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Ace Frehley, 74 – Lead guitarist band Kiss Bernie Kerik, 69 – New York City 9/11 police chief Bill Moyers, 91 – Broadcaster Boris Spassky, 88 – Russian chess champion Charles Rangel, 94 – U.S. politician Chuck Mangione, 84 – U.S. flugelhorn player known for hit “Feels So Good” Connie Francis, 87 – U.S. singer who topped the charts in the 1950s and 1960s David Johansen, 75 – Lead singer of band The New York Dolls Diane Ladd, 89 – U.S. actor Garth Hudson, 87 – Keyboardist of rock group The Band Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, 63 – Bassist of band...

The most recent iteration of the “Battle of the Sexes” only hammered that point home after the 671st-ranked male, Nick Kyrgios, beat the top-ranked female in the world, Aryna Sabalenka, on Sunday in the United Arab Emirates. And, as Reuters noted, it wasn’t especially close, with Kyrgios winning 6-3, 6-3 in the highly publicized exhibition match at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai.

Explanation: This is the mess that is left when a star explodes. The Crab Nebula, the result of a supernova seen in 1054 AD, is filled with mysterious filaments. The filaments are not only tremendously complex but appear to have less mass than expelled in the original supernova and a higher speed than expected from a free explosion. The featured image was taken by an amateur astronomer in Leesburg, Florida, USA over three nights last month. It was captured in three primary colors but with extra detail provided by specific emission by hydrogen gas. The Crab Nebula spans about 10...

As 2025 comes to a close, Donald Trump’s favorable approach to cryptocurrency has not proven to be enough to sustain the industry’s gains, once the source of market-wide optimism and enthusiasm. The last few months of the year have seen $1tn in value wiped from the digital asset market, despite bitcoin hitting an all-time-high price of $126,000 on 6 October.The October price peak was short-lived. Bitcoin’s price tumbled just days later after Trump’s announcement of 100% tariffs on China sent shockwaves across the market on 12 October. The crypto market saw $19bn liquidated in 24 hours – the largest liquidation...

This is a list of those notable entertainment figures who passed away in 2025. They are in order of date of death (and alphabetically within each date), except for the first entry, which will be the most globally high-profile death to date. To see the most recent additions first, select "Date Added" in the Sort by drop-down box; to view the list in reverse chronological order, toggle the "Ascending/Descending order" button next to the drop-down box. Among the most notable showbiz vets we lost this year are: Georgio Armani, fashion designer Brigitte Bardot, actress/singer Claudia Cardinale, actress Richard Chamberlain, actor...

An African-heritage lawmaker in France has sparked outrage by seemingly hailing the so-called ‘Great Replacement’ of the native people of the country by foreigners. Carlos Martens Bilongo, a member of the National Assembly for the far-left La France Insoumise (France in Rebellion/LFI), in an appearance on the “African Bookstore” podcast, appeared to boast that minorities are outbreeding the native French people, Le Journal du Dimanche reported. Without explicitly stating the groups he was discussing, the Val-d’Oise MP, who was born in France to Congolese (DRC) and Angolan parents, urged people to “show them that we are more numerous and that...

Waymo is shipping a software update to help its robotaxis navigate disabled traffic lights during power outages “more decisively,” the company said Tuesday in a blog post that explains why its self-driving vehicles got stuck at intersections during a blackout in San Francisco this past weekend. Waymo said the self-driving system in its robotaxis treats dead stop lights as four-way stops, just like humans are supposed to. That should have allowed the robotaxis to operate normally in spite of the massive outage. Instead, many of the vehicles requested a “confirmation check” from Waymo’s fleet response team to make sure what...

President Volodymyr Zelensky has denied allegations by Russia that Ukraine launched a drone attack on one of President Vladimir Putin's residences, and accused Moscow of trying to derail peace talks. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed Kyiv had launched an attack overnight using 91 long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on Putin's state residence in Russia's northwestern Novgorod region. Russia said it would now review its position in peace negotiations. It is not yet clear where Putin was at the time of the alleged attack. Zelensky dismissed the claim as "typical Russian lies", intended to give the Kremlin an excuse to...

Actor-comedienne Rosie O’Donnell broke her pledge to quit her attacks on President Donald Trump once again when she returned to social media this weekend to call for his removal via the 25th amendment. “He’s making crazy posts. Like someone with temporal frontal lobe dementia. When are they going to do the 25th Amendment? When are they going to say that this is no longer manageable for anyone? He needs to be stopped. I wish I could say that I don’t think about him a lot, but I do,” she said. Rosie then said that Trump may start a war and...

