(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events:
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Lightning 0, Maple Leafs 2
Kings 4, Mammoth 2
Sabres 4, Flames 7
Red Wings 4, Canucks 0
Wild 4, Kraken 1
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Kings 105, Pacers 116
Suns 108, Timberwolves 105
Spurs 135, Pelicans 132
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Eagles 19, Chargers 22
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(LONDON) — At least seven civilians have been killed and approximately 20 others have been injured in Cambodia amid renewed border clashes with neighboring Thailand, according to the Cambodian Ministry of National Defense.
This week’s Thai attacks, which stem from a long-running border dispute between the two Southeast Asian nations, have also forced more than 20,000 from their homes in several communities, the Cambodian ministry said, along with destroying infrastructure, damaging temples disrupting public services.
“In addition to these major impacts, further tragedies and damages continue to unfold, as the Thai military has launched various types of long-range munitions into Cambodian civilian settlements located up to 30 kilometers from the border,” the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, at least one Thai soldier has been killed and 29 others have been injured in the reignited combat around contested frontier territory, according to the Royal Thai Army.
The army said in a statement that its troops were on Tuesday enduring “continuous attacks against our positions” by Cambodian forces. Opposing troops had been “firing BM-21 multiple-launch rockets and employing bomb-dropping drones and kamikaze drones targeting our bases and defensive positions across several battlefronts” near the border, the army said.
More than 125,000 people were using the hundreds of temporary shelters set up on the Thai side of the border, the army said.
Since Monday, the clashes have spread to several provinces along the Cambodia-Thailand border. Both sides accuse each other for starting the fighting.
The latest clashes come just months after both sides agreed to a ceasefire. The two Southeast Asian nations have long disputed territorial sovereignty along their land border of more than 500 miles, according to The Associated Press.
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(WASHINGTON) — As candidates and political parties gear up for the 2026 midterm election campaign, the Supreme Court on Tuesday will consider whether long-standing legal limits on coordinated spending — enacted to prevent corruption — violate the First Amendment.
The case was brought by Republican senatorial and congressional campaign committees along with then-Sen. JD Vance and former Rep. Steve Chabot, both Ohio Republicans, against the Federal Election Commission, which is tasked with enforcing the rules.
The coalition seeks to eliminate limits on the ability of parties, which often have a fundraising advantage over individual candidates, to more freely and directly finance TV ads and organizing efforts of candidates they favor. The practice is known as coordinated spending.
Oral arguments will take place before a Supreme Court that has been consistently skeptical of campaign finance regulations on free speech grounds, narrowing the scope of contribution limits and in 2014 famously rolling back caps on corporate campaign spending with the Citizens United decision.
The Trump administration, which controls the FEC, is declining to enforce or defend coordinated spending limits. In its place, the Democratic National Committee and a Supreme Court-appointed attorney will argue for why they should be preserved.
“This has been held constitutional at least twice before by the Supreme Court and more times by lower courts,” said Marc Elias, the Democratic attorney defending the law. “The entire campaign finance system is built upon these limits.”
Congress in 1974 set limits on the amount of money American individuals, organizations and political parties can give directly to candidates, and the Supreme Court has upheld them as permissible protections against bribery in the electoral process.
In 2025, the political contribution limits are $3,500 per person to an individual candidate and $44,300 per person to a national party committee per year, according to the FEC.
At issue in this case are added limits set by Congress on the amount of money a political party can spend in direct coordination with a candidate.
The FEC’s coordinated spending limits are computed based on each state’s voting-age population and the number of members of Congress. For Senate nominees, the cap is between $127,200 and $3.9 million in 2025; for House nominees, the limit is $63,300 in most states, according to the FEC.
Advocates say the spending limits prevent quid pro quo corruption between a candidate and party, and prevent individuals from attempting to circumvent contribution rules by essentially funneling donations to a candidate through the party, which is subject to the higher caps.
“If those contributions, which dwarf the base limits on [individual] contributions to candidates, are effectively placed at a candidate’s disposal through coordinated spending, they become potent sources of actual or apparent corruption,” argue attorneys for Public Citizen, a nonprofit voter advocacy group, in a brief to the high court.
More than a dozen states and independent election watchdog groups have also urged the court to leave campaign-finance rules to legislators, arguing they are better positioned to establish policies for elections than judges are.
