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Top News Stories for Monday, November 10th 2025
Sunday, Nov 9th, 2025 -
Over 10,000 Flights Disrupted Sunday As Government Shutdown Snarls Air Travel Over 7,700 flights were delayed and nearly 2,300 canceled in the United States on Sunday as the government shutdown's impact on air travel grows more significant ahead of the holidays. The largest number of outright cancellations happened at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport as of Sunday afternoon, which saw 323 flights ...
Source: forbes.com
Sunday, Nov 9th, 2025 -
The Trump administration has instructed states that they must "immediately undo any steps" that were taken to provide full SNAP benefits to low-income Americans, saying states were "unauthorized." The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a late-night Saturday memo obtained by CBS News, also threatened to impose financial penalties on states that did not comply with the government's new orders. "To the extent States ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Sunday, Nov 9th, 2025 -
Virginia Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, said Sunday that Democrats in the Senate should join a majority of Senate Republicans to vote to reopen the government, regardless of whether both sides reach a deal on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies. "The government needs to open and it needs to open immediately. We need the president to demonstrate leadership, bringing people together, endeavoring to ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Sunday, Nov 9th, 2025 -
Israel has received the body of Lt Hadar Goldin, a soldier killed in an ambush by Hamas in 2014 and whose body has been held in Gaza since then. The Israeli military said Lt Goldin, who was 23 when he died, was formally identified and will now be buried. He left behind parents, a sister, two brothers, and a fiancée. Hamas's armed wing had said on Sunday that it would hand over Lt Goldin's body as part of a ...
Source: bbc.com
Sunday, Nov 9th, 2025 -
NEW YORK — Two MLB pitchers were indicted Sunday on charges they took bribes to give sports bettors advance notice of the types of pitches they'd throw and intentionally tossed balls instead of strikes to ensure successful bets. Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, both of whom pitched for the Guardians, have been on non-disciplinary paid leave since July while Major League Baseball investigated unusually high ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Sunday, Nov 9th, 2025 -
Ukrainian strikes carried out on the late Saturday nights disrupted power and heating in two major Russian cities near the Ukrainian border, local officials said on Sunday, as Moscow and Kyiv continued to target each other's energy infrastructure amid stalled diplomatic efforts to end the war, reported AP. In the Voronezh region, a drone strike triggered temporary blackouts and cut heating to several districts, ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Sunday, Nov 9th, 2025 -
Cut through the chaos. Americans just sent Trump a clear message — and Dems are calling it "a 5-alarm fire" for the president. Our reporters are here to keep you informed and make sense of Washington's chaos. Join HuffPost and be part of what happens next. Already a member? President Donald Trump wants the Washington Commanders' new football stadium named after him, according to a new report from ESPN . ...
Source: huffpost.com
Sunday, Nov 9th, 2025 -
The range of fixed-rate mortgage terms and other outcomes possible through government-sponsored enterprise reform got a lot wider over the weekend. President Trump and Bill Pulte, the head of the GSEs' oversight agency, used the social media channels they often employ to float ideas in order to advocate for a 50-year mortgage, a concept at the opposite end of the spectrum from those who question even the current ...
Source: americanbanker.com
Sunday, Nov 9th, 2025 -
The head of the BBC and its CEO of news resigned Sunday after criticism of the broadcaster's editing of a speech by President Trump. The BBC said Director-General Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness both announced their resignation on Sunday. Britain's public broadcaster has been criticized for the way it edited a speech Mr. Trump made on Jan. 6, 2021, before protesters attacked the Capitol in ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Sunday, Nov 9th, 2025 -
A recalled baby formula was linked to botulism cases in two Illinois infants, state health officials warn. Two lots of ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula were recalled on Saturday, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. The department is advising parents to avoid the formula until further notice. The two Illinois babies with botulism symptoms had both consumed the powdered formula. According to ...
Source: chicago.suntimes.com
Sunday, Nov 9th, 2025 -
The driver lost control and hit more than a dozen people outside a bar, police say. The force says the crash was not targeted. Four people have been killed and 11 injured after a speeding car fleeing police slammed into a crowded bar in Tampa, Florida. An air patrol unit spotted the silver sedan driving recklessly on a motorway around 12.40am on Saturday after it was seen racing in another neighbourhood, the Tampa ...
Source: news.sky.com
Sunday, Nov 9th, 2025 -
Sediment analysis and drone photography of the iconic South American monument of Monte Sierpe (aka "Band of Holes") support a new interpretation of this mysterious landscape feature as part of an Indigenous system of accounting and exchange. Stretching 1.5 km across the Pisco Valley of the southern Peruvian Andes, Monte Sierpe (meaning serpent mountain) is a large row of approximately 5,200 precisely aligned holes ...
Source: phys.org
Sunday, Nov 9th, 2025 -
Citing the successful nature of his tariffs imposed on foreign trade partners, U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday the revenue raised by those import taxes will be used to pay down the national debt, invest in the U.S., and send direct payments to Americans. "People that are against Tariffs are FOOLS!" the president wrote on his Truth Social platform. "We are now the Richest, Most Respected Country In the ...
Source: aol.com
Sunday, Nov 9th, 2025 -
Coffee has "astounding" impact on irregular heartbeat in world-first trial Caffeine appears to do the opposite of what you might think when it comes to the heart. Scientists have found that a cup of coffee a day actually protects the heart from atrial fibrillation – a condition that can lead to stroke and heart failure. University of Adelaide and University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) researchers have ...
Source: newatlas.com
Sunday, Nov 9th, 2025 -
Churches under US tax law benefit from tax-exempt status, minimal reporting obligations, and broad latitude in how they define their missions. The policy rationale is that religious organizations serve a public good that warrants public support. But that doesn't hold water when the presumed public good turns out to be obvious private luxury . In Community Worship Fellowship v. United States , the US Court of ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Sunday, Nov 9th, 2025 -
Jeffrey Epstein associate, serving 20 years for sex-trafficking crimes, is now in minimum-security federal prison in Texas Longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell , who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex-trafficking crimes , has reportedly said that she is "much, much happier" after the Trump administration transferred her to a minimum-security federal prison in Texas, according to emails ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Nov 9th, 2025 -
Blue Origin is getting ready to launch its second New Glenn rocket. Blue Origin scrubbed Sunday's launch attempt due to poor weather, a cruise ship in restricted waters near the launch site, and ground system issues. The company says the next available launch opportunity is Wednesday, November 12, with a window opening at 2:50 pm EST (19:50 UTC). CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — The field of astrodynamics isn't a ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Saturday, Nov 8th, 2025 -
The Tennessee-headquartered firm said it had also taken the decision "out of an abundance of caution" and that it would be conducting "a thorough safety review based on the recommendation of the manufacturer." The plane involved in Tuesday's crash near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport could be seen banking hard to the left before crashing into an industrial area to the south of the airport.
Source: insider.com
Saturday, Nov 8th, 2025 -
Nov. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. President Donald Trump has exempted Hungary from sanctions over the nation's purchase of Russian gas and oil for one year after meeting with Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Trump is a close ally of the far-right populist and authoritarian, who came into power in 1998 but was out of office from 2002 to 2010. On Friday at the White House , Trump said he was considering the exemption because "it's ...
Source: upi.com
Saturday, Nov 8th, 2025 -
Chicago police officers responded to a call of gunshots fired at federal agents Saturday amid immigration enforcement operations that drew residents to protest in the streets, the department said. There were no reports of anyone being hit by gunfire, according to police, and the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement on the social platform X that the shots were fired by a man in a black Jeep who was ...
Source: apnews.com