Fox News host Mark Levin escalated a public feud with MAGA influencer Jack Posobiec after a video circulated showing "Fresh and Fit" co-host Myron Gaines shouting antisemitic insults at a Jewish woman outside a Turning Point USA event. Levin took to X (formerly Twitter) to condemn Posobiec for associating with Gaines and accused him of having a "long record of Woke Reichism." What Sparked the Exchange The confrontation intensified after a photograph and video surfaced showing Gaines and Posobiec together and a separate clip of Gaines directing antisemitic slurs. Levin posted on X that Posobiec was keeping "lowlife pals," writing...

Eleven days after Charlie Kirk was killed in September, Marjorie Taylor Greene, the third-term Georgia congresswoman, was watching his memorial service on TV as the luminaries of the conservative movement and the Trump administration gathered to pay tribute to the young activist. What stayed with Greene long afterward were the last two speakers who took the stage. First there was Kirk’s widow, Erika, who stood in white before the crowd filling the Arizona stadium, lifted her tear-filled eyes and said that she forgave her husband’s killer. And then there was President Trump. “He was a missionary with a noble spirit...

...we mapped where Antarctica’s ice melt would have the biggest impact ....The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ocean currents and affects temperatures in places far from the poles. But melting ice sheets don’t affect sea level and temperatures in the same way everywhere. In a November 2025 study, our team of scientists investigated how ice melting in Antarctica affects global climate and sea level. ..... The extent to which the Antarctic ice sheet melts will depend on how much the Earth warms. And that depends on future greenhouse gas emissions from sources including vehicles, power plants and...

DHS is on the ground in Minneapolis, going DOOR TO DOOR at suspected fraud sites. The American people deserve answers on how their taxpayer money is being used and ARRESTS when abuse is found. Under the leadership of @Sec_Noem, DHS is working to deliver results.

An advisory body has warned that Ireland’s population is at risk of what it called a “vicious downward cycle” due to a declining birth rate. The statement is contained in a report by the National Economic and Social Council (NESC), which researched recent demographic shifts across the country. It calls on the Government to begin planning for any negative impacts from a downward cycle before it becomes too difficult to reverse. The report says that Ireland’s demographic profile is undergoing rapid and profound change as the birth rate falls and the population ages. It means an aging and declining population...

300% inflation, Rial collapsed. Two days of mass demos, forbidden chants supporting Reza Pahlavi and calling death to Ali Khamenei, both of which are grounds for summary execution. Anti-Palestinian chants. Reza Shah RIP chants. IRGC shorthanded, outsourcing to Hizbollah, etc., to control streets, but crowds are gaining ground. Very dramatic footage at 4:52, reminiscent of tank man in Tiananmen Sq. in '89. General strike, including government workers. Transcript linked below video.

🚨 WOW. Ohio attorney Mehek Cooke CONFIRMS MASSIVE fraud in Ohio, another hotbed for Somalis They run fake "home health" and bill $250,000 PER YEAR, per FAMILY, when no work is actually being done. She says it also happens in PENNSYLVANIA. "Audit America. Audit Ohio now. And I'm pushing for that in every single state!" "The state will, as long as the doctor has approved it, continue to pay you. It could be for 10 hours, 12 hours, up to 24 when it's critical care." "So you could sit at home without caring for an elderly parent who really doesn't...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz bragged about making it easier for people to get into the child care business during last year’s vice presidential debate with JD Vance, awkward resurfaced footage shows — as the state’s Somali immigrant community has been accused of bilking millions of dollars in aid meant for day care centers. “We have to make it easier for folks to be able to get into [the child care] business and then to make sure that folks are able to pay for that. We were able to do it in Minnesota,” Walz said on stage as he proposed a...

A Texas teenager was rescued by her father after she was forced into a truck at knifepoint on Christmas Day, police said. Patrol deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office were called to an area home at about 4:50 p.m. on Thursday, the agency said on social media. The officers were told that the teenager, 15, had taken her dog out for a walk but had not returned. Her father then used parental controls to track her phone's location and find it in a "secluded, partially wooded area" about two miles away. The sheriff's office said the father, who has...

The man accused of planting two pipe bombs outside the Democratic and Republican national committee offices on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot gave a “detailed confession” after he was arrested, prosecutors said Sunday. After initially denying involvement, Brian Cole Jr. told investigators after his arrest that he became “bewildered” by claims the 2020 election had been stolen from President Trump and believed someone needed to “speak up” on behalf of people who thought the allegations of election fraud were true, according to a Justice Department memo. Cole explained that “something just snapped” after “watching everything, just...

Impeachment will be on the ballot in next November’s midterm election, most voters believe, and more than two-thirds of Democrats favor congressional candidates who will support impeachment of President Donald Trump. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 78% of Likely U.S. Voters believe it is likely that if Democrats get control of Congress in the next election, they will try to impeach Trump. That includes 54% who say it’s Very Likely a Democrat-controlled Congress would impeach Trump. Only 16% don’t think it’s likely. The survey of 1,099 U.S. Likely Voters was conducted on December 21-23,...