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Top News Stories for Wednesday, November 12th 2025
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
A record-setting 42-day US government shutdown is on a path to end as soon as Wednesday after the Senate passed a temporary funding measure backed by a group of eight centrist Democrats. Reopening the government now depends on the Republican-controlled House, which plans to return to Washington Wednesday to consider the spending package. It would keep most of the government open through Jan. 30 and some agencies ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON ( The Hill ) — Despite the Senate advancing legislation to bring the record-long government shutdown to an end, do not expect air travel to immediately revert to normal. The 42-day funding lapse, which has caused air traffic controllers to miss two consecutive paychecks as of Tuesday, has led to chaos at airports nationwide. Controllers have missed work at a significantly higher rate than ...
Source: wfla.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to hear his appeal of a civil verdict that ordered him to pay the writer E. Jean Carroll $5 million in damages. A Manhattan federal court jury in May 2023 held Trump liable for sexually abusing her during an encounter in a New York department store in the 1990s and for defaming her decades later in denying her claims. The petition also says the trial judge erred by ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
With Congress on the brink of a deal to end the government shutdown , the Supreme Court has agreed to let the political process play out and keep in place a brief pause of a federal court judge's ruling that ordered the Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits in November. About 42 million Americans rely on food aid from SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. On Friday, Justice Ketanji Brown ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
There's been some sporadic talk in conservative circles about the introduction of new, 50-year mortgages for Americans looking to buy a home, but it seemed easy to dismiss and difficult to take seriously. That is, until the White House threw its public support behind the policy. On Saturday, Bill Pulte, the Trump loyalist who leads the Federal Housing Finance Agency, announced via social media that the Republican ...
Source: msnbc.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
LONDON — Britain's government rallied to the defense of the BBC on Tuesday after allegations of bias from its critics and the threat of a lawsuit from President Trump over the way the broadcaster edited a speech he made after losing the 2020 presidential election Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said the national broadcaster faces "challenges, some of its own making," but is "by far the most widely used and ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
to visit or live in the United States if they have certain medical conditions such as diabetes or obesity or lack the economic resources and assets to support themselves. The guidance, issued last week in a cable from the State Department and obtained by The Associated Press, directs embassy and consular officials to comprehensively and thoroughly vet visa applicants to demonstrate that they will not need to rely ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
FDA Removes Strictest Black Box Warning From Menopause Hormone Therapy The warning, based on a flawed 2002 study, stopped many women from taking effective drugs for symptoms like hot flashes and night sweats, the FDA said. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is removing the black box safety warning from hormone therapies containing estrogen that are used to treat menopause symptoms like hot flashes and ...
Source: everydayhealth.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
After nearly 30 years, Canada has lost its measles "elimination" status, which, by default, has caused the overall Americas region to lose its status as well. In a statement issued on Monday, the country's Public Health Agency stated that Canada was experiencing a "large, multi-jurisdictional outbreak of measles" which began in October last year. Over the past year, the agency has recorded cases in Alberta, British ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
News , via Wikimedia Commons US Supreme Court declines to revisit same-sex marriage decision The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal on Monday that sought to overturn the decade-old landmark decision legalizing same-sex marriage. The appeal was filed by Kim Davis, a former Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2015, defying a court order. Davis asked the Supreme ...
Source: jurist.org
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
FDA notifies ByHeart after 13 cases linked to company's powdered infant formula across 10 states Baby nutrition company ByHeart is recalling all batches of its Whole Nutrition Infant Formula following a multi-state outbreak of infant botulism. Thirteen of the 83 cases of infant botulism reported across the United States since August 2025 involved infants who had consumed ByHeart-brand powdered infant formula, ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
The Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear a case that could decide how — and when — mail-in ballots for federal elections are counted. CNN More than two dozen states allow mail-in ballots postmarked before Election Day to be counted days later, a "grace period" that "aids voters — including military personnel — whose ballots are delayed for reasons outside their control," said Politico and ...
Source: theweek.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
Interior minister Mohsin Naqvi said the attacker tried to enter a court "but, failing to do so, targeted a police vehicle". At least 12 people have been killed in a suicide bombing outside the gates of a court in Pakistan's capital of Islamabad, the country's interior minister has said. At least 27 other people were also wounded after the bomber detonated his explosives next to a police car. Interior minister ...
