else going on? A perspective not always considered in this discussion is that the sore throat (or other s…
11 Dec 2025, 12:56 pm
Imagine sipping a latte while stroking an owl or watching an otter play at your feet. This is the promise of exotic animal cafes, a trend that blends coffee culture with wildlife encounters. But behind the Instagram-worthy photos lies a troubling reality – the welfare of the animals themselves. Since the mid-2000s, animal cafes have increased in popularity with customers paying low-cost entrance fees, ranging from £8 to around £15, depending on the location an…
11 Dec 2025, 12:56 pm
Documenting the life of an extraordinarily talented musician and writer, Bread of Angels – Patti Smith’s latest memoir, published at the age of 78 – further charts a life filled with genius, creativity, adversity and tragedy. “It took a decade to write this book, grappling with the beauty and sorrow of a lifetime,” she wrote. “I’m hoping that people will find something they need.” Bread of Angels follows on from Just Kids (which details her relati…
11 Dec 2025, 12:55 pm
So far, Overview Energy says it has only beamed power from a moving aircraft to standard solar panels You can't generate solar power at night unless your panels are in space. A startup that wants to beam orbital sunlight straight into existing solar farms has just emerged from stealth, claiming a world-first power-beaming demo, but with a lot of critical information left unreported. ……
11 Dec 2025, 12:55 pm
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11 Dec 2025, 12:54 pm
Federal education officials say an aggressive overhaul of student-aid security has stopped more than $1 billion in fraudulent applications in the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term — a sweeping intervention aimed at shutting down bots, fake identities, and organized criminal networks trying to siphon taxpayer money. According to Fox News, the revelation comes as the Department of Education rolls out new verification procedures designed to stop…
11 Dec 2025, 12:53 pm
Philadelphia Ballet is expanding its home on Broad Street, adding space for dancers and opening its doors to the community while completing the city's cultural corridor.
11 Dec 2025, 12:52 pm
Capturing carbon dioxide from industrial plants is an important strategy in the efforts to reduce the impact of global climate change. It's used in many industries, including the production of petrochemicals, cement, and fertilizers.
11 Dec 2025, 12:52 pm
Tony Award-winning actor John Cameron Mitchell is returning to drag this spring for a stint as Mary Lincoln Todd in Broadway's "Oh, Mary!"…
11 Dec 2025, 12:51 pm
PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia says it will expand one of its most successful initiatives in reducing illegal dumping and litter to one of its largest neighborhoods in 2026.Starting Jan. 5, North Philadelphia will add a second trash pick-up day as part of a $11M effort to enhance cleanliness in the city.The program was initially launched in Center City and South Philadelphia and officials say it has reduced illegal dumping and litter by 15% to 20%.Officials say the sec…
11 Dec 2025, 12:50 pm
Left: Amy Billotte. Right: Sarah Faber (Jefferson County Prison). Two Pennsylvania women are behind bars for allegedly tormenting their adopted teenage son by duct-taping him to his bedroom floor, forcing him to stand up for long periods of time and withholding food from him which caused him to lose 20 pounds. Amy L. Billotte, 51, and Sarah Lynn Faber, 37, face more than 950 counts each, per prosecutors and a docket sheet. There are more than 460 counts of unlawful…
11 Dec 2025, 12:50 pm
Police in Michigan are trying to find the owner of a small and friendly pig found wandering loose in a Saginaw Township mobile home park.
11 Dec 2025, 12:46 pm
A federal judge ordered Thursday the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a wrongfully deported Salvadoran now facing U.S. charges.
11 Dec 2025, 12:45 pm
As the holidays approach, Philadelphia Corporation for Aging is helping older adults get in the spirit of the season with a choir concert that showcases the talents of senior center members.
11 Dec 2025, 12:45 pm
Oliver Darcy: “Once upon a time, a chief executive openly signaling that he’d reorient a newsroom to appease a sitting president would be a five-alarm corporate scandal, the sort of fire that would send the company’s public relations teams sprinting through the hallways to extinguish.” “Indeed, the notion that Ellison would assure the president that he would overhaul the news network’s editorial posture to be more obedient to him and his administration s…
11 Dec 2025, 12:44 pm
Ukraine is taking technical steps toward membership in the European Union after vetoes by Hungary. Ukraine and the EU have a plan for it to prepare.
11 Dec 2025, 12:42 pm
The Trump administration reportedly aided Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado in her secret travel from Venezuela to Norway for the award ceremony in Oslo. Venezuela’s opposition leader has been in hiding since Jan. 9, shortly after President Nicolás Maduro started his third term following a disputed election. Leaving her location on Monday, she first managed to get……
11 Dec 2025, 12:42 pm
We're tracking another arctic front that could bring some accumulation snow Sunday morning.
11 Dec 2025, 12:41 pm
North Carolina lawmakers put Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools on the defensive Wednesday during a tense oversight hearing that quickly escalated into a full-blown confrontation over parental-rights laws and LGBTQ-themed materials available to young students. According to Fox News, the district’s top officials—School Board Chair George Griffin and Superintendent Rodney Trice—were summoned before the House Select Committee on Oversight and Reform to explain…
11 Dec 2025, 12:40 pm
“Maryland Democrat David Trone, a former three-term House lawmaker who left his seat to launch an ill-fated Senate run in 2024, is making a play for his old job in a primary challenge against first-term Rep. April McClain Delaney,” Politico reports.
