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Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
WASHINGTON -- President Trump unleashed a xenophobic tirade against Somali immigrants Tuesday, calling them "garbage" he does not want in the United States in an outburst that captured the raw nativism that has animated his approach to immigration. Even for Trump -- who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries -- his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry. ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
Report: Microsoft declared "the era of AI agents" in May, but enterprise customers aren't buying. Microsoft has lowered sales growth targets for its AI agent products after many salespeople missed their quotas in the fiscal year ending in June, according to a report Wednesday from The Information. The adjustment is reportedly unusual for Microsoft, and it comes after the company missed a number of ambitious sales ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
When the children of wealthy households leave the nest, they often benefit from their parents' largesse in the form of a trust fund. Less affluent peers may receive nothing at all — or even be expected to support their families when they become adults. But what if all children, regardless of their family's circumstances, could get a financial boost when they turn 18? That's the idea behind "Trump Accounts," a ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
By Grant Schwab, The Detroit News - President Donald Trump gave Detroit and the U.S. auto industry center stage on Wednesday as he announced relaxed fuel economy standards for the more than 15 million new cars and trucks sold in the country every year. The plan, if finalized, would slash fuel economy requirements through the 2031 model year, to about a fleetwide average for light-duty vehicles of roughly 34.5 miles ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
A group of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is preparing to vote on whether the agency should scrap its long-standing recommendation that every baby get a hepatitis B vaccination within 24 hours of birth. The shot — universally recommended for newborns in the U.S since the early 1990s — is credited with driving down cases of acute hepatitis B infections in kids by 99% . The ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article The classified report, conducted by the Inspector General, was sent to Congress Tuesday night risked endangering U.S. troops by sharing highly-sensitive information about military operations on a Signal group chat earlier this year, a report has found. The classified report, ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
WASHINGTON ― Republicans in Congress have rejected Jack Smith's offer to testify in public, demanding instead that he come to Capitol Hill later this month for a closed-door deposition. Smith led the two prosecutions of President Donald Trump for hoarding classified documents after he left office and for trying to overthrow the 2020 election result. Trump has who should be in prison. The deposition is ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
Efforts to solve one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries will resume later this month when the search continues for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 , the country's Ministry of Transport said. The aircraft, a Boeing 777, was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew when it vanished from radars shortly after takeoff on March 8, 2014 from Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur en route to Beijing, China. "The search ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
President Donald Trump's legally dubious tariffs have harvested hundreds of billions of dollars from American companies and customers this year, despite the president's claims that foreign countries are paying them. Now some of those companies want that money back. Costco, the retail behemoth, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Tuesday to demand a refund of any tariffs that the government collected ...
Source: newrepublic.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
Affordable Care Act subsidies that help millions of Americans pay for health insurance will expire in less than a month. But razor-thin margins in Congress, partisan division and competing plans are making it less and less likely that lawmakers will find a bipartisan deal to keep the assistance going - which means some households will probably face spiking insurance costs next year. Senate Republicans promised ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said this week that the federal government would start from states that don't provide data on participants, including their immigration status. The department said the government needs the data to spot fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which helps 42 million Americans, or about 1 in 8, buy groceries. The plan to withhold the administrative funds is an ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article The U.S. military has killed more than 80 people since it began striking vessels that the Trump administration said were carrying drugs Family of a Colombian man killed in a U.S. military boat strike has filed the first formal challenge to the attacks on alleged drug-carrying ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
Tech companies including Apple and Google made it clear they would not comply due to privacy concerns India's government has backtracked on an order for all smartphones to be pre-installed with a state-owned security app after a mass outcry over privacy concerns and refusal by technology companies to comply. The department of telecommunications confirmed it had revoked its previous order for all technology ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
Salvador Plasencia did not provide the drugs that killed the actor, the judge says, but he exploited Perry's addiction for his own profit Reading Time: 2 minutes A doctor who pleaded guilty to selling ketamine to Matthew Perry in the weeks before the Friends star's overdose death was sentenced to 2½ years in prison on Wednesday. Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett handed down the sentence plus two years of ...
