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Top News Stories for Thursday, November 27th 2025
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Republicans and Democrats warn Witkoff 'cannot be trusted' after reportedly advising officials on peace plan A handful of US representatives have reacted furiously to a leaked recording in which the special envoy to Ukraine reportedly coached Moscow on how to handle Donald Trump , but most have so far remained mute on the revelation that American officials were advising a US adversary. Don Bacon, a Republican ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
A Georgia prosecutor on Wednesday said the state is dropping criminal charges against President Donald Trump and others related to their push to overturn the 2020 election, ending the last remaining criminal case against the president. The case began after the leak of a January 2021 phone call in which Trump urged Georgia's Republican secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, to "find" enough votes to reverse his ...
Source: abajournal.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
An enormous fire engulfed several tower blocks in Hong Kong on Wednesday, killing at least 44 people and leaving hundreds missing, officials said, with some residents still trapped inside burning buildings. Firefighters battled the flames for hours, struggling to reach those stuck on the higher floors of buildings in Wang Fuk Court, in the Tai Po neighborhood. The complex is home to more than 4,000 people, a large ...
Source: aol.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
The government will debut digital versions of its popular park pass series next year, as well as new designs for the passes, some of which will now feature photos of President Donald Trump, the Interior Department announced Tuesday. Interior also previewed a "new resident-focused fee structure" that will charge international tourists more to visit the most popular national parks or to purchase park ...
Source: nextgov.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
By Rachel Cohrs Zhang, Madison Muller, John Tozzi, Bloomberg Opinion The U.S. government said Tuesday it negotiated a 71% discount off of the list price of Novo Nordisk A/S's blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy for patients in Medicare, the federal health insurance program for the elderly. Medicare plans already get significant rebates and discounts off of drug company's list prices, but the government doesn't ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Here are the key points announced in Rachel Reeves's budget, from tax changes to spending announcements. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled the long-anticipated budget. It comes after a report from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), which analyses policies decided on by the chancellor, was published early in error. Here are the key points: Tax thresholds will be frozen for an additional three years The ...
Source: news.sky.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a social media video urging U.S. troops to defy "illegal orders" say the FBI has contacted them to begin scheduling interviews, signaling a possible inquiry into the matter. It would mark the second investigation tied to the video, coming a day after the Pentagon said it was reviewing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over potential ...
Source: wfla.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Campbell's has fired an executive accused of making racist comments and mocking its products and customers, the company announced on Wednesday. The termination follows a lawsuit filed in Michigan by former employee Robert Garza against Campbell's, the company's then-vice president of information technology Martin Bally and another manager. The complaint alleges retaliation and a hostile work environment, citing a ...
Source: aol.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
A new study has found that adolescence can continue until the age of 32, as humans hit four major "turning points" in brain development at the ages of about nine, 32, 66 and 83. Published on Tuesday in the journal, Nature Communications, the study examined nearly 4,000 scans of the brains of participants ranging in age up to 90. Researchers mapped out the brain's development using this data and discovered that ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
CISO's Playbook: Aligning AI Innovation with Ethical and Regulatory Requirements Additional resources Tool Sprawl: Why More Cyber Tools Make You Less Secure An organization that has carefully maintained defenses and clear response protocols is more secure than one with a flashy collection of 'solutions' that lack proper management. Digital Trust as a Strategic Asset: Why CISOs Must Think Like CFOs When it comes to ...
Source: isaca.org
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
The criminal cases against former FBI director James B. Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James may be over for now. But a federal judge's ruling Monday disqualifying the U.S. attorney overseeing their prosecutions and dismissing the charges left a number of questions unresolved. Most significantly: What happens next? The Justice Department spent Tuesday mulling options, including a possible appeal of ...
Source: abajournal.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
For nearly a century, astronomers have been convinced that most of the universe is made of something we can't see. This invisible "stuff" seems to glue galaxies together and shape the cosmos, yet it doesn't shine, reflect, or block light. Now, fresh analysis of data from a NASA space telescope suggests we may have caught our first real glimpse of it, not directly, but through a very specific kind of high-energy ...
