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Top News Stories for Tuesday, November 25th 2025
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
The mayor-elect called a "communist" by President Trump and the president deemed a "fascist" by the mayor-elect met up at the White House — and a good time was had by all. Last week's session between Trump and Zohran Mamdani, the incoming mayor of New York City, was remarkable and yet, in some ways, unremarkable. On one hand, these two men are sworn political enemies, with nothing in common, generationally or ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
A federal judge has dismissed charges filed by President Trump's Justice Department against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. United States District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie said the appointment of the interim U.S. attorney who secured the indictments, Lindsey Halligan, was unlawful. Slate's Mark Joseph Stern breaks down what the decision means. 5 questions with Mark ...
Source: wbur.org
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman who admitted to nearly stabbing a classmate to death at age 12 to please the online horror character Slender Man has been found in Illinois after she cut off an electronic monitoring device and left a group home, authorities said. Madison police issued an alert Sunday for Morgan Geyser , now 23, saying she was last seen around 8 p.m. Saturday with an adult acquaintance. ...
Source: aol.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Browns dominated the Raiders in a 24-10 win on Sunday , but that's just what the scoreboard said. Here are the real winners and losers from the game: Winner: Lessons It was a long week. Shedeur Sanders' long-awaited NFL debut against the Ravens last week was underwhelming; his home was robbed while he was at the game; and the doubters were loud. His response? A life perspective that's ...
Source: cleveland.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
Israel has attacked the Haret Hreik area in the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital, Beirut, killing five people, including Hezbollah's highest ranking military official. Sunday's attack, which took place amid an uptick in Israeli attacks across Lebanon, was the first on Beirut's southern suburbs in several months and the first without warning since last year's ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah was ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
A new transparency feature on X has stirred confusion, anger and a wave of online sleuthing after users discovered that the platform was suddenly displaying the surprising locations where certain accounts are based. Over the weekend, users noticed that clicking an account's join date now opens a tab that shows the country or region in which the account is located. X's head of product, Nikita Bier, teased the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is circulating a proposal that would extend subsidies to help consumers pay for coverage under the Affordable Care Act for two more years, as millions of Americans face spiking health care costs when the current tax credits are set to expire at the end of the year. The draft plan suggests that President Donald Trump is open to extending a provision of Obamacare as his ...
Source: pbs.org
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
Unlock more this Holiday Season while supporting the journalism you rely on. For a limited time, new Platinum members can unlock one month free. Support the newsroom that works every day to bring clarity and accountability to the headlines. Already a member? ASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says it is investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona for possible breaches of military law after Kelly joined a ...
Source: huffpost.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
Amazon plans to invest up to $50 billion to expand AI and advanced computing infrastructure for U.S. government agencies, the company announced Monday. The investment, set to break ground in 2026, will add nearly 1.3 gigawatts of data center capacity to the Amazon Web Services regions Top Secret, AWS Secret, and AWS GovCloud (US) — locations specifically designed for classified and sensitive workloads. ...
Source: geekwire.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a signature initiative of US President Donald Trump , has reportedly been disbanded with eight months remaining on its charter, drawing attention to the early closure of a programme launched to streamline federal operations by "modernizing federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity." However, its guiding principles remain ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
A far-right Australian lawmaker has prompted angry accusations of racism after wearing a burqa in parliament to draw attention to her push to ban the garment in public. Pauline Hanson, the leader of the populist anti-immigration One Nation party, carried out the stunt on Monday after she was prevented from tabling a Senate bill to ban the traditional Muslim garment and other face coverings from Australian public ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio State -Michigan game is always best when both sides have something tangible on the line. Since Ryan Day took over the Buckeyes program, The Game has had tangible consequences for both sides all but twice. In 2019, OSU had already clinched a spot in the Big Ten Championship Game the prior week after beating Penn State. Last season, the Wolverines' chances of reaching Indianapolis had been ...
