Amy Gladwell and Charlotte CoxBBC South West Investigations
Joyce Gifford says she still has trouble sleeping due to the stress it has caused
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Homeowners claim their names were removed from the deeds of their homes without them realising.

BBC News

'Putting our home in a trust was a legal nightmare' - BBC

Moon alert
Avoid shopping (except food and gas) and big decisions from 9:15 to 10:55 p.m. Chicago time. The new moon peaks at 7:43 p.m. CST. After that, it moves from Sagittarius into Capricorn.
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Horoscope for Friday, December 19, 2025 - Chicago Sun-Times

TikTok Creator of the Year 2025 Keith Lee pictured on the red carpet alongside his wife Ronni
Keith Lee has won Creator of the Year at the inaugural TikTok Awards in the US.
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Actress La La Anthony hosted the inaugural awards show in the US, which took place at the Hollywood Palladium.

Keith Lee takes top prize at first TikTok Awards in US - BBC

At last, the moment weve been waiting for: One-half of the canoodlingColdplay couple speaks. In interviews with the Times and the New York Times published Thursday, Kristin Cabot recapped the moment … [+2104 chars]

Kristin Cabot, who was famously caught canoodling with her boss on Coldplay’s concert camera, says she ‘took accountability’ for what happened. She also blames High Noons.

The Cut

Kristin Cabot Is Ready to Talk About That Coldplay Concert - thecut.com

Former KENS 5 TV personality Savannah Louie wins "Survivor" Season 49. In the finale, the last contestants standing competed for an advantage in the final immunity challenge.
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Former KENS 5 reporter and correspondent Savannah Louie is the second "Survivor" winner to come from the San Antonio TV station.

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Locally loved San Antonio TV station keeps producing reality TV winners - MySA

The Curran Theatre has been sold to the San Francisco Giants.
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San Franciscos Curran Theatre has a new owner: the San Francisco Giants.
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Speaking to the Chronicle by phone, Giants President and CEO Larry Baer said, “We’re in the live entertainment business.”

San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco Giants buy historic Curran Theatre - San Francisco Chronicle

Amid a 'generational opportunity' in fixed income, BlackRock recently launched an ETF that it says has the most comprehensive exposure to the market ever.

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Why BlackRock thinks the time is right for a more 'modernized' exposure to bonds - CNBC

BUCHAREST, Romania -- American rapper Wiz Khalifa was sentenced by a court in Romania on Thursday to nine months in jail for drug possession, more than a year after he took part in a music festival i… [+1431 chars]

A court in Romania has sentenced American rapper Wiz Khalifa to nine months in jail on drug possession charges

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Romanian court sentences US rapper Wiz Khalifa to 9 months for drug possession - ABC News

Actor Lucy Liu says she's forgotten a lot of her childhood. "I think it's probably because it was a lot of trauma of not feeling like you belonged, or wanting to seem like everything was perfectly no… [+5905 chars]

The child of Chinese immigrants, Liu didn't learn English until she was 5. She plays a terminally ill woman grappling with her teenage son's mental health crisis in Rosemead.

Lucy Liu on 'Rosemead,' rejection and returning to Mandarin - NPR

Meet SpongeBob and his friends
If youre a obsessed dedicated fan, like me, you know that SpongeBob is nothing without his friends, like Patrick and Squidward plus many more fantastic, scary, funny, … [+1006 chars]

SpongeBob SquarePants is returning to Minecraft! Grab your spatula and get hyped up on Goofy Goober Sundaes as SpongeBob SquarePants Biomes is coming!

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SpongeBob SquarePants Biomes - Minecraft

How much attention did you pay to what happened in the world over the past seven days?

BBC News quiz of the week: Why has Charlotte Church given up deodorant? - BBC

A huge chart record has fallen: Mariah Carey's 1994 holiday staple "All I Want for Christmas Is You" now holds the all-time record for most weeks at No. 1, with 20. Elsewhere on the charts, Ariana Gr… [+4970 chars]

With Carey's enduring Christmas hit, we may be looking at a record that borders on the untouchable.

Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ breaks an all-time chart record - NPR

Tom Cruise has unveiled Digger as the title for his upcoming movie with director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, along with the poster on his X account, while Warner Bros. released a short teaser.
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Warner Bros. also released a teaser for the upcoming comedy film set for an Oct. 2026 theatrical release and to star Cruise as Digger Rockwell, and alongside Sandra Hüller, Jesse Plemons and John Goodman.

Hollywood Reporter

Tom Cruise Shares Title, Poster for Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s ‘Digger’ - The Hollywood Reporter

Dropping the first two episodes of her Disney+ docuseries the day before her birthday apparently wasnt enough of a gift from Taylor Swift to her fans.
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Apparently dropping the first two episodes of her Disney+ docuseries the day before her birthday wasn’t enough of a gift from Taylor Swift to her fans.

Taylor Swift gives an ‘early gift’ to fans this holiday season - CNN

Interested in teaching the younger generation about those things called "books"? Have little (or not-so-little) ones who are ready to broaden their reading horizons? Below you can find tried-and-true… [+10773 chars]

If you have kids in your life who are ready to broaden their book horizons we have recommendations for you! Here you'll find tried-and-true picture books, chapter books, and YA, all published in 2025.

From toddlers to teens, here's your one-stop shop for young readers - NPR

Guy Ritchie‘s re-imagining of Sherlock Holmes has its first teaser trailer. 
Prime Video’s upcoming Young Sherlock stars Hero Fiennes Tiffin (After) as a youthful Holmes enrolled at the University o… [+1450 chars]

Hero Fiennes Tiffin stars as a youthful version of Holmes in the new series that chronicles the detective’s origin story.

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