Trump announces ‘complete blockade’ of sanctioned oil tankers to Venezuela - The Washington Post 17 Dec 2025, 3:13 am

1. Trump announces ‘complete blockade’ of sanctioned oil tankers to Venezuela  The Washington Post
2. U.S. Tanker Seizure Has Paralyzed Venezuelan Oil Shipping—Except Chevron’s - WSJ  The Wall Street Journal
3. Crude Oil Prices Jump 2% After Trump Announces Venezuela Blockade  Forbes
4. Trump orders ‘total and complete blockade’ of sanctioned oil tankers coming to and leaving Venezuela  CNN
5. World shares gain, while oil prices jump as Trump orders a blockade of oil tankers to Venezuela  AP News

UK inflation dips by more than expected to 3.2% - BBC 17 Dec 2025, 3:09 am

1. UK inflation dips by more than expected to 3.2%  BBC
2. Sterling drops as inflation cements BoE cut expectations, dollar up before U.S. inflation  CNBC
3. BOE Expected to Cut as ECB Settles Into Its Good Place  The Wall Street Journal
4. UK inflation falls sharply to 3.2% amid slowdown in food price rises  The Guardian
5. Morning Bid: UK inflation final hurdle before BoE verdict  Reuters

Peña-Melnyk elected unanimously as House speaker, making history in the process - Maryland Matters 17 Dec 2025, 2:41 am

1. Peña-Melnyk elected unanimously as House speaker, making history in the process  Maryland Matters
2. Maryland House selects first immigrant speaker during special session  The Washington Post
3. What's on tap for Tuesday's special session in Annapolis  WBFF
4. Joseline Peña-Melnyk is elected Maryland House speaker  The Baltimore Banner
5. Peña-Melnyk makes history as new Maryland House speaker  WTOP

CDC approves major child vaccine change, rejects controversial one - The Washington Post 17 Dec 2025, 2:33 am

1. CDC approves major child vaccine change, rejects controversial one  The Washington Post
2. CDC ends recommendation for all US newborns to receive hepatitis B vaccine  The Guardian
3. CDC formally stops recommending hepatitis B vaccines for all newborns  NBC News
4. RFK Jr. has turned the CDC into ‘a zombie organization’  thehill.com
5. This vaccine adviser to RFK Jr. has some choice words for his critics  Politico

CNBC Daily Open: Beauty is in the eye of the U.S. jobs report beholder - CNBC 17 Dec 2025, 2:30 am

1. CNBC Daily Open: Beauty is in the eye of the U.S. jobs report beholder  CNBC
2. America’s job market just got some troubling news  CNN
3. Payrolls rose by 64,000 in November after falling by 105,000 in October, delayed jobs numbers show  CNBC
4. White House Shrugs Off Rise in Unemployment Rate  The New York Times
5. Jobless rate rises, adding to Trump's economic messaging woes  Politico

Knicks-Spurs: 4 takeaways as New York captures Emirates NBA Cup - NBA 17 Dec 2025, 2:22 am

MIT grieves shooting death of renowned director of plasma science center | MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - The Guardian 17 Dec 2025, 2:01 am

1. MIT grieves shooting death of renowned director of plasma science center | MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology  The Guardian
2. M.I.T. Professor Is Fatally Shot in His Home  The New York Times
3. Investigators search for shooter in Brookline killing of MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro  WCVB
4. Nuno Loureiro, professor and director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, dies at 47  MIT News
5. An MIT professor was fatally shot at his home and police launched a homicide investigation  Yahoo

Warner Bros likely to reject $108.4 billion Paramount bid, back Netflix in bidding war, sources say - Reuters 17 Dec 2025, 1:56 am

1. Warner Bros likely to reject $108.4 billion Paramount bid, back Netflix in bidding war, sources say  Reuters
2. Kushner Firm Drops Out of Paramount’s Hostile $108B Warner Bros. Discovery Bid  Fox Business
3. Warner Bros reportedly poised to reject Paramount’s $108bn hostile takeover bid  The Guardian
4. Trump turns on CBS, Kushner pulls out and Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. shows signs of collapse  Fortune
5. Netflix’s Ted Sarandos Vows to Continue Releasing Warner Bros. Movies “in Theaters With the Traditional Windows”  The Hollywood Reporter

Suspect in Bondi Beach Massacre Is Charged With Murder and Terrorism - The New York Times 17 Dec 2025, 12:42 am

