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Top News Stories for Thursday, November 20th 2025
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
New releases from Jeffrey Epstein's estate shine additional light on the array of powerful figures who kept ties to the disgraced financier after his criminal charges came to light. Spread throughout the roughly 23,000 documents released by the House Oversight Committee last week, emails and texts show Epstein courted prominent politicos from both sides of the aisle, impressed academics and used his connections to ...
Source: npr.org
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
Nvidia's blockbuster earnings just blew a hole through Wall Street's AI bubble anxieties . Analysts said the chipmaker's third-quarter results prove the AI boom is nowhere near running out of steam. On Wednesday, Nvidia posted $57 billion in revenue, topping Wall Street's $55 billion estimates. Its data center division generated revenue of $51 billion, surpassing the $49.31 billion analysts had projected. The ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — A pair of Israeli strikes in Gaza's southern city of Khan Younis early Thursday killed five people, hospital officials said, bringing the death toll from airstrikes in the Palestinian territory over a roughly 12-hour period to 33. The strikes have been some of the deadliest since Oct. 10 when a U.S.-brokered ceasefire took effect. The renewed escalation came after Israel said that ...
Source: aol.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
MIAMI (AP) — U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida has been indicted on charges accusing her of stealing $5 million in federal disaster funds and using some of the money to aid her 2021 campaign, the Justice Department said Wednesday. The Democrat is accused of stealing Federal Emergency Management Agency overpayments that her family health care company had received through a federally funded ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — US employers added a surprisingly solid 119,000 jobs in September, the government said, issuing a key economic report that had been delayed for seven weeks by the federal government shutdown. The unemployment rate rose to 4.4% from 4.3% in August, the Labor Department said Thursday. The increase in payrolls was more than double the 50,000 economists had forecast. But Labor Department ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
The United States State Department has raised its reward for information leading to the arrest of a former Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin, as Canadian authorities announced seven people linked to the fugitive have been arrested. Speaking at a news conference in Washington on Wednesday, FBI Director Kash Patel described Ryan Wedding as a "modern-day iteration of Pablo Escobar" – referring to ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
President has previously criticised the New York City mayor-elect, labelling him a 'communist' and threatening to deport him Donald Trump has confirmed a long-awaited meeting with New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will happen in Washington this week, setting up an in-person clash between the political opposites who for months have antagonised each other. The sit-down, which Trump said on social media would ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
The U.S. and Russia have drawn up a plan aimed at ending the that calls for major concessions from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, according to a person familiar with the matter. As reports emerged of the proposal, blindsided European diplomats insisted they and Ukraine must be consulted. The plan, first reported by Axios, calls for major concessions from Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the matter, ...
Source: news4jax.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
The U.S. Senate passed a continuing resolution (CR) to reopen the government, while also passing three appropriations bills. One of the pieces of legislation is the agricultural appropriations bill, which revises the 2018 Farm Bill language that legalized hemp products with less than 0.3% THC. The new bill would essentially destroy the cannabis industry, including the hemp agricultural and CBD retail industry. The ...
Source: cbd.market
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
The Trump administration announced a rapid acceleration of its efforts to dismantle the U.S. Education Department on Tuesday, farming out several of its major grants and functions to other federal agencies. that were signed right before the government shutdown began, the department will begin to outsource much of the work of six offices to the Departments of Labor, Interior, Health and Human Services, and State. ...
Source: forbes.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
It's quick and easy to access Live Science Plus, simply enter your email below. We'll send you a confirmation and sign you up for our daily newsletter, keeping you up to date with the latest science news. The act of kissing may have started long before modern humans existed, a new modeling study suggests. Kissing stretches back roughly 21 million years, to the shared ancestor of humans and other large apes, ...
Source: livescience.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
A federal judge has rejected the Federal Trade Commission's effort to force Meta to divest its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, saying the government hadn't made its case that the Facebook owner is an illegal monopoly. In his ruling Tuesday, U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg in D.C. agreed with Meta that its purchases of the photo-sharing app Instagram and messaging app WhatsApp, which it bought in 2012 ...
