December 25, 2025

Meanwhile. . .

ABC News - A federal judge’s ruling has cleared the way for Hawaii to include cruise ship passengers in a new tourist tax to help cope with climate change, a levy set to go into effect at the start of 2026. 

NY Times On Christmas Eve, one Powerball ticket in Arkansas delivered a gift worth $1.817 billion. A single ticket sold in Arkansas matched all six numbers in Wednesday night’s drawing, winning the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever, lottery officials said. The jackpot run had stretched to a record 47 drawings, officials said. The winning ticket was sold at a Murphy USA gas station in Cabot, Ark., lottery officials told The Associated Press.  

The global reindeer (caribou) population has plunged about 67% in three decades, falling from roughly 5.5 million to 1.88 million, according to NOAA's Arctic Report Card.  

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