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Sunday, Nov 16th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article 'Saturday Night Live' cold open sketch mocked White House trying to escape Epstein scandal mocked the Trump administration 's ongoing attempts to downplay the Jeffrey Epstein scandal in a cold open sketch featuring the president denying he ever really knew Epstein just before ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Sunday, Nov 16th, 2025 -
Britain has announced plans to carry out the most significant reform of its asylum seeker policies in years, overhauling immigration rules in response to surging anti-immigrant sentiment and challenges from right-wing parties. The new policy, which will be unveiled by the ruling Labour government in full on Monday, is partially modeled on Denmark's approach, which has one of Europe's toughest rules for refugees. ...
Source: aol.com
Sunday, Nov 16th, 2025 -
A China Coast Guard ship formation passed through the waters of the Senkaku Islands on Sunday on a "rights enforcement patrol", the China Coast Guard said in a statement, as Beijing ramps up tensions with Japan over its prime minister's remarks on Taiwan. A diplomatic spat between China and Japan has intensified since Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told parliament on November 7 that a hypothetical Chinese ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Sunday, Nov 16th, 2025 -
The player, who bought their ticket in Newnan, matched all six numbers during a Friday evening drawing and won a jackpot worth an estimated $980 million. It has an estimated cash value of $452.2 million. "We are thrilled to congratulate the largest winner in our state's history," Georgia Lottery President and CEO Gretchen Corbin said in a news release. "With every Mega Millions ticket sold in Georgia supporting ...
Source: bradenton.com
Sunday, Nov 16th, 2025 -
More than 100 people were injured and 20 arrested during a massive protest on Saturday in Mexico City against the president's handling of violent crime, local government officials said. Thousands marched on the capital's historic main public square, the Zocalo, in a demonstration fueled by young Mexicans with ties to a global wave of Generation Z protests as well as supporters of the domestic "Sombrero Movement," ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was scrapping U.S. tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruits and a broad swath of other commodities — a dramatic move that comes amid mounting pressure on his administration to better combat high consumer prices. Trump has built his second term around imposing steep levies on goods imported into the U.S. in hopes of encouraging domestic ...
Source: cleveland.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
The BBC has issued an apology to President Trump over editing of a speech he gave on Jan. 6, 2021, that aired in its documentary "Trump: A Second Chance." Mr. Trump had threatened to sue the British broadcaster for $1 billion over the program about the Capitol riot, and the BBC noted in a statement Thursday that it "strongly disagree[s]" that there's a basis for a defamation claim. BBC lawyers wrote to Mr. Trump's ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
. YouTube TV announced the deal in an email to subscribers on Friday evening, noting that channels like ABC and ESPN are once again available to watch. Additionally, any previously recorded programs from Disney-owned channels on YouTube TV's cloud-based DVR are accessible once again. Because many YouTube TV subscribers signed up specifically for ESPN, YouTube TV early last week announced that all subscribers are ...
Source: bgr.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
Confiscated explosives have detonated inside a police station in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Nine people were killed and 32 others were injured in the blast on Friday, local time. It comes just days after a deadly car explosion in Delhi near the city's historic Red Fort. At least nine people are dead and 32 people are injured after a cache of confiscated explosives detonated inside a police station in ...
Source: abc.net.au
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
Now we know. abruptly resigned in August on a "personal matter" and returned to academia. And there's more. Fed Chair Jerome Powell refused to grant Kugler's request for a waiver from the central bank's beefed-up ethics rules, according to Kugler, a Biden appointee, joined the central bank in September 2023. She announced on Aug. 1 that she would effective Aug. 8, without citing a reason. The surprise resignation ...
Source: bradenton.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has issued two pardons related to the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, including for a woman convicted of threatening to shoot FBI agents who were investigating a tip that she may have been at the Capitol, officials said Saturday. In a separate case, Trump issued a second pardon for a Jan. 6 defendant who had remained behind bars despite the sweeping grant of ...
Source: npr.org
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
Local reports say targets include church parishioners doing yard work and workers hanging Christmas lights Federal immigration officers on Saturday began a sweep through Charlotte, the largest city in North Carolina , federal officials confirmed. Local media reports said that among the locations targeted by masked federal agents was a church in east Charlotte , where an arrest was made while about 15 to 20 church ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
Federal judge Rita Lin cites playbook designed to bring universities 'to their knees' and force them to 'change their ideological tune' A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from withholding federal funding and threatening hefty fines against the University of California amid the administration's attempts to coerce elite US universities into adopting and promoting conservative ideals. US district ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
By We hate to be the killjoy, but if you've heard about the idea of a 50-year mortgage, start right now by taking a deep breath. There are many, many questions about the idea and problems that need to be overcome. And for many would-be borrowers the idea makes no sense. President Trump over the weekend floated the idea after Bill Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, tossed the idea at him on ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
The most powerful band of a large atmospheric river storm slammed into Southern California on Saturday, dumping much-needed rain across the region but also bringing mudslide dangers to communities still reeling from January's firestorms. The storm flooded some streets and highways, sent mud and rocks sliding onto some canyon roads and made for treacherous driving conditions. The weather probably contributed to at ...
Source: latimes.com
Friday, Nov 14th, 2025 -
Former American football coach John Beam, who was featured in Netflix series Last Chance U, has died after being shot. The shooting took place at Laney College in Oakland, California, on Thursday. On Friday, police announced that they arrested a suspect, but did not provide any motive for the attack. Oakland police said that the suspect never played football for Beam but knew the coach. US media reports identified ...
Source: bbc.com
Friday, Nov 14th, 2025 -
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina firing squad has executed a man Friday, the third person to die by that method in the state this year. Three prison employees, all with live ammunition, volunteered to carry out the execution of Stephen Bryant, 44, who was pronounced dead at 6:05 p.m. Bryant killed three people in five days in a rural area of the state in 2004. Bryant chose to die by firing squad instead of ...
Source: nbcnews.com