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  • FEDERAL OFFICIALS REPORT DISMANTLING OF INTERNATIONAL AI TECHNOLOGY SMUGGLING OPERATION

    WASHINGTON D.C., December 9th Federal authorities announced that they have taken down a complex smuggling network that, according to the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, was moving restricted American artificial intelligence components and advanced computing technology into channels tied to the People’s Republic of China. The announcement describes an operation that stretched across multiple agencies and…

  • SPACEX COMPLETES LAUNCH OF NROL-77 NATIONAL SECURITY PAYLOAD FOR U.S. GOVERNMENT

    CAPE CANAVERAL FLORIDA December 9th A classified national-security payload identified publicly as NROL-77 was launched from Cape Canaveral on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket according to official statements and federal regulatory records. The mission, contracted for the NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE, was confirmed through the federal launch listings required for commercial providers and through the public…

  • EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FORMALLY ENDS SAVE REPAYMENT PLAN AFTER COURT VACATES RULE

    WASHINGTON, D.C., December 9th The U.S. Department of Education has formally ended the SAVE Plan, the income-driven repayment program introduced in 2023, after a series of federal court decisions vacated the rule and left the Department without legal authority to continue it. The announcement marks the complete shutdown of SAVE as an active repayment option,…

  • WOMAN ACCUSED OF POSING AS HEIRESS AND DEFRAUDING BANKS OF NEARLY 30 MILLION DOLLARS, FBI SAYS

    SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA December 9th Federal investigators say a fugitive former television executive is at the center of a long running bank fraud case that allegedly drew nearly 30 million dollars from lenders in Southern California through a story about a secret family fortune and an aerospace legacy. According to the FBI, federal charges filed…

  • KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY SHOOTING LEAVES ONE DEAD AND ONE IN CRITICAL CONDITION AS POLICE CONFIRM SUSPECT IN CUSTODY

    FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY, December 9th Authorities in Frankfort have confirmed that one individual is deceased and another remains in critical condition following a shooting on the campus of Kentucky State University on Tuesday afternoon. The information comes directly from the FRANKFORT POLICE DEPARTMENT, which issued an official statement detailing the timeline of events and the actions…

  • AUSTRALIA ENACTS WORLD-FIRST UNDER-16 SOCIAL MEDIA RESTRICTION AS NATIONAL LAW TAKES EFFECT

    SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, December 9th Australia has brought into force a national restriction that prevents children under 16 from holding accounts on major social media platforms, under a framework the government describes as a world-first among democratic nations. The policy is established in the ONLINE SAFETY AMENDMENT SOCIAL MEDIA MINIMUM AGE ACT 2024, which amends the…

  • Why Me Lord?

    Buckhannon WV, December 9th If failure disqualified people the Bible would be 3 pages long; Peter denied Jesus with cussing: Jesus didn’t fire him, he made him a Shepherd (John 21:15-19); Paul LITERALLY murdered Christians: Jesus said, ‘He is my chosen instrument’ (Acts 9:15); David committed adultery and murder: God still called him ‘a man…

  • Spencer Public Records Show Multi-Layered Infrastructure And Redevelopment Efforts Advancing Through City, State And Federal Channels

    SPENCER, WEST VIRGINIA, December 9th Public filings from the City of Spencer and formal records issued through state and federal programs provide a detailed picture of the infrastructure activity now moving through the city’s administrative and development pipeline. Appalachian Post conducted a direct review of the underlying documents, relying entirely upon the City of Spencer…

  • This Day in History: When Belisarius Brought Rome Back to the Romans

    BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA, December 9th, 2025 On December 9th, 536, the eastern Roman general Flavius Belisarius rode through the Asinarian Gate of Rome at the head of a relatively small imperial army, taking the city without a street-by-street fight and restoring it to direct Roman rule for the first time in about sixty years. Our…

  • NHL MONDAY ROUNDUP: GIBSON’S SHUTOUT, HILDEBY’S DEBUT BLANK AND KADRI’S THREE POINTS HEADLINE BUSY NIGHT

    NEW YORK, NY, December 9th, 2025: Detroit’s new goaltender turned Monday into his own showcase in Vancouver, Toronto’s young netminder delivered a debut shutout at home, and Calgary, Minnesota and Los Angeles all stacked statement wins as the league closed out the night with five decisive results. John Gibson backstopped the Detroit Red Wings to…