Source: news.sky.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
Indian authorities are investigating "all options" after at least eight people were killed Monday night in a rare car blast that tore through a neighborhood in the capital that is popular with tourists. At least 20 others were injured in the explosion near the historic Red Fort in Delhi, which took place at 6:52 p.m. local time (8:22 a.m. ET) and left the surrounding area laced with charred vehicles. A "slow-moving ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
Gavin Newsom is most senior US politician at annual talks, heading alternate delegation in Trump's absence California governor Gavin Newsom has said Donald Trump is an "invasive species" whose dismissal of the climate crisis is an "abomination", in a fiery attack at the UN climate talks in Brazil – from which Trump and his administration have been completely absent. Newsom is the most senior American ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
With Veterans Day here, now is the time to reflect on the sacrifices men and women in uniform have made for our country. It's important to also acknowledge the challenges veterans face as they transition back to civilian life. The shift from military to civilian life is often fraught with emotional, financial and social hurdles. Many veterans find it challenging to translate their military experience into careers ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
Alexander Wurm, 53, and his daughter Serena died in Florida crash as they were flying supplies to Jamaica The founder of a church ministry and his 22-year-old daughter have been identified as the victims of a deadly plane crash in Florida on Monday as they were flying hurricane relief supplies to Jamaica . Alexander Wurm, 53, and his daughter Serena died when their twin-engined Beechcraft King Air crashed into a ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
Australian expert stumbled across new species when surveying a critically endangered wildflower in 2019 As if deadly snakes, spiders and sharks were not enough, Australia now has a new creepy critter: a "Lucifer" bee with devil-like horns. The species – dubbed Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer – was found in the state of Western Australia , Curtin University announced on Tuesday. Kit Prendergast at the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
Typhoon Fung-wong weakened into a tropical storm over the South China Sea and was moving northwest toward Taiwan, where it could hit Thursday. MANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Fung-wong blew out of the northwestern Philippines on Monday after causing floods, landslides, power outages and at least 18 deaths. The typhoon weakened into a tropical storm over the South China Sea and was moving northwest toward Taiwan ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A mobile lounge, transporting passengers at Washington Dulles International Airport, crashed into a dock Monday, injuring 18 people inside. The mobile lounge, also called a "people mover," was carrying passengers to Concourse D, when it struck the dock as it was pulling up to the terminal around 4:30 p.m. EST, according to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. The MWAA oversees Dulles ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
After two decades of legal battles, Visa and Mastercard have reached a revised $38 billion settlement with U.S. merchants — one of the largest antitrust agreements in the financial industry's history. Yet, despite the record amount, not all retailers are ready to celebrate. The proposed settlement, filed in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, aims to end years of litigation accusing the credit card giants ...
Source: jdjournal.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
to visit or live in the United States if they have certain medical conditions such as diabetes or obesity or lack the economic resources and assets to support themselves. The guidance, issued last week in a cable from the State Department and obtained by The Associated Press, directs embassy and consular officials to comprehensively and thoroughly vet visa applicants to demonstrate that they will not need to rely ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
LONDON — Canadian-Hungarian-British writer David Szalay has won the Booker Prize for fiction on Monday for "Flesh," the story of one man's life from working-class origins in Hungary to mega-wealth in Britain, in which what isn't on the page is just as important as what is. Szalay, 51, beat five other finalists, including favorites Andrew Miller of Britain and Indian author Kiran Desai, to take the coveted ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
As Warren Buffett steps down from the helm of Berkshire Hathaway , the 95-year-old billionaire is doubling down on another lifelong pursuit: giving away the majority of his wealth. Buffett announced in a Thanksgiving letter to shareholders yesterday (Nov. 10) that he will "step up the pace" of his charitable donations going forward. That include $1.3 billion worth of Class B Berkshire shares to four nonprofits run ...
Source: observer.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
Families allege camp leaders ignored known flood risks in 'entirely preventable' tragedy that killed multiple people The families of several campers and two counselors who died in July's catastrophic Hill Country floods in Texas have filed multiple lawsuits against Camp Mystic and its owners, accusing them of "gross negligence". The 4 July floods, which claimed more than 130 lives across the region and was ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Major League Baseball and its affiliated sportsbooks offered a fast reaction Monday to the latest on a growing list of sports betting scandals, capping bets on individual pitches at $200 and excluding them from parlays to keep those prop bets from jeopardizing the integrity of the sport. That decision came a day after Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were indicted on ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
The abduction and execution in Tonka shocks the country, which has been battling armed groups since 2012. Armed men in Mali have abducted and publicly executed a TikTok influencer who posted videos in support of the West African nation's military, local authorities have said. Mariame Cissé was taken on Friday while at a weekly market in Echel, according to Yehia Tandina, the mayor of neighbouring Timbuktu. ...
Source: news.sky.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
A supporter of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump rallies outside an early polling precinct as voters cast their ballots in local, state, and national elections, in Clearwater, Florida, U.S., November 3, 2024. REUTERS/Octavio Jones A supporter of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump rallies outside an early polling precinct as voters cast their ballots in local, state, and national elections, in ...
Source: alternet.org
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
The ever-changing status around AI, from an unsettled regulatory picture to a brisk pace of innovation, is keeping many corporations on the back foot. But a governance-first mindset can help ensure responsible use of this potentially transformative tech. Tara Cho of Womble Bond Dickinson offers her keys for crafting an AI governance playbook. As with most technology, the rapid rise of AI has outpaced the ...
Source: corporatecomplianceinsights.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! Former President Barack Obama surprised a group of veterans in a heartfelt moment after they touched down on a flight into Washington, D.C., ahead of Veterans Day to visit memorials honoring their fellow service members. Obama boarded the plane just before the group of World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War veterans were about to disembark for their tour, and he took to ...