1. Suspect in Bondi Beach Massacre Is Charged With Murder and Terrorism  The New York Times
2. Surviving Australia terror suspect slapped with charges in wake of deadly attack  Fox News
3. More than $1 million in donations pour in for Ahmed al Ahmed, hero who tackled Bondi Beach gunman  CBS News
4. Video shows elderly couple Boris, Sofia Gurman tackle Bondi gunman  NBC News
5. Family gives emotional eulogy for Bondi victim Rabbi Eli Schlanger  BBC

Daughter of Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai tells CNN she is devastated by guilty verdict handed down to her father - CNN 16 Dec 2025, 11:32 pm

1. Daughter of Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai tells CNN she is devastated by guilty verdict handed down to her father  CNN
2. Opinion | My dad is shrinking to nothing. His bogus conviction is alarming.  The Washington Post
3. Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai’s Conviction Was Years in the Making  The New York Times
4. Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist, convicted in landmark national security trial  CBS News
5. Hong Kong leader raises Jimmy Lai conviction in meeting with China's Xi  Reuters

Jim Harbaugh discusses texts to Sherrone Moore after firing, Michigan coaching search - On3 16 Dec 2025, 11:29 pm

1. Jim Harbaugh discusses texts to Sherrone Moore after firing, Michigan coaching search  On3
2. Interim coach says U-M's players feel 'betrayed'  ESPN
3. Sherrone Moore Allegedly Confronted Michigan Staffer as She Packed to Leave Town After Filing Formal Report: Police  People.com
4. Jim Harbaugh reveals reaching out to Sherrone Moore over text after Michigan scandal: 'It's a tragedy'  Fox News
5. Biff Poggi says Michigan players feel ‘betrayed’ after Sherrone Moore firing  The New York Times

Police release ‘enhanced photo’ of Brown University shooting person of interest - The Washington Post 16 Dec 2025, 10:36 pm

1. Police release ‘enhanced photo’ of Brown University shooting person of interest  The Washington Post
2. FBI releases photos of suspect as search for Brown University shooter enters fourth day - live updates  CNN
3. One Way the Brown Attack Was Unusual: The Gunman Escaped  The New York Times
4. Brown, USC agree to cancel game after shooting  ESPN
5. Living with a killer at large  The Boston Globe

NASA Completes Next-Gen Telescope, And It Could Soon Reveal Whether We're Alone - ScienceAlert 16 Dec 2025, 10:24 pm

1. NASA Completes Next-Gen Telescope, And It Could Soon Reveal Whether We're Alone  ScienceAlert
2. The $4.3 billion space telescope Trump tried to cancel is now complete  Ars Technica
3. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Will Teach Us A Lot More About Cosmic Voids  Universe Today
4. Why NASA’s New $4 Billion Telescope Will Stare at Absolutely Nothing  Gizmodo
5. NASA announces plan to map Milky Way with Roman Space Telescope  Phys.org

Rob Reiner’s Close Friends Billy Crystal, Larry David and More Release Statement After Director’s Death: ‘He Was Always At the Top of His Game’ - Variety 16 Dec 2025, 10:06 pm

1. Rob Reiner’s Close Friends Billy Crystal, Larry David and More Release Statement After Director’s Death: ‘He Was Always At the Top of His Game’  Variety
2. New details emerge of how Rob and Michele Singer Reiner’s bodies were found  The Guardian
3. Nick Reiner arrest shown in surveillance video as Billy Crystal, Larry David pay tribute to Rob Reiner  NBC News
4. Rob and Michele Reiner’s son charged with murder in their deaths  CNN
5. Billy Crystal Breaks Silence on Rob Reiner's Death in a Shared Tribute from Larry David and More  People.com

JD Vance touts Donald Trump’s economy to shift message on cost of living - Financial Times 16 Dec 2025, 9:54 pm

1. JD Vance touts Donald Trump’s economy to shift message on cost of living  Financial Times
2. What Trump can learn from Vance ahead of his national address  CNN
3. Remixing Trump’s Economy Speech, Vance Strikes a Different Tone  The New York Times
4. Vice President Vance Speaks in Pennsylvania on the Economy  C-SPAN
5. Vance tries to thread affordability needle in Rust Belt  Politico

Judge Says He Will Not Immediately Halt Trump’s Ballroom Project - The New York Times 16 Dec 2025, 9:27 pm

1. Judge Says He Will Not Immediately Halt Trump’s Ballroom Project  The New York Times
2. Trump-backed White House ballroom expected to be completed in summer 2028, National Park Service says  CBS News
3. Trump administration says White House ballroom construction is a matter of national security  AP News
4. Federal judge suggests White House ballroom construction may continue  The Washington Post
5. National Trust for Historic Preservation Files Suit to Immediately Stop White House Ballroom Construction  National Trust for Historic Preservation

