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11:41 AM on Thursday, December 11

The former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch is facing a court hearing to determine whether he’s competent to stand trial for alleged sex trafficking after being hospitalized for dementia and Alzheimer’s symptoms

11:31 AM on Thursday, December 11

The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission has approved licenses for dispensaries

11:14 AM on Thursday, December 11

US sanctions 3 nephews of Venezuelan President Maduro as Trump further ramps up pressure on South American nation

11:10 AM on Thursday, December 11

Two California colleges have settled complaints alleging antisemitism arising from pro-Palestinian campus protests

10:59 AM on Thursday, December 11

Measles outbreaks in South Carolina and on the Arizona-Utah border are growing

10:29 AM on Thursday, December 11

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is proposing changes to the Financial Stability Oversight Council

10:21 AM on Thursday, December 11

Fernando Mendoza was named Associated Press player of the year after leading unbeaten and top-ranked Indiana to its first Big Ten championship since 1967 and the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff

10:04 AM on Thursday, December 11

Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies, all but guaranteeing higher costs in 2026 for millions on ACA plans

9:41 AM on Thursday, December 11

The U.N.'s cultural agency has listed Switzerland’s long-celebrated yodeling among 67 traditions honored its list of intangible cultural heritage

9:14 AM on Thursday, December 11

Accompanying Time’s annual person of the year selection Thursday is a magazine cover that resembles the “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper” photograph from the 1930s showing eight of the “Architects of AI” sitting on the beam

9:05 AM on Thursday, December 11

Tennessee executes Harold Wayne Nichols by lethal injection for the 1988 rape and murder of college student Karen Pulley

8:06 AM on Thursday, December 11

PEN America and Bard College have started a digital platform, Kronika, designed to preserve the journalism of independent news outlets that have been closed or threatened by authoritarian governments

8:05 AM on Thursday, December 11

María Corina Machado has become a Nobel Peace Prize laureate for her efforts against Venezuela's ruling party

8:02 AM on Thursday, December 11

Mike Lindell, the fervent supporter of President Donald Trump known to TV viewers as the “MyPillow Guy,” says he’s running for Minnesota governor in 2026

2:40 AM on Thursday, December 11

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says “decisive” actions by the United States, including the seizure of an oil tanker, have left the repressive government of President Nicolás Maduro at its weakest point

1:41 AM on Thursday, December 11

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says negotiators are tackling territorial issues in U.S.-led peace talks with Russia

9:12 PM on Wednesday, December 10

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee are clashing over President Donald Trump’s use of the National Guard in American cities

9:01 PM on Wednesday, December 10

The “Architects of AI” were named Time magazine’s person of the year for 2025

1:56 PM on Wednesday, December 10

Sherrone Moore is being held in jail while police investigate the situation that led to his arrest hours after the once-promising coach was fired at Michigan for what the school said was an inappropriate relationship with a staff member

2:29 AM on Wednesday, December 10

Italian food is known and loved around the world for its fresh ingredients and palate-pleasing tastes, but the U.N.’s cultural agency is giving foodies another reason to celebrate their pizza, pasta and tiramisu by listing Italian cooking as part of the world’s “intangible” cultural heritage