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Trump administration defends decision to redact huge number of documents and photos

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<p>The US Coast Guard boards an oil tanker that was last docked in Venezuela on Dec. 20.</p>

Politics

US intercepts a third vessel near Venezuela hours after seizing tanker, reports say

US seizing another vessel near Venezuela after blockade threat: report

<p>Saturday Night Live's cold open mocked President Donald Trump over the heavily redacted Epstein files, and his renaming of the Kennedy Center in a scathing Christmas episode</p>

POLITICS

SNL mocks Trump over Epstein file redactions, cognitive tests and renaming Kennedy Center in scathing Christmas episode cold open

Saturday Night Live pays tribute to Rob Reiner days after death

<p>The government spends less on self-deportations than involuntary deportations. But for migrants, the reality of leaving voluntarily is not risk-free</p>

Politics

The Trump administration spends $3,500 every time an immigrant self-deports. The true cost could be far greater

<p>Social media users on Saturday were sharing photos and videos of Waymos after the autonomous cars were causing traffic jams in San Francisco due to a power outage </p>

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Waymo suspends service in San Francisco after driverless cars cause traffic jams during blackout

Features

10 hard-rocking Christmas songs, from AC/DC to Christopher Lee

<p>Gonzo as Charles Dickens in ‘The Muppet Christmas Carol’</p>

‘God bless us, every one!’ The five best film versions of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol

<p>Tamir Rice was playing with a pellet gun outside a recreation center in Cleveland on Nov. 22, 2014, when he was shot and killed by Loehmann seconds after the officer and his partner arrived. The white officers told investigators Loehmann had shouted three times at Rice to raise his hands</p>

News

Cop who killed Tamir Rice fired again as he struggles to keep a job

<p>Two Spirit Airlines employees face charges of theft over a $500 Louis Vuitton wristlet that a passenger at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport left behind</p>

Crime

Two Spirit Airlines staff face charges over theft of passenger’s $500 Louis Vuitton bag

<p>‘She faced down cancer with courage and humor. I’ve never met anyone so brave,’ Clooney said in a statement about his sister’s death</p>

News

George Clooney pays tribute to ‘hero’ older sister, Adelia Zeidler, after her death at 65

<p>Keith Eli, the last of the three inmates who escaped from St. Landry Parish Jail, was captured following a weeks-long manhunt, authorities said</p>

Crime

Last of three inmates who escaped Louisiana jail by breaking through wall captured

<p>A mother polar bear in Canada has made the rare decision to adopt - and the new family was caught on video. </p>

Science

Wild mother polar bear adopts cub in rare video: ‘It gives you a lot of hope’

A general view of South African Police Service (SAPS) tape

WORLD

At least 9 killed and 10 wounded in mass shooting in South Africa

<p>Brown University Shooting</p>

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Reddit users learned from past mistakes before Brown University tip

Epstein files: Latest

<p>The Department of Justice released thousands of Epstein files featuring heavy redactions and images of the sex offender and Ghislaine Maxwell with celebrities and young women</p>

Epstein files

Four major takeaways from Epstein files as heavily redacted documents leave questions unanswered

<p>US President Donald Trump at a political rally in Rocky Mount, North Carolina</p>

Trump avoids mention of Epstein files in rally speech

<p>Survivors of the late Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged sexual abuse have expressed disappointment over a document dump that was heavily redacted and only partially released</p>

Epstein survivors outraged over files release to ‘protect people in power’ as 1996 FBI complaint emerges

<p>Jeffrey Epstein in 2004</p>

How the DoJ organized Epstein files and what’s allowed to be redacted

News

<p>Jim Beam, one of the largest makers of American whiskey globally, is shutting down bourbon production at one of its Kentucky distilleries for a year</p>

NEWS

Jim Beam shutting down bourbon production at Kentucky distillery for a year as Trump’s trade wars hit sales

<p>Nick Reiner, shown in a court room sketch, makes his first court appearance on December 17 on murder charges for the alleged killing of his parents Rob and Michele Weiner</p>

CRIME

Rob and Michele Reiner murders: Suspect Nick Reiner is on suicide watch in solitary confinement, report says

<p>Heather Sterling is hit in the head by one of her instructors, who is acting as a violent assailant, during a four-on-one training drill, Dec. 13, 2024, at the Texas Game Warden Training Center in Hamilton, Texas</p>

NEWS

Violent police academy drill linked to deaths and injuries across the US

<p>A former classmate of Valente’s said he was “socially awkward” and “genuinely impressive.”</p>