House won't vote on health care tax credit extension, angering GOP moderates - CBS News 16 Dec 2025, 8:36 pm

1. House won't vote on health care tax credit extension, angering GOP moderates  CBS News
2. House GOP leaders plow ahead with plan that will allow Obamacare subsidies to lapse  CNN
3. How the long-running Obamacare fight came to thwart enhanced subsidies in Congress  NPR
4. Johnson Rules Out House Vote to Extend Health Insurance Subsidies  The New York Times
5. House Republican leaders ditch vote on ACA funding, all but ensuring premiums will rise  NBC News

A new flu variant is creating surging cases earlier than expected and causing severe illness, experts warn. What you need to know. - Yahoo 16 Dec 2025, 7:16 pm

1. A new flu variant is creating surging cases earlier than expected and causing severe illness, experts warn. What you need to know.  Yahoo
2. New Flu Variant May Be Triggering Spike in Severe Disease  Scientific American
3. Weekly US Influenza Surveillance Report: Key Updates for Week 49, ending December 6, 2025 | FluView  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC (.gov)
4. New flu strain mutation triggers early rise in Texas flu cases, hospitalizations  KLTV.com
5. Nearly 3 million people have caught the flu. Here’s where the virus is hitting hardest  thehill.com

New Samsung Micro RGB TVs are sized for your living room - The Verge 16 Dec 2025, 6:00 pm

1. New Samsung Micro RGB TVs are sized for your living room  The Verge
2. Samsung Expands Premium Micro RGB Lineup for 2026 With New Sizes and Advanced Features  samsung.com
3. LG's Micro RGB TV Promises 'Significant Step Forward' in Picture Quality  CNET
4. LG will debut its first Micro RGB television at CES  Engadget
5. Smaller Screens, Bigger Colors: Samsung Previews Micro RGB TVs Ahead of CES 2026  PCMag

Measles outbreaks worsen in South Carolina, Arizona and Utah - CBS News 16 Dec 2025, 5:46 pm

1. Measles outbreaks worsen in South Carolina, Arizona and Utah  CBS News
2. South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine  NBC News
3. SC measles outbreak could soon reach Charlotte, health director warns  Charlotte Observer
4. South Carolina measles cases continue to climb  CIDRAP
5. South Carolina measles response puts personal choice over orders  Axios

What to know from Susie Wiles' interviews with 'Vanity Fair,' according to the writer - NPR 16 Dec 2025, 5:05 pm

1. What to know from Susie Wiles' interviews with 'Vanity Fair,' according to the writer  NPR
2. Susie Wiles Talks About the First Year of Trump’s Second Term (Part 1 of 2)  Vanity Fair
3. Susie Wiles offered unflattering assessments of her colleagues to Vanity Fair. In return, they showered her with praise  CNN
4. Late Night Thanks the White House for a ‘Doozy of an Interview’  The New York Times
5. Top takeaways from White House chief of staff Susie Wiles' interviews with Vanity Fair  NBC News

A 14th Anomaly of 3I/ATLAS: Alignment of Its Rotation Axis with the Sunward Direction at Large Distances - Avi Loeb – Medium 16 Dec 2025, 4:30 pm

1. A 14th Anomaly of 3I/ATLAS: Alignment of Its Rotation Axis with the Sunward Direction at Large Distances  Avi Loeb – Medium
2. Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS makes its closest approach to Earth on Dec. 19: Here's what you need to know  Space
3. Comet 3I/ATLAS is getting greener and brighter as it approaches Earth, new images reveal  Live Science
4. Interstellar comet is making its closest approach to Earth this week  CBS News
5. 3I/Atlas making closest approach to Earth this week  LiveNOW from FOX

Restricting and Limiting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the Security of the United States - The White House (.gov) 16 Dec 2025, 3:29 pm

1. Restricting and Limiting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the Security of the United States  The White House (.gov)
2. Trump Expands Travel Ban and Restrictions to 20 More Countries  The New York Times
3. Trump expands travel ban to Syrians, Palestinians and others  Axios
4. Trump adds seven countries, including Syria, to full travel ban list  Reuters
5. Trump expands US travel ban to five more countries  BBC

Mark Chavez is second doctor sentenced in Matthew Perry overdose death - BBC 16 Dec 2025, 3:10 pm

