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"Slop," which refers to creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content, has landed the title of Merriam-Webster's 2025 word of the year. CBS
Two people were killed and nine more were wounded in a shooting Saturday afternoon in a building on the campus of Brown University in Rhode Island, authorities said. CBS
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Travelers dealt with slowdowns at airports Sunday thanks to the arctic blast affecting parts of the country. CBS

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A new poll finds roughly half of Americans say they're finding it harder than usual to afford holiday gifts this year and 40% are having to dip into their savings. CBS
VOA VIEW: Tough times.
The Republican proposal does not include an extension to the expiring Affordable Care Act premium tax credits. CBS
VOA VIEW: Good!
The FDA sent 31 staffers to a Singapore conference during the shutdown, records show, raising questions of optics, spending and the agency's strained resources. CNBC
VOA VIEW: Makes no sense.
Russia's opposition made NATO membership unlikely for Ukraine, but it's a major policy shift to publicly abandon the goal. CNBC
VOA VIEW: Russia has done nothing to make a deal.
FBI disrupts credible terrorist threat, arresting four members of radical pro-Palestinian extremist group allegedly planning coordinated Los Angeles bombings. FOX News
VOA VIEW: They should be arrested.
Georgia death row inmate Stacey Humphreys requested a huge buffet-style last meal ahead of his execution for his 2003 double murder conviction. FOX News

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North Carolina Christmas tree farmers are ready for business to ramp back up after a hard holiday season in 2024 following Hurricane Helene's widespread devastation in the region. FOX News
VOA VIEW: Good luck.
Amid intense international diplomacy aimed at ending the war by year's end, the stakes were high as European leaders joined a summit in Berlin. UPI
VOA VIEW: A waste of tine.
A gunman who ambushed U.S. and Syrian soldiers, killing two American troops and a civilian interpreter near Palmyra Saturday, is thought to have been an Islamic State infiltrator working as part of local security. UPI
VOA VIEW: Time will tell.
The Powerball jackpot has risen to an estimated $1.1 billion after there was no winner in Saturday's drawing, among the largest prizes in the game's history. The next drawing is scheduled for Monday night. UPI

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Chileans elected a hard right candidate who has pledged to to build a border wall to deter migrants as president Sunday. UPI
VOA VIEW: Needed!
Twin giant pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei will leave a Tokyo, Japan, zoo in late January to go home to China, leaving Japan with no pandas. UPI

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      A car crash involving a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle in suburban Chicago escalated into a violent arrest caught on camera as a crowd taunted agents. The animals need to be arrested.

     The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Fox News Digital that the violent confrontation unfolded in Evanston, Illinois, after a suspect "aggressively tailgated" a Border Patrol vehicle and "grabbed the agent’s genitals and squeezed them." The incident quickly drew what officials described as a "hostile" crowd of onlookers, devolving into chaos.

     As federal agents took the driver of the civilian vehicle into custody, several bystanders confronted them, leading to one or two additional arrests, FOX 32 Chicago reported, citing the police. Video from the scene shows an agent wrestling a suspect to the ground and striking him multiple times as bystanders shouted profanity and tried to intervene, with one person attempting to pull an agent away. Another officer was seen raising what appeared to be a can of pepper spray to hold the crowd back, while the suspect could be heard saying that he could not breathe during the struggle.

     According to DHS, the Border Patrol vehicle had been "aggressively tailgated by a red vehicle." When agents attempted to make a U-turn, the sedan collided with their car. One of the suspects then "physically assaulted" an agent by kicking and targeting his groin, prompting the officer to deliver "defensive strikes."

"A hostile crowd then surrounded agents and their vehicle and began verbally abusing them and spitting on them," DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News Digital in a statement on Sunday. "One physically assaulted a Border Patrol agent and kicked an agent. As he was being arrested, he grabbed the [agent's] genitals and squeezed them. As you know this is an extremely painful experience for most human beings and justifies certain responses, the agent delivered several defensive strikes to the agitator to free his genitals from the agitator’s vice."