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A grand jury has decided not to indict a man who had been charged with murder in the shooting of a student at Kentucky State University this month, a local prosecutor said on Friday.
Jury Declines Murder Charge Against Parent in Kentucky State Shooting
The grand jury received testimony that the man had acted to defend his son, who had faced bullying before the shooting, a local prosecutor said.
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December 27, 2025 at 2:20 AM
A grand jury has decided not to indict a man who had been charged with murder in the shooting of a student at Kentucky State University this month, a local prosecutor said on Friday.
At least one person was injured in a shooting at the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office in Wallace, Idaho, that prompted a response from multiple law enforcement agencies on Friday, according to the executive director of the Idaho Sheriff’s Association.
Police Respond to Report of a Shooting at an Idaho Sheriff’s Office
The shooting happened at the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office in Wallace, Idaho, officials said.
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December 27, 2025 at 1:55 AM
At least one person was injured in a shooting at the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office in Wallace, Idaho, that prompted a response from multiple law enforcement agencies on Friday, according to the executive director of the Idaho Sheriff’s Association.
A fire in November at a Hong Kong apartment complex killed 161 people and displaced thousands. Records show how government departments played down residents’ warnings about corrupt practices and substandard materials that fueled the deadly blaze.
What Went Wrong Before Hong Kong’s Inferno
Records show how government departments played down residents’ warnings about corrupt practices and substandard materials that fueled the deadly blaze.
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December 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A fire in November at a Hong Kong apartment complex killed 161 people and displaced thousands. Records show how government departments played down residents’ warnings about corrupt practices and substandard materials that fueled the deadly blaze.
An online creator in Illinois who struck and killed a pedestrian with her car during a livestream she was hosting on TikTok was charged this week with two felonies, the police said.
Driver Livestreaming on TikTok Is Charged After Fatally Striking Pedestrian, Police Say
The driver, who is known to her followers as Tea Tyme, was charged with two felonies in connection with the crash last month, the police in Illinois said.
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December 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
An online creator in Illinois who struck and killed a pedestrian with her car during a livestream she was hosting on TikTok was charged this week with two felonies, the police said.
Annette Dionne, who shared in her siblings’ fame as one of the first quintuplets known to survive infancy, died on Wednesday at 91. She was the last surviving sister.
Annette Dionne, Last of the Celebrated Quintuplets, Dies at 91
She was the first to crawl, the first to cut a tooth, the first to recognize her name, and the last to die. And, like her sisters, she resented being exploited as part of a global sensation.
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December 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Annette Dionne, who shared in her siblings’ fame as one of the first quintuplets known to survive infancy, died on Wednesday at 91. She was the last surviving sister.
Ryan Wedding rose to fame as a Canadian Olympic athlete. The authorities say he became one of the world’s biggest drug lords, who ordered an informant executed.
How Ryan Wedding, a Canadian Olympic Snowboarder, Turned into a Drug Lord
Ryan Wedding rose to fame as a Canadian Olympic athlete, but the authorities say he became one of the world’s biggest drug lords, who ordered an informant executed.
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December 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Ryan Wedding rose to fame as a Canadian Olympic athlete. The authorities say he became one of the world’s biggest drug lords, who ordered an informant executed.
Perry Bamonte, a guitarist and keyboard player in the Cure, has died. He was 65.
Perry Bamonte, Guitarist and Keyboardist in the Cure, Dies at 65
A former roadie, Mr. Bamonte joined the band in 1990. He played on five albums and in hundreds of shows and was “a vital part of the Cure story,” the band said.
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December 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Perry Bamonte, a guitarist and keyboard player in the Cure, has died. He was 65.
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
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December 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
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Over the past few years, tech companies have laid off hundreds of thousands while many tech executives have embraced the ruthless management style of CEOs like Elon Musk. Yet tech workers keep standing up to their bosses. What gives? I try to explain here www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/b...
Despite Crackdown on Activism, Tech Employees Are Still Picking Fights
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December 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Over the past few years, tech companies have laid off hundreds of thousands while many tech executives have embraced the ruthless management style of CEOs like Elon Musk. Yet tech workers keep standing up to their bosses. What gives? I try to explain here www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/b...
So much has happened since President Trump took office again that it can be hard to keep track of it all. New York Times reporters reflected on Trump’s most consequential actions in his first year back in the White House.
The Biggest Moments of Trump’s 2025: Mass Deportations, Tariffs and More
Here are some of the most consequential, illuminating or just plain remarkable moments from Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House.
