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Updated Dec. 20, 2025, 7:39 p.m. ET AI-assisted summary No one won the estimated $90 million jackpot in Friday night’s Mega Millions drawing. The winning numbers for the Dec. 19 drawing were 1, 11, 27, 39, 59, and the Mega Ball was 18. The next drawing will be on Tuesday, Dec. 23, for an estimated…

SALINE TWP., MI — Amid angry, screaming neighbors, national publicity and personal attacks, elected officials in a rural farming community south of Ann Arbor continue to face pushback against a difficult decision they had to make. The blowback is due to the Saline Township Board of Trustee’s decision to settle a lawsuit, which paved the…

Michaela Benthaus, a 33-year-old German aerospace and mechatronics engineer at the European Space Agency, just became the first wheelchair user ever to travel past the Kármán Line — a common demarcation for outer space that lies 100 kilometers (62 miles) above sea level. Her history-making trip aboard a Blue Origin New Shepard capsule took flight…

CYPRESS PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Immigrant rights advocates are sounding the alarm about a high-pitched noise they say is coming from machines installed outside the Home Depot in the Cypress Park area of Los Angeles. Day laborers say the machines were put in place to drive them away amid immigration raids at the store….

An artist’s rendering of Rocket Lab’s Tracking Layer Tranche 3 (TRKT3) program satellites, which are built on its Lightning satellite platform. Image: Rocket Lab The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded roughly $3.5 billion to four companies to begin building out the third generation of its low Earth orbit constellation. The SDA issued…

Saturday could be the day someone will win the fifth largest jackpot in Powerball history.  The jackpot leaped into the top five at $1.5 billion annuity or $689.3 million in cash after no one won in Wednesday’s drawing, according to the North Carolina Education Lottery. Other WRAL Top Stories The winning numbers for the Powerball…

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Minnesota jury awarded $65.5 million on Friday to a mother of three who claimed talcum products made by Johnson & Johnson exposed her to asbestos and contributed to her developing cancer in the lining of her lungs. Jurors determined that plaintiff Anna Jean Houghton Carley, 37, should be compensated by…

California could soon be running short of gasoline, potentially hiking some of the highest gas prices in the country. Refineries in the state have been closing for years with two more set to shutter soon: a Los Angeles-area refinery at the end of the month and a Bay Area one in April. Together, the two…

Adam Feuerstein is a senior writer and biotech columnist, reporting on the crossroads of drug development, business, Wall Street, and biotechnology. He is also a co-host of the weekly biotech podcast The Readout Loud and author of the newsletter Adam’s Biotech Scorecard. You can reach Adam on Signal at stataf.54. It took 27 years, but…

The Delaware Supreme Court has reinstated Elon Musk’s $56 billion Tesla pay package from 2018, overturning last year’s ruling by the state’s Chancery Court, according to an opinion published Friday. In a unanimous ruling, the judges on the highest court in Delaware said that canceling Musk’s package left him “uncompensated for his time and efforts…

Rocket Lab has won an $816 million contract — its largest to date — with the U.S. Space Development Agency as the company continues to diversify beyond its “rocket company” label. The company said Friday that its subsidiary, Rocket Lab USA, was awarded a prime contract by the Space Development Agency (SDA) to design and…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota jury awarded $65.5 million on Friday to a mother of three who claimed talcum products made by Johnson & Johnson exposed her to asbestos and contributed to her developing cancer in the lining of her lungs. Jurors determined that plaintiff Anna Jean Houghton Carley, 37, should be compensated…

In this article MA V Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Mustafa Hatipoglu | Anadolu | Getty Images Visa and Mastercard have agreed to pay a combined $167.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit accusing them of conspiring to keep ATM access fees artificially high. The proposed settlement was filed on Thursday in the…

Today, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice filed a statement of interest in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in the case of Davis et al. v. Hanna Holdings Inc. The lawsuit, brought by homebuyers, alleges that real-estate brokerages and their trade association, the National Association of Realtors, entered…

Rocket Lab’s largest contract to date solidifies its position as a disruptive force in national security space, redefining the speed and efficiency of satellite production and challenging legacy aerospace primes.  Long Beach, California. December 19, 2025 –  Rocket Lab USA, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”),…

Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Moneywise and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue through links in the content below. President Donald Trump has faced no shortage of criticism over his sweeping tariff policy — much of it focused on the risk of higher inflation. But the latest consumer price index report delivered a…

Ford is recalling more than 270,000 electric and hybrid vehicles in the U.S. because of a parking function problem that could lead to them rolling away. The Detroit automaker said that the recall includes certain 2022-2026 F-150 Lightning BEV, 2024-2026 Mustang Mach-E, and 2025-2026 Maverick vehicles. At issue is the integrated park module, which may…

The ousted chair of Ben & Jerry’s has accused the company which owns the brand of threatening to launch a public smear campaign against her. Anuradha Mittal, who chaired Ben & Jerry’s independent board for seven years, told the BBC that Magnum had threatened to publish “defamatory statements” about her if she did not step…

In summary For generations it’s been a near article of faith that homeownership beats out being a renter. In California in 2025, having a landlord has its perks. Welcome to CalMatters, the only nonprofit newsroom devoted solely to covering issues that affect all Californians. Sign up for WhatMatters to receive the latest news and commentary on the…

Please enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser or access the information through the links provided below. December 19, 2025 Federal Reserve Board requests public input on “payment account,” which eligible financial institutions could use for the limited purpose of clearing and settling their payments For release at 10:00 a.m. EST The Federal…

By Echo Wang, Joey Roulette and Milana Vinn NEW YORK, Dec 19 (Reuters) – Morgan Stanley is emerging as a leading contender for a key role in SpaceX’s blockbuster initial public offering, as the bank’s close ties to CEO Elon Musk give it an edge in his decision, according to three people familiar with the…

In a blog post, Instacart emphasized that it has admitted no wrongdoing and elected to settle to “move forward.” The app defended its “$0 delivery fees” claim by reminding customers that “we clearly and consistently distinguish delivery fees from service fees, which are always shown as a separate, itemized line.” Instacart also noted that subscribers…

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House December 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump delivered remarks on lowering prescription drug prices during the event. Alex Wong | Getty Images Several of the largest U.S. and European-based drugmakers inked deals with President Donald Trump on Friday to…

NOHO, Manhattan (WABC) — The MTA has unveiled its latest attempt to crack down on subway fare beaters, which includes a brand new design. We’ve all seen people jumping over the turnstiles to avoid paying, but it’s soon going to be more difficult for fare beaters to do that. The MTA has installed smart fare…

Members of American Airlines’ loyalty program will no longer earn miles or other travel rewards when purchasing a basic economy ticket.  People enrolled in the carrier’s AAdvantage program previously earned two miles and loyalty points for each dollar they spent on a regular fare. Now they will only earn points if they buy a more…

Utkarsh Amitabh says he definitely wasn’t in the market for a new job in January 2025, when data labeling startup micro1 approached him about joining its network of human experts who help companies train artificial intelligence models. The U.K.-based, 34-year-old entrepreneur already had a busy schedule as an author, university lecturer, founder and CEO of…

LOWERING DRUG PRICES FOR AMERICAN PATIENTS: Today, President Donald J. Trump announced nine new agreements with major pharmaceutical companies to lower prescription drug prices for Americans in line with the lowest prices paid by other developed nations (known as the most-favored-nation, or MFN, price). The nine manufacturers include Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Genentech,…

This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day: 1. Witching hour A trader works at his desk on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after the opening bell in New York on December…

Eve’s air taxi hovers above a runway on the aircraft’s first test flight that lasted about a minute An electric air taxi start-up spun off from Brazilian aerospace group Embraer has successfully flown a full-scale prototype of its vehicle for the first time, a key milestone in what marks the start of a year-long flight…

When OpenAI declared a “code red” this month to refocus its teams on competing with Google, I couldn’t help but think back to December three years ago when the companies’ roles were reversed. Google was the one blasting the sirens to catch up to OpenAI. What followed the next month, in January 2023, were the…

High home prices, stubbornly high mortgage rates and now less supply are all weighing on potential homebuyers. Sales of previously owned homes rose just 0.5% in November from October and were 1% lower than November 2024, according to the National Association of Realtors. Sales came in at an annualized rate of 4.13 million units. This…