Source: scmp.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
The best opportunity to view this spectacle will be shortly after sunset on December 4. A cold supermoon is on its way. On December 4, Earth's satellite will delight us with one of the last astronomical spectacles of 2025. Not only will it be the last full moon of the year, but it's also a cold moon—which refers to the frigid temperatures typical of this time of year—and, finally, a supermoon . Here's ...
Source: wired.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
Kraft Heinz, Coca-Cola among companies sued over ultra-processed foods linked to diabetes, cancer The city of San Francisco is suing 10 major food manufacturers — including Kraft Heinz and Coca-Cola — accusing them of knowingly fueling a public health crisis with ultra-processed foods. City Attorney David Chiu filed the lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court on Tuesday, arguing that ultra-processed ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
Police in New Zealand are waiting for nature to take its course after a man allegedly tried to smuggle a 33,000 New Zealand dollar ($19,000) pendant out of a jewelry store by swallowing it. The 32-year-old man, who has not been publicly named, is accused of eating an ornate Fabergé octopus pendant at Partridge Jewelers in Auckland on Nov. 28. Evidence of the alleged theft has yet to emerge, police said ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
JERUSALEM — Israel on Wednesday said it will start letting Palestinians leave Gaza through a reopened border crossing, complying with a U.S.-backed ceasefire deal even though it also said that partial remains returned by militants did not match the hostages still in Gaza. The missing remains of the two hostages threaten to stall a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in its first phase. But by promising to open ...
Source: military.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian and European officials on Wednesday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of faking interest in peace efforts after five hours of talks with U.S. envoys at the Kremlin produced no signs of a breakthrough, although negotiations were expected to continue. Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Putin should "stop wasting the world's time." U.K. Foreign Secretary Yvette ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
More than 1.5 million bags of different shredded cheeses sold at major retailers, including in California, have been voluntarily recalled due to possible metal contamination, authorities said. in early October by Great Lakes Cheese Co., an Ohio-based company, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The voluntary recall covered more than 260,000 cases of shredded cheese, and was prompted by the ...
Source: bradenton.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
Texas A&M fell four spots from No. 3 to No. 7 in the next-to-last College Football Playoff rankings after the Aggies' loss to Texas. The Aggies are still safely in the field and in line to host a first-round game. Behind A&M, Notre Dame dropped a spot to No. 10 after beating Stanford while Alabama moved up to No. 9 with its win over Auburn. Both Ohio State and Indiana stayed in their spots at the top of the ...
Source: aol.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
2 min read Jim Jordan, the Republican Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said he has issued a subpoena to former Special Counsel Jack Smith to privately testify before the committee in mid-December. The subpoena follows Smith's continued calls to allow him to testify publicly about his investigations and cases against President Donald Trump. In the letter to Smith, which Jordan shared on X on Wednesday , ...
Source: edition.cnn.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
US Citizenship and Immigration Services director Joseph Edlow says "nothing is off the table" following the incident near the White House. The Trump administration has paused immigration applications submitted by nationals from 19 countries that were banned from travel earlier this year, according to a US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) policy document. The agency, tasked with processing and approving ...
Source: news.sky.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
This year, the holidays don't feel celebratory for many Americans who've been negatively affected by the Trump administration's decisions. We're here to make sure those people do not go unheard. Help us hold the administration accountable. Already a member? The White House on Tuesday attacked after for using her music in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest video. In a reference-filled attempt to diminish ...
Source: huffpost.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
Democrats in Washington want to impose legal requirements on whom the Trump administration can bring in as temporary immigration judges , after the White House terminated at least a dozen tenured judges. A bill introduced on Wednesday by California's Sen. Adam Schiff and Rep. Juan Vargas would authorize the attorney general to appoint temporary immigration judges that have served on appellate panels, are ...
Source: npr.org
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
Samples taken from the asteroid Bennu are continuing to shed light on the origins of the solar system. Scientists have been studying the samples since NASA's Osiris-REx spacecraft carried them back to Earth in 2020 and recently discovered that that they contain sugars and "a gum-like substance not seen before in astromaterials," NASA said. The revelations — and how they can help answer big ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
A new report in Nature discusses how the dramatic increase in satellite launches will affect astronomy. Before 2019, the largest group of associated satellites was the Iridium satellite constellation, which first launched five satellites on May 5, 1997. Currently, 76 are active with six spares also in orbit. I remember our astronomy club in El Paso going out during evening twilight to watch "Iridium flares," ...
