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Merriam-Webster names slop as its 2025 word of the year

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After yet another year of high-profile news stories and internet trends, Merriam-Webster has chosen one word to sum up 2025: Slop



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Dec. 15, 2025, 6:51 AM ESTBy Mirna Alsharif, Kate Reilly and Yuliya TalmazanA Holocaust survivor, a 10-year-old and a Chabad rabbi were among the 15 people killed when two gunmen opened fire on a Hanukkah event at Australia’s Bondi Beach on Sunday. Hundreds of people had gathered to mark the first day of the Jewish festival, before the attackers struck at the event in Sydney.The dead range in age from 10 to 87, and include French, Slovak and Israeli citizens, officials have said. At least 40 people were also wounded. Police have not publicly identified any of the victims, but the names of some have been shared by family and friends. Here are some of the victims identified so far:Matilda BritvanTen-year-old Matilda Britvan was identified as one of those killed in the attack by her aunt, Lina Chernykh. Chernykh told Australia’s Channel 9 that her niece was “a happy kid,” and that their heartbroken family would never recover from their loss. “Everywhere she goes, she was like a sun,” Chernykh said. Channel 9 reported that Matilda and her six-year-old sister Summer were enjoying the celebrations at the beach Sunday when gunshots rang out. Matilda was fatally shot in front of her sister, according to the outlet. Matilda Britvan.Family handoutAlex KleytmanHolocaust survivor Alex Kleytman, 87, was identified as one of the victims of Sunday’s attack.His wife, Larisa Kleytman, also a Holocaust survivor, confirmed his death to The Australian newspaper, saying she heard loud “boom” sounds before seeing him fall to the ground.“He came on Bondi Beach to celebrate Hanukkah, for us it was always a very, very good celebration, for many, many years,” Larisa Kleytman told the outlet.The couple emigrated from Ukraine and had been married for 57 years, living in Matraville in Sydney’s southeast, The Australian reported.They recounted their experiences to charity JewishCare in 2023, with Alex describing “dreadful conditions in Siberia where he, along with his mother and younger brother, struggled for survival,” the organization’s annual report stated, according to The Australian. Kleytman was a retired civil engineer, it said.Dan ElkayamFrench citizen Dan Elkayam was identified as one of the victims by Jean-Noël Barrot, France’s minister for Europe and foreign affairs.Dan Elkayam.via Facebook“We mourn with his family and loved ones, with the grieving Jewish community and the Australian people,” Barrot said in a statement on X. French President Emmanuel Macron also shared a statement about Elkayam’s death on X: “I am thinking of his family and loved ones and express to them the full solidarity of the nation,” Macron wrote. A Sydney-based soccer club, Rockdale Ilinden FC, said in a statement on Facebook that Elkayam, 27, was a “Frenchman of Jewish faith” and “an extremely talented midfield player” with a passion for soccer. The club said he lived in eastern Sydney with his girlfriend and “loved the Australian way of life.”According to a LinkedIn page that NBC News has verified as belonging to Elkayam, he was an IT systems administrator who recently moved from France to Australia “to explore new opportunities.”Eli SchlangerA cousin of a Eli Schlanger, a Chabad rabbi who helped organize the Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach, confirmed his death in the attack.“He was truly an incredible guy,” his cousin, Zalman Lewis, said in a post on Instagram that he shared with a picture of Schlanger.Rabbi Eli Schlanger.via FacebookDespite the tragedy, Lewis wrote that the positive light of Hanukkah will triumph against the darkness. “I knew Eli well enough to know he’d concur,” he said, encouraging the Jewish community to pray and light Hanukkah candles.On a Facebook page that NBC News has linked to Schlanger, he promoted the “Chanukah by the Sea at Bondi Beach” event last week. The page also says that Schlanger hails from London, England. Chabad of Rural and Regional Australia, a non-profit that supports people living in areas that have little Jewish presence, also identified Schlanger among the deceased on Sunday, saying: “Our hearts are shattered.”Motti Seligson, a fellow rabbi and friend of Schlanger, told NBC News that Schlanger is survived by his wife and five children — all of whom were at the Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach when the shooting occurred. One of his children is barely two months old, Seligson said.Schlanger also has several siblings in Australia, according to Seligson, who said he has spoken to some of them since the shooting. “They’re all obviously numb and in shock,” he said.”Schlanger served his community and really personified righteousness and service and dedication,” according to Seligson.Peter Meagher Peter “Marzo” Meagher was identified as killed in the attack by his Sydney-based rugby club, Randwick Rugby. In a statement shared on its website, the club’s general manager, Mark Harrison, said Meagher was an “absolute legend” in