- Maryland to study slavery reparations after lawmakers override Dem governor's veto December 17, 2025Maryland legislature overrides Gov. Wes Moore's veto to create reparations commission studying slavery's legacy and racial discrimination impacts.
- Trump stays on sidelines as GOP falters in push to unite on healthcare plan December 17, 2025Republicans have two weeks to decide on Obamacare subsidies affecting 24 million enrollees, while President Donald Trump takes a hands-off legislative approach.
- Trump targets Maduro as Western Hemisphere becomes ‘first line of defense’ in new strategy December 17, 2025Trump administration's new National Security Strategy elevates Western Hemisphere as security priority, targeting Venezuela crisis and instability.
- Neighbors of slain MIT professor stunned by killing December 17, 2025MIT professor Nuno Loureiro was shot to death at his Brookline apartment Monday night, prompting a homicide investigation with no suspects named yet.
- Brown University shooting probe faces hurdles after campus empties out as witnesses scatter: former FBI agent December 17, 2025Ella Cook and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov were killed in a shooting at Brown University. School officials sent students home amid the manhunt for the shooter.
- Tara Reid's disputed drink-tampering claim leads experts to warn against 'ill intentions' of strangers December 17, 2025Actress Tara Reid was reportedly drugged at an Illinois hotel bar, prompting experts to share drink-tampering prevention tips and safety products for the holidays.