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Top News Stories for Thursday, November 20th 2025
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
"Are you looking for something?" The homeless man, kindly yet befuddled, stands underneath the awning of a long-abandoned Kansas City storefront and searches his shopping cart for an umbrella. This desolate stretch of road not far from the I-70 interchange doesn't get much foot traffic, especially amid a September downpour, but he's right. I am looking for something. I'm hunting for a specific yet invisible spot ...
Source: newrepublic.com
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 -
Hiring picked up in the early fall after a lackluster summer. An overdue report from the Labor Department Thursday showed U.S. employers added 119,000 jobs in September, while the unemployment rate inched up to 4.4%. The report was released almost seven weeks behind schedule due to the government shutdown. And because the shutdown also delayed data-gathering, there won't be another jobs report until mid-December. ...
Source: npr.org
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The United States on Wednesday intensified its manhunt for a former Canadian Olympian who U.S. law enforcement accuses of being a drug kingpin on the scale of Pablo Escobar and Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. It is not immediately clear how long the United States has been hunting Ryan Wedding but he was first indicted in the United States in October 2024. In March, he was added to the FBI's Ten Most ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
United States President Donald Trump is poised to host New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani for a meeting at the White House, marking an about-face for a duo who have painted themselves as diametrically and ideologically opposed in their political visions for the country. On his social media platform Truth Social, Trump wrote late on Wednesday that Mamdani will visit the Oval Office on Friday in a post that ...
Source: aljazeera.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 -
(Reuters) -The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed four new rules that would roll back Biden-era regulations that strengthened protections for endangered species. The move is aligned with President Donald Trump's effort to unwind what he says are burdensome federal regulations for businesses. In a statement, the Interior Department said it would restore regulatory language from 2019 ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
The first kiss in history probably took place over 16.9 million years ago — long before humans even existed, a new study suggests. Despite its popularity in many cultures among lovers, family members and friends, kissing has long perplexed evolutionary biologists, given it has no obvious benefit to either reproducing or finding food, while carrying the risk of disease transmission. A 2015 study even found ...
Source: washingtonpost.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 -
This movie shows Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) observations of Comet 3I/ATLAS from September 28 to October 10, 2025, when the comet was between 231 million to 235 million miles from Earth. Each frame is a daily stacked image, made up of multiple observations taken of the comet on each day. Stars create streaks of light in the background as the comet moves across the sky. The bright ...
Source: scientificamerican.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 -
that the Federal Open Market Committee elects to cut interest rates on December 10. That's largely in response to hawkish minutes released on November 19 for the FOMC's October 28-29 meeting. Although policymakers did cut interest rates at that meeting, expectations for a December cut amongst policymakers appeared muted, at least at the time of the October meeting. October Comments On December Meeting noted that, ...
Source: forbes.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
Its sale price beat the previous record, set by an Andy Warhol portrait of Marilyn Monroe, which went for $195m in 2022 and puts it second in the all-time list, behind Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi. A painting that helped save the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust has become the most expensive piece of modern art and the second most expensive painting ever sold at auction. The Portrait of ...
Source: news.sky.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced that he has chosen New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch to continue in her role leading the largest police department in the nation. As a candidate, Mamdani vowed to keep Tisch — who was appointed commissioner by Mayor Eric Adams — in the role. Pledging to keep Tisch on as police commissioner could be seen as a way to assuage voters' concerns that Mamdani, ...
Source: nbcnews.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 -
Major League Baseball's new media rights deals with NBC, Netflix, and ESPN became official Wednesday, with the three-year agreements changing the parameters of watching the sport via television and streaming. NBC will become the new home of "Sunday Night Baseball," which had been a staple of ESPN's baseball package since 1990. With rights deals in place with the NFL and NBA, NBC will now feature a game from a ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
On Tuesday, a federal judge based in Texas ruled that a state law requiring public independent school districts (ISDs) to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom was likely unconstitutional. In his order , which was narrowly defined to affect only the districts in question, Judge Orlando Garcia of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas noted that the families suing the ISDs "do not wish ...
Source: truthout.org
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
Restarting the Three Mile Island reactor would power equivalent of 800,000 homes by 2027 The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is providing a $1 billion loan to Constellation Energy to help restart the nuclear reactor at the former Three Mile Island plant in Pennsylvania. Constellation reached an agreement in late 2024 with Microsoft to restart the 835-megawatt reactor, which ceased operations in 2019 ...
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
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
The Dutch government has suspended its intervention at Nexperia, a Chinese-owned chipmaker based in the Netherlands, following talks with China. The Hague took action in September over "serious governance shortcomings" and concerns over the European supply of semiconductors for cars and other electronic goods. In response, Beijing blocked exports of the firm's chips. However, on Wednesday the Dutch government said ...
Source: bbc.com
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
Smoking marijuana is associated with "significantly" reduced rates of alcohol consumption, according to a new federally funded study that involved adults smoking joints in a makeshift bar. Researchers at Brown University investigated the science behind the trend that's come to be known as "California sober," referring to people who abstain from or limit the use of alcohol and most other drugs while still consuming ...
Source: marijuanamoment.net
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. would immediately start a new effort to end the conflict in Sudan, saying he was acting at the urging of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who met with him at the White House on Tuesday. "His Majesty would like me to do something very powerful having to do with Sudan. It was not on my charts to be involved in that," Trump said during remarks at a U.S.-Saudi ...
Source: aol.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
Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025 -
Younger Australian teenagers on Instagram, Facebook and Threads are being told their accounts will be shut down ahead of the country's social media ban for under-16s. Meta, which owns the three brands, said it had begun notifying users it believes to be between 13 and 15 years old by text, email and in-app messages that their accounts would start being deactivated from 4 December. The ban in Australia comes into ...
Source: bbc.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