Source: astronomy.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! The shingles vaccine could slow the progress of dementia, according to a new study from Stanford. These findings follow previous research that found older adults who received the vaccine were 20% less likely to develop dementia over the next seven years compared to those who didn't get the shot. "For the first time, we now have evidence that likely shows a cause-and-effect ...
Source: foxnews.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
This year, the holidays don't feel celebratory for many Americans who've been negatively affected by the Trump administration's decisions. We're here to make sure those people do not go unheard. Help us hold the administration accountable. Already a member? President Donald Trump said he will issue a preemptive pardon for Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) on Wednesday, effectively voiding Cuellar's 2024 indictment for ...
Source: huffpost.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Approval for a huge 215,000 sq. ft. Chinese "super embassy" in central London was postponed for a third time at the last minute, but was expected to get the go ahead in January after the government determined it was not a threat to national security. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government had been due to announce its decision Dec. 10, but said Tuesday that it needed more time , ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
An employee at a Ashland, Virginia-area liquor store found the trash panda passed out on the bathroom floor at the end of his drunken escapade. ASHLAND, Va. — The masked burglar broke into the closed Virginia liquor store early on Saturday and hit the bottom shelf, where the scotch and whisky were stored. The bandit was something of a nocturnal menace: bottles were smashed, a ceiling tile collapsed and ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
Pennsylvania schools are racing to determine the role artificial intelligence should play in education – and when. In nearly a decade of teaching artificial intelligence to schoolchildren, David Touretzky has encountered his fair share of skeptics asking him why kindergarteners need to be taught about artificial intelligence. "And my answer is: We're not introducing AI to kindergartners," the Carnegie Mellon ...
Source: route-fifty.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
Ritz cracker manufacturer Mondelēz Global has recalled 70 cases of peanut butter sandwich crackers in eight states due to a mislabeling issue that could lead to severe allergic reactions. Mondelēz Global LLC recalled 20-count Ritz Peanut Butter Cracker Sandwiches on Nov. 28 that were sold in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Missouri, New York, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. According to the company, ...
Source: aol.com
Tuesday, Dec 2nd, 2025 -
This newsroom tells stories that reflect real lives and real stakes. Your support ensures that work continues. Join as a member today and close the year by strengthening independent reporting for all. Already a member? TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández, sentenced last year to 45 years in prison for his role in helping drug traffickers move hundreds of tons of ...
Source: huffpost.com
Tuesday, Dec 2nd, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Bernie Moreno's radical plan would force anyone with dual citizenship to choose between the two countries A GOP senator has put forward a bill that would force dual citizens to renounce their foreign citizenship and submit "exclusive allegiance" to the United States — ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Dec 2nd, 2025 -
Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The alleged shooter of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was in court Tuesday for the second day of his evidentiary hearing. Luigi Mangione, 27, is accused of fatally shooting Thompson, 50, on a sidewalk in Manhattan on Dec. 4, 2024. Thompson was on his way to a UHC shareholders' meeting. Mangione was arrested five days later at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pa. Altoona police officer Joseph Detwiler, ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Dec 2nd, 2025 -
Rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson's four-part documentary on embattled hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs was released Tuesday on Netflix. " Sean Combs: The Reckoning" chronicles his rise to become one of the most powerful men in hip-hop to his downfall amid a wave of accusations involving sexual assault and abuse. Jackson, who executive-produced the project, told NBC News in a recent interview that he had worked on ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Dec 2nd, 2025 -
This year, the holidays don't feel celebratory for many Americans who've been negatively affected by the Trump administration's decisions. We're here to make sure those people do not go unheard. Help us hold the administration accountable. Already a member? New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani joined Starbucks baristas on a picket line Monday to celebrate a $38.9 million settlement the city reached with the ...
Source: huffpost.com