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Top News Stories for Friday, November 14th 2025
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
The cost of health care remains in limbo for roughly 22 million Americans after the U.S. government reopened late Wednesday without a deal to extend an expiring federal tax credit that offsets the cost of some Affordable Care Act plans. The fate of the enhanced premium tax credit had been at the center of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history as Democrats pushed Republicans to extend the subsidy in order ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
President Trump announced in February that the United States would stop minting pennies, and the last one left the mint in Philadelphia on Wednesday , presumably on a one-way trip to someone's sock drawer. First produced in 1793, pennies have been a living link to an earlier era in American history — the one in which one cent meant something — and so their end provoked a certain amount of numismatic ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
The BBC was accused of a misleading edit of Donald Trump's 6 January 2021 speech two years before the Panorama sequence that led to the resignation of the director general. The clip aired on Newsnight in 2022, and a guest on the live programme challenged the way it had been cut together, the Daily Telegraph reported . On Monday the BBC apologised for an "error of judgement" over an edited portion of the same speech ...
Source: bbc.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
The nation's longest shutdown came to a close Wednesday night. But it was unclear Thursday when the chaos it wrought on air travel nationwide will be remedied. A day before the government reopened, transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told reporters that the flight restrictions imposed on 40 of the nation's busiest airports — including Logan — would remain in place until officials determined it was safe ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
Valve has a new VR gaming headset – and a clever feature for high-res graphics Valve – which runs the Steam game store and made the legendary Half-Life series – already makes a VR headset for hardcore gamers who care to tether themselves to a beefy PC for an immersive experience. Its new headset, the Steam Frame, is designed to make VR gaming a lot more accessible to folks who want to easily jump ...
Source: newatlas.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
Advocates for hemp on Wednesday decried a provision of the Republican government funding law signed by President Donald Trump that tightens restrictions on the versatile plant — a move critics say will devastate a $30 billion industry. The new restrictions set a stricter limit on the amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) — the psychoactive chemical in cannabis — in order to close a loophole that ...
Source: truthout.org
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
White House Will Release October's Jobs Report—After Saying Data Would 'Likely Never' Publish National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Thursday the delayed jobs data for last month will be partially released, as Wall Street prepares for the release of a tranche of delayed key economic reports that it expects will show a declining labor market and high inflation. Hassett, speaking to Fox News on ...
Source: forbes.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — When acting U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan walks into federal court here in Virginia on Thursday morning, it will be Halligan — not the criminal defendants she hopes to prosecute — at the center of the court's attention. Former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, both frequent targets of President Donald Trump, filed separate motions in their ...
Source: aol.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom's former chief of staff was arrested and indicted on federal corruption charges this week, roughly a year after she disclosed the investigation to Newsom's office and was placed on leave. Dana Williamson is accused of helping in a scheme to steal campaign money from former federal Health Secretary Xavier Becerra, filling fraudulent tax forms for personal ...
Source: aol.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
More than 1,000 Starbucks workers across over 40 U.S. cities launched a strike on Thursday, putting the company on blast for stonewalling unionized workers at the bargaining table for six months now despite having the widest CEO-to-worker pay gap in the country. The strike spans from coast to coast, encompassing 65 stores, according to Starbucks Workers United. There is no set end date to the strike, and the union ...
Source: truthout.org
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
The IRS is boosting retirement plan contribution limits in 2026, allowing Americans to put more money in their tax-preferred 401(k) and individual retirement accounts. The tax agency, which announced the new contribution thresholds on Thursday, adjusts those account limits annually to account for inflation. Without these increases, people saving for retirement would have a harder time sheltering income from taxes ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
Israeli President Isaac Herzog and army chief Eyal Zamir have condemned burgeoning Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in a rare public rebuke of what has become a daily cycle of violence often backed by the Israeli military. Herzog on Wednesday described the attacks as "shocking and serious," adding a rare and powerful voice to what has been heavily muted criticism by top Israeli ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
The proportion of AI tracks - made using written prompts - has more than tripled this year, says streaming platform Deezer. Do you care if the music you're listening to is artificially generated? That question - once the realm of science fiction - is becoming increasingly urgent. An country track, Walk My Walk, is currently sitting at number one on the US Billboard chart of digital sales and a new report by ...
