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Best Cyber Monday Apple Deals: Save on AirPods, iPhone, Apple Watch and More
- Shop deals curated by our expert deal finders With Cyber Monday entering its last stretch, now's the moment to take advantage of Apple deals that almost never surface. Apple usually avoids marking down its own products (save for gift card offers on Apple.com) , but other major retailers across the web, including Amazon , Walmart and Best Buy are dropping serious savings on iPhones , AirPods , MacBooks and more. To ...

Source: cnet.com
POLITICS  
Congress seeks answers in 'kill everybody' strike report
- Lawmakers with oversight of the Pentagon Sunday voiced concerns about reports that the U.S. military killed two survivors of the Trump administration's first lethal strike on suspected drug-trafficking boats, saying such a follow-up attack would be illegal if not a war crime. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ordered the second strike to comply with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's ...

Source: theweek.com
POLITICS  
Land and Security Are the Main Sticking Points as Russia and Ukraine Mull Trump's Peace Proposal
- Diplomats face an uphill battle to reconcile Russian and Ukrainian "red lines" as a renewed U.S.-led push to end the war gathers steam, with Ukrainian officials attending talks in the U.S. over the weekend and Washington officials expected in Moscow early this week . U.S. President Donald Trump's peace plan became public last month , sparking alarm that it was too favorable to Moscow. It was revised following talks ...

Source: military.com
WORLD  
Flooding recovery efforts underway in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand after more than 1,000 killed
- PADANG SIDEMPUAN, Indonesia — Indonesia 's president told survivors of last week's devastating floods that help was arriving to those in need Monday as Asian governments scaled up their responses to a disaster that has left more than 1,000 dead in three countries. Hundreds more are missing following flooding and landslides in the past week, which killed at least 502 people in Indonesia, 334 in Sri Lanka and ...

Source: nbcnews.com
WORLD   POLITICS  
Netanyahu Requests Presidential Pardon From Corruption Case, Citing Trump Plea
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested that President Isaac Herzog pardon him of corruption charges in his five-year-long case, citing U.S. President Donald Trump's recent request for the favor and saying that it's necessary to advance the two leaders' joint interests as they ravage the Middle East. The prime minister made the request on Sunday, framing the trial as a "witch hunt" and a pardon as a ...

Source: truthout.org
US   POLITICS  
'Piggy, incapable': Every time Trump lashed out at female reporters in just one month
- Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Almost all of those to have provoked the president's wrath recently have been women, yet the White House has insisted that the insults are 'nothing to do with gender' For the past month Donald Trump has launched blistering and rude attacks on multiple journalists – ...

Source: independent.co.uk
Prepare to pay $45 at airport security if you don't have a REAL ID
- The has taken a page from the budget airline playbook. The agency said Monday it is implementing a new alternative identity verification system, TSA Confirm.ID, that would charge travelers $45 at security checkpoints if they show up without a REAL ID or another acceptable government-issued ID, such as a passport or permanent resident card. The new fee option is set to begin on February 1. The TSA said the fee would ...

Source: businessinsider.com
US   POLITICS  
Hegseth Makes Fun of War Crimes With Twisted AI Children's Book Meme
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted an AI image of popular children's character Franklin the Turtle extrajudicially blowing up "drug boats," just days after it was revealed he potentially committed a war crime of his own.  Hegseth's post—another installment in the GOP's AI image fetish—is modeled after the cover of the Franklin children's books, and reads "A Classic Franklin Story: Franklin ...

Source: newrepublic.com
US   POLITICS  
Former Trump lawyer Alina Habba is disqualified as top New Jersey prosecutor, US appeals court rules
- Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By MIKE CATALINI, Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer  Alina Habba  is disqualified from serving as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor despite his administration's maneuvers to keep her in the role, an appeals court said Monday. A panel of judges from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sitting in ...

Source: orlandosentinel.com
US  
Mangione appears in court as his lawyers try to exclude evidence
- NEW YORK — Lawyers for Luigi Mangione, charged with assassinating the chief executive of a health insurer a year ago, began arguing in state court in New York on Monday that some evidence should be excluded from his trial. Mangione, 27, was arrested on Dec. 9, 2024, five days after the executive, Brian Thompson of UnitedHealthcare, was shot while walking into a Hilton hotel on West 54th Street to prepare for ...