1. Mark Chavez is second doctor sentenced in Matthew Perry overdose death  BBC
2. Doctor who helped sell ketamine to Matthew Perry avoids prison time  The Guardian
3. Doctor sentenced to 8 months home confinement in connection with Matthew Perry's ketamine death  ABC News
4. Former California doctor is sentenced in Matthew Perry's overdose death  NBC News
5. A Second Doctor Is Sentenced in Matthew Perry Ketamine Case  The New York Times

Ford's CEO said the EV market would be halved without subsidies. Now he's writing down $19.5 billion - Fortune 16 Dec 2025, 2:40 pm

1. Ford's CEO said the EV market would be halved without subsidies. Now he's writing down $19.5 billion  Fortune
2. Ford cuts electric F-150 Lightning production, takes $19.5B charge in strategic shift  Fox Business
3. Ford cancels EV battery deal worth $6.5 billion with South Korea's LG Energy Solution  Reuters
4. Ford Follows Customers to Drive Profitable Growth; Reinvests in Trucks, Hybrids, Affordable EVs, Battery Storage; Takes EV-Related Charges  Ford From the Road
5. Ford Scraps $6.5 Billion EV Battery Contract With Korea’s LG  Bloomberg.com

How Patrick Mahomes’s Injury Influences the Chiefs’ Future Plans - Sports Illustrated 16 Dec 2025, 2:32 pm

1. How Patrick Mahomes’s Injury Influences the Chiefs’ Future Plans  Sports Illustrated
2. Chiefs' Mahomes has surgery for torn ACL, LCL  ESPN
3. Tom Brady offers advice to Patrick Mahomes ahead of 'tough' rehab following knee surgery  NFL.com
4. As NFL stars deal with season-ending injuries, let’s end the 18-game season talk  The New York Times
5. NFL news, injury updates: Patrick Mahomes undergoes surgery to repair torn ACL; Dolphins open to a QB change  Yahoo Sports

Apple Aims to Boost Popularity of iPhone Air 2 in Two Ways - MacRumors 16 Dec 2025, 2:06 pm

1. Apple Aims to Boost Popularity of iPhone Air 2 in Two Ways  MacRumors
2. iPhone Air 2 once again rumored to gain a second rear camera, maybe even a lower price - GSMArena.com news  GSMArena.com
3. You could get more for less with the iPhone Air 2 – if rumors are right  PhoneArena
4. Your iPhone choices could grow, but Apple’s Air plan is getting rewritten  Digital Trends
5. Here Is How Apple Intends To Entice You To Buy The iPhone Air 2  Wccftech

'We were amazed': Scientists using James Webb telescope may have discovered the earliest supernova in the known universe - Live Science 16 Dec 2025, 1:46 pm

1. 'We were amazed': Scientists using James Webb telescope may have discovered the earliest supernova in the known universe  Live Science
2. JWST captures the earliest supernova yet  Astronomy Magazine
3. The James Webb Space Telescope just found the oldest supernova ever seen  Space
4. Supernova GRB 250314A (Artist’s Concept)  NASA Science (.gov)
5. Astronomers detect cosmic flash from early universe star blast  The Pryor Information Publication

Google tests an email-based productivity assistant - TechCrunch 16 Dec 2025, 1:00 pm

1. Google tests an email-based productivity assistant  TechCrunch
2. Help boost your daily productivity with CC, a new experimental AI agent from Google Labs.  blog.google
3. Google wants its AI assistant CC to replace your morning scroll  The Verge
4. Google Labs testing ‘CC’ productivity AI agent that connects to Gmail & Drive, waitlist open  9to5Google
5. Google Issues Free Gmail Upgrade Offer—Now It’s Decision Time  Forbes

Experts: Risk-based breast cancer screenings beat annual mammograms - upi.com 16 Dec 2025, 11:17 am

1. Experts: Risk-based breast cancer screenings beat annual mammograms  upi.com
2. Risk-Based Screening Works as Well as Yearly Checks After 40 in Finding Breast Cancers  The New York Times
3. New study questions what we know about who should get mammograms and when  The Washington Post
4. American College of Radiology Statement on WISDOM Breast Cancer Screening Trial Results | Newswise  Newswise
5. A New Study Challenges the Way We Screen for Breast Cancer  Time Magazine

James Woods praises 'patriot' Rob Reiner, slams insults of slain director as 'infuriating' - NBC News 16 Dec 2025, 11:10 am