Source: news.sky.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
Blue Origin, the rocket company founded by Amazon multibillionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its towering New Glenn rocket on a mission that marked its first major test. Carrying a pair of satellites that are destined to take a long, winding trip to Mars, New Glenn took flight from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station just before 4 p.m. ET Thursday. Blue Origin also landed the first stage of the rocket back on a seafaring ...
Source: aol.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
With the longest US government shutdown over, state officials said Thursday that they are working quickly to get full SNAP food benefits to millions of people, though it still could take up to a week for some to receive their delayed aid. A back-and-forth series of court rulings and shifting policies from President Trump's administration has led to a patchwork distribution of November benefits under the ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
BELEM, Brazil (AP) — For each of the past several years, scientists, analysts and officials have been hoping that it would be the year when emissions from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas would stop going up. They'll have to wait another year. For the second straight year, emissions from fossil fuels rose 1.1% in 2025, scientists reported Wednesday at United Nations climate negotiations. It's not a ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
A federal judge ordered the release of hundreds of people arrested as part of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Illinois, according to a court ruling, dealing a blow to federal efforts to detain and deport as many undocumented people as possible. US District Judge Jeffrey Cummings on Wednesday morning sided with attorneys from the National Immigrant Justice Center and the ACLU. The plaintiffs ...
Source: aol.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
Reviewers with gray hair love this deep conditioning keratin hair mask from Marée, get it on sale. If your hair texture has changed with aging or your strands have been damaged from coloring and hot tools, you may wonder what you can do to upgrade your haircare routine for repairs. And if you've tried " almost everything on the market " and spent " thousands " looking for the right products, you're in good ...
Source: huffpost.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
The Rev. Jesse Jackson was hospitalized on Wednesday and is under observation for a neurodegenerative condition, his organization, Rainbow PUSH Coalition, said in a statement. Jackson, 84, has been managing the condition, called progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), for over a decade, according to the organization he founded. "He was originally diagnosed with Parkinson's disease; however, last April, his PSP ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
Modern dog breeds come in a mind-boggling array of shapes and sizes—from Chihuahua to Great Dane, corgi to greyhound, pug to German shepherd. In fact, the domestic dog , Canis familiaris, shows more variation in its physical features than any other mammalian species on Earth. Conventional wisdom holds that this extreme variation is the result of humans intensively breeding dogs for particular traits over the ...
Source: scientificamerican.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
Apple TV is reportedly removing the extra paywall for Major League Soccer games, according to The New York Times . Beginning in 2026, subscribers to the company's streaming service would be able to watch MLS matches at no additional cost, and the MLS Season Pass would be shuttered. The Leagues Cup Tournament, the MLS All-Star Game, the Michelob Ultra Campeones Cup, the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs and all ...
Source: cnet.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
Baltimore • America's Roman Catholic bishops this week rebuked the Trump administration's aggressive deportation campaign in a rare and near-unanimous statement that framed the immigration crisis in starkly moral terms. Wednesday's statement, passed at the bishops' annual conference in Baltimore, did not call out President Donald Trump by name, but the context was clear. The bishops said they "oppose the ...
Source: sltrib.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
Apple's Digital ID Can Now Be Used In Some Airport TSA Lines: What To Know A new iPhone feature will allow users to input their American passport information and use their Apple Wallet as a digital form of identification at hundreds of airports around the country. The new Digital ID can be used instead of a Real-ID at airports for domestic travel (international travel will still require a physical passport). Apple ...
Source: forbes.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
World Labs has introduced Marble , a commercial world model designed to give artificial intelligence (AI) the ability to perceive, predict and interact with the physical world. The launch signals a shift in the AI landscape as companies move beyond language and image models toward systems that can generate and reason over 3D environments. Marble is the first product released by World Labs started by Fei Fei Li , ...
