Supermaxi yacht crosses finish line after two days and five hours
Rough conditions have forced 33 yachts to retire
Master Lock Comanche has won Sydney to Hobart line honours for the fifth time after outpointing its supermaxi rivals in a “dogfight” down Tasmania’s east coast.
It was redemption for skippers Matt Allen and James Mayo after the 100ft yacht was forced to retire early in the 2024 race with mainsail damage.
Drummer Chuck Redd decided to cancel his yearly Jazz Jam after Donald Trump added his name to the venue
The president of the Kennedy Center has demanded $1m in damages and fiercely criticized a musician’s sudden decision to cancel a Christmas Eve performance at the venue days after the White House announced that Donald Trump’s name would be added to the facility.
“Your decision to withdraw at the last moment – explicitly in response to the Center’s recent renaming, which honors President Trump’s extraordinary efforts to save this national treasure – is classic intolerance and very costly to a non-profit Arts institution,” the venue’s president, Richard Grenell, wrote in a letter to musician Chuck Redd that was shared with the Associated Press.
Master Lock Comanche holds narrow lead over reigning champion
Wild Thing 100 forced to retire from 80th running of race
Sydney to Hobart leader Master Lock Comanche is keeping a “close eye” on major rival LawConnect as the two supermaxi yachts fight out a tight tussle for line honours.
Comanche held a narrow advantage of four nautical miles over LawConnect, which is aiming for a third straight first-past-the-post win, in Bass Strait at 5.30pm on Saturday.
Sergei Udaltsov, Putin critic affiliated with the Communist party, convicted of justifying terrorism
A court in Russia on Thursday convicted a pro-war activist and critic of Vladimir Putin of justifying terrorism and sentenced him to six years in prison.
Sergei Udaltsov, the leader of the Left Front movement that opposes Putin and is affiliated with the Communist party, was arrested last year.
It was the second-largest lottery windfall in US history, with a lump-sum cash payment option of $834.9m
A Powerball player in Arkansas won a $1.817bn jackpot in Wednesday’s Christmas Eve drawing, ending the lottery game’s three-month stretch without a top-prize winner.
Final ticket sales pushed the jackpot higher than previously expected, making it the second-largest in US history and the largest Powerball prize of 2025, according to www.powerball.com. The jackpot had a lump sum cash payment option of $834.9m.
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