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The best Black Friday Verizon deals of 2025: Discounts for Apple and Android fans
- : The best Black Friday Verizon deals of 2025: Discounts for Apple and Android fans Big Red has some incredible Black Friday deals on new phones, tablets, and gaming consoles. Black Friday  is today, and retailer discounts on the latest electronics are in full swing. During the shopping event, carriers like Verizon , AT&T , and T-Mobile , have marked down a handful of phones at prices that you can expect to ...

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POLITICS  
Suspect in Shooting of National Guard Members Now Facing a First-Degree Murder Charge
- WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, announced Friday that charges against a man who authorities say shot two National Guard members have been upgraded to first-degree murder. The announcement comes after the death of one of the soldiers. Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, were hospitalized in critical condition after Wednesday ...

Source: military.com
Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 128, with 200 still missing and 8 more arrested
- HONG KONG — The inferno that tore through a high-rise housing estate in Hong Kong has killed at least 128 people , authorities said Friday, with some 200 people still missing and eight more arrested. Firefighters combing each apartment in the Wang Fuk Court tower complex found dozens more bodies, officials said at a news conference Friday as smoke from the blaze was still drifting in the air well over 48 ...

Source: nbcnews.com
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Trump pushes long-running attack on Biden autopen use, claiming he's 'cancelling' actions signed with it
- President Donald Trump on Friday continued his effort to delegitimize actions taken during Joe Biden's presidency, claiming in a social media post that he is "cancelling all executive orders, and anything else that was not directly signed" by his predecessor. Trump's declaration, made in a post on Truth Social , raises a number of questions. Chief among them, whether he has the legal authority to rescind the former ...

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Amazon Black Friday Deals 2025: 50+ Best Last-Minute Deals - Forbes Vetted
- Forbes writers and editors independently select all products and services. If you click through links we provide, we may earn a commission. The 52 Best Amazon Black Friday Deals To Shop Before They Expire . Some of the offers will likely expire at midnight PST tonight, so time is running out to shop the full selection of discounts. After years of reporting on Amazon sales, our deals editors have learned that the ...

Source: forbes.com
WORLD   BUSINESS   TECHNOLOGY  
Airbus warns that solar radiation could harm key data on popular A320 aircraft
- One of the world's largest airplane makers said Friday that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to flight controls on a "significant number" of its most popular aircraft , prompting a swift response from several airlines. Airbus attributed the revelation to a recent analysis involving its A320 family of aircraft. The company said it is working with aviation authorities to implement software or ...

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WORLD  
Video shows Israeli soldiers execute 2 Palestinians as they surrender in West Bank raid, rights group says
- Israeli human rights group B'Tselem shared a video on Thursday that it says shows Israeli soldiers executing two Palestinian men who had surrendered during a raid in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank . The video, which B'Tselem credits to Palestine TV and which CBS News has not independently verified, appears to show Israeli soldiers surrounding a garage-style door on a building as two men emerge with their ...

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WORLD  
Pope Leo XIV begins Turkiye visit with prayers and unity message
- In Pictures Shouts of "Papa Leo" and "Viva il Papa" (Long live the pope ) have reverberated throughout Istanbul's Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, accompanied by enthusiastic cheering and applause, as Pope Leo XIV arrived to commence his first trip in Turkiye. The pope led a prayer service with Turkish Catholic clergy and religious sisters before turning to the primary purpose of his visit—the first of his ...

Source: aljazeera.com
SCIENCE  
The Story of Cat Domestication Just Got a Major Twist
- Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. . D espite oodles of data on dog domestication, the exact origins of our feline friends have long remained fuzzy. We do know that pet cats retained many of their wild cat ancestors' characteristics. This—perhaps not surprising many cat caretakers—makes pet cats technically "semidomesticated." But scientists have squabbled over precisely where and when such ...