Source: abajournal.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
Reading time 3 minutes Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has spent the last several months on a tour of our solar system. NASA spacecraft and telescopes have snapped photos of this celestial visitor over the course of its journey, and after weeks of anticipation, the agency has finally unveiled these never-before-seen images. During a press conference held at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
David Maltinsky, a 16-year veteran, says in lawsuit agency retaliated against him for engaging in protected speech A longtime FBI employee has filed a lawsuit alleging that he was fired for displaying a Pride flag at his desk, naming the FBI director, Kash Patel, the justice department and the attorney general, Pam Bondi , as defendants. According to David Maltinsky, an intelligence specialist who had served with ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
At a recent public appearance at Oxford University, Federal Reserve Board Governor Christopher Waller confirmed that he plans to vote for a 25-basis-point cut at the next Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in December. However, during a subsequent Q&A, Waller foretold that observers may find there is currently less "groupthink" at the Fed. The recently released Fed Minutes , discussing how the Federal ...
Source: rismedia.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
A Gustav Klimt portrait painting that helped save the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust sold Tuesday for $236.4 million, a record for a modern art piece. Klimt's "Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer" sold after a 20-minute bidding war at Sotheby's in New York, where the flashiest item of the night was a solid gold, fully functioning toilet that went for $12.1 million. The 6-foot-tall (1.8-meter-tall) ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
By Jonathan Allen and Maria Tsvetkova NEW YORK (Reuters) -Jessica Tisch, the New York City police commissioner who has overseen a drop in violent crime under outgoing Mayor Eric Adams, has agreed to remain in the post under newly elected Zohran Mamdani, who recently apologized for his past criticisms of the department. Although Mamdani said during his campaign that he would like to retain Tisch, it was ...
Source: aol.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
The Michelin Guide announced the honorees of its 2025 Northeast Cities guide Tuesday night in Philadelphia, one of two cities included in the guide for the first time. Sushi Sho in New York, one of several restaurants operated across the globe by chef Keiji Nakazawa, was awarded the only new three-star distinction. Joo Ok jumped from one to two stars, and the new one-star honorees were Bridges, Muku, Huso, and ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
After walking away from its TV rights deal with Major League Baseball earlier this year, ESPN has a new package that will provide additional games for its streaming customers. The deal announced Wednesday by the league will also return baseball to NBC and bring three MLB events — an opening night game, the Home Run Derby and the Field of Dreams game — to Netflix for the first time. As part of the deal, ...
Source: latimes.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
By Julia Harte (Reuters) -A federal judge has ordered a dozen Texas public school districts to remove displays of the Ten Commandments from their classrooms by December, saying that a state law requiring such displays violates the U.S. Constitution. In a win for parents of children who attend school in the 12 Texas districts named as defendants, U.S. District Court Judge Orlando L. Garcia wrote ...
Source: aol.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
Facility that was site of worst nuclear disaster in US history will provide power for Microsoft datacenters The Trump administration has announced a $1bn federal loan to restart the nuclear power plant at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island that is under contract to provide power to Microsoft's datacenters. The US energy secretary, Chris Wright, said on Tuesday that the loan to Constellation Energy , the plant's ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
Reading time 4 minutes A Meta spokesperson confirmed to Bloomberg Wednesday that AI legend Yann LeCun is exiting Zuckland and striking out on his own. According to a Memo from LeCun himself that Bloomberg claims to have read, LeCun's new endeavor is meant to "bring about the next big revolution in AI: systems that understand the physical world, have persistent memory, can reason, and can plan complex action ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
HONG KONG — The Dutch government said Wednesday that it was relinquishing control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia , easing a standoff between China and the Netherlands that threatened supplies of semiconductors vital for global auto manufacturing. Economics Affairs Minister Vincent Karremans said he was suspending an earlier order to take control of Nexperia under a rarely invoked Cold War-era law. The ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
Smoking marijuana can lead to markedly lower short-term alcohol use, according to a first-of-its-kind study that adds a new layer to the debate over the "California sober" philosophy. Participants who smoked cannabis consumed between 19% and 27% less alcohol afterward than those who smoked a placebo, according to a paper published Wednesday. The study is believed to be the first randomized controlled trial ...