11 Dec 2025, 12:40 pm
Prosecutors have spent several days presenting what has become a stockpile of evidence collected at the time of Luigi Mangione's arrest last year, from his backpack and off his person.
11 Dec 2025, 12:40 pm
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief reporters Thursday afternoon, a day after President Trump confirmed the U.S. seized an oil tanker near Venezuela. The move marks the latest escalation between the two countries amid the Trump administration‘s self-declared war on drug cartels and as tensions rise with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. It also……
11 Dec 2025, 12:40 pm
November 26, 2025The new play based on the hidden camera horror movie is going to Broadway, but the two leads in the current production won't be headed there. They don't know that yet though.Paranormal Activity…
11 Dec 2025, 12:39 pm
Buying and selling through secondhand marketplaces is helping shoppers save money and even earn extra cash this holiday season.
11 Dec 2025, 12:37 pm
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday declined to comment on New York City Comptroller Brad Lander’s (D) decision to challenge him in the party primary, instead homing in on legislative tasks to complete before the year ends. “I’m not really thinking about this right now. I’m in Washington, really focused on making sure that health……
11 Dec 2025, 12:36 pm
Federal regulators have begun a safety review of two RSV medicines used to protect infants, even though no safety problems have been reported.
11 Dec 2025, 12:36 pm
María Corina Machado, the Venezuela opposition leader awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, made a dramatic public appearance in Oslo, Norway, on Thursday. She waved to supporters from a balcony at the Grand Hotel and confirmed she had completed a dangerous 5,000-mile escape from Venezuela. Daughter accepts the award Machado’s daughter, Ana Corina Sosa Machado, accepted the Nobel on her behalf Wednesday, praising her mother’s “tireless work promoting democ…
11 Dec 2025, 12:36 pm
The Game Awards, which broadcasts tonight on Twitch, YouTube, and Prime Video, has become the biggest night on the video game calendar since launching in 2014, but the show's treatment of developers has drawn increasing criticism. At the 2023 ceremony, acceptance speeches were often cut off after roughly 30 seconds while Hideo Kojima received five minutes to discuss his upcoming game OD -- enough time for 13 acceptance speeches, Aftermath calculated. That year's sho…
11 Dec 2025, 12:34 pm
Inset: Kilmar Abrego Garcia in an undated photo (CASA). Background: President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo/Alex Brandon). A Maryland federal judge handling the civil case of wrongly deported Salvadoran citizen Kilmar Abrego Garcia ordered his "immediate release from ICE custody" Thursday, slamming the Trump administration for holding him "without lawful authority," "affir…
11 Dec 2025, 12:34 pm
Iwan Gwyn Parry and one of his works from Ffin y Parc Stephen Price Tributes have poured in from across the Welsh art scene following the death of acclaimed artist, Iwan Gwyn Parry. Iwan’s health problems were widely known, with the artist using his platform to speak out about anorexia throughout his career. Born in Anglesey, Parry returned to north Wales after studying at Chelsea School of Art and Design, settling in Bethesda where he lived and worked. Welsh arti…
11 Dec 2025, 12:33 pm
Reform UK councillor Stuart Keyte. Twm Owen, local democracy reporter Councillors attending meeting over video links have been accused of leaving them early and of not pulling their weight. New rules requiring councillors who attend over video links, rather than in person in the council chamber, will require them to keep their cameras on throughout the meeting and inform the chair if they need to turn their camera off for a “comfort break or another urgent reason…
11 Dec 2025, 12:33 pm
Zohran Mamdani as a creepy trick-or-treater, Gavin Newsom body-slamming Donald Trump and Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero. This is not the setup to an elaborate joke. Instead, these are all examples of recent AI-generated political videos. New easy-to-use tools—and acceptance of those tools by politicians—means that these fake videos are quickly becoming commonplace in American politics.
11 Dec 2025, 12:33 pm
Protesters demanded Bromley Council reveal what Israeli-linked investments it has, while traffic wardens on their third day of strike action called for better pay…
11 Dec 2025, 12:31 pm
LIVE coverage: Senate votes on second health care proposal, defense funding A Republican-drafted proposal to set up health savings accounts for people who buy their health insurance on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace failed to advance on a largely party-line vote Thursday, leaving Congress no closer to addressing the substantial rise in health care premiums in……
11 Dec 2025, 12:30 pm
“We’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela – a large tanker, very large, the largest one ever seized actually,” said Donald Trump on December 10. In a dramatic operation, US forces had just taken over an oil tanker called Skipper, which was sanctioned by the US in 2022 while sailing under a different name. “I assume we’re going to keep the oil,” the US president added later. Venezuela has been under US-imposed sanctions since 2019, when Tru…
11 Dec 2025, 12:30 pm
It now treats trade as hard power to be deployed against friend and foe alike. …
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