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Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Monday will hear oral arguments in the Associated Press's battle with President Donald Trump over access to presidential events, a major press-freedom case. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is considering the Trump administration's appeal of an April ruling that it unlawfully retaliated against the AP because it refused to call the Gulf ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article The judge also dismissed a case against New York Attorney General Letitia James A federal judge has tossed high-profile cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James after finding that the prosecutor was illegally appointed. U.S. ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
An extradition hearing has been set for Tuesday for the Wisconsin woman who stabbed a classmate to please the fictional horror character Slender Man , after she escaped a group home in Madison over the weekend, and was arrested in Illinois. Morgan Geyser, 23, was expected to appear for an extradition hearing in Cook County on Tuesday after her arrest in Posen, Illinois. Posen Police Chief William Alexander ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
CLEVELAND, Ohio — President Donald Trump took a victory lap after rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders led the Browns to a 24-10 victory over the Raiders Sunday in his starting debut. "Shedeur Sanders was GREAT," he posted on the Truth Social media platform. "Wins first game, career start, as a pro. Great Genes. I TOLD YOU SO!" Trump wrote on the social media platform. Trump had gone to bat for Sanders during ...
Source: cleveland.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
Israel has attacked the Haret Hreik area in the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital, Beirut, killing five people, including Hezbollah's highest ranking military official. Sunday's attack, which took place amid an uptick in Israeli attacks across Lebanon, was the first on Beirut's southern suburbs in several months and the first without warning since last year's ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah was ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
A new transparency feature on X has stirred confusion, anger and a wave of online sleuthing after users discovered that the platform was suddenly displaying the surprising locations where certain accounts are based. Over the weekend, users noticed that clicking an account's join date now opens a tab that shows the country or region in which the account is located. X's head of product, Nikita Bier, teased the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is circulating a proposal that would extend subsidies to help consumers pay for coverage under the Affordable Care Act for two more years, as millions of Americans face spiking health care costs when the current tax credits are set to expire at the end of the year. The draft plan suggests that President Donald Trump is open to extending a provision of Obamacare as his ...
Source: pbs.org
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
The Pentagon has said it is investigating United States Senator Mark Kelly, a retired naval aviator and astronaut, for his participation in a video that urged military service members to refuse "illegal orders". It is unusual for the US military to take action against a retired officer. But Monday's announcement came after President Donald Trump repeatedly called for criminal charges against Kelly and other ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
Amazon said it will invest as much as $50 billion on AI infrastructure to support U.S. government agencies. The project will add 1.3 gigawatts of capacity across new data centers, with Amazon expected to break ground in 2026. As part of the investment, agencies will have access to Amazon Web Services' AI tools, Anthropic's Claude family of models and Nvidia chips as well as Amazon's custom Trainium AI chips. In ...
Source: cnbc.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
Elon Musk reacts during a press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured), at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard Elon Musk's government body, DOGE, has been quietly dumped by the Trump administration, eight months before it was set to close. The Tesla CEO had initially headed up a directive in the president's administration to cut government spending. But ...
Source: rawstory.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
A far-right Australian lawmaker has prompted angry accusations of racism after wearing a burqa in parliament to draw attention to her push to ban the garment in public. Pauline Hanson, the leader of the populist anti-immigration One Nation party, carried out the stunt on Monday after she was prevented from tabling a Senate bill to ban the traditional Muslim garment and other face coverings from Australian public ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Arizona jumps to No. 2 behind Purdue in AP Top 25, Alabama into top 10; Kansas falls out of rankings
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
Purdue remained at No. 1 in The Associated Press men's college basketball poll , while Arizona jumped to No. 2 to continue its opening-month rise after another impressive win against a ranked opponent. The Boilermakers (6-0) earned 46 of 61 first-place votes in Monday's poll to remain at the top after beating then-No. 15 Texas Tech by 30 to win the Baha Mar Championship in the Bahamas. The Wildcats (5-0) earned 11 ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
Two trials testing the Novo Nordisk weight loss drug semaglutide in Alzheimer's disease failed, the company said Monday, showing the medicine did not slow the progression of the condition versus placebo. Studying semaglutide — the key ingredient in the blockbusters Ozempic and Wegovy — in Alzheimer's was always seen as a long shot, even as scientists have found the drug appears to have effects on ...
