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1+ min ago (607+ words) Written & Edited byOihyun Kim US-listed spot XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have recorded one month of consecutive net inflows since their November 13 debut, setting them apart from Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs that experienced billions in outflows over the same period. The milestone marks a turning point for XRP, which was excluded from traditional investment vehicles for years due to regulatory uncertainty surrounding Ripple's legal battle with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Now, with spot ETFs lifting that barrier, institutional capital is flowing into the asset at a pace that has surprised even bullish observers. According to SoSoValue data, XRP spot ETFs have attracted fresh capital every trading session since launch, lifting cumulative net inflows to approximately $990.9 million as of December 12. Total net assets across the five products climbed to about $1.18 billion, with no single day of net redemptions recorded. The…...

1+ min ago (474+ words) Devon Dorris has experienced some battles on the visiting sideline at Joe Golding Field. Now he relishes the opportunity to support the home teams at the same stadium with a field bearing the name of his most notable predecessor. Dorris was unanimously approved as Wichita Falls ISD's athletic director at a school board meeting Monday, coming to WFISD after a 26-year coaching career, including 23 seasons at Azle High School. More: Midwestern State welcomes Wichita Falls community to join in men's soccer celebration "I've really enjoyed the journey along the way to reaching this point in my career," Dorris said. "I know the longstanding traditions this athletic program has had, and I really think it's that knowledge that attracted me to this job. "I have a lot of respect for this district, and the guys who came before me in this…...

1+ min ago (172+ words) GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) -Colorado's recycling programs will see major changes this summer when a new statewide Producer Responsibility Program takes effect. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment approved the program, which shifts recycling costs from residents and local governments to companies that produce packaging. The program was signed into law in 2022 and is set to go into effect by June 2026. CDPHE officials said the program will make recycling services available for free to people who already have access. The program will also expand recycling access to areas where it is not currently available. "There'll be much more participation when you're offering a service at no cost," said Wolf Kray, materials management unit leader at CDPHE. "And it allows the other folks, both local governments and service providers, to use their costs for other eligible important services." CDPHE…...

1+ min ago (411+ words) After his wife's slaying Herman Williams lost his two young children and spent 28 years in prison. The murder case remains unsolved. He later reconnected with his grown children. In 1993, 29-year-old Herman Williams, a decorated Navy veteran who served two tours in the Gulf War, was convicted by a Lake County jury of killing his ex-wife despite maintaining his innocence. Nearly three decades later, Williams, of Gurnee, was exonerated and released from prison. On Monday, he was awarded a $13 million settlement through a civil federal lawsuit he brought two years ago. According to his attorneys, Williams' conviction was the result of a "fabricated confession, manufactured and concealed evidence, and false testimony by law enforcement, public servants who had abandoned their professional and ethical obligations in order to close the case and advance their careers." In 1993, Herman and Penny shared two young…...

2+ min ago (556+ words) Corb Lund says he is disappointed, but is vowing to continue his fight against coal mining in the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. In early December, Lund was told his petition demanding the province pass a law banning coal mining on the eastern slopes had been approved by Elections Alberta, giving him the go-ahead to start collecting signatures. But just days later,the UCP government passed Bill 14, which made changes to the citizen petition process, and Lund was told his petition was no longer valid and he'd need to resubmit it. Canadian country music star Corb Lund is a sixth-generation Albertan who lives in the Taber area, downstream from the headwaters of the Old Man River, where some of the new coal mines could be located. "I'm not sure legally how that works, how you can retroactively cancel something…...

2+ min ago (531+ words) The beloved Australian actor died on 7 December after a battle with chronic illness McLeod's Daughters and Home and Away actor Rachael Carpani has died, aged 45, her family has announced. A statement from her parents, shared by her sister on Instagram on Monday, said that the actor had "unexpectedly but peacefully passed away after a long battle with chronic illness in the early hours of Sunday 7th December. Her exact cause of death was not made public. Carpani was best known for her role as Jodi Fountain on the long-running Australian TV series McLeod's Daughters, for which she was nominated for two Logie awards. More recently, she joined the cast of Home and Away, playing mysterious Summer Bay newcomer Claudia Salini. McLeod's Daughters star Bridie Carter posted an emotional tribute to her former co-star after the news broke on Monday, describing her…...

3+ min ago (486+ words) Home " Day of Reconciliation: What it is, when it is " and other facts While 16 December has become a much-anticipated public holiday in South Africa in modern times, the day is steeped in historical significance dating as far back as the 1800s. It is significant because of two significant historical events. The first of these was in 1838, when the Battle of Blood River took place between the Voortrekkers and the Zulus. The Voortrekkers, having moved into the interior of South Africa during the'Great Trek, were eager to settle on land. The region that they intended to settle on was already inhabited by the Zulu people. Thus the Voortrekker leader, Piet Retief'was eager to negotiate with the Zulu'chief Dingane. Having misunderstood Retief's intentions, Dingane planned an ambush and murdered Retief and his party of 100 people. This act culminated in the Battle of Blood…...

3+ min ago (389+ words) OCEANSIDE, Calif. (KGTV) " Monday was the start of an annual tradition at Surfside Educational Academy up in Oceanside." "It means a lot to be able to do something like this for our kids and for them to be able to come in and shop for themselves and their family, and there's no charge," Felicia Andrade, Campus Supervision for Surfside Educational Academy, said. With it being time for the holidays, and people are scrambling to go get those gifts, the school is doing an annual holiday pop-up shop for their students to have a chance to do their holiday shopping for free." "We've been here seven years, I think. We just couldn't do it during COVID. But yes, we've been doing it for quite some time," Andrade said. "I've been here since I was a freshman, and every year that I've…...

3+ min ago (792+ words) SAN ANTONIO " The terrifying mass shooting at an Australian Hanukkah celebration is hitting close to home for two Texas rabbis, one of them in San Antonio. Rabbi Menachem Lazaroff works at the Chabad Jewish Center at Texas A&M University. His 20-year-old brother, Leibel, helped organize the big Hanukkah event on Bondi Beach where two shooters opened fire into the crowd, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens more. "He was hit twice, once in the leg, once in the abdomen," Lazaroff said. "He's in the ICU, critical condition. He's stable. The doctors are optimistic. He just had another surgery, removing more shrapnel. There's damage to the liver and the ribs and different tissue around there." Lazaroff said the rabbi his brother was working for, Rabbi Eli Schlanger, was one of the people murdered at the event. Rabbi Chaim Block…...

4+ min ago (622+ words) Business Korea, UK seal upgraded free trade deal easing auto export rules Published : Dec. 16, 2025 - 14:50:53 South Korea and the United Kingdom have concluded negotiations on an upgraded free trade agreement, easing rules of origin for Korean automobiles and consumer goods exports to the UK, while expanding market access for Korean firms in Britain's high-speed rail and services sectors. Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources said Tuesday that Minister Yeo Han-koo and his UK counterpart, Chris Bryant, met in London a day earlier and jointly signed the deal, concluding two years of negotiations. The agreement builds on the bilateral free trade pact in effect since 2021, following Britain's exit from the bloc, largely modeled on the European Union-South Korea free trade agreement signed in 2011. Since then, the two sides have held six rounds of negotiations and five ministerial meetings to upgrade the…...