Brown University shooting

Suspected Brown shooter was ‘socially awkward’ and complained about moving to the United States, college classmate says

politics

En-route to Mar-a-Lago Christmas vacation, Trump tries sales pitch on economy to skeptical voters

<p>Supermodel Gisele Bündchen and jiu-jitsu instructor Joaquim Valente reportedly were married at the beginning of December </p>

Gisele and Joaquim are married! Supermodel ties the knot with jiu-jitsu instructor after baby and three-year romance

<p>Critics, including Democratic members of Congress and historians, argue only Congress can change the name</p>

Day after controversial vote, Kennedy Center adds Trump’s name

U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY, DECEMBER 19: (EDITOR'S NOTE: This Handout image was provided by a third-party organization and may not adhere to Getty Images' editorial policy.) In this handout photo in an undisclosed location, a U.S. Army AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter prepares to support Operation Hawkeye Strike in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Dec 19. The U.S. military announced that it "struck more than 70 targets at multiple locations across central Syria" overnight on December 19 in response to a recent attack on U.S. personnel in Syria by alleged Islamic State militants. (Handout photo by U.S. Army via Getty Images)

US launches ‘large-scale’ airstrikes in Syria after ISIS gunman killed 3 Americans

Trump Reshapes The World

US President Donald Trump gestures to the crowd after speaking at a political rally in Rocky Mount, North Carolina on December 19, 2025

politics

Trump again boasts he 'aced' three cognitive tests – and reveals which animals he was required to identify

<p>The government spends less on self-deportations than involuntary deportations. But for migrants, the reality of leaving voluntarily is not risk-free</p>

politics

The Trump administration spends $3,500 every time an immigrant self-deports. The true cost could be far greater

<p>Bondi announced in April that she was directing Manhattan federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty, declaring even before Mangione was formally indicted that capital punishment was warranted for a ‘premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America’</p>

Luigi Mangione death penalty decision was tainted by Pam Bondi’s conflict of interest, his lawyers claim

<p>President Trump showed his grandchildren, Luke, 8, and Carolina, 6, a model of his planned White House renovations, in photos shared by Lara Trump.</p>

Politics

Trump shows off model for White House makeover to grandkids, 8, in new family photos

Bulletin

<p>Michaela Benthaus poses after the Blue Origin's capsule landed on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025 in West Texas</p>

‘Space tourist’ makes history as first wheelchair user to visit space

<p>Citing a desire to prioritize her family, Stefanik said Friday that it was ‘not an effective use of our time’ to remain in what was anticipated to be a challenging Republican primary</p>

Why Trump ally is ending NY governor bid weeks after campaign launch

<p>Chipotle will give in-restaurant BOGO entrée offers on the first three Saturdays of December from 4 p.m. to close</p>

How to get free Chipotle today as chain celebrates ‘Extra Sweater Day’

Jake Paul gives surgery update after suffering ‘double broken jaw’

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<p>In addition to her future child with Geoff Ogunlesi, Jennifer Meyer also shares two children with her ex-husband Tobey Maguire</p>

Tobey Maguire’s ex-wife, Jennifer Meyer, is expecting her first child with Geoff Ogunlesi at 48

<p>Bhante Saranapala is a Buddhist monk in Toronto, Canada, where he teaches meditation classes</p>

‘I’m a Buddhist monk — meditating every day has left me with no stress and more resilience’

Extinction Rebellion protesters outside 55 Tufton Street in Westminster (Ian Sheridan/PA)

Extinction Rebellion protest criticises inaction over 1.5C climate change target

<p>Bing Crosby sang Irving Berlin’s 'White Christmas' in the 1954 film with the same title after introducing it in 1942 film 'Holiday Inn'</p>

‘White Christmas’ isn’t really about Christmas at all — the sad story behind America’s favorite carol

The beloved song was highly requested by troops during WWII

<p>A senior man and woman eat breakfast together</p>

Health

This silent symptom of Parkinson’s appears years before other signs

<p>A theme park guest has accused Universal Orlando of giving her a concussion on Stardust Racers roller coaster, which is shown here</p>

News

Tourist says she suffered concussion and neck injuries on same Epic theme park coaster that killed a rider

North Carolina Plane Crash

News

NASCAR driver’s wife’s chilling final text before plane crash that left six people dead

<p>(From top left, clockwise) Ian Boden, Christina Tosi, Chetan Shetty and Scott Conant share their recipes with ‘The Independent’</p>

Chefs share the holiday dishes they cook for their own families

<p>Paul revealed the injury after his defeat to two-time heavyweight champion Joshua</p>

Jake Paul drives himself to hospital with ‘double broken jaw’ after brutal Anthony Joshua defeat

