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Torrential rain swept across California’s coastline throughout Christmas week, soaking communities from the Bay Area to the Mexican border and prompting repeated warnings about flooding, mudslides and hazardous travel. The unsettled pattern coincided with a powerful winter storm that disrupted holiday plans nationwide, grounding thousands of flights and bringing snow and ice to the Northeast. […]
WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Friday that she is pregnant with her second child, a baby girl due in May 2026. The 28-year-old communications chief shared the news on her personal Instagram account, calling the pregnancy “the greatest Christmas gift we could ever ask for.” In the post, Leavitt expressed joy […]
The United States intends to place astronauts on the lunar surface before the end of President Donald Trump’s current term, according to newly confirmed NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. In a televised interview on Friday, Isaacman said the administration’s accelerated schedule is central to turning the Moon into the cornerstone of a broader commercial and scientific […]
Monster Beverage Corporation, ticker symbol MNST, functions strictly as a holding company and does not engage in direct operating activities. All business operations are carried out through the company’s consolidated subsidiaries, a structure that concentrates operational decision-making at the subsidiary level while corporate oversight remains at the parent. The organization’s holding model means revenue generation, […]
Santa Barbara, Calif. — Ashlee Buzzard entered a not-guilty plea on Friday to a charge of murder with special allegations in connection with the death of her 9-year-old daughter, Melodee Buzzard, who was found shot in the head in rural Utah earlier this month. The arraignment took place in Santa Barbara County Superior Court. Court […]
ABC News Live programming on Thursday highlighted a series of developing stories across the United States and abroad, led by a powerful winter storm that is hampering holiday travel nationwide. The continuous news feed also covered an upcoming meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and former U.S. President Donald Trump, a courtroom appearance in a high-profile child-murder case, […]
Oracle shares are heading toward their steepest quarterly decline since the 2001 dot-com crash, underscoring investor unease with the company’s aggressive plans to scale artificial-intelligence infrastructure. With four trading sessions remaining in the quarter, the stock is down about 30%, erasing gains recorded after a high-profile cloud agreement with OpenAI last September. The downturn coincides […]
New York, Dec. 23 — The S&P 500 and the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index ended the December 23 session at new all-time highs, extending the advance that began in late November. Market technicians characterize the latest peaks as incremental rather than decisive breakouts, yet the closes put every current index constituent into positive […]
NEW YORK — Perry Archangelo Bamonte, who spent decades as a guitarist and keyboardist with British rock group The Cure, died at his home over the Christmas period after a short illness, the band announced Friday. He was 65. The statement, posted on the group’s official website, described Bamonte—known affectionately within the band as “Teddy”—as […]
An administration official said Friday that President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are set to hold face-to-face talks in Florida on Sunday. It will be the first officially announced meeting between the two leaders since Zelenskyy signaled earlier this week that a discussion with Trump was imminent. The official, who spoke on condition […]
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday unveiled what he called the “Trump-class” battleship during an event at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. Framed as the flagship of a forthcoming “Golden Fleet,” the vessel is supposed to be “the fastest, biggest and most powerful” surface combatant ever constructed. The announcement, however, immediately collided with […]
The highest certificate of deposit (CD) rate available on December 26, 2025, stands at 4.1% annual percentage yield (APY), offered on a 15-month CD from Sallie Mae Bank and a 9-month CD from Synchrony Bank. Although overall deposit returns have edged lower following a series of Federal Reserve rate reductions, several institutions continue to post yields […]