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France grants citizenship to George and Amal Clooney and their twins Ella and Alexander 12/30/2025 12:22pm • PARIS (AP) — Call them Monsieur and Madame Clooney. France’s government says that George Clooney, his wife Amal and their twins Ella and Alexander have been awarded French citizenship. The naturalizations of the Kentucky-born star of the “Ocean's” series of heist movies and his family were The legendary Warren Buffett steps back this week and Berkshire Hathaway enters a new era 12/30/2025 11:07am • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Greg Abel faces the challenge of taking over Berkshire Hathaway from the legendary Warren Buffett later this week. 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There's the giant cheese AP sources: In 'Nassar 2.0,' Olympics watchdog failed to close abuse case against gymnastics coach 12/30/2025 08:15am • DENVER (AP) — Young gymnasts and their parents started raising red flags about a coach as far back as 2017 — the same year a watchdog agency was created in the wake of the Larry Nassar sexual-abuse scandal that nearly eviscerated USA Gymnastics and damaged the country's entire Olympic movement. New 2026 laws are among the first of their kind to tackle climate change, drunken driving 12/30/2025 07:09am • Tourists celebrating the new year in Hawaii could become the first to be taxed to address the consequences of climate change. In Utah, people who party too heartily — and get caught driving drunk — could be among the first to have their driver's licenses striped red with the label: “No Alcoho New Year's Day 2026: Check out what's open and closed in the DC area 12/30/2025 06:17am • It's the time of year to celebrate the transition from 2025 to 2026. With that, there will be closures for the D.C. region for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Transit and travel Metro announced that Metrorail will operate on a regular weekday schedule and run until 2 a.m. on New Year's Eve, 15 superb soups and stews worth slurping in the DC area this winter 12/30/2025 05:13am • As winter settles over the D.C. region, the brisk chill of the air may bring forth a longing for one specific dish. 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