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Asian shares advance after Japan raises its key interest rate to its highest level in 30 years
Asian shares were moderately higher and U.S. futures were mixed after the Bank of Japan raised its key policy rate Friday to its highest level in 30 years and U.S. inflation cooled more than expected.
December 19, 2025
How 1 anonymous tipster cracked the Brown University shooting case
Information from a tipster who had a strange encounter with another man on a sidewalk outside Brown University was key to police identifying the suspect they believe killed two students at the school and then two days later gunned down a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor.
December 19, 2025
Man suspected in Brown University shooting and MIT professor's killing is found dead, officials say
A frantic search for the suspect in last weekend's mass shooting at Brown University ended Thursday at a New Hampshire storage facility where authorities discovered the man dead inside and then revealed he also was suspected of killing a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor.
December 19, 2025
What to know about the man authorities say fatally shot 2 Brown students and a MIT professor
Investigations into the Brown University mass shooting and the slaying of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor shifted Thursday when authorities discovered evidence they say indicates they were committed by the same man, who was then found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
December 19, 2025
Federal regulators to begin sifting through wreckage of North Carolina plane crash that killed 7
Federal investigators on Friday will begin sifting through the wreckage of a business jet that crashed in North Carolina and killed all seven people aboard, including retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his family.
December 19, 2025
Trump suspends green card lottery program that let Brown University, MIT shootings suspect into US
President Donald Trump suspended the green card lottery program on Thursday that allowed the suspect in the Brown University and MIT shootings to come to the United States.
December 19, 2025
Trump gave an unusually partisan White House address. Should networks have given him the TV time?
When Donald Trump delivered the first White House address of his second presidency Wednesday night, all major U.S. networks beamed his image and voice onto their airwaves, cable feeds and online platforms.
December 19, 2025
Conservatives clash at Turning Point USA conference over MAGA movement's direction
A simmering battle over the future of President Donald Trump's political movement exploded on one of the right's biggest stages Thursday, as prominent conservative influencers used Turning Point USA's annual youth conference to attack each other and their competing visions.
December 19, 2025
Ahead of Trump's visit, residents in a North Carolina town say they feel squeezed by high costs
She had worked 22 days straight in her job as a technician at an engine plant to save up, and now Daijah Bryant could finally do what she was putting off: Christmas shopping.
December 19, 2025
Justice Department faces deadline to release files on Epstein sex trafficking investigation
The Justice Department faces a Friday deadline to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender and wealthy financier known for his connections to some of the world's most influential people, including Donald Trump, who as president had tried to keep the files sealed.
December 19, 2025
Implosion will take down a nearly century-old Mississippi River bridge
A nearly 100-year-old bridge over the Mississippi River between Iowa and Wisconsin is scheduled to be imploded Friday, an unusual spectacle that will make way for a modern replacement.
December 19, 2025
California school district near Nevada caught up in a dispute over transgender athlete policies
A Lake Tahoe school district is caught between California and Nevada's competing policies on transgender student athletes, a dispute that's poised to reorder where the district's students compete.
December 19, 2025