The defenders of the limits also contend that the Republican plaintiffs lack legal standing to bring the case. They say that because the Trump FEC is not going to enforce the rules, there is no injury to the parties involved and that Vance and Chabot are not even active candidates for office who would be affected by the coordinated spending limits.
Republicans insist coordinated spending limits are unconstitutional suppression of free speech and that they are ineffective in the purported goal of curbing corruption.
“One of the key functions of a political party is to make sure that its candidates will vote for the party’s platform once in office,” the Republican committees tell the Supreme Court.
The case — National Republican Senatorial Committee, et al. v. Federal Election Commission — is expected to be decided by the end of June 2026 when the Supreme Court’s term concludes.
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(LONDON) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Pope Leo XIV near Rome on Tuesday, amid a flurry of meetings with fellow European leaders to discuss the latest permutations of a U.S.-proposed peace plan to end Russia’s full-scale invasion of his country.
The Vatican Press office said the two men met at the papal residence at Castel Gandolfo outside the Italian capital.
“During the cordial talks, which focused on the war in Ukraine, the Holy Father reiterated the need for the continuation of dialogue and expressed his urgent desire that the current diplomatic initiatives bring about a just and lasting peace,” the Vatican statement said.
“In addition, the questions of prisoners of war and the need to assure the return of Ukrainian children to their families were also discussed,” the statement said.
Zelenskyy and the pope greeted journalists and photographers from the balcony of the papal residence.
The Ukrainian president is due to meet with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday afternoon.
That meeting follows discussions with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in London on Monday.
Zelenskyy is meeting with European leaders to discuss their approach to the latest version of the U.S.-proposed peace deal to end Russia’s invasion.
Following talks in Geneva, Moscow and Miami over the past couple of weeks, the initial 28-point peace plan presented to Kyiv by American negotiators has been revised down to 20 points, Zelenskyy said on Monday.
Key issues such as territorial control and future Western security guarantees for Ukraine remain unsettled.
“The Americans think we must look for compromises. There are difficult questions about territories. In this regard, there is no compromise for now,” Zelenskyy told reporters on a plane after the meetings in London.
Zelenskyy said the “strongest security guarantee” that Ukraine can get would be from the U.S. “They are so far reacting positively to such a move,” he said.
The “Coalition of the Willing,” as the group of mostly European leaders refer to themselves, will also provide security guarantees, but Zelenskyy said he has not received an answer on what they would be ready to do in the event of a “repeated aggression from Russia.”
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It would make a great country music story if Riley Green‘s favorite Christmas present paved the way for the flourishing career he has now.
And while the Alabama native did ask Santa for a musical instrument growing up, he admits it didn’t really go anywhere.
“You know, I feel like a guitar should have been like the gift that I got that really worked out,” he reflects. “But I got a drum set one time and that one I was really excited about.”
“It didn’t pan out and I think my parents hated it,” he adds. “But that was the one that I was the most fired up about.”
Riley’s sole holiday song at this point is “Christmas to Me,” which he performed on this year’s CMA Country Christmas special on ABC. If you missed it, you can stream the show now on Hulu.
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Eric Dane has written a new book based on his life and ALS diagnosis.
The book, called Book of Days; A Memoir in Moments, is to be published by Penguin Random House through Maria Shriver‘s publishing imprint, The Open Field. It will arrive on bookshelves in 2026.
Dane writes about the days that have meant the most to him over the course of his life in this new memoir. The book chronicles the days his daughters were born, his first day on set of Grey’s Anatomy, when he first decided to become sober and the day in which he received his ALS diagnosis.
Dane spoke about his decision to pen a memoir, saying he wanted to capture the moments of his life.
“I wake up every morning, and I’m immediately reminded that this is real — this illness, this challenge and that’s exactly why I’m writing this book,” Dane said in a statement. “I want to capture the moments that shaped me — the beautiful days, the hard ones, the ones I never took for granted — so that if nothing else, people who read it will remember what it means to live with heart. If sharing this helps someone find meaning in their own days, then my story is worth telling.”
Shriver said she is honored to publish Dane’s story.
“It’s a courageous one that inspires me deeply,” Shriver said. “Eric wants to give his daughters and family something to be proud of, and this book will not only make them proud, but it will also help people understand what ALS is and isn’t, what happens to someone when they get it, and how we can all be compassionate partners to people suffering with neurological conditions such as this.”
