WORLD Radio News - WORLD Radio News: 12-22-25 (1/3)

Episode Date: December 22, 2025

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With World Radio News, I'm Kent Covington. The Department of Justice is defending the partial release of the so-called Epstein files. Friday was the congressionally mandated deadline for the DOJ to release case files tied to the late billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But so far, the department has only released a fraction. Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin told CNN's State of the Union. It's all about covering up things that, for whatever reason, Donald Trump doesn't want to go public. But Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche fired back telling NBC's meet the press that it takes time to redact information that could identify Epstein's victims. The reason why we are still reviewing

documents and still continuing our process is simply that to protect victims. So the same individuals that are out there complaining about the lack of documents that were produced on Friday apparently don't want us to protect victims. The files released so far have included photographs of famous people who spent time with Epstein in the years before he came under suspicion. The U.S. Coast Guard is tracking another oil tanker in the Caribbean that officials say is helping Venezuela dodge American sanctions. A U.S. official says the ship is part of a so-called shadow fleet used to move sanctioned oil and is sailing under a false flag. The pursuit comes days after the U.S. seized two other tankers linked to Venezuela. Authorities in South Africa report that

nine people have died and at least 10 others were injured after a shooting at a pub. Provincial Police Commissioner Fred Kekina. Three people were shot until there. Ten were injured. And in that process, two other people tried to run away. He said they were also shot and killed at the scene. Kekana added that several others who were shot later succumbed to their injuries. The incident occurred early Sunday in Becker's Dahl, West of Johannesburg.

Police say about 12 suspects in multiple vehicles opened fire at the Quadana. Nuxolo Tavern and continued shooting as they fled. Authorities were conducting a manhunt last night for the suspects. Gas prices have fallen another nine cents per gallon over the past two weeks. That according to industry analyst Trilby Lundberg, her survey puts the new national average at $2.99 per gallon. We've had more than enough gasoline and now the supply of actual gasoline has grown while our demand is still shrinking. But she says oil prices could rise again in the near future with the U.S. blockade of sanctioned oil tankers in and out of Venezuela, and because there is still no ceasefire in sight in Ukraine. According to AAA, Oklahoma has the cheapest

average gas price in the country at $2.32 per gallon. Hawaii is the most expensive state for gas at $4.43. For World Radio, I'm Kent Covington. For more sound journalism grounded in facts and biblical truth, visit worldradiot. News. Additional support comes from MediShare, America's leading healthcare sharing community. Metashare.com slash world.