Churches across the U.S. and abroad are quietly experimenting with AI-generated Christmas content, from Nativity visuals and kids' lessons to full Christmas Eve sermons.
Why it matters: Christmas services draw some of the year's largest crowds, and churches' growing reliance on AI raises questions about authenticity, reverence, and whether algorithms can handle the faith's deepest themes.
Indiana Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza has won the Heisman Trophy, adding to his historic season.
Why it matters: Mendoza is only the third Latino player to win the coveted honor given to college football's best player, but is the first Cuban American to take it.
Indiana Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza and Vanderbilt Commodores quarterback Diego Pavia — the top candidates to receive the Heisman Trophy — are set to make history Saturday.
Why it matters: Either would beonly the third Latino player ever to win the coveted honor given to college football's best player, but Mendoza would be the first Cuban American to take it.
A newly unsealed warrant shows the U.S. Coast Guard seized the M/T Skipper, a crude oil tanker intercepted off Venezuela, just before the warrant was set to expire on Wednesday.
Why it matters: The move comes as the Trump administration layers on new U.S. sanctions against Venezuelan oil shipping networks and Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro's inner circle, aiming to raise the risks for companies moving the country's crude.
President Trump's advisers Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to meet Monday in Berlin with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the leaders of Germany, France and the U.K. to try and reach an agreement over the U.S. plan for peace in Ukraine, two White House officials told Axios.
Why it matters: The White House is pushing Ukraine hard to approve its plan but the territorial concessions Kyiv is being asked to make remain a major sticking point. The U.S. side thinks all other issues are close to resolution, and that Zelensky may have offered a path forward on territory.
