Celebrities
'General Hospital' star Genie Francis remembers late co-star Anthony Geary
By ABC News ・ Dec 16, 2025
"General Hospital" actress Genie Francis is remembering her late co-star Anthony Geary, who died Sun...
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Medicine
Holiday heart attacks rise as doctors share hidden triggers, prevention tips
By AOL.com ・ Dec 16, 2025
The holidays are known to be a source of stress, between traveling, preparing for family gatherings...
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Virtual Reality
Awesome Action; a No-Longer-New Vision
By Variety ・ Dec 16, 2025
For 16 years, James Cameron has sustained the excitement surrounding the “Avatar” franchise. When a...
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Movie Review: Wonder and war in ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’
By AP News ・ Dec 16, 2025
When I came down with a cold the day after I saw the third and latest “Avatar” film, “Fire and Ash,”...
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Movie
James Cameron's Epic Bigger Than Ever
By Deadline ・ Dec 16, 2025
The original 2009 Avatar sits on top of the box office heap having made $2.9 billion, nominated for...
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Software
Rising memory costs are about to test buyers' patience
By theregister.com ・ Dec 16, 2025
AI-nflation The smartphone industry's brief bounce back now looks set to run straight into a wall, w...
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Economy
Payrolls rose by 64,000 after falling by 105,000 in October
By CNBC ・ Dec 16, 2025
Nonfarm payrolls grew slightly more than expected in November but slumped in October while unemploym...
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Mobile
Starting 5: Emirates NBA Cup Championship night is here
By NBA ・ Dec 16, 2025
It all comes down to this. Spurs. Knicks. The Emirates NBA Cup Championship. Tonight in Vegas (8:30...
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Jobs
Water levels across the Great Lakes are falling - just as US data centers move in
By The Guardian ・ Dec 16, 2025
The sign outside Tom Hermes’s farmyard in Perkins Township in Ohio, a short drive south of the shore...
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Movie
Nick Reiner arrested; Brown shooting; Bondi Beach : NPR
By NPR ・ Dec 16, 2025
Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inb...
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Environment
The Kraft Heinz Company Names Steve Cahillane Chief Executive Officer
By Business Wire ・ Dec 16, 2025
PITTSBURGH & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Kraft Heinz Company (Nasdaq: KHC) (“Kraft Heinz” or the “...
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Software
Galaxy Watch 4 gets One UI 8 Watch with Wear OS 6
By 9to5Google ・ Dec 16, 2025
Samsung is now rolling out One UI 8 Watch, its Wear OS 6 update, to the Galaxy Watch 4 series in wha...
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Music
Joe Ely, who influenced a generation of songwriters with his music, dies at 78
By Texas Public Radio | TPR ・ Dec 16, 2025
Texas songwriter Joe Ely, whose career took him from the dusty and flat landscape of the Texas Panha...
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Economy
The Warner Bros. Curse
By NPR ・ Dec 16, 2025
Netflix and Paramount are in One Big Battle After Another to buy the storied Hollywood studio Warner...
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Economy
Shares are mostly lower in Europe and Asia ahead of US jobs and inflation reports
By ABC News ・ Dec 16, 2025
BANGKOK -- Shares retreated Tuesday in Europe and Asia ahead of the release of U.S. employment and i...
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Markets
Duke Tobin, Zac Taylor and Al Golden: Insight on who might stay, go with Bengals
By The New York Times ・ Dec 16, 2025
CINCINNATI — Sunday went about as badly as a single day can go for a pro sports organization. Let us...
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Physics
As Brown University shooting manhunt continues, FBI offers reward for info leading to conviction
By ABC News ・ Dec 16, 2025
The FBI issued a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the...
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Trump sues BBC for $10 billion, accusing it of defamation
By AP News ・ Dec 16, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $10 billion in damages from...
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World shares mostly retreat ahead of US jobs report
By AP News ・ Dec 16, 2025
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares retreated Tuesday in Europe and Asia ahead of the release of U.S. employment a...
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Art
Tuan Andrew Nguyen Wins High Line Commission
By The New York Times ・ Dec 16, 2025
A 27-foot-tall standing Buddha, hewed in sandstone as a symbol of peace and resilience by the artist...
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Economy
Jobs reports to finally lift fog on U.S. labor market
By NBC News ・ Dec 16, 2025
An answer is finally coming to a question that economists, consumers and even the chair of the Feder...
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TV
The Best True Crime of 2025: ‘Predators” and More
By The New York Times ・ Dec 16, 2025
In July, I shared my picks for the best true crime so far in 2025. To close out the year, here are f...
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Economy
How do chain restaurants offer unlimited pasta in this economy? : NPR
By NPR ・ Dec 16, 2025
Affordable, familiar and reassuring are the features that make American chain restaurants a near-ubi...
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Mental Health
Republicans divided on Trump's policy toward Afghan immigrants : NPR
By NPR ・ Dec 16, 2025
Some Republicans in Congress are splitting from the Trump administration over its crackdown on legal...
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Music
Trump's allies and critics push back against his online post disparaging Rob Reiner
By NPR ・ Dec 16, 2025
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: President Trump made Rob Reiner's death all about President Trump. The presiden...
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Jobs
EU poised to water down 2035 ban on new diesel, gasoline cars
By CNBC ・ Dec 16, 2025
The European Union on Tuesday is expected to water down its effective ban on sales of new combustion...
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Space
Ukraine updates: Europe creates a commission for war damages
By DW ・ Dec 16, 2025
ConflictsUkraine Ukraine updates: Europe creates a commission for war damages Louis Oelofse | Dharvi...
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Markets
CNBC Daily Open: AI infrastructure stocks are taking a beating
By CNBC ・ Dec 16, 2025
U.S. stocks of late have been shaky as investors turn away from artificial intelligence shares, espe...
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TV
'General Hospital' star Anthony Geary dies at 78 : NPR
By NPR ・ Dec 16, 2025
Anthony Geary, who rose to fame in the 1970s and '80s as half the daytime TV super couple Luke and L...
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TV
Trump sues BBC for $10 billion, accusing it of defamation : NPR
By NPR ・ Dec 16, 2025
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $10 billion in damages from the B...
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