the club, and served as a manager, referee and volunteer. Harrison said Meagher, a former police officer, was working as a freelance photographer at the Hanukkah event at Bondi and “for him it was simply a catastrophic case of being in the wrong place and at the wrong time.”Peter Meagher.Randwick Rugby ClubTibor WeitzenThe granddaughter of Tibor Weitzen, 78, identified him as killed in the attack. Leor Amzalak told Australia’s ABC News that Weitzen was “truly the best you could ask for.””He was so proud of us … and loved us more than life itself,” Amzalak told the outlet, which reported that Weitzen immigrated to Australia from Israel in 1988. “He only saw the best in people and will be dearly missed,” Amzalak said. Marika PoganySlovak citizen Marika Pogany has been identified among those killed by several of her friends quoted by Australia’s Channel 7. Slovakia’s former president, Zuzana Čaputová, said in a statement on Facebook that Marika was a close friend, identifying her by her first name only.The country’s current leader, Peter Pellegrini, also said on X Monday that a Slovak woman named Marika was killed in the attack, extending his “heartfelt and sincere condolences” to her family. Pellegrini condemned the “brutal, deadly attack on innocent people” as he expressed solidarity with Australia, which he said was “plunged into grief and shock.”Mirna AlsharifMirna Alsharif is a breaking news reporter for NBC News.Kate ReillyKate Reilly is a news associate with NBC News.Yuliya TalmazanYuliya Talmazan is a reporter for NBC News Digital, based in London.Omer Bekin, Nick Duffy, Jean-Nicholas Fievet, Matteo Moschella , Jay Ganglani, Caroline Radnofsky and Jean Lee contributed.
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Nov. 20, 2025, 6:36 PM ESTBy Michael KosnarIn just 24 hours, the Justice Department has done a complete reversal on its position about whether the full grand jury in the James Comey criminal case reviewed the indictment before it was handed up to a federal judge in September.Lindsey Halligan, the acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, presented the case by herself to the grand jury on Sept. 25. She testified Wednesday that when jurors voted to indict Comey on two of the three counts submitted in the original indictment, the full grand jury hadn’t reviewed a final revised document showing the two counts the former FBI director was charged with. Instead, its viewing was limited to the jury foreperson and an additional grand juror.Assistant U.S. Attorney Tyler Lemons, who is leading the prosecution of Comey, also said the full grand jury hadn’t reviewed the final indictment.Justice Department admits not all grand jury members saw final Comey indictment02:49But in a court filing Thursday titled “Government’s Notice Correcting the Record,” federal prosecutors said the full grand jury did review the final indictment. In doing so, the Justice Department disputed the argument by Comey’s defense team that the indictment was invalid because of the missteps acknowledged in court Wednesday.“The official transcript of the September 25, 2025, proceedings before Magistrate Judge Vaala conclusively refutes that claim,” prosecutors said in Thursday’s filing. Judge Lindsey Vaala presided over the filing of Comey’s indictment.The defense team argued at Wednesday’s hearing that the confusion over the grand jury issue required the judge to throw out the case.Comey was indicted in September on charges of lying to Congress relating to Senate testimony he gave in 2020. He has pleaded not guilty.Lindsey Halligan, then an attorney for President Donald Trump, in the Oval Office of the White House on March 31.Al Drago / Getty Images fileThe hearing Wednesday focused on the defense’s motion to dismiss the case on the grounds that it is a vindictive and selective prosecution.Halligan, Trump’s former personal attorney, who has no experience in criminal matters, lashed out at U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff, who is overseeing the case, after he questioned whether the defense’s position was that Halligan was serving as a “puppet” or a “stalking horse” for Trump and his demands for retribution against perceived enemies like Comey.In a highly unusual move, Halligan released a statement Thursday criticizing the judge.“Personal attacks — like Judge Nachmanoff referring to me as a ‘puppet’ — don’t change the facts or the law,” she said. “The Judicial Canons require judges to be ‘patient, dignified, respectful, and courteous to litigants, jurors, witnesses, lawyers, and others with whom the judge deals in an official capacity’ … and to ‘act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary.’ My focus remains on the record and the law, and I will continue to fulfill my responsibilities with professionalism.”Justice Department spokesperson Chad Gilmartin also attacked Nachmanoff.“A federal judge should be neutral and impartial. Instead, this judge launched an outrageous and unprofessional personal attack yesterday in open court against US Attorney Lindsey Halligan,” Gilmartin said on X. “DOJ will continue to follow the facts and the law.” Michael KosnarMichael Kosnar is the Justice Department Producer for NBC News.
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