Source: bostonglobe.com
WORLD  
Painstaking search for victims of Hong Kong fire continues but some may never be found, official says
- The remains of some of those killed in last week's inferno at a Hong Kong apartment complex may never be recovered, a city official said Monday, as a painstaking search effort continues at the site. The death toll has risen to 151 people and at least 30 remain missing, officials said Monday, after the city's worst fire in decades, which tore through seven high-rise towers of the Wang Fuk Court complex. The housing ...

Source: aol.com
POLITICS  
What is the UK's new socialist Your Party, which is beset with infighting?
- The United Kingdom's new left-wing political party, Your Party, cofounded by former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, has become mired in a bitter divide between its leaders. On Saturday, Your Party cofounder Zarah Sultana said she would skip the first day of the newly formed group's inaugural two-day conference following a serious disagreement over who could attend. What is Your Party? After the UK's last general ...

Source: aljazeera.com
Georgia among teams rising in college football's NCAA Re-Rank 1-136
- Georgia and Oregon climb into the top four and Texas A&M drops in the penultimate USA TODAY Sports NCAA Re-Rank 1-136 of the regular season. Georgia is up to No. 3 and Oregon to No. 4 after both capped the regular season with rivalry wins. The Bulldogs smothered Georgia Tech and the Ducks did the same to Washington. The Aggies are down two spots to No. 5 after losing 27-17 to Texas . The move up one spot to No. 14 ...

Source: aol.com
US   DIGITAL   TECHNOLOGY  
Netflix Removes Casting From Phones To 'Most' TVs
- Netflix Removes Casting From Phones To 'Most' TVs—Here's What Still Works Netflix removed casting support from mobile devices to "most" TVs and streaming devices this month, according to a help page on the streamer's website, clamping down on its rules and pushing users toward its more expensive plans and native TV apps. Netflix dropped casting and said most users will need to use the remote that came with ...

Source: forbes.com
WORLD  
Pope Leo XIV's visit highlights Christian resilience in Lebanon despite regional turmoil
- BEIRUT (AP) — Over the past few decades, hundreds of thousands of Christians have left parts of the Middle East for good, driven by wars and the rise of Muslim extremists. In Lebanon, it has been different. Despite the many crises that have battered the small nation, Christians continue to enjoy religious freedom and significant political influence. Pope Leo XIV challenged Lebanon's political leaders on ...

Source: apnews.com
US  
Trump releases fraudster executive days into prison sentence
- US President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of former investment manager David Gentile, who was just days into a seven-year prison sentence for fraud. Bureau of Prisons records show that Gentile was released on Wednesday, less than two weeks after he reported to prison. Gentile, the former chief executive and founder of GPB Capital, was convicted last year in what federal prosecutors described as a ...

Source: aol.com
Joaquin Guzman Lopez: El Chapo's son pleads guilty to drug charges in US | World News
- The Sinaloa cartel is said to be responsible for sending "staggering" amounts of fentanyl to the US, where the opioid kills thousands every year. A son of notorious drugs kingpin "El Chapo" has pleaded guilty to drug charges in the US. Joaquin Guzman Lopez, 39, known in Mexico as "Chapitos" or "little Chapos", admitted two counts of drug trafficking and continuing criminal enterprise. As part of a plea deal to ...

Source: news.sky.com
'Rage bait' named Oxford University Press word of the year as outrage fuels social media traffic in 2025
- LONDON — Oxford University Press has named "rage bait'' as its word of the year, capturing the internet zeitgeist of 2025. The phrase refers to online content that is "deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative or offensive," with the aim of driving traffic to a particular social media account, Oxford said in a statement. "The person producing it will bask in the ...

Source: nbcnews.com
US  
Michael Jordan's fight against NASCAR heads to court, could shake up motorsports
- CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Michael Jordan's bitter fight against NASCAR heads to federal court Monday in a jury trial that could rip apart the top motorsports series in the United States. The antitrust allegations leveled by Jordan-owned 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports have exposed salacious personal communications, NASCAR's finances, and a deep contempt between some of the top executives in the sport and its ...

