College Football Playoff Teams Decided
By Shaw Gordon
This is only the second year that we have seen the College Football playoffs expand to 12 teams. The way it works is, the committee decides the four best teams; then they all get first-round byes. Then they decide the remaining eight teams’ positions. The major catch is that there must be 5 conference champion winners in the bracket. This year, the four teams that received byes were #1 Indiana, #2 Ohio State, #3 Georgia, and #4 Texas Tech. The first round matchups include #5 Oregon vs. #12 James Madison University, champs of the Sun Belt Conference. More matchups include #9 Alabama vs. #8 Oklahoma, #11 Tulane vs. #6 Ole Miss, and #7 Texas A&M vs. #10 Miami. While teams like JMU and Tulane snuck in, fans were surprised by the fact that the 3-loss team, Alabama, was still in, but how 10-win team Notre Dame, or ACC conference champs Duke, were left out. Even with all the changes and discombobulations, college football is still worth watching.
Henri Matisse Art Stolen From Library in São Paulo
By Alex Piazza
On Sunday, Dec. 7, two armed men walked into Biblioteca Mário de Andrade and walked out with 13 artworks, eight of which were engravings done by Henri Matisse. Officials say the men were armed and left with the artworks on foot. Officials say they have identified one of the two robbers and have located their getaway car.
Netflix Buys Warner Brothers Studios
By Trey Voegtlin
On Dec. 5, 2025, Netflix purchased Warner Brothers Studios (along with HBO), in a $72 Billion equity deal. Following this deal, several counter-bids and lawsuits have been filed towards Netflix for threats against competition between video media services and subscriptions. President Donald Trump has already appealed the purchase, and Paramount Skydance has counter-bid for 108 Billion, stirring up debates regarding the purchase and impending lawsuits.
P. Diddy Documentary — Netflix
By Tatum Trammell
On Dec. 2, Netflix released “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” a new, 4 episode documentary surrounding the background and infamous behavior of former record producer and executive, Sean Combs, widely known as Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, or Diddy. The docuseries accumulated over 20 million views within the first week of its release. It aired on Netflix, and immediately became the most viewed TV show on Netflix. This new documentary has been executive produced by rapper 50 Cent. Many viewers have highlighted 50 Cent’s behavior as “beautifully petty” and labeled him as the “world’s best hater,” because of his ability to capture and expose Combs’ scandals in the most blatant way. Following the release of the docuseries, 50 Cent has done interviews talking about the documentary with one of the biggest smiles while making sarcastic comments. The documentary highlights P. Diddy’s early life, victims, causes and effects and his unthinkable misconduct. From his early life to his 50-month sentence, “Sean Combs: The Reckoning” exposes the many secrets of Diddy.
Thailand launches airstrikes at the Cambodian border
By Kaden Bruton
On Dec. 8, Thailand launched airstrikes at a disputed border with Cambodia. These airstrikes occurred after fighting broke out Monday morning, ending the ceasefire that started in July. Both countries accused the other of initiating violence; according to Thailand, Cambodia started the clashes. Cambodia claimed that the Thai initiated the dawn attacks and that the Cambodian military did not immediately retaliate. Through this ordeal, Thailand says at least one of their soldiers has been killed, while several more are wounded.
World Cup Draw
By Brett Schlossberg
This Friday, Dec. 5th, the draw for the group stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup took place at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. The draw began with President Donald Trump being awarded the first ever FIFA Peace Prize, in which he received a medal and trophy from FIFA President Gianni Infantino. Following the award presentation, Trump was joined by Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaum and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to draw their respective nations and place them into their respective pre-selected groups (Mexico in Group A, Canada in Group B, USA in Group D).
