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One Dead; Another Critically Injured in Mass Shooting; Kentucky State University.
Posted on December 9, 2025
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — At least one person was killed and another was critically wounded in a shooting at Kentucky...
Officer reveals what Luigi Mangione said while walking out of arraignment
An officer who escorted Luigi Mangione to an arraignment hearing after his December 2024 arrest revealed in court Tuesday what the accused murderer said...
The holiday shopping season comes with tons of extra emissions. Here’s how to do it sustainably
We're in the thick of the holiday shopping season, and U.S. residents are expected to shatter the spending record again this year. The National...
Jasmine Crockett in U.S. Senate Race in Texas
ASSOCIATED PRESS – (WBAP/KLIF) – Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett launched a campaign Monday for the U.S. Senate in Texas, bringing a national profile to...
Trump doesn’t rule out troops in Venezuela, says President Nicolás Maduro’s ‘days are numbered’
President Donald Trump said in an interview with Politico released Tuesday that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's "days are numbered" and declined to comment on...
The next Great Depression of higher education – The Cougar
Lily Huynh/ The Cougar
The Great Depression was defined by more than just a financial collapse; the result weakened the working and middle classes, ultimately...
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FELICIA'S NOTES
UNIFYING TEXAS 21: Dan Weber Endorses Dr. Regina Vanburg
I am so excited about this news for several reasons. First, I want to say kudos to both of you for unifying! I am...
Reminder TONIGHT – ICC Holiday Social
Android Testers Needed For ICC Mobile AppDecember 2, 2025
EVENT DETAILSDate: Friday, December 5Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PMLocation: The CourthouseAddress: 350 Dragoon Crossing, New...
VOICES (Coming Soon)
Laura Loomer calls it “inappropriate” that administration official Mehmet Oz has dual citizenship with Turkey
LAURA LOOMER (HOST): So, we have video of this party with the Qataris from the other evening this week at the Kennedy Center, where Ric Grenell, who's the head of the Kennedy Center, and again, it's unfortunate cause I like all these people. I like Ric Grenell. I...
Fox ignores Trump pardoning Honduran drug trafficker while accusing Dems of supporting Venezuelan drug traffickers
How do you spin the president you support pardoning a notorious drug trafficker amid your weekslong campaign to convince viewers that your political enemies are pro-trafficker? For the propagandists at Fox News, the answer is just to pretend it didn't happen.
President Donald Trump announced on November 28 his intention to pardon former Honduran president Juan Orlando...
Newsmax’s Greg Kelly criticizes Kristi Noem: “Less time on the horse and more time at the office with the files”
GREG KELLY (HOST): So, I'm a little bit — look, I love everybody in MAGA. Still, we got to be smart about how we spend our money, right? And we can't — I don't know. I think being in the government is more than an ego trip. Because...
The US Government Is Letting Southwest Airlines Off Easy
Ahead of the holiday season, the Trump administration just let Southwest Airlines off the hook for the remaining government payments of a record-setting $140 million fine brought by the Department of Transportation after the airline’s software meltdown stranded two million customers over Christmas three years ago.
Late on Friday evening, the Department of Transportation posted...
On The Weeknight, Angelo Carusone discusses right-wing media reaction to DOJ scandals and what it means for Pam Bondi
SYMONE SANDERS (HOST): It is falling apart. I just wonder, is it breaking through? I want to say do people care? But it's like, which people? Is this breaking through in the MAGA or "America First" -- I'm using air quotes for the people at home -- universe,...
Jesse Watters says criticizing boat strikes makes people sound “effeminate”
JESSE WATTERS (CO-HOST): This is the most popular foreign policy action of Trump's second term: killing narco-terrorists. You know what the second one is? Bombing the Iran nuclear program. So, the Democrats are now coming out against the two most popular things Trump's done abroad this year. Dumb....
Podcaster Tim Dillon: “Some of these ICE raids are so barbaric”
Citation
From the December 6, 2025, edition of The Tim Dillon Show, posted on YouTube
TIM DILLON (HOST): And some of these ICE raids are so barbaric, and they're so crazy. And these, like,...