Source: statnews.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would start "working" on the war in Sudan, after visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asked him to help end the conflict. Since its outbreak in April 2023, the war between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced nearly 12 million. "His majesty would like me to do something very powerful ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! New research dismantles the long-held belief that smoking less means less harm. Scientists now say the body suffers significant cardiovascular damage from even low levels of smoking . Researchers from the American Heart Association's Tobacco Regulation and Addiction Center analyzed data from 22 long-term health studies involving more than 320,000 adults. POP CULTURE ...
Source: foxnews.com
Facebook and Instagram to start kicking Australian teenagers off platforms as social media ban looms
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
Meta users under 16 will be sent email, SMS and in-app messages in anticipation of 10 December, when ban will begin Australian Facebook and Instagram users under 16 will be notified starting Thursday that their accounts will be deactivated by 10 December, as Meta begins to comply with the Albanese government's social media ban. Users affected by the ban will receive 14 days' notice of their pending account ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article This legislation prohibits federal immigration officials from arresting individuals attending or leaving New York courthouses A US District Judge has dismissed a legal challenge brought by the Trump administration against New York policies that prevent immigration officials from ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
In Elon Musk's future, we won't need jobs or money, and there will be no poverty. U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum on Monday, where Musk sat on a panel with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Musk said that money would "stop being relevant" thanks to AI. "There will still be constraints on power like electricity and mass," Musk said. "But I think at some point currency becomes irrelevant." He linked it to the books of science ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
U.S. President Donald Trump attends the Congressional Picnic at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 12, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard Democrats are hoping to introduce a bill that would bring transparency to Donald Trump's White House renovation project. The "Stop Ballroom Bribery Act" has been sponsored by Senator Elizabeth Warren and Robert Garcia, the latter from the House Oversight Committee. The bill ...
Source: rawstory.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
Curaçao and Cape Verde qualify for a super-sized World Cup, but a 4-time champion is on the brink – A super-sized World Cup has paved the way for tiny Curaçao and Cape Verde to book their places at sport's biggest global event next year. Just as FIFA president Gianni Infantino predicted. It was back in 2017 when world soccer's governing body announced from 32 teams to 48 in 2026. It would create ...
Source: news4jax.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed that a resident of Grays Harbor County is the first person in the U.S. known to be infected with the H5N5 strain of avian influenza . The case also marks the country's first human bird flu diagnosis since February. The patient, described by officials as "an older adult with underlying health conditions," ...
Source: foxnews.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
TAMPA, Fla. ( WHTM ) – A batch of ice cream bars produced by a popular national brand has been recalled due to an undisclosed and potentially "life-threatening" ingredient. Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams is voluntarily recalling one lot of Passion Fruit Dreamsicle Ice Cream Bars with may contain undeclared wheat and soy, according to a recall notice issued by Jeni's. The company said a component from a separate ...
Source: wfla.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
Perplexity AI, an AI-powered search engine, is ramping up its push for government use, inking a new deal with the General Services Administration to offer its product for just 25 cents per agency. GSA announced the deal with Perplexity on Wednesday, emphasizing that the product will be offered directly through the agency's Multiple Award Schedule rather than through a government reseller, a first-of-its-kind ...
Source: fedscoop.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
Google is launching Gemini 3 , its most intelligent AI model yet. From the outset, users will have access to the flagship Gemini 3 Pro model, which is multimodal from the ground up and can process text, image, audio, and video in the same flow. This model is said to top several AI benchmark tests in logic, math, and fact checking. It's also said to provide shorter, more direct, and less biased responses. One new ...
Source: pcworld.com
Tuesday, Nov 18th, 2025 -
World's largest scientific review warns consumption of UPFs poses seismic threat to global health and wellbeing Ultra-processed food (UPF) is linked to harm in every major organ system of the human body and poses a seismic threat to global health, according to the world's largest review. UPF is also rapidly displacing fresh food in the diets of children and adults on every continent, and is associated with an ...
Source: theguardian.com