Source: foxnews.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
Marion county agrees to apologize over 2023 raid that led to national outcry over press freedom, said newspaper's editor A rural county in Kansas has agreed to pay more than $3m and apologize over a raid by police on a small-town weekly newspaper in August 2023 that sparked a national outcry over press freedom, the paper's editor said on Tuesday. Eric Meyer, the editor and publisher of the Marion County Record , ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
The spending bill approved as part of the package the Senate advanced Monday night to reopen the government includes a provision that would create a legal pathway for senators to sue the government if their phone records are investigated without their notice. What's significant is the language in the bill appears to be retroactive, meaning that the eight Republican senators who had their phone records subpoenaed by ...
Source: aol.com
Japan's SoftBank says it has sold its shares in Nvidia for $5.8 billion, turning its focus to OpenAI
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its stake in Nvidia, raising $5.8 billion to pour into other investments. It also reported its profit nearly tripled in the first half of this fiscal year from a year earlier. Tokyo-based SoftBank Group Corp. said it sold the stake in Silicon Vally-based Nvidia in October, a move that reflects its shift in focus to OpenAI, owner of the ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
YouTube TV subscribers have missed another Monday Night Football game, with no sign at all of when ABC and other Disney channels might be restored to the service. All of the Disney-owned streaming channels, including ABC, ESPN, the ACC Network and the SEC Networks, were removed from YouTube TV on Oct. 31 and have not returned since. The disagreement causing the ABC and ESPN outage stems from the ...
Source: cnet.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
Bangkok — Thailand said it has indefinitely paused implementation of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire until Cambodia apologizes for a land mine explosion Monday that injured four Thai soldiers at their border. Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul visited the injured troops at the border Tuesday as the Thai army accused Cambodia of laying new mines in violation of the truce agreement Thailand and Cambodia ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
Your pasta could get a lot pricier under new tariffs targeting Italian imports — if you can find them at all. Starting as early as January, U.S. tariff rates on imported pasta from 13 major Italian companies could soar to as high as 107% under a preliminary U.S. Commerce Department decision. For consumers in the United States, this means the cost of Italian pasta could more than double if the brands decide to ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The Machala prison became the site of one of Ecuador's deadliest prison massacres. In less than 24 hours, 31 inmates were killed during a nationwide prison reorganization effort that, instead of restoring order, appears to have increased violence. Officers from Ecuador's national prison service, the National Service for Comprehensive Attention (SNAI) , found 27 bodies showing signs of death by ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2025 -
Many teachers worry that AI could make students lazy thinkers. Mark Cuban thinks it could do the opposite — if used the right way. The billionaire investor and former Shark Tank star said kids who learn to use AI properly will "be best equipped to lead" in the future workplace. In an interview with CNBC published Monday, Cuban argued that students who collaborate with — rather than rely on it — ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Monday, Nov 10th, 2025 -
The 63-year-old co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein sent an email to her lawyer titled "commutation application", NBC News reported. Ghislaine Maxwell, the disgraced British socialite and co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein, is planning to appeal to Donald Trump to commute her 20-year prison sentence, according to a whistleblower. Maxwell, a convicted sex offender, revealed her intentions in an email with the subject ...
Source: news.sky.com
Monday, Nov 10th, 2025 -
, R-Ga., had "lost her way" with of the administration's focus on foreign policy. "I don't know what happened to Marjorie. She's a nice woman, but I don't know what happened. She's lost her way, I think," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "But I have to view the presidency as a worldwide situation, not locally. I mean, we could have a world that's on fire, where wars come to our shores very easily, if you ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Monday, Nov 10th, 2025 -
Nov. 10 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump halted most of the Caesar Act sanctions on Syria for 180 days after meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa Monday in the White House. The meeting was the first time a Syrian head of state has visited the White House. Al-Sharaa, who was affiliated with al-Qaida, was labeled an international terrorist by the United States until Friday and had a $10 million bounty on his ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Nov 10th, 2025 -
US forces have killed six more people in strikes on alleged drug-running boats, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday, bringing the campaign's total number of deaths — which critics describe as illegal executions — to 76. Hegseth, in a post on X, said the United States had carried out the strikes on Sunday in international waters in the eastern Pacific, targeting two boats "carrying narcotics" with ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Monday, Nov 10th, 2025 -
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Source: huffpost.com
Monday, Nov 10th, 2025 -
The 30th annual United Nations climate change conference (COP30) has started in the Brazilian city of Belem, with leaders calling for countries to take a united approach against global warming. "In this arena of COP30, your job here is not to fight one another – your job here is to fight this climate crisis, together," the UN's climate chief, Simon Stiell, told delegates on Monday. Some 50,000 people from ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Nov 10th, 2025 -
Sarkozy, who told court his three weeks in jail had been a 'nightmare', will serve rest of sentence at home pending appeal The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is to be released from prison after a judge ruled he could serve the rest of his sentence at home. Sarkozy had told the court his three weeks in prison had been "gruelling" and a "nightmare" as he appeared by video link from prison. Sarkozy entered ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Nov 10th, 2025 -
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, met on Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the next stages of the fragile Gaza ceasefire, while Israel returned the remains of another 15 Palestinians. The remains of four hostages are still in Gaza after Palestinian militants released the remains of another on Sunday. The first stage of the ...
Source: apnews.com