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The winter solstice is upon us, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year.
People across the country have already faced multiple blankets of white snow where they live, but the winter solstice marks the first official day of winter.
The solstice also marks the start of the Pagan holiday, Yule, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac. The holiday is thought to celebrate the sun's return and the land's rebirth as days begin to get longer after the longest night of the year.
The solstice is celebrated by many as a time of rebirth and change. Many cultures throughout human history ha

A photo of Miss Finland sparks racist accusations and furor across Asia

HELSINKI, Finland (AP) — Finland’s government is facing heavy pressure and accusations of racism from several Asian countries after its representative to the 2025 Miss Universe pageant was seen pulling the corners of her eyes in a photo -- and some Finnish politicians posted their own photos repeating the gesture.
Sarah Dzafce lost her Miss Finland crown last week after a photo of Dzafce pulling the skin at the corners of her eyes posted on social media went viral late last month. The photo, and its caption reading “ea

MLK Day and Juneteenth dropped as free park days. Trump's birthday added.

In 2026, Americans will get free admission to national parks on President Donald Trump's birthday but no longer on Juneteenth and Martin Luther King Jr. Day, according to the National Park Service website.
Previously, the National Park Service included these two federal holidays among its free-entry days for around 100 park sites.
National parks ordered to check gift shops for DEI-type items
Federally recognized in 2021 under the Biden Administration, Juneteenth has been celebrated for more than a century and a hal

In recent remarks at the “Revitalizing America’s Markets” event, SEC Chair Paul Atkins laid out a plan that would fundamentally redefine what it means to be a public company in the United States. He framed it as a plan to “make IPOs great again,” but beneath the rhetoric lies something far more consequential: a shift toward a marketplace where public companies behave like private ones — shielded from disclosure, insulated from shareholder input, and increasingly detached from the long-term health of the broader economy. In essence, it is a move toward absolute control by CEOs and their boards

Grand Jury declines 2nd attempt to indict Letitia James

A federal grand jury on Dec. 4 rejected an attempt to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James, a key target of President Donald Trump's ire, less than two weeks after a judge threw out the Trump administration's first indictment against her.
The grand jury’s rejection of charges marks the Justice Department’s second attempt at indicting the New York attorney general whom the president has railed against in recent weeks. James brought a lawsuit against Trump in 2022.
In a statement, James slammed the attempted indictment, calli

Earlier this week, Robert Griffin III, a former NFL quarterback from 2012 to 2020 (Redskins, Browns and Ravens), posted on X about why BYU had earned its place in the College Football Playoff. Punctuating his remarks, he said at the end: “Stop the persecution of the Christians, man ... come on!”
His commentary became a social media magnet for naysayers ready to recap their theological reasons for objecting to the label. But Robert Griffin III (often called RG3 for short), has heard this pushback before.
One year ago, on the day of the BYU Baylor football game in Waco, Texas, on Sep 28, 2024,

Surf Cam Captures Possible UFO Sighting in SoCal (Video)

With hundreds of cameras live-streaming continuously all across the globe – primarily, of course, to check surf conditions – Surfline has a godlike network of eyeballs.
And occasionally, it’s not just the waves that Surfline’s cams capture. The cameras have recorded (and ****** isted in solving) crimes; they’ve caught sharks breaching at popular surf spots like Lower Trestles; and dead whales slowly and sadly washing ashore.
But this next clip may just be the biggest in terms of strange phenomena, outside the realm of surfing, as ca

Some 80 million years ago, an earthquake seemed to have sent a flock of frightened sea turtles scrambling across the seafloor.
Traces of this prehistoric panic were stumbled upon by a group of free climbers in 2019 on a steep slope overlooking the Adriatic Sea, which the public is typically prohibited from accessing due to rockfalls. They noticed a chunk of rock covered with marks that looked like footprints and snapped some photos. One of the climbers later showed these to Paolo Sandroni, a geologist (and fellow free climber) at the Marche region’s Multi-Risk Functional Center in Italy.
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President Donald Trump announced a major reset of federal fuel economy standards on Wednesday, rolling back Biden-era regulations that would have pushed automakers toward electric vehicles.
The move will save American families an average of $1,000 per new car purchase, the White House said. The policy reversal represents Trump’s latest effort to combat what he calls “hidden cost-of-living increases” from the previous administration. His reset of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards marks a significant victory for traditional automakers struggling to meet aggressive EV targets.
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The December full moon, or "Cold Moon," will peak in Kentucky on Thursday, Dec. 4, and it marks the last supermoon of the year. It will also appear full on Friday, Dec. 5.
Here's what to know.
The next full moon is visible on Thursday, Dec. 4, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac. It is the third and final supermoon of 2025.
The Cold Moon will peak at 6:14 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4.
The name for the December full moon originated from the Mohawk tribe, who called it the Cold Moon because of the frigid conditions that occur during the month.

