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Saturday, Nov 22nd, 2025 -
United States President Donald Trump lavishly praised New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani after surprisingly cordial talks in the White House on Friday, defying expectations of a potentially tense meeting between the Republican billionaire and the self-proclaimed Democratic socialist. The warmth displayed came in stark contrast to the barbs the pair have exchanged in recent months. Trump has caricatured ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, Nov 22nd, 2025 -
Ideas Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace Who would benefit from the White House's 28-point proposal for Ukraine? Sergei Gapon / AFP / Getty Save The 28-point peace plan that the United States and Russia want to impose on Ukraine and Europe is misnamed. It is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In ...
Source: theatlantic.com
Saturday, Nov 22nd, 2025 -
The rewriting of a page on the CDC's website to assert the false claim that vaccines may cause autism sparked a torrent of anger and anguish from doctors, scientists, and parents who say Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is wrecking the credibility of an agency they've long relied on for unbiased scientific evidence. Many scientists and public health officials fear that the Centers for ...
Source: news-medical.net
Saturday, Nov 22nd, 2025 -
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene became a household name in the run up to the 2020 election for divisive rhetoric, political stunts and enthusiastic support of President Trump. But after growing disagreements with Trump during his second term, Greene announced she will leave Congress in January before her term is up. Greene said it would not be fair to her northwest Georgia district, one of the most ...
Source: npr.org
Saturday, Nov 22nd, 2025 -
More than 300 children and staff are now thought to have been kidnapped by gunmen from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, making it one of the worst mass abductions the country has seen. The Christian Association of Nigeria said 303 students and 12 teachers were taken from on St Mary's School in Papiri, Niger state - substantially more than previously estimated. It said the figures have been revised upwards ...
Source: bbc.com
Saturday, Nov 22nd, 2025 -
A grizzly bear is on the loose after attacking a school group in Canada, leaving 11 people injured, two of them critically. The incident happened on Thursday afternoon on a walking trail in the town of Bella Coola, in the province of British Columbia (BC). Residents have been warned to remain indoors while armed officers try to track down the animal. Four of the injured remained in hospital as of Friday afternoon, ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Nov 22nd, 2025 -
Mae Kuykendall is a retired professor of law at Michigan State University College of Law. She is coauthor of the forthcoming "Votes of No Confidence: Theory and Practice." Harry Lewis is professor emeritus of computer science at Harvard University, where he served as dean of Harvard College and interim dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He is author of "Excellence Without a Soul." Universities ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, Nov 22nd, 2025 -
The final document of the Group of 20 summit in South Africa says the organisation will work towards the settlement of armed conflicts and lighten the burden of the developing nations in the world. The summit, the first G20 gathering on the African continent, convened on Saturday for the first of two days with an ambitious agenda to make progress on solving some of the longstanding problems that have afflicted the ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, Nov 22nd, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump to end the deployment of National Guard troops to the nation's capital. But the ruling is unlikely to be the final word by the courts, the president or local leaders in the contentious duel over the federal district. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb put her order on hold for 21 days to allow the Trump administration time to either remove ...
Source: military.com
Saturday, Nov 22nd, 2025 -
Born in Mexico and brought to the U.S. by her parents when she was 1, Sara has lived in California nearly all her life. As an undocumented immigrant, she pays in-state tuition rates at East Los Angeles College — $619 per semester, a fraction of the $5,286 charged to out-of-state students. Because of her immigration status, Sara is not eligible for Pell Grants and other federal student aid. Under a 2001 state ...
Source: latimes.com
Saturday, Nov 22nd, 2025 -
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Source: cnet.com
Saturday, Nov 22nd, 2025 -
By Miami-Dade and Broward real estate had a second consecutive "robust month" in October, with growth in both condo and single-family sales in year-over-year comparisons, according to statistics released by the Miami Association of Realtors. The growth was fueled in Miami-Dade by $1 million-and-up transactions, which increased nearly 20% in comparing October 2025 and 2024 sales. South Florida is on pace to post the ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Saturday, Nov 22nd, 2025 -
A driver in North Carolina told a dispatcher that a cat carcass crashed into her windshield along a highway after the feline was dropped from the sky by a bald eagle. The woman called 911 on Wednesday morning to report the incident, saying that a bald eagle dropped the cat into the passenger side of her front windshield on U.S. Route 74 in Swain County, near Bryson City, which is located about 65 miles southwest of ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
Democrat Senate minority leader says president's remarks are 'outright threat' as other leading Democrats warn 'political violence has no place in America' From Good morning and welcome to the US politics live blog. I'm Tom Ambrose and I'll be bringing you all the latest news lines over the next few hours. We start with the news that Donald Trump has been accused of calling for the "execution" of elected Democratic ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
A new report offers strategies for government leaders to encourage AI innovation that prepares their communities for an AI-ready future. As the world heads toward a digital future, the public sector plays a critical role in preparing government and business organizations to adopt and implement artificial intelligence through strategic investments, partnerships and workforce development efforts, a new report ...
Source: route-fifty.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
The U.S. Coast Guard is scrambling to clarify proposed internal policy changes that appeared to loosen how the service branch handles the conduct within its ranks involving hate symbols including nooses, swastikas, and other extremist symbols — touching off a political firestorm inside the nation's smallest military branch after the Space Force. The controversy centers on a little-noticed personnel directive ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
By 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 ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey on Friday moved to dismiss the criminal case against him, arguing that "fundamental errors in the grand jury process" make the indictment "legally flawed." The motion comes days after Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan told a judge that the full grand jury who heard evidence against Comey never reviewed the final two-count indictment in the case . Instead, she said ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
The fiery crash of a UPS plane shortly after its left engine flew off its wing and sparked a massive fire during takeoff could spell the end of the 109 remaining MD-11 airliners that have been exclusively hauling cargo for more than a decade. The fate of the planes won't be determined until after UPS, FedEx and Western Global see how expensive the repairs the Federal Aviation Administration orders will be and learn ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
Search Subscribe Home News Fortune 500 Tech Finance Leadership Lifestyle Rankings Multimedia Politics government shutdown Just 776 FAA employees will get Trump's $10,000 bonus, but unions say thousands who worked during the shutdown were left out By Nino Paoli Nino Paoli News Fellow By Nino Paoli Nino Paoli News Fellow November 21, 2025, 1:03 PM ET Add us on Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy and the Federal ...