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December 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
So much has happened since President Trump took office again that it can be hard to keep track of it all. New York Times reporters reflected on Trump’s most consequential actions in his first year back in the White House.
An Afrikaner, excited by the President Trump’s public embrace of white South Africans, traveled to the U.S. expecting a warm welcome. Instead, he has spent months locked up in Georgia alongside hundreds of other immigrants.
Trump Invited White South Africans to America. One Ended Up in Detention.
An Afrikaner flew to the United States expecting protection. Instead, he has spent months locked up in Georgia alongside hundreds of other immigrants.
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December 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
An Afrikaner, excited by the President Trump’s public embrace of white South Africans, traveled to the U.S. expecting a warm welcome. Instead, he has spent months locked up in Georgia alongside hundreds of other immigrants.
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“I can’t be separated from my kids — not again.” This undocumented father lives in constant fear of ICE.
“I can’t be separated from my kids — not again.” This undocumented father lives in constant fear of ICE.
Opinion | Separation: A Family Navigates the Risks of Being Undocumented
A Honduran teenager and his family live in America’s new immigration landscape.
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December 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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“I can’t be separated from my kids — not again.” This undocumented father lives in constant fear of ICE.
“I can’t be separated from my kids — not again.” This undocumented father lives in constant fear of ICE.
Breaking News from @theathletic.com: Michigan is said to be hiring Kyle Whittingham as its football coach after abruptly firing Sherrone Moore weeks ago.
Michigan, Kyle Whittingham agree to deal to make him Wolverines coach: Source
Whittingham, 66, stepped down Dec. 12 after 21 seasons at Utah but made it known that he wasn’t done coaching.
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December 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Breaking News from @theathletic.com: Michigan is said to be hiring Kyle Whittingham as its football coach after abruptly firing Sherrone Moore weeks ago.
U.S. airstrikes in Nigeria on Thursday hit an area populated overwhelmingly by Muslims, who bear the brunt of terrorist attacks there, analysts and groups that monitor conflict say, even as President Trump said the targets were Islamic State terrorists responsible for killing Christians.
Trump’s Claims About Nigeria Strike Belie a Complex Situation on the Ground
President Trump said the targets of airstrikes in Nigeria were Islamic State terrorists responsible for killing Christians, but experts question his framing.
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December 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
U.S. airstrikes in Nigeria on Thursday hit an area populated overwhelmingly by Muslims, who bear the brunt of terrorist attacks there, analysts and groups that monitor conflict say, even as President Trump said the targets were Islamic State terrorists responsible for killing Christians.
Michał Urbaniak, a Polish violinist and jazz fusion pioneer who in the 1970s became one of the first jazz musicians from his Eastern bloc country to gain an international following, eventually playing with luminaries like Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock, died on Saturday. He was 82.
Michal Urbaniak, Pioneering Jazz Fusion Violinist, Dies at 82
One of the first jazz musicians from Poland to gain an international following, he recorded more than 60 albums and played with stars like Miles Davis.
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December 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Michał Urbaniak, a Polish violinist and jazz fusion pioneer who in the 1970s became one of the first jazz musicians from his Eastern bloc country to gain an international following, eventually playing with luminaries like Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock, died on Saturday. He was 82.
Israel on Friday became the first country to formally recognize Somaliland, an autonomous region that broke away from Somalia decades ago. The moves by Israel and Somaliland drew swift condemnation from some of their neighbors.
Israel Recognizes Somaliland, Drawing International Rebukes
The development carries potential benefits for both sides but still faces stiff international opposition, 34 years after the region broke away from Somalia.
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December 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Israel on Friday became the first country to formally recognize Somaliland, an autonomous region that broke away from Somalia decades ago. The moves by Israel and Somaliland drew swift condemnation from some of their neighbors.
Only five Sears stores remain in the U.S., with the end likely near for what was once the mightiest American retailer. Here’s a look back at why the company’s last great hope was a promise that never materialized.
Why Sears’s Last Great Hope Was a Promise That Never Materialized
Only five Sears stores remain in the country, with the end likely near for what was once the mightiest American retailer.
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December 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Only five Sears stores remain in the U.S., with the end likely near for what was once the mightiest American retailer. Here’s a look back at why the company’s last great hope was a promise that never materialized.
New York City was bracing on Friday for its biggest snowfall in more than three years. The area in and around the city was expected to get 6 to 9 inches of snow over the weekend, with up to 10 inches predicted in some areas.