<p>A 19-year-old woman fell while exploring Emory University’s abandoned Briarcliff Building, featured as Hawkins Lab in 'Stranger Things.’</p>

News

Teen dies after falling from vacant high-rise used in Stranger Things filming

<p>The U.S. government will pay $450,000 to wildfire crews who have developed cancer — and their children will be eligible for college tuition payments.</p>

politics

US to pay $450K to wildfire crews who developed cancer - and cover the cost of the kids’ college

<p>Godfrey Wade, a Jamaica-born U.S. Army veteran, was detained after a routine traffic stop, his family says. After 50 years in the U.S., he’s now at risk of being deported</p>

politics

Georgia grandfather and US military veteran languishing in ICE custody after routine traffic stop, fiancée says: ‘It’s a travesty’

<p>The mom, 37, used Johnson & Johnson baby powder throughout her childhood and later developed mesothelioma, an aggressive cancer caused primarily by exposure to the carcinogen asbestos</p>

Health

Johnson & Johnson owes $65.5M to woman with cancer who used its baby powder

<p>A Virginia family says their vacation was over before it even began, thanks to an alleged bed bug infestation aboard their plane</p>

News

‘Unrelenting itchy feeling’: Family ambushed by bed bugs aboard transatlantic flight sues over ruined trip

<p>Sammy Davis Jr. and May Britt, who has died aged 91, at London Airport in June 1960</p>

News

May Britt , the Mission: Impossible star and ex-wife of Sammy Davis Jr., dies aged 91

News

Fashion brand Zara quietly closes dozens of stores

<p>A new way to screen for breast cancer could transform clinical practices, researchers say.</p>

health

Study questions whether women need a mammogram every year

The 31 most mind-blowing movie twists of all time, explained

<p>Flight delays are almost welcome in some US airports, such as Portland International</p>

Travel

Six US airports that are so good they might make you wish your flight was delayed

Product Reviews

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Whoop vs Oura Ring: Which wearable is right for you?

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The natural deodorant that doubles up as a perfume

Health & Families

Amazfit’s $99 helio strap vs Whoop: Which fitness tracker is better?

<p>“I have seen so many people with mature skin shy away from foundation as they worry it will make them look older,” says the beauty mogul</p>

Charlotte Tilbury reveals the product she recommends for mature skin

Culture

<p>DAVID WALLIAMS</p>

All the concerning themes in David Walliams’s children’s books

<p>‘SNL’ paid tribute to Rob Reiner, days after his death, honoring him as the third-ever host of the show and the first to participate in the comedy sketches</p>

Saturday Night Live pays tribute to Rob Reiner days after death

Pierce Brosnan calls Netflix’s Warner Bros merger ‘unsettling

<p>Karen Carney and Carlos Gu winning 'Strictly'</p>

LiveNews

Strictly final live: Karen Carney wins as Tess and Claudia bow out

<p>Walliams and Lee Mack in ‘Would I Lie to You? At Christmas’</p>

BBC facing calls to axe David Walliams show from Christmas lineup

<p>Yang said his ‘Wicked’ co-star Ariana Grande gave him the ‘dreamiest’ send-off</p>

Bowen Yang leaves SNL after final sketch with Ariana Grande and Cher

Lifestyle

24.4 million cars are expected on the UK’s roads on Friday (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Passengers face Christmas travel chaos amid ferry queues

World record for tallest Christmas tree broken by UK country house

<p>In addition to her future child with Geoff Ogunlesi, Jennifer Meyer also shares two children with her ex-husband Tobey Maguire</p>

Jennifer Meyer is expecting her first child with Geoff Ogunlesi at 48

<p>One of the challenges with liver disease is that it can be a silent threat. </p>

Health & Families

The silent symptoms of liver disease – and ways to prevent it

<p>A regular glass of orange juice could be beneficial for heart health</p>

Health & Families

The common fruit juice that could help blood pressure and inflammation

Cruz Beckham claims Brooklyn has blocked him and parents

How a Christmas lights competition turned into an obsession

<p>Grey hair is an inevitable hallmark of ageing</p>

Health & Families

Scientists find surprise link between grey hair and cancer

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Macy’s has Christmas covered, from jewelry and beauty to home buys

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Travel

<p>Mexico's beach towns are blessed with dazzling sands and blue-green, jewel-like waters</p>

Eight lesser-known Mexican beach towns you need to visit

<p>American Airlines has introduced a basic economy policy change by stealth</p>

American Airlines makes major change to its basic economy tickets

<p>The Railjet connection between Vienna and Trieste will take six hours and 38 minutes</p>

New high-speed rail link spanning two European destinations opens

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