A strong storm system that brought relentless winds, rain and snowfall to California this week was expected to ease Friday but there was still a risk of more mudslides and flooding, forecasters said.

Happy Holidays to you and yours, and welcome to Week 17 of the NFL season. It's one of the weirdest weeks of the year, as we get three games on Christmas, including the Denver Broncos at the Kansas City Chiefs, and two on Saturday, including the Baltimore Ravens at the Green Bay Packers .

The NFL Sunday slate will feature 11 games ahead of "Sunday Night Football." Here's how CBS and Fox are splitting up the NFL's Week 14 broadcasts.

The comet will come much closer to Jupiter in March, zipping within 33 million miles. It will be the mid-2030s before it reaches interstellar space, never to return, said Paul Chodas, director of NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies.

As we gear up for Week 16, which includes a doubleheader on Saturday, let's make sure you're sorted and have your wagers lined up before kickoff. Below, you can find our best bets of the week, along with picks for every game remaining on the slate.

There are just two bye weeks left on the NFL's 2025 schedule. One of them will occur in Week 12, limiting the league's Sunday slate to 12 games overall. Per usual, the 11 games in the Sunday afternoon slate will be split evenly between CBS and Fox.

Senate Republicans are aiming to move forward on a new package of funding bills before leaving for the holidays, with just weeks to go before the next deadline to avoid another shutdown.