Severe Storms in Gaza Kill 14, Flood Tens of Thousands of Tents; Aid Access Under Scrutiny

• Fourteen People Killed, Including Three Children
• More Than 27,000 Tents Swept Away Or Flooded
• At Least 250,000 People Affected By Flooding And Shelter Loss

Student Critically Injured As Gunman Dies By Apparent Suicide In Stewartville High School Parking Lot

• Student Critically Injured In Parking Lot Shooting
• Adult Suspect Died From Apparent Self-Inflicted Gunshot

Arkansas Public TV Will Leave PBS, Rebrand As "Arkansas TV" — Affiliation Ends July 2026

• Arkansas Public TV Will End PBS Affiliation In July 2026
• $2.5 Million Annual Cut In Federal Funding Cited

Campus Radicals: Students Push Back — Girls Demand Locker-Room Privacy as Campus Conflicts Escalate

• Two Washington High School Athletes Challenge Transgender Sports Policy
• University Of Oklahoma Places Staff On Leave After Grading And Protest Controversy

How Poetry Can Fool AI Chatbots — The New ‘Adversarial Poetry’ Jailbreak and Why It Matters

• Poetry Bypassed LLM Safety Filters Up To 90%
• Adversarial Poetry Increased Success An Average Of Fivefold

Met Police Say No Further Action After Claims Prince Andrew Asked Protection Officer To Probe Virginia Giuffre

• Metropolitan Police Announce No Further Action After Fresh Assessment
• Assessment Found No New Evidence Of Criminal Acts Or Misconduct

Smartwatch Reconstructs Fatal Bear Attack on Hokkaido Hiker: GPS and Heartbeat Data Reveal Final Movements

• Smartwatch Tracked Hiker's Final Movements
• 26-Year-Old Sota Keisuke Attacked On Mount Rausu

‘Kind, Hardworking’ Couple’s Home Swept Away by Nooksack River During Historic Washington Floods

• Home Swept Away By Nooksack River
• Couple Escaped With Animals And Clothes Only
• Friend Launched GoFundMe To Provide Emergency Aid

Study Finds Twin Births Were Likely the Primate Norm — Singletons Evolved Later

• Ancient Primates Likely Produced Twins As The Ancestral Norm
• Shift To Singletons Occurred At Least 50 Million Years Ago

US Envoy Steve Witkoff to Meet Zelensky and European Leaders in Berlin as Washington Pushes Peace Plan

• US Envoy Steve Witkoff To Meet Zelensky And European Leaders In Berlin
• Kyiv Reports 'Massive' Russian Strikes On Energy Infrastructure Leaving Thousands Without Power

Running Out of Good Ideas? How AI Could Become Science’s Secret Weapon

• Widespread Public Concern Over AI (Pew: 50% More Worried, 10% More Excited)
• Idea Production Is Slowing (Bloom Et Al.: More Researchers Needed To Maintain Growth)

SpaceX Schedules Late-Night Falcon 9 Launch From Vandenberg — How to Watch Live

• Launch Window: 9:20 P.M. PT Dec. 13–4:54 A.M. PT Dec. 14
• Payload: 27 Starlink Satellites To Low‑Earth Orbit
• Vehicle: Two‑Stage, 230‑Foot Falcon 9

White House Pressure Over Deportations Spurs Blame Game at DHS, Sources Say

• White House Pressure Over Deportations Has Increased
• Kristi Noem And Adviser Corey Lewandowski Blame ICE And CBP Leaders

Success Academy Tops New York State Math Rankings, Reporting 96% Pass Rate

• Success Academy Ranked No. 1 In State Math With 96% Passing
• Network Reported 92% Pass Rate In English Language Arts

When Darkness Shines: JWST's 'Dark Star' Candidates and How They Could Rewrite Early Star Formation

• JWST Reported Three High-Redshift Dark-Star Candidates
• Dark Stars Could Be Powered By Dark-Matter Annihilation

Video Suggests Top DeSantis Aides Had Contact With Controversial GOP Candidate Despite Denials

• Video Captures Fred Fishback Saying He Spoke With Christina Pushaw
• Pushaw Denies Working For James Fishback’s Campaign

Epstein Files Test Grand-Jury Secrecy: When Transparency Becomes Trial By Internet

• Wholesale Release Of Epstein Files Has Exposed Many Uncharged Individuals
• Public Figures Have Faced Reputation And Career Consequences

Brabant Killers: Masked Trio Who Killed 28 in 1982–85 Supermarket Massacres — Probe Closed in 2024, Families Demand Answers

• Brabant Killers Killed 28 People Between 1982 And 1985
• Assailants Wore Masks And Face Paint; Nicknamed 'The Giant,' 'The Killer' And 'The Old Man'

DHS Rebukes Church Nativity Reimagining, Says ICE Depiction 'Never Happens' in Enforcement

• DHS Says Nativity Depiction Is Inaccurate And Offensive
• Assistant Secretary: ICE Does Not Zip-Tie Infants Or Children

Trump’s Unusual ‘No-Flip’ Coin Toss at Army‑Navy Game Goes Viral

• Viral No‑Flip Coin Toss At Army‑Navy Game
• Video Appeared To Show Coin Not Rotating During Toss
• Referee Declared Tails; Army Won The Opening Choice

United Flight 803 Returns to Dulles After Engine Power Loss Ignites Brush Fire — No Injuries

• Engine Power Loss After Takeoff
• Brush Fire Ignited Near Runway
• Aircraft Returned And Landed Safely At Approximately 1:30 PM

Machete Attack in Scranton: Two Women and Service Dog Killed, Third Woman Critically Injured

Two women (ages 61 and 59) and a service dog were killed in a machete attack at the Hotel Jermyn Apartments in...

King Charles to Scale Back Cancer Treatment After Early Diagnosis, Urges Wider Screening

• King Charles III Will Scale Back Cancer Treatment Next Year
• Early Diagnosis And Effective Intervention Allowed Reduced Treatment

Scientists Create a 'Time Mirror': First Laboratory Observation of Time Reflections Using a Metamaterial

• First Laboratory Observation Of Time Reflections
• Metamaterial With Fast Switches Created The Temporal Interface