News for December 14, 2025

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs will miss the playoffs for the first time in his career after a loss to the Los Angeles Chargers ended their postseason hopes.

Disney’s “Zootopia 2” returned to No. 1 at the box office and passed $1 billion in worldwide ticket sales, while Blumhouse Productions’ “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” fell sharply in its second weekend.

President Donald Trump is weighing a plan to move marijuana to Schedule III, a change that could ease taxes and research rules but would not fully legalize cannabis.

President Donald Trump said the U.S. would retaliate after a gunman killed two American soldiers in Syria, with sources saying the attacker may have been an Islamic State infiltrator inside a local security force.

María Corina Machado said she fully backs President Trump’s pressure campaign on Venezuela and believes Nicolás Maduro’s rule is close to ending.

Holiday movie fans are flocking to Connecticut film sites as Hallmark and similar networks keep making more made-for-TV Christmas romances.

Zelenskyy met with U.S. envoys to discuss ending the war with Russia, while rejecting land concessions but saying Ukraine could give up its NATO bid for strong security guarantees.

A new NBC News poll shows most Americans are happy with their health insurance, but many also say they have faced denied or delayed care, adding pressure to the health care debate facing Democrats and Republicans.

New evidence showed that Rod Metzer staged a violent attack on his ex-wife Morgan Metzer in Georgia, leading to a guilty plea and a 70-year sentence.

John Cena ended his WWE career with his final match in Washington, closing out a 24-year run as one of wrestling’s biggest stars.

A shooting at Brown University in Providence killed two people, injured nine others, and led to a campus and neighborhood lockdown before police lifted the shelter-in-place order.

The Trump administration is ending Temporary Protected Status for Ethiopians, leaving many in Colorado worried they must leave the U.S. within 60 days.