Dane announced he had been diagnosed with ALS in April 2025.
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Having your first-ever song blow up is nice, but Russell Dickerson says he’s glad that his current hit, “Happen to Me,” didn’t happen to him until now.
“I think about this year a lot, like, what if this was my first song, and [it became] like the biggest [one],” he mused to ABC Audio. The song has become his biggest in several years, as well as a viral smash on TikTok. “I would just be, like, ‘that guy.'”
But Russell has been a chart-topping country star for years now — he scored the first of his many country #1 hits back in 2017.
“It’s so funny to see people comment that don’t know who I am,” he notes. “They’re like, ‘This is all this guy has, is a stupid dance.'”
He laughs, “Like, ‘Actually, no, bro, I got, like, five number ones also.’ … And I mean that in the most humble of ways.”
“I’ve worked my you-know-what off for the last decade to get to where we are now.”
And “where we are now” is “everywhere.” Thanks to “Happen to Me,” Russell has sung on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, headlined a major tour, done a remix with the Jonas Brothers and appeared on multiple TV shows. He’ll also ring in 2026 as one of the performers on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest on Dec. 31.
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Muse is launching a new documentary project called With You.
The six-part series shines a spotlight on Muse’s fans and their relationship with the band.
“While working on new music, we found a hard drive from the Will of the People tour filled with your incredible stories,” Muse shares in a Facebook post. “We thought it’d be cool to share some of them across a few episodes on YouTube.”
“Thanks for all your support,” the “Supermassive Black Hole” rockers add. “This really feels like a family, and it’s inspiring us in the studio right now.”
You can watch the With You trailer streaming now.
Muse put out a new single called “Unravelling” in June. Their most recent album is 2022’s Will of the People.
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Steve Perry is once again dipping into his personal archives to help raise money for a good cause.
The original Journey frontman has announced a new holiday auction with over 90 pieces of signed personal memorabilia, including handwritten lyrics to Journey songs like “Separate Ways” and “Only The Young”; Perry’s Diamond records, including one for Journey’s 1980 album, Escape; test pressings; tour programs and vintage tour merch; and studio-used instruments.
There are also holiday-themed items, including signed promotional items and singles for Perry’s holiday albums The Season and The Season 3, and a signed promotional guitar.
The auction, put on by Darkives Collectibles, will raise money for Gilead House, which helps unhoused single mothers and their children, many who are victims of abuse, rebuild their lives.
“I’m excited to once again open up my personal archives for this special Holiday auction and give the fans who have supported me through the years a chance to own a piece of my musical journey,” Perry says. “Every item in this collection comes directly from my personal archive. These pieces have been carefully stored for many years, and now I feel it’s the right time to pass them on from my hands to yours, to be enjoyed, remembered and part of your own personal collections.”
The auction is open from now until Dec. 16 at 12 p.m. PT. More info can be found at DarkivesCollectibles.com.
Perry held a similar auction over the summer, which raised over $200,000 for the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund.
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Taylor Swift will be all over Disney+ on Friday with her new docuseries about the Eras Tour, as well as the concert film capturing its final date. But first, she’ll be on Wednesday’s episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The official Instagram for the CBS talk show announced the appearance with a montage of clips of Colbert dancing set to Taylor’s song “Opalite.” It ends with a clip of Taylor saying, “Hey, Stephen,” into a phone.
Katy Perry‘s Lifetimes Tour officially wrapped up Sunday night Abu Dhabi, and she posted a video on Instagram of what appears to be her final preshow huddle with her dancers and band. Katy gets emotional as she tells them, “This has been amazing. Ninety shows, I think our whole lives have changed. I’m never gonna be the same. I got a lot on the tour, you know. I got love, I got connections, I got community. I got family. I got team. I got to grow with you guys. And thank you for bringing me through all of that.”
Justin Timberlake‘s been out of the spotlight since he disclosed in July that he’d been diagnosed with Lyme disease. So how’s he doing now? An insider in wife Jessica Biel‘s camp tells People, “Justin seems to be doing okay. He’s prioritizing his health after the grueling tour and Lyme disease diagnosis. Jess is supportive. She wants him healthy.”
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