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Two-time major champion Fuzzy Zoeller, haunted by racist joke, dies aged 74 | World News
- The golf star finished his career with 10 PGA Tour wins but his legacy was marked by comments he made about Tiger Woods. Fuzzy Zoeller, a two-time major champion, has died at the age of 74. The American, who became embroiled in a racism controversy for a joke he made about Tiger Woods , finished his career with 10 PGA Tour wins and two titles on the PGA Tour Champions. He is still the last golfer to win the Masters ...

Source: news.sky.com
DIGITAL   TECHNOLOGY  
OpenAI Suspends Mixpanel Use After Analytics Data Breach
- ChatGPT Maker Probes Third-Party Data Breach; OpenAI API Users' Information Exposed Artificial intelligence research and development giant OpenAI has paused using analytics provider Mixpanel after it reported suffering a data breach that exposed profile information. The third-party service provider's breach affects developers and organizations that use OpenAI's API services. "The incident occurred within Mixpanel's ...

Source: databreachtoday.com
Eagles fans leave loss early and rightfully so, as their team puts on another putrid performance
- You know the Philadelphia Eagles are down bad when even the tush push results in failure. The Eagles made everything look easy last season. Especially the tush push, which was so effective that there was a league-wide vote to ban it. One play in an ugly Black Friday performance illustrated the difference between last season's Eagles and this season's version, which is frustrating everyone in Philadelphia. In the ...

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POLITICS  
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's chief of staff Andriy Yermak has home raided by anti-corruption officials
- Ukrainian anti-corruption units have raided the home of Andriy Yermak, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's chief of staff, amid a major investigation into a $100 million energy sector corruption scandal involving top Ukrainian officials. Two national agencies fighting entrenched corruption in Ukraine said they had searched Yermak's office.  Yermak himself — a powerful figure in Ukraine and a key participant ...

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US  
Major winter storm on track to impact post-Thanksgiving travel for millions across U.S.
- A lot of snow, rain and cold weather await travelers for the rest of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, with winter storm warnings posted Friday across the northern part of the country and more snow falling over the Great Lakes region. Storm warnings and advisories extended from Montana to New York, the National Weather Service said . "Anybody out shopping for Black Friday in these areas from Cleveland to upstate ...

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WORLD  
Trump Says He Won't Invite South Africa To 2026 G20 Summit At His Doral Golf Resort
- Unlock more this Holiday Season while supporting the journalism you rely on. For a limited time, new Platinum members can unlock one month free. Support the newsroom that works every day to bring clarity and accountability to the headlines. Already a member? WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is barring South Africa from participating in the Group of 20 summit next year ...

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Beaches reopen after bull shark kills Swiss tourist with police reviewing GoPro footage from scene
- Shark attacked 25-year-old woman first then her partner who 'has done everything he could to get them both into shore,' authorities say A shark that attacked two people on a remote New South Wales beach – killing a woman and wounding her partner – is unlikely to pose an ongoing threat, experts say. Police are reviewing GoPro footage from the scene, which may shed more light on how the attack unfolded. A ...

Source: theguardian.com
WORLD  
Pope Leo begins first foreign trip as Catholic leader in Turkiye, Lebanon
- Pope Leo has held an important meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his first foreign trip as Catholic leader in Turkiye, which will then be followed in the coming days with a visit to Lebanon. Leo landed in the capital, Ankara, shortly after midday (09:00 GMT) on Thursday, for what is a crowded three-day itinerary in Turkiye before heading to Lebanon. It will be closely watched as he makes his ...

Source: aljazeera.com
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Judge in Epstein case demands more protections of victim privacy
- Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A federal judge who oversaw the sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein on Wednesday demanded prosecutors explain how they are protecting victims' privacy after the release of unredacted documents. New York-based Judge Richard Berman issued the order in response to a letter raising alarm about how the names of some of Epstein's victims were included in a trove of documents released by Congress ...

Source: upi.com
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Putin says ready to guarantee no Russian attack on Europe
- President Vladimir Putin has said he is ready to guarantee in writing that Russia will not attack another European nation, as he dismissed claims that Moscow intends to invade another country as a "lie" and "complete nonsense". Speaking on Thursday in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek – where he attended a summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), a Russia-led military alliance that includes ...

Source: aljazeera.com