- Purdue to require AI competency for all undergrads as universities race to adapt December 17, 2025New Purdue AI requirement teaches students to understand artificial intelligence capabilities, limitations, and practical decision-making applications.
- Winter Olympics venue near site of 20,000 dinosaur footprints, officials say December 17, 2025A wildlife photographer stumbled upon the discovery of a lifetime near the site of where a Winter Olympic event will be held in just a few weeks.
- 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.