How New York Is Preparing for Its First Major Snowstorm in Years
Streets were brined, plows were ready and flights were canceled as the metropolitan region braced for up to 10 inches of snow.
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December 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
New York City was bracing on Friday for its biggest snowfall in more than three years. The area in and around the city was expected to get 6 to 9 inches of snow over the weekend, with up to 10 inches predicted in some areas.
"What makes Costco’s Champagne so great is that it isn’t made by Costco," our Wirecutter tester writes. "This Champagne is really, really good for the price."
The Fizzy Joy of Cheap Costco Champagne
Stocking up on bottles of Champagne ahead of New Year’s Eve doesn’t have to empty your bank account.
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December 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"What makes Costco’s Champagne so great is that it isn’t made by Costco," our Wirecutter tester writes. "This Champagne is really, really good for the price."
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“As 2025 limps toward its end, there are reasons to be hopeful,” our columnist Michelle Goldberg writes. “That’s because of millions of people throughout the country who have refused to surrender to this administration’s bullying.”
“As 2025 limps toward its end, there are reasons to be hopeful,” our columnist Michelle Goldberg writes. “That’s because of millions of people throughout the country who have refused to surrender to this administration’s bullying.”
Opinion | Trump Is Getting Weaker, and the Resistance Is Getting Stronger
It’s become easier to imagine the moment when Trump’s mystique finally evaporates.
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December 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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“As 2025 limps toward its end, there are reasons to be hopeful,” our columnist Michelle Goldberg writes. “That’s because of millions of people throughout the country who have refused to surrender to this administration’s bullying.”
“As 2025 limps toward its end, there are reasons to be hopeful,” our columnist Michelle Goldberg writes. “That’s because of millions of people throughout the country who have refused to surrender to this administration’s bullying.”
Earlier this year, we published an article on how women are increasingly seeking out testosterone to help with energy or their sex lives. We followed up with one woman who went on testosterone to help with her menopausal symptoms. The effects had unexpected consequences for her marriage.
What It’s Like When Your Wife Goes on Testosterone
She went on testosterone to help with her menopausal symptoms. The effects had unexpected consequences for their marriage.
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December 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Earlier this year, we published an article on how women are increasingly seeking out testosterone to help with energy or their sex lives. We followed up with one woman who went on testosterone to help with her menopausal symptoms. The effects had unexpected consequences for her marriage.
Investors in the A.I.-fueled stock market have largely shrugged off warnings about a bubble, pushing share prices to repeated new highs this year. But some say the debt market is telling a different story.
As A.I. Companies Borrow Billions, Debt Investors Grow Wary
Artificial intelligence companies looking to raise funds are being made to pay lofty interest rates, as debt investors become cautious.
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December 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Investors in the A.I.-fueled stock market have largely shrugged off warnings about a bubble, pushing share prices to repeated new highs this year. But some say the debt market is telling a different story.
What can litter tell us? We combed five distinct neighborhoods in Manhattan to gather litter and piece together the stories it tells about the city.
What Can Hundreds of Pieces of Litter Tell Us About Manhattan?
Shoes. A phone. Receipts. A comb. Traces of wild nights and hurried days are all around us.
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December 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What can litter tell us? We combed five distinct neighborhoods in Manhattan to gather litter and piece together the stories it tells about the city.
President Trump exempted a copper smelter in Arizona from air-quality rules. An EPA official provided guidance to the company, according to emails and documents reviewed by The New York Times. It’s one of many efforts by the Trump administration to weaken or waive environmental protections.
A Copper Smelter in Miami, Arizona, Faced Tighter Rules. Then Trump Intervened.
The president exempted a copper smelter in Arizona from air-quality rules. An E.P.A. official guided the company that sought the exemption, emails show.
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December 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
President Trump exempted a copper smelter in Arizona from air-quality rules. An EPA official provided guidance to the company, according to emails and documents reviewed by The New York Times. It’s one of many efforts by the Trump administration to weaken or waive environmental protections.
After Israel sealed Gaza’s borders, a 12-year-old girl who suffered from celiac disease spent months seeking food and care. “I needed to be a millionaire to keep her alive,” her father said.
One Gazan Girl’s Fight to Survive Extreme Hunger
After Israel sealed Gaza’s borders, Hoda Abu al-Naja, 12, who suffered from celiac disease, spent months seeking the food and care she needed to combat malnutrition.
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December 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
After Israel sealed Gaza’s borders, a 12-year-old girl who suffered from celiac disease spent months seeking food and care. “I needed to be a millionaire to keep her alive,” her father said.