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Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in her Texas classroom, she felt she had no choice. She resigned from the job she loved. "I just was not going to be a part of forcing or imposing religious doctrine onto my students," she said. in public schools, and in the rush to navigate the that took effect in September, the rollout has forced some districts to confront hard choices. more than two dozen of the ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
Total nonfarm payroll jobs rose 119,000 in September, continuing a trend of little net job growth since April, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics report released Thursday. The unemployment rate ticked slightly up to 4.4%, from 4.3% the prior month. With 7.6 million people unemployed, unemployment was higher than a year earlier. BLS noted that the six-week release delay caused by the federal shutdown raised ...
Source: americanbanker.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
European leaders are adamant that any plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine will need support from both the European Union and Ukraine amid speculation of a potential United States-backed plan that would heavily favour Moscow's demands and narrative. Arriving for a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Thursday, EU foreign policy head Kaja Kallas told reporters that Europeans have always supported ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
The CDC updated its vaccine safety webpage on Wednesday to "correct" the statement that vaccines do not cause autism, stating that studies have not ruled out the link between vaccines and autism. "As someone who has worked on the frontlines of many infectious diseases outbreaks and seen firsthand the devastating effect of vaccine-preventable diseases, I can say this claim is simply false," Krutika Kuppalli, MD, ...
Source: healio.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
Nvidia stock has roared higher over the past several years as artificial intelligence (AI) emerged as a game-changing technology. The company designs the most powerful AI chips around -- they're known as graphics processing units (GPUs) and are key to the development and use of AI. So, the idea is, if you invest in Nvidia, you'll benefit as this technology revolution marches on. The company has demonstrated this as ...
Source: fool.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
839,506 2,736 Market yield on U.S. treasury securities at 10-year constant maturity. Updated daily. Welcome, + October saw a 1.7% year-over-year increase in existing home sales and a 2.1% rise in median price. Inventory grew to 1.52 million, with a 4.4-month supply. AI Summary Existing home sales posted another positive year-over-year print in October, marking the 4th straight month of year-over-year growth. ...
Source: housingwire.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday President Trump does not actually want to see members of Congress executed despite his social media post earlier in the day, calling a video by some members "seditious behavior, punishable by DEATH!" Trump made a pair of posts on his site, Truth Social, in response to a video posted by Reps. Jason Crow, D-Colo., Chris DeLuzio, D-Pa, Maggie Goodlander, ...
Source: npr.org
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
MIAMI — 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 COVID-19 ...
Source: npr.org
Thursday, Nov 20th, 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. NASA has finally released a cache of previously unseen images of comet 3I/ATLAS , as the space agency stresses that the interstellar visitor is a natural object. Comet 3I/ATLAS has become a celestial celebrity ...
Source: livescience.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
, where the AI creates immersive visuals for prompts that demand a visual experience. Google said Generative UI uses an image generator to create the visual experiences, without disclosing its identity. The arrival of Nano Banana Pro makes even more sense in that context. Nano Banana Pro is built on Gemini Pro tech, using its "state-of-the-art reasoning and real-world knowledge to visualize information better than ...
Source: bgr.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
Nov. 20 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump announced he will meet New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office on Friday. Trump made the announcement on his social media platform Truth Social on Wednesday. "Communist Mayor of New York City, Zohran 'Kwame' Mamdani, has asked for a meeting. We have agreed that this meeting will take place at the Oval Office on Friday, November 21st," Trump said in the ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
President Donald Trump did not receive an invitation to former Vice President Dick Cheney's funeral, sources familiar with the matter told Axios. While sitting presidents typically attend the funerals of former presidents and vice presidents, Cheney withdrew his support for Trump following the Jan. 6 Capitol Riots. Another source told CNN that Vice President JD Vance has also been left off the 1,000-strong invite ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
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Source: scientificamerican.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. Odds of a December rate cut remained low following the release of delayed jobs data . Markets were last pricing about a 35% chance of a quarter-point cut from the Federal Reserve next month, according to the CME FedWatch Tool. That ...
Source: cnbc.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 -
Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Offshore oil and gas drilling might resume in federally controlled waters near California and in some waters near Florida after being banned for decades. The Interior Department released a five-year plan Thursday supporting offshore drilling leases, which would include up to 34 lease auctions in federal waters sometime between 2026 and 2031, according to Politico . The auctions would include up to ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — 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, mostly women and children. The strikes have been some of the deadliest since Oct. 10 when a U.S.-brokered ceasefire took effect. The renewed escalation came after ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
THURSDAY, Nov. 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Kissing may feel like a very human habit, but new research suggests it has much deeper roots. A team of scientists says the behavior likely began more than 20 million years ago, long before modern humans existed. Researchers from Oxford University in England reviewed decades of studies on primates to understand how kissing may have evolved. By comparing the behavior ...
Source: insidenova.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
Video above: Massive fireball erupts as UPS plane crashes at Kentucky airport (NEXSTAR) — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released new frame-by-frame images showing the moments before a UPS cargo plane crashed in Louisville, Kentucky, earlier this month. The plane had crashed about 5:15 p.m. on Nov. 4, after its left wing caught fire and an engine fell off as it was departing ...
Source: wfla.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
We'll keep digging -- no matter who wants the truth buried. Become a HuffPost member and fuel reporting they can't silence. Already a member? WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to end its monthslong deployment of National Guard troops to help police the nation's capital. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb concluded that President Donald Trump 's military takeover in ...