Source: cleveland.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
Reading time 4 minutes Two of the most anticipated studies this year—large-scale, randomized, controlled, and double-blinded trials of the popular obesity and diabetes drug semaglutide for Alzheimer's disease—have unfortunately ended in a dud. Novo Nordisk, the makers of semaglutide, announced the disappointing trial results early Monday morning. The drug did not meaningfully slow down the disease's ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
I have a son in university, and watching him pursue his studies in an AI-driven world often makes me question how people can truly learn when AI can take on so much of their work. This is not a uniquely parental thought; it's the same question technology leaders across Asia Pacific are asking about their own teams. How do we build critical thinking skills that AI cannot replace? The question feels even more urgent ...
Source: cdotrends.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
The Justice Department again asked federal judges to unseal grand jury material from the criminal cases against Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell , citing the recently enacted law on Epstein documents. US Attorney General Pam Bondi on Monday filed requests with a pair of New York judges overseeing the Epstein and Maxwell cases who in August rejected DOJ requests to release the grand materials. Late last week, ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
Here are the notable performances from high school football players in Eastern Mass. conferences/leagues. Dominic Funke , Xaverian — The BC-bound senior defensive end wrecked Springfield Central's offensive game plan with relentless pressure, forcing a late fumble and interception to seal a 36-22 state semifinals win. Funke helped hold Springfield's star tailback, Isaiah Rogers, to 43 rushing yards. Maxwell ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
The Department of Education is forging ahead with significant changes to the federal student loan system that will limit the ability of prospective students enrolling in college and graduate programs to finance their degree. Advocacy groups warned that the new limitations, which will take effect starting next year, may force many Americans to turn to riskier private student loans or abandon higher education ...
Source: forbes.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration is set to ramp up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Monday by designating the Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization. But the entity that the U.S. government alleges is led by Maduro is not a cartel per se. The designation is the latest measure in the Trump administration's escalating campaign to combat ...
Source: military.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter , and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory . Embattled electric bike maker Rad Power Bikes is facing another challenge as the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a warning to consumers Monday to stop using some of the Seattle-based company's bikes because of danger posed by their ...
Source: geekwire.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Former British Prime Minister David Cameron announced that he has early-stage prostate cancer, and called for more screenings in the country. Cameron, 59, took a prostate-specific antigen blood test, which screens for proteins that show up with prostate cancer. Because his PSA was high, he had a biopsy, which showed he had cancer. The United Kingdom doesn't have a regular prostate cancer screening ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
A pocket watch that once belonged to one of the Titanic's most renowned passengers has sold at an auction for $2.3 million — a record price for memorabilia related to the historic shipwreck, according to the auction house. The 18-carat gold watch was gifted to its original owner, Isidor Straus, by his wife, Ida Straus, for his 43rd birthday, said Henry Aldridge and Son, the auction house that sold it on ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The next trip to space for Boeing's beleaguered Starliner spacecraft won't have a crew on board after NASA announced changes to the commercial crew contract that also slashes the total number of missions to the International Space Station. NASA on Monday announced the update to the 2014 contract that originally called for six operational crewed flights to the station after ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Sunday, Nov 23rd, 2025 -
The FBI has defended director Kash Patel's controversial decision to deploy SWAT agents to protect his girlfriend, country singer Alexis Wilkins, insisting the extraordinary security measures were justified because she has received 'hundreds of credible death threats' linked to her relationship with Patel. The bureau's statement comes amid growing criticism from current and former FBI officials, lawmakers and even ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Sunday, Nov 23rd, 2025 -
On Friday, gunmen took students and teachers from St Mary's school in the northwest of the country. At least 50 of the 303 children abducted this week from a Catholic school in Nigeria have escaped and been reunited with their families, a church group has said, as Pope Leo pleaded for their immediate release. In the Pope's "heartfelt appeal" he spoke of his "great pain" following one of the worst mass kidnappings ...
Source: news.sky.com