Source: statnews.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
a global digital transformation agency with a 24-year history of delivering high-impact technology solutions, announced the official launch of its Agentic AI Solutions division. This new service line is designed to help global enterprises transition from passive "Generative AI" experiments to active, autonomous "Agentic Automation" that drives measurable operational efficiency. While Generative AI excels at ...
Source: aithority.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Judge Richard Berman previously denied a Trump administration request to make the Epstein grand jury transcripts public The Justice Department has once again asked a judge to unseal Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking grand jury materials . The DOJ said Monday that Congress made clear ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
Here are the notable performances from high school football players in Eastern Mass. conferences/leagues. Dominic Funke , Xaverian — The BC-bound senior defensive end wrecked Springfield Central's offensive game plan with relentless pressure, forcing a late fumble and interception to seal a 36-22 state semifinals win. Funke helped hold Springfield's star tailback, Isaiah Rogers, to 43 rushing yards. Maxwell ...
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Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
Video above: AP reporter explains how Trump is starting to dismantle the Education Department (NEXSTAR) — Changes that are set to impact federal student loan borrowers as part of the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" are causing concerns for some. Tucked within the megabill signed by President Trump earlier this year are forthcoming student loan changes . The Biden administration's SAVE plan is being phased out ...
Source: wfla.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
The United States has designated the Cartel de los Soles (Spanish for Cartel of the Suns) - a group it alleges is headed by Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, and senior figures in his government - as a foreign terrorist organisation. Labelling an organisation as a terrorist group gives US law enforcement and military agencies broader powers to target and dismantle it. In recent months, the US has been ...
Source: bbc.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
Topics More from TechCrunch Kirsten Korosec The batteries that power Rad Power Bikes' e-bikes "pose a risk of serious injury and death" and owners should stop using them, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The warning, issued Monday by the CSPC, is due to a risk that the batteries can ignite or explode. The CPSC has linked the batteries to 31 reports of fire so far. Twelve of those ...
Source: techcrunch.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Former British Prime Minister David Cameron announced that he has early-stage prostate cancer, and called for more screenings in the country. Cameron, 59, took a prostate-specific antigen blood test, which screens for proteins that show up with prostate cancer. Because his PSA was high, he had a biopsy, which showed he had cancer. The United Kingdom doesn't have a regular prostate cancer screening ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
A pocket watch that once belonged to one of the Titanic's most renowned passengers has sold at an auction for $2.3 million — a record price for memorabilia related to the historic shipwreck, according to the auction house. The 18-carat gold watch was gifted to its original owner, Isidor Straus, by his wife, Ida Straus, for his 43rd birthday, said Henry Aldridge and Son, the auction house that sold it on ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will only fly cargo to the International Space Station after NASA changed the contract with Boeing that also cut the number of missions for the craft. On Monday, NASA announced the update to the 2014 contract. It originally said there would be six crewed flights to the ISS after a successful uncrewed flight test. Now the contract says the total will be four missions, ...
Source: upi.com
Sunday, Nov 23rd, 2025 -
FBI Director Kash Patel is facing criticism for using SWAT team members as security for his girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins . There is an FBI security detail in place to protect the country singer, 27, from potential threats, MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) reported, citing two people "with direct knowledge" of the situation. The detail — which is made up of elite agents who are typically assigned to Nashville's FBI field ...
Source: people.com
50 of 303 abducted Nigerian students escape captivity; remaining children and teachers still missing
Sunday, Nov 23rd, 2025 -
Fifty of the 303 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school in north-central Nigeria's Niger state have escaped captivity and are now with their families, the school authority said Sunday, bringing relief to some distraught families after one of the largest school abductions in Nigeria's history. The schoolchildren, aged between 10 and 18, escaped individually between Friday and Saturday, according to the Most ...
Source: cbsnews.com