Source: huffpost.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday defended President Donald Trump's decision to call a female reporter "Piggy" on Air Force One, claiming the insult reflected the "frankness" that helped him win a second term. Q: "What did the president mean when he called the reporter piggy?" @PressSec : "I think the president being frank and open and honest to your faces rather than hiding behind your backs ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
Federal prosecutors in Chicago on Thursday dropped one of the most high-profile criminal cases to result from the Trump administration's aggressive deportation campaign, one the feds have pointed to while insisting agents on the ground were under attack. Marimar Martinez, 30, and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, 21, have faced an assault charge since early October for allegedly tailing a Chevrolet Tahoe driven by Border ...
Source: chicago.suntimes.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
A federal immigration crackdown based in Charlotte, North Carolina's largest city, is now over, a local law enforcement agency said Thursday. The sheriff's office in Mecklenburg County, which includes Charlotte, said federal officials have confirmed with Sheriff Garry McFadden that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection operation known as " Charlotte's Web ," has officially concluded. No border agent ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Australian children under 16 will have their Facebook, Threads and Instagram accounts deactivated by Dec. 10, as Meta begins complying with a new law, they were told Thursday. The users will have 14 days' notice via app messages, email and text messages before their accounts get deactivated . New users under 16 will not be able to create an account starting Dec. 4. The ban also affects TikTok, ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
New Chromebooks will come with the GeForce Now Fast Pass for a full year, alongside upgrades with the Blackwell RTX architecture. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Starting today, purchase of a new Chromebook comes with a GeForce Now Fast Pass for a full year. Google and Nvidia just announced a partnership to get more gamers on Chromebooks. Starting today, any ...
Source: zdnet.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
The TSA recently published a rule proposal in the Federal Register that would give travelers the ability to pay a fee to get through security checkpoints if they don't have an acceptable form of ID. (TNS) — After telling travelers for years they would need a REAL ID to fly, the Transportation Security Administration may soon allow some people to get around the ID requirement using their biometrics. On ...
Source: govtech.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
A report published on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) website on Wednesday pushes the dubious claim that gender-affirming care for transgender youth does more harm than good — a statement that flouts years of studies concluding otherwise. The report, titled "Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria: Review of Evidence and Best Practices," derides gender-affirming care by reclassifying it as ...
Source: truthout.org
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
Salesforce is giving businesses a clearer view into how AI agents perform with new observability tools designed to boost trust, reliability and results at scale. Salesforce is expanding the capabilities of its Agentforce 360 Platform with new observability tools designed to give organizations real-time visibility into AI agent performance. The update, announced today, aims to help companies scale their use of AI ...
Source: martech.org
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
Shoppers are still flocking to Walmart . The company raised its full-year earnings and sales outlook Thursday, heading into the crucial holiday shopping season. Walmart also offered fresh signs that it is shedding its original identity as a strictly down-market brick-and-mortar operation by growing its e-commerce business and increasing its market share of higher-income households. The biggest retailer and grocer ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... WASHINGTON (AP) — A veteran FBI employee training to become a special agent was fired last month for displaying at his workspace an LGBTQ+ flag, which had previously flown outside a field office, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court. David Maltinsky had worked at the FBI for 16 years and was nearly finished with special agent training in Quantico, Virginia, ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
Mayor-elect said head of city's police department will stay at her post when he takes office New York City's mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani , announced on Wednesday that the city's current police commissioner, Jessica Tisch, will remain at her post when he takes up his job leading the city. Mamdani, a democratic socialist whose election win has created headlines around the world, has been a frequent critic of the ...
Source: theguardian.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 -
Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The Dutch government on Wednesday ended its control of Chinese chipmaker Nexperia after a little over a month, easing a dispute between the Netherlands and China. Minister of Economic Affairs Vincent Karremans said in a statement that after the government had held "constructive meetings" with Chinese authorities, now was "the right moment to take a constructive step" by suspending its control over ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
United States President Donald Trump has pledged to address the conflict in Sudan, in response to an apparent request from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. On Wednesday, Trump announced his intention to intervene twice, once at the Saudi Investment Forum in Washington, DC, and a second time on his online platform, Truth Social. "Arab Leaders from all over the World, in particular the highly respected Crown ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
A growing number of people are ditching alcohol in favor of weed, a trend dubbed "California sober" or "Cali sober." Now, a new study suggests there might be something to this more flexible approach to sobriety. Smoking marijuana might lead people to drink less, at least in the short term, researchers reported Wednesday in the American Journal of Psychiatry . Exposure to THC -- the intoxicating compound in weed -- ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The Trump administration has announced it is issuing a $1 billion loan to restart a Pennsylvania nuclear power plant. Announced Tuesday by the Department of Energy, the loan to Constellation Energy Generation is earmarked to help finance the resurrection of the 835-megawatt Three Mile Island reactor in Londonderry Township, Pa., which ceased operations in 2019 but was never fully decommissioned. ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
Tesla CEO says AI and humanoid robots will eliminate poverty and make everyone wealthy Billionaire Elon Musk is signaling that artificial intelligence and robotics could eliminate the need to work in the next few decades. Musk attended the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum and was asked on a panel about the long-term impacts of robotics and AI on the workforce. He offered a bold prediction about the future of ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
Yann LeCun, Meta's chief AI scientist and one of the most influential figures in the field, is leaving the company to start a new AI venture, a Meta spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider. LeCun announced the move on Facebook, sharing that he is building a startup centered on his long-standing interest in world-model research. Meta will partner with LeCun on his new venture, a Meta spokesperson told Business ...
Source: businessinsider.com