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The sudden plunge erased billions in market value and triggered heavy liquidations.
Analysts pointed to the Bank of ****** an’s signals of a possible December rate hike and the weakening yen.
Bitcoin may retest support around $82,622 if the decline continues, ****** ysts said.
Bitcoin tumbled 5% in a matter of hours on Sunday, igniting a wave of speculation among traders who say the scale and speed of the drop defy any clear macro trigger.

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MicroStrategy CEO Phong Le has, for the first time, acknowledged that the company could sell its 649,870 BTC holdings under specific crisis conditions.
This marks a significant shift from Chairman Michael Saylor's long-standing "never sell" philosophy and signals a new chapter for the world's largest corporate Bitcoin holder.
MicroStrategy has confirmed a scenario almost no one thought possible: the potential to sell Bitcoin, its core treasury ******* et. Speaking on What Bitcoin Did, CEO Phong Le outlined the precise trigger that would force a Bitcoin sale:
First, the company’s stock must

Trump's transit chief says dressing better will improve air travel. Experts howl.

Apparently nostalgic for the Champagne, pillbox hats and soft-lit glamour that characterized the skies in the 1950s and ’60s, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy urged airline passengers to dress nicely and mind their manners ahead of the year’s busiest travel week.
“Are you dressing with respect?” he asked in an online video. “Are you saying please and thank you?”
Doing so, Duffy suggested, would help to usher in a new “golden age of travel” — a phrase that harks back to the mid-20th century flight

The human brain is not a hard-wired machine but a malleable organ that is regularly re-shaping itself.
Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge in the UK and the University of Pittsburgh in the US have now identified four major turning points in brain wiring between birth and death.
Like chapters of our lives, each of these neurological 'epochs' marks a new era of development or decline.
"Looking back, many of us feel our lives have been characterized by different phases," says senior author and neuroinformaticist Duncan Astle from Cambridge.
"It turns out that brains also go through

Foreign tourists will pay $100 more at top U.S. national parks in 2026

It’s going to get much more expensive for international travelers to visit some of America’s most popular national parks.
Starting Jan. 1, 2026, "nonresidents without an annual pass will pay a $100 per person fee to enter 11 of the most visited national parks, in addition to the standard entrance fee," the Department of Interior announced on Nov. 25, among other changes.
"These policies ensure that U.S. taxpayers, who already support the National Park System, continue to enjoy affordable access, while international vis

Tesla's (TSLA) Europe woes are only getting worse.
According to the European Automobile Manufacturers' **** ociation (ACEA), Tesla electric vehicle registrations (a proxy for sales) in Europe fell to just 6,964 units in October, a 48.5% drop compared to a year ago. Meanwhile, total EV registrations in the region, which includes the UK and the European Free Trade **** ociation, rose 32.9% in October, with overall registrations regardless of powertrain up 4.9%.
October's total marks the 10th straight month of declining Tesla sales in Europe. Meanwhile, the overall market share of EVs in the br

Scientists have no problem using the word “play” to describe dogs who fetch sticks or cats batting around yarn. But with sharks, it’s a whole other ballgame.
A new study in the journal Applied Animal Behavioral Science describes sharks interacting with human toys in a way that resembles play, though the word “play” does not appear in the paper.
Video footage from the study shows sharks swimming through hoops, picking them up with their nose, and flicking the toys with their tails, and ******* ping or biting them. Like they do in the wild, they would also rush towards one toy and then abruptl

If you were traversing the ancient Tethys ocean some 115 million years ago and encountered gigantic lamniform sharks, you’d most definitely need a bigger boat.
Lamniformes, an order of sharks that includes the great white of Jaws infamy, evolved around 135 million years ago and may have begun as wee, shallow water-dwelling creatures—around 3 feet long. But over time, they evolved into massive, fearsome fish that ruled the world’s oceans, for example the extinct megalodon that might have surpassed 50 feet long.
Previous evidence suggested that lamniformes swelled in size to hit the top of the

Bitcoin is attempting to regain upward momentum after recent declines, but the crypto king’s recovery is being met with caution.
While sentiment has softened, the current structure suggests consolidation rather than a major bearish reversal.
One of the clearest signals of cooling momentum is the sharp decline in Realized Cap Change, which has fallen to 1.4%. This marks a 28.1% drop and places the metric below its lower band. The shift reflects softer net inflows and lighter demand across the market. These conditions are consistent with consolidation phases, where investors prefer to observe

Researchers have developed nasal drops that travel along the nerves of the nose into the central nervous system to fight the deadliest brain cancer.
Preliminary test results reveal that the medication safely reached its target, helping protect mice against these usually fatal tumors.
"This is an approach that offers hope for safer, more effective treatments for glioblastoma and potentially other immune treatment-resistant cancers, and it marks a critical step toward clinical application," says neurosurgeon Alexander Stegh of Washington University.
"This redefines how cancer immunotherapy ca