1. James Woods praises 'patriot' Rob Reiner, slams insults of slain director as 'infuriating'  NBC News
2. Opinion | Our Petty, Hollow, Squalid Ogre in Chief  The New York Times
3. Commentary: With his un-Christian Rob Reiner insults, Trump proves he's the real 'Meathead'  Los Angeles Times
4. Donald Trump’s Remarks on the Death of Rob Reiner Are Next-Level Degradation  The New Yorker
5. What did Trump say about Rob Reiner? President doubled down on criticism  USA Today

NFL Week 16 Playoff Scenarios - Official website of the New England Patriots 16 Dec 2025, 10:21 am

1. NFL Week 16 Playoff Scenarios  Official website of the New England Patriots
2. Playoff-clinching scenarios for Week 16 of 2025 NFL season  NFL.com
3. Broncos' Week 16 AFC West & No. 1 seed clinching scenarios  Denver Broncos
4. 2025 NFL playoff picture, standings: Steelers remain atop AFC North by eliminating Dolphins on 'MNF'  CBS Sports
5. Two years after hitting bottom, the Denver Broncos are the Super Bowl contender you didn't see coming  NBC News

Avatar: Fire and Ash review: The latest in the sci-fi adventure series is the longest and worst yet - BBC 16 Dec 2025, 9:00 am

1. Avatar: Fire and Ash review: The latest in the sci-fi adventure series is the longest and worst yet  BBC
2. Avatar: Fire and Ash First Reviews: Familiar, but Still a Spectacle to Behold  Rotten Tomatoes
3. ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Review: For the First Time in His Spectacular Career, James Cameron Delivers a Movie That Feels Like Something You’ve Seen Before  IndieWire
4. Avatar Used to Be Revolutionary. Three Movies in, the Franchise Has Lost Its Wonder  Time Magazine
5. Avatar: Fire and Ash’s Franchise Worst RT Score Has No Impact on Fans  Yahoo

Apple Best Positioned to Weather DRAM Price Surge, Says Counterpoint - MacRumors 16 Dec 2025, 7:25 am

1. Apple Best Positioned to Weather DRAM Price Surge, Says Counterpoint  MacRumors
2. 2026 Smartphone Shipment Forecasts Revised Down as Memory Shortage Drives BoM Costs Up  Counterpoint Research
3. Don't wait if you're planning to upgrade your RAM or SSD, Kingston rep warns — says 'prices will continue to go up,' NAND costs up 246%  Tom's Hardware
4. The AI-fueled chip shortage could raise smartphone prices — new research spells out by how much  CNBC
5. Kingston Warns SSD Shortage Will Get Worse in the Next 30 Days  TechPowerUp

Conservative's victory in Chile suggests a hard-right, pro-Trump surge - Politico 16 Dec 2025, 12:39 am

1. Conservative's victory in Chile suggests a hard-right, pro-Trump surge  Politico
2. Opinion | Chile Is Swerving to the Right — and Into the Past  The New York Times
3. Chile elects Kast as president, deepening regional shift to law-and-order politics  CNN
4. Why the Chilean Left Failed  compactmag.com
5. Opinion | Chile Joins the Latin American Move to the Right  The Wall Street Journal

Ukraine says underwater drones hit submarine, but Moscow denies damage - Reuters 15 Dec 2025, 5:13 pm

1. Ukraine says underwater drones hit submarine, but Moscow denies damage  Reuters
2. Analysing satellite images of Russian submarine after Ukraine claims attack  BBC
3. Ukraine’s first underwater drone strike caught on hacked cameras  Defense News
4. Ukraine Says It Hit a Submarine With Underwater Drones  The New York Times
5. The War Moves From Ukraine to the High Seas  The Atlantic

Iran Nobel laureate taken to hospital after 'violent arrest' - family - BBC 15 Dec 2025, 1:11 pm

1. Iran Nobel laureate taken to hospital after 'violent arrest' - family  BBC
2. Iran arrests Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi, supporters say  CNN
3. Why Iran Is Going After Its Best  Time Magazine
4. Iranian Authorities Assaulted Detained Nobel Laureate, Family Says  The New York Times
5. Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi Arrested Again in Iran  Democracy Now!

Geminid meteor shower 2025 thrills skywatchers with an end-of-year celestial firework show (photos) - Space 15 Dec 2025, 9:17 am

1. Geminid meteor shower 2025 thrills skywatchers with an end-of-year celestial firework show (photos)  Space
2. Watch the Geminid meteor shower peak tonight from the comfort of home with this free livestream  Space
3. Skywatchers rejoice: The Geminids meteor shower peaks tonight  NPR
4. Meteor Activity Outlook for December 13-19, 2025  American Meteor Society
5. How to watch the Geminids meteor shower in Colorado, where over 100 meteors per hour could be visible  CBS News