Source: pymnts.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
A group of 40 Democratic lawmakers have sent a letter to 19 state governors warning that they may be "inadvertently sharing drivers' data with federal immigration authorities." According to the letter, the states "are providing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies 'with frictionless, self-service access to the personal data of all of your residents,'" through the nonprofit ...
Source: natlawreview.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
A new YouGov/Udemy survey from four countries shows that even though workers see AI as a transformative force, they often view their own jobs as safe. AI is rapidly transforming the shape of businesses around the world and has explicitly been named by executives as a reason for layoffs . But most people don't think it will come for their jobs. According to a new poll released Thursday morning , many workers in ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
One of the most common viruses in the world could be the cause of lupus, an autoimmune disease with wide-ranging symptoms, according to a study published Wednesday. Until now, lupus was somewhat mysterious: No single root cause of the disease had been found, and there is no designated treatment for it. The research, published in the journal Science Translational Medicine , suggests that Epstein-Barr virus — ...
Source: aol.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
A proposal touting 50-year mortgages could double interest payments and worsen inequality W ould you like to buy a crumbling shack for $2m? Well then, you're in luck, because that just about sums up the state of the housing market right now. Housing, particularly in places with a decent job market, has become increasingly unaffordable in the US. That's partly thanks to quantitative easing during the pandemic, which ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
About 15 years ago, Dr. Andrew T. Chan, a gastroenterologist at Mass General Brigham in Boston, noticed that more of his colorectal cancer patients were skewing younger than usual. Some were in their 20s, 30s and 40s compared with his more typical patients in their 60s and 70s. His observation was part of an alarming trend that experts are now racing to understand: Colorectal cancer rates have been mysteriously ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A man who denies stabbing a migrant farmworker to death during a 2002 robbery was scheduled for execution Thursday in Oklahoma. A state panel recommended that his life be spared. Tremane Wood, 46, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. The Pardon and Parole Board issued an uncommon clemency If Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt takes no ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
Washington — Most of the Republican senators whose phone records were obtained by investigators as part of special counsel Jack Smith's 2020 election probe said they won't seek damages under a new law that allows senators to sue for $500,000 if their data is unknowingly seized. The provision was tucked into an appropriations bill that passed as part of the legislative package to end the government shutdown . ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Nov 13th, 2025 -
The best feature of the latest Even Realities glasses might be their limitations. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Even Realities unveiled its new smart glasses with several surprises and key upgrades to advance the product. The biggest surprise was that not only did the company unveil the Even G2 Display Smart Glasses but it also announced the Even R1 Smart Ring that doubles as a ...
Source: zdnet.com
Wednesday, Nov 12th, 2025 -
Trump's letter represents a once-unusual insertion of the White House in Israeli domestic politics ( JTA ) — President Donald Trump has made official a suggestion that he first issued on the floor of Israel's parliament: that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be pardoned preemptively for his alleged crimes. Trump made the case in a letter to Israeli President Isaac Herzog that Herzog's office released ...
Source: forward.com
Wednesday, Nov 12th, 2025 -
New controls attempt to please critics on both sides with a balance between bland and habit-forming. On Wednesday, OpenAI released GPT-5.1 Instant and GPT-5.1 Thinking, two updated versions of its flagship AI models now available in ChatGPT. The company is wrapping the models in the language of anthropomorphism, claiming that they're warmer, more conversational, and better at following instructions. The release ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Wednesday, Nov 12th, 2025 -
. Scam texts have been a nuisance for a long time, but they've become increasingly common in recent years. Whether it's a fake text about a missed toll road payment or an alert about a package delivered to the wrong address, scammers are constantly preying on unsuspecting users with clever phishing attempts. designed to bring down a company responsible for a large volume of texting scams. Specifically, Google said ...
Source: bgr.com
Wednesday, Nov 12th, 2025 -
Skims, the shapewear brand co-founded by celebrity and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian, says it is now valued at $5bn (£2.93bn) after raising $225m of new funding. The company says it plans to use the money from investors, including an arm of Wall Street banking giant Goldman Sachs, to open more shops and expand around the world. "We can't wait to take Skims to the next level as we continue to innovate and set ...
Source: bbc.com