When it was discovered a decade ago, the 4th-century basilica of Nicaea was totally submerged, its importance to early Christian history hidden beneath a lake in northwestern Turkey.
Now, the church in Iznik, a small town several hours from Istanbul, stands on dry land, its ruins exposed as the waters that engulfed it for more than 700 years have receded due to climate change.
Known as the Basilica of the Holy Fathers, it marks the site of one of the early Church's most important gatherings which took place in Nicaea 12 years after the Roman Empire legalised Christianity, ending years of per

Deadly 'sneaker waves' at popular Calif. beach pull 2nd group into ocean in a week

High surf swept three people off the beach and into the ocean in Big Sur on Saturday, the second such incident at Garrapata State Park in a week.
Two women and a man were swept off the rocks at Sobrenas Point around 3 p.m., according to a news release from the California State Parks.
Both women made it back to shore on their own and were taken to a hospital with unknown injuries, but a man who was with them, believed to be about 30 years old, was still missing.
“At around 4:24 p.m., a US Coast Guard helico

Vanderbilt soccer advances to NCAA Sweet 16 with win over Clemson

No. 1-seed Vanderbilt eked out a 3-2, double-overtime win over Clemson to reach the Sweet 16 of the NCAA women's soccer tournament and a rematch with LSU.
It marks the second straight appearance for Vanderbilt (17-3-2) in the third round. Vanderbilt hosts LSU on Nov. 24 (2 p.m., ESPN+). LSU defeated Iowa 2-1 to reach the program's first Sweet 16. The Commodores-LSU game is a rematch of the SEC championship game, which Vandy won on penalty kicks on Nov. 9.
On Nov. 21, Adysen Armenta's golden goal in the 107th minute gave Van

Despite institutional adoption, ETF approvals, and renewed regulatory clarity, Bitcoin (BTC) has dropped more than 25% from its peak, wiping over $1 trillion from the broader crypto market.
A recent Economist feature highlighting “crypto fragilities” has sparked debate among ******* ysts over whether this marks a structural weakness or a cyclical bottom.
However, Coinbase's (Nasdaq: COIN) head of institutional research David Duong thinks Bitcoin’s recent underperformance actually reinforces its long-term diversification role despite what The Economist wrote.
TheStreet Roundtable host Scott

Who doesn’t love a good math holiday? Most people know about Pi Day (3/14), but there are even rarer days on the calendar like Pythagorean Triple Square Day (9/16/25). However, it’s time to bust out the calculators in celebration yet again: November 23 marks the annual Fibonacci Sequence Day.
The poetry of mathematics manifests everywhere in nature, but few numerical patterns are more common than the Fibonacci Sequence. First described in 1202 by mathematician Italian Leonardo Bonacci (Fibonacci is a shortening of filius Bonacci or “son of Bonacci”), the concept involves adding 1 and 1 togeth

Bitcoin's recent price decline has revealed a sharp split in trading, with US sessions driving sell-offs while Asian traders steadily buy the dip. Data shows American sessions have become the weakest period for Bitcoin prices.
This divergence highlights contrasting risk appetites and sparks debate about whether Bitcoin is experiencing a healthy correction or facing deeper structural issues.
This week's price activity reflects a clear trend: US trading hours show persistent losses, with European sessions experiencing smaller declines. In contrast, Asian-Pacific markets remain comparatively st

White House press secretary defends Trump’s ‘piggy’ insult

The White House issued a full-throated defense of Donald Trump’s reference to a Bloomberg News correspondent as a “piggy” on Thursday, claiming without evidence that the president “calls out fake news when he sees it and gets frustrated with reporters who spread false information”.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt made the remarks during a White House briefing, saying Trump was re-elected because of his bluntness and that members of the media should appreciate his willingness to answer their questions.
Related: Telling

Nvidia (NVDA) took its detractors to task during the company's Q3 earnings call on Wednesday, with both CEO Jensen Huang and CFO Colette Kress launching broadsides against investor concerns related to an AI bubble.
Huang didn't dance around the topic, immediately addressing it in his prepared statement and laying out why he believes Nvidia is uniquely positioned to continue leading the AI market.
"There's been a lot of talk about an AI bubble," Huang began his remarks. "From our vantage point, we see something very different. As a reminder, Nvidia is unlike any other accelerator. We excel at

When a wild wolf encounters a potential meal, its instinct is usually to pounce -- but researchers in western Canada have recorded at least one wolf taking a strikingly different approach.
The behavior captured on video in a remote part of British Columbia province shows a wolf completing multiple steps to retrieve a crab trap from deep water, sophisticated behavior researchers say marks "the first known potential tool use in wild wolves."
"I couldn't believe my eyes when we opened up that camera," said Kyle Artelle, an environmental biologist at the State University of New York.
The discov

Al Warda Investments, an investment arm under the Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC), sharply increased its exposure to Bitcoin in the third quarter, more than tripling its position in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT).
Key Takeaways:
Al Warda Investments boosted its IBIT holdings by 230%, lifting its Bitcoin ETF exposure to $517.6 million.
The move marks a strategic shift for ADIC, which rarely takes public positions in digital ***** ets.
Despite recent volatility and ETF outflows, ADIC says it now views Bitcoin as a long-term store of value alongside gold.

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