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Top News Stories for Tuesday, November 25th 2025
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
GENEVA — Top U.S. and Ukrainian officials said Sunday they'd made progress toward ending the Russia-Ukraine war but provided scant details after discussing the American proposal to achieve peace that has sparked concerns among many of Washington's European allies that the plan is too conciliatory to Moscow. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said high-stakes talks in Geneva were "very worthwhile" and ...
Source: npr.org
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 -
( NewsNation ) — Police in Wisconsin said more than eight hours passed before they were notified a former student convicted of stabbing a classmate in the infamous "Slender Man" case had cut off an electronic monitoring bracelet and fled a group home Saturday. Local authorities did not alert the public until Sunday morning that Morgan Geyser , 23, was missing. Police in Posen, Illinois, captured Geyser around ...
Source: wfla.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
Elon Musk reacts during a press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured), at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard Elon Musk's government body, DOGE, has been quietly dumped by the Trump administration, eight months before it was set to close. The Tesla CEO had initially headed up a directive in the president's administration to cut government spending. But ...
Source: rawstory.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
Disqualifications of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri bring unnecessary stress for McLaren in the final two F1 races of the season As misjudgments go, McLaren's error in calculations that led to the disqualification of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri from the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Sunday could barely have been more cataclysmic nor more poorly timed. Quite how they got it wrong just when they wanted to close out the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
I talked with nine creators about economic pressures and fan backlash. In 2016, the legendary Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki was shown a bizarre AI-generated video of a misshapen human body crawling across a floor. Miyazaki declared himself "utterly disgusted" by the technology demo, which he considered an "insult to life itself." "If you really want to make creepy stuff, you can go ahead and do it," ...
Source: arstechnica.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 -
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 -
Sydney — A far-right Australian politician sparked outrage Monday after donning a burqa at the country's parliament, in a display that other lawmakers condemned as racist, unsafe and disrespectful. Pauline Hanson of the anti-immigration One Nation party was seeking to introduce a bill in the Senate that would ban full face coverings in Australia — a policy she has campaigned on for decades. Just ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
JOHANNESBURG — The Group of 20 summit in South Africa ended Sunday with the glaring absence of the United States — the next country to lead the bloc — after the Trump administration boycotted the two days of talks involving leaders of the world's richest and top developing economies. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa declared the summit in Johannesburg closed by banging a wooden gavel on a ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Sunday, Nov 23rd, 2025 -
CLEVELAND, Ohio — It's promising. It was fun. It was Shedeur Sanders' first NFL start. OK, Browns fans, don't you want to see more from the rookie? And by the way, the Browns beat Las Vegas, 24-10. And how about this? Rookie Cleveland Browns QBs had lost their previous 12 first starts. The last rookie QB to win was Eric Zeier in 1995. Yes, those were the old Browns, who are now in Baltimore. That streak is ...
Source: cleveland.com
Sunday, Nov 23rd, 2025 -
Fifty of the 315 children kidnapped by gunmen from a Catholic school in Nigeria's Niger State on Friday have escaped. The Christian Association of Nigeria says they have been reunited with their families. A major military-led search and rescue operation is under way for the remaining 265 children and 12 teachers who were taken with them. Authorities in several Nigerian states ordered schools to shut following the ...
Source: bbc.com
Sunday, Nov 23rd, 2025 -
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Rivalry has arrived in college football without much change to my AP Ballot. Ohio State continues to be unmatched as the nation's No. 1 team as it tries to end its four-game losing streak to the Wolverines. It'll also mark the sixth time since Ryan Day took over the program in 2019 that The Game will decide a spot in the Big Ten Championship Game. If the Buckeyes can finally end their Wolverine ...
Source: cleveland.com
Sunday, Nov 23rd, 2025 -
The two agents, members of a specialized unit trained to storm barricaded buildings and rescue hostages, had been sent there on Patel's orders. But seeing that the event at the Georgia World Congress Center had been secured, and that Wilkins was in no apparent danger, they left before the event was over, according to six people with knowledge of the incident. She noticed. So did her boyfriend. Soon after, Patel ...
Source: bradenton.com
Sunday, Nov 23rd, 2025 -
A football player at the University of Alabama was arrested after allegedly stabbing two teammates Saturday morning, hours before the team's game against the University of South Florida, university officials said. The two wounded players were in stable condition, interim head coach Alex Mortensen said at the postgame news conference. He said the team decided to play to honor graduating seniors in the last home game ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Sunday, Nov 23rd, 2025 -
Even as the Titanic slipped beneath the icy North Atlantic, one story of devotion survived the disaster — and now it has made history at auction. A gold pocket watch that once ticked for first-class passenger Isidor Straus, who drowned alongside his wife Ida, has sold for a record-breaking £1.78 million ($2.32 million). It is the highest price ever paid for Titanic memorabilia, auctioneers said. The ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Nov 22nd, 2025 -
Wealthy countries should triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal The world edged a small step closer to the end of the fossil fuel era on Saturday, but not by nearly enough to stave off the ravages of climate breakdown. Countries meeting in Brazil for two weeks could manage only a voluntary agreement to begin discussions on a roadmap to ...
Source: theguardian.com