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- Florida executes man convicted of killing airman and girlfriend in 1987 home invasion December 19, 2025Florida executes Frank Walls for double murder conviction, marking the state's record 19th execution this year - more than any other state.
- Former Alabama football star AJ McCarron ends statewide political bid to take UFL head coaching role December 19, 2025Skip Holtz stepped down after a four-year run coaching the UFL’s Birmingham Stallions. On Thursday, the team named three-time BCS champion AJ McCarron as the franchise's next coach.
- Controversy grows as California forces schools to switch to athletics league that lets males in girls sports December 19, 2025Tahoe Truckee school district must switch to a California sports league, creating winter weather travel dangers through Donner Pass that Rep. Kevin Kiley calls unsafe.
- California Democratic candidate uses wrong photo for Rep Jasmine Crockett's congressional endorsement December 19, 2025California candidate Esther Kim Varet's campaign used the wrong photo for an endorsement announcement, sparking a racial controversy in a competitive House race.
- Cardi B praises life in Saudi Arabia for cleanliness and lack of homelessness, unlike 'ghetto' America December 19, 2025Cardi B praised Saudi Arabia for its cleanliness and lack of homelessness while calling America "ghetto" and expressing declining feelings about her home country.