Source: fortune.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times Travelers who attempt to fly without a Real ID or a passport could be subject to a new airport security screening program that carries an $18 fee. On Thursday, the TSA announced another option for travelers who have yet to get their Real ID or are flying without their passport: the modernized alternative identity-verification program. The ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
A new cyber incident could have affected Salesforce customer data three months after the Salesloft Drift hack . On November 20, customer support platform provider Gainsight said it identified connection failures resulting from Salesforce revoking active access for Gainsight SFDC Connector, which allows Gainsight applications to connect to Salesforce. In a Salesforce security advisory , also published on November ...
Source: infosecurity-magazine.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
The sale at Sotheby's in New York also topped Kahlo's own auction record for a work by a Latin American artist Reading Time: 2 minutes A haunting 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold Thursday for US$54.7 million and became the top-selling work by any female artist at an auction. The painting of Kahlo asleep in a bed — titled "El sueno (La cama)" or in English, "The Dream (The Bed)" ...
Source: scmp.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
The pilot of an Indian combat plane died after the aircraft crashed Friday during a demonstration flight for spectators at the Dubai Air Show, the Indian Air Force said. The Indian HAL Tejas, a combat aircraft used in the Indian Air Force, crashed around 2:10 p.m. local time after the pilot had flown across the site of the biennial air show in Dubai several times. The plane appeared to lose control and dive ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
OpenAI touts this feature as a must-have, whether you're organizing a group dinner or drafting a project outline with coworkers, because group chats work separately from users' private conversations, and nobody's personal ChatGPT history is shared with others in the chat. OpenAI also says this is a great way to brainstorm together with more people for a weekend trip or even something as simple as a surprise ...
Source: bgr.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
VERO BEACH, Fla. – A Florida sheriff's deputy was killed while attempting to serve an eviction notice Friday in a beachside residence on the state's Atlantic coast, a county sheriff said. The accused shooter, another deputy and a locksmith working for law enforcement were all wounded, Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers said at a news conference. The other deputy was hit in the shoulder and was ...
Source: news4jax.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The Department of Transportation has introduced new crash test dummies that have a specifically small female design, to "address the trend of higher injury rates for women than men in certain car crash scenarios." Crash testing has used the Hybrid III dummy in the past, but now it will adopt the THOR-05F for women, the department said in a press release . "The Left doesn't want to hear it, but the ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
Chicago Federation of Labor President Bob Reiter urged Chicago City Council members on Friday to not rule out a property tax increase, arguing there are ways to protect Black homeowners hit hardest by what he called "out of whack assessments." Reiter acknowledged that he urged alderpersons before Mayor Brandon Johnson's Oct. 16 budget address to avoid layoffs and furlough days that would impact his members, and ...
Source: chicago.suntimes.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
Fugees rapper Prakazrel Pras Michel has been sentenced to a hefty 14 years in prison, per reporting by . He was convicted of illegally funneling several millions of dollars toward President Obama's 2012 reelection campaign. This sentencing comes on the heels of a federal jury convicting him of ten criminal counts revolving around conspiracy and acting as an agent for a foreign government in 2023. Set in Washington, ...
Source: vice.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
Newly identified sound is distinct from 'full-throated roar' of the predators Lions have two types of roar, scientists have found. The newly identified sound is an "intermediary roar" that is mixed in with the recognisable "full-throated roar" of the predators . Researchers from the University of Exeter used artificial intelligence to analyse the roars of animals to determine if there was more than one kind of ...
Source: telegraph.co.uk
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
By Queenie Wong and Nilesh Christopher The artificial intelligence boom seems unstoppable, but a growing number of investors and other observers worry it could be a bubble about to burst. After skyrocketing more than 50% from April lows, the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite experienced a decline of close to 5% this month. Investors are concerned it could take longer than expected to see big profits from the trillions of ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
As the year ends, our reporting does not slow down. Support the journalists who continue asking questions and telling stories with depth and care. Your membership today helps ensure we start the new year strong. Already a member? Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday night fired back at President Donald Trump , who on Wednesday and urged ABC to "get the bum off the air." "A special hello to those of you who are watching from ...
Source: huffpost.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? Neither President Donald Trump nor Vice President JD Vance was invited to the funeral of former Vice President Dick Cheney, which took place on Thursday in Washington, D.C., according to multiple reports . Cheney, who served as vice president under George W. Bush, "died due ...
Source: huffpost.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed federal charges against a woman shot by a Customs and Border Protection agent in Chicago after allegedly ramming into his car . The ruling from US District Judge Georgia Alexakis came hours after prosecutors filed a motion to dismiss the charges in a striking reversal by the US government, court documents show. Marimar Martinez, a 30-year-old American citizen, and her ...
Source: aol.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is examining the handling of the mortgage fraud investigation into Sen. Adam Schiff, including the potential involvement of people who claimed to be acting at the behest or direction of two Trump administration officials who have been pushing the probe of the California Democrat, according to a document reviewed by The Associated Press. Federal authorities involved in ...
Source: bostonglobe.com