NATIONAL NEWS
Immigration Agents Have Often Grabbed and Mistreated Citizens, Congressional Investigators Find
What Happened: A congressional investigation out today has found that, contrary to the Trump administration’s claims, immigration agents have frequently detained and mistreated U.S....
These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills.
Reporting Highlights
Suing the Poor: At one community health center in Kansas, many patients sued were uninsured and made so little money they qualified for...
Law and Policy for a U.S-South Korea Nuclear Submarine Program
President Donald Trump proclaimed recently that, based on the strength of the military alliance between the United States and South Korea, he had “given...
OTHER STORIES
‘You Bought the Lie’: MAGA Turns on Donald Trump After One Off-Script Answer Sends the Base Into a Meltdown
President Donald Trump further riled up his conservative MAGA base last month by saying the United States needs to bring in more skilled foreign...
‘S— That Never Happened for 1000, Alex’: Trump’s Bizarre Story About ‘Young Women’ Goes Off the Rails When He Gets Creative with One Detail...
President Donald Trump is facing a new wave of ridicule after video surfaced of him launching into yet another self-congratulatory tale — the kind...
‘WTF Does That Even Mean?’: Trump Tries to Sound Smart, Then Unleashes a Bizarre Response That Has Everyone Guessing at the Meaning
Donald Trump baffled people with his very specific guidelines for good music, revealed at the 48th Kennedy Center Honors. The political character added another...
‘WTF Does That Even Mean?’: Trump Tries to Sound Smart, Then Unleashes a Bizarre Response That Has Everyone Guessing at the Meaning
Donald Trump baffled people with his very specific guidelines for good music, revealed at the 48th Kennedy Center Honors. The political character added another...
CLIMATE
The rest of the world is lapping the U.S. in the EV race » Yale Climate Connections
The electric car market is booming – just not in the United States.
One-quarter of new cars sold around the world so far in 2025...
Science educator makes a 7,000-mile journey in an electric SUV » Yale Climate Connections
Transcript:
Electric vehicle technology has come a long way. But some drivers are still hesitant to take long trips, because they’re worried about finding chargers.
Shrand:...
SPORTS
Soccer peace prize for Trump triggers complaints about Infantino to FIFA ethics investigators
GENEVA – FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s public support for Donald Trump and a peace prize awarded to the U.S. president are the subjects of...
Shohei Ohtani is the AP’s Male Athlete of the Year for record-tying 4th time
PASADENA, Calif. – Shohei Ohtani is catching up with more legends.The baseball superstar ends 2025 by winning The Associated Press Male Athlete of the...
Chargers, Eagles in giving mood with three-turnover play
INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Unable to wrap your hands around the season’s hottest gift?The Los Angeles Chargers and Philadelphia Eagles feel your pain.Three turnovers on...
HEALTH
December 2025 Reads for the Rest of Us
The Feminist Know-It-All: You know her. You can’t stand her. Good thing she’s not here! Instead, this column by gender and women’s studies librarian Karla Strand...
Octavia Butler Saw This Coming
A new conversation with Butler biographer Susana M. Morris explores the writer’s meticulous process, expansive imagination and the cautionary lessons she left...
Inherited Miles: Carrying Generational Wear and Tear — Therapy for Black Girls
What we carry isn’t always ours—but it still lives in our bodies.
The Miles You Never Knew You Had
Imagine buying a used car that looks...
TECH
Fal nabs $140M in fresh funding led by Sequoia, tripling valuation to $4.5B | TechCrunch
Fal, a startup that hosts image, video, and audio AI models for developers, has announced that it raised a $140 million Series D led...
Boom Supersonic raises $300M to build natural gas turbines for Crusoe data centers | TechCrunch
Aircraft startup Boom Supersonic said Tuesday it will start selling a version of its turbine engine as a stationary power plant, and that its...
Anthropic and Accenture sign multi-year AI strategic partnership | TechCrunch
AI research lab Anthropic continues to cement its stake as the predominant AI player in the enterprise space.
On Tuesday, Anthropic announced a multi-year partnership...