Source: nbcnews.com
Led by US, Revenue of Major Weapons Makers Hit All-Time High in 2024
- An annual report out Monday that tracks global arms sales shows that weapons makers in 2024 generated more revenue than at any time since the group behind the research began tracking the data over 35 years ago. The annual report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) shows that the top 100 weapons makers in the world—led by those in the United States—brought in a record-setting ...

Source: commondreams.org
South Korea's Coupang Confirms 34 Million Customer Data Leak
- The Seoul Metropolitan Police has identified the suspect of a large-scale data breach affecting Coupang, an Amazon-like e-commerce platform that is popular in South Korea. The incident dates back June 2025, when Coupang detected unauthorized access to delivery-related personal information from an overseas location. Early reports suggested 4500 accounts were believed to be affected. However, the company now ...

Source: infosecurity-magazine.com
BUSINESS   TECHNOLOGY  
Supreme Court Questions $1 Billion Music Piracy Suit Against Cox
- The US Supreme Court weighed giving internet providers a stronger shield from legal liability when customers pirate copyrighted works, questioning a $1 billion music industry copyright lawsuit against Cox Communications Inc. Hearing arguments in Washington Monday, several justices expressed doubts about an appeals court ruling that partially upheld a jury verdict against Cox. Units of Sony Group Corp. , Warner ...

Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
National guard shooting suspect spent 'weeks on end' in isolation, emails show
- Mental health of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who is charged with murder, had reportedly been unravelling for years The suspect in the shooting of two West Virginia national guard soldiers in Washington DC on the eve of Thanksgiving had been struggling with his mental health, sometimes spending "weeks on end" in isolation, as he tried to assimilate in the years since arriving in the United States, it has emerged. ...

Source: theguardian.com
Centuries-Lost Rubens Found In A Paris Home Sells For An Eye-Watering Sum
- That's A Win-Win. We handpick every product we feature. When you shop through our guides, you're supporting the kind of journalism that keeps you informed and empowered. Shop with us today. Already a member? VERSAILLES, France (AP) — A long-lost painting by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens , which was hidden for more than four centuries, sold at 2.3 million euros ($2.7 million) at an auction Sunday in ...

Source: huffpost.com
Australia charges four men over 'satanic' child sex abuse material
- Police in Australia have charged four men following an investigation into what they called an "international satanic child sex abuse material ring" in the city of Sydney. The New South Wales (NSW) police said on Monday they had charged the four with dozens of criminal offences after executing six search warrants at several addresses in Sydney last week. The men – aged 26, 39, 42 and 46 – were arrested ...

Source: aljazeera.com
US north-east braces for 'significant' snowfall after storm hits midwest
- Prediction for New England area comes after travelers experienced disruption over Thanksgiving holiday weekend A winter storm is expected to slam much of the north-east United States with rain, ice and heavy snow on Monday night through Tuesday, forecasters have said, with millions of Americans under winter storm advisories. The bulk of the storm is expected to arrive in the region later on Monday, with the system ...

Source: theguardian.com
LSU lures Lane Kiffin away from virtual playoff lock Ole Miss
- Lane Kiffin left his one-loss Ole Miss team to become the coach at LSU on Sunday, taking over a program that has won national titles under three of its previous four coaches while saying he would have stayed to coach the Rebels in the postseason had he been allowed to. The move comes two days after No. 6 Mississippi's victory over Mississippi State in the annual Egg Bowl rivalry game that all but guaranteed the ...

Source: aol.com
Max Verstappen beats Piastri to take F1 title race to Abu Dhabi GP as Norris falters
- Max Verstappen believed he had long since "checked out" from being able to defend his world championship. Yet the Dutchman, while down, was far from out and has, with victory in the Qatar Grand Prix, battled and bludgeoned his way back into contention just as McLaren have somehow contrived to leave Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri vulnerable to his late charge, as Verstappen forced the title race to the wire at the ...

Source: theguardian.com
US   POLITICS  
Dignitas founder dies by assisted suicide
- The founder of the Swiss right-to-die organisation Dignitas has ended his own life through assisted suicide at one of his own clinics, the group announced on Sunday. Ludwig Minelli, who became one of Europe's most committed campaigners for the legalisation of assisted dying, died on Saturday, days before his 93rd birthday. Dignitas said it would "continue to manage and develop the association in the spirit of its ...

Source: aol.com