Source: universal-sci.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Negotiations have been taking place on the next steps of the ceasefire, despite accusations by both sides of continued violations. Israel has handed over 15 Palestinian bodies, in exchange for the remains of a hostage held by Hamas, as talks begin on the next phase of the ceasefire deal. Turkish, Qatari and Egyptian officials met on Wednesday in Cairo to discuss the second part of the agreement, including deploying ...
Source: news.sky.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Forbes writers and editors independently select all products and services. If you click through links we provide, we may earn a commission. I'm Live Tracking The 118 Best Early Deals From Black Friday 2025 You don't have to wait until after Thanksgiving to find good deals—some of this year's best early Black Friday deals are already live. As a deals writer, I've combined three weeks of research into early ...
Source: forbes.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
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? President Donald Trump has been on a tear the past two weeks with vicious attacks on the people who get under his skin most: journalists. While Trump has long ...
Source: huffpost.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
A coalition of nursing and other healthcare organizations are outraged over a Trump administration proposal that could limit access to federal loans for some students pursuing graduate degrees, because the government would no longer label their studies as "professional" programs. Without such a U.S. Department of Education designation, students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing and at least seven other fields, ...
Source: latimes.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Earlier this month, Bruna Ferreira was leaving her home in Revere to pick up her 11-year-old son, Michael Leavitt Jr., from school in New Hampshire when her car was suddenly swarmed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. They demanded her name and driver's license, but Ferreira did not have the document on hand, her sister, Graziela Dos Santos Rodrigues, recounted. "They were not the most gentle with her," ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Hakyung Lee, born in South Korea, was convicted in September after admitting using anti-depressant medication to kill her children, aged six and eight, in 2018. A woman has been jailed for life in New Zealand for murdering her two children, whose bodies were found in suitcases in an abandoned storage unit more than three years ago. Hakyung Lee, born in South Korea, was convicted in September after admitting using ...
Source: news.sky.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Music company representing Coldplay and Ed Sheeran had sued tech platform alleging mass copyright infringement Warner Music has signed a licensing deal with the artificial intelligence song generator Suno after settling a copyright infringement lawsuit it launched against the service a year ago Warner, the world's third-largest music company and home to acts including Coldplay, Charli XCX and Ed Sheeran, is the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Apple sells over 200 million iPhones every year, but that's not enough for the company to be the world's top smartphone vendor every year. That title usually belongs to Samsung, whose smartphone mix helps it sell even more handsets than Apple. Unlike the iPhone maker, Samsung has several entry-level and mid-range models — giving it the ability to sell products to a large audience. Apple's cheapest iPhone is ...
Source: bgr.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article The flights, this past March, have become a flashpoint in President Donald Trump's mass deportation strategy, and his administration's pattern of apparently defying court orders. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was behind a decision not to turn deportation flights around ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's Perseverance rover. The crackling of electrical discharges was captured by a microphone on the rover, a French-led team reported Wednesday. The researchers documented 55 instances ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Donald Trump furiously lashed out at The New York Times for an article saying that he is showing signs of aging and has significantly reduced his workload in his second term. In a seething post on Truth Social on Wednesday, Trump attacked the physical appearance of a female journalist who co-wrote the report , which noted that the president significantly scaled back his public appearances compared to the first 10 ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
The likelihood of another Federal Reserve rate cut, the third such this year, is growing again. Following an uptick in the unemployment rate in a report released last week, the chances of a rate cut at the Fed's final meeting of the year on December 10 surged. As of November 26, 2025, there's around an 85% chance the central bank will reduce rates again next month, according to the CME Group's FedWatch tool. And ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
OpenAI's response to teen suicide case is "disturbing," lawyer says. Facing five lawsuits alleging wrongful deaths, OpenAI lobbed its first defense Tuesday, denying in a court filing that ChatGPT caused a teen's suicide and instead arguing the teen violated terms that prohibit discussing suicide or self-harm with the chatbot. The earliest look at OpenAI's strategy to overcome the string of lawsuits came in a case ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A basketball player at a junior college in Oklahoma who was injured during a game has died, school officials said. Connors State College sophomore Ethan Dietz died Tuesday after he was injured during the second half of a game Saturday in Texas, the school said in a statement posted to its Facebook page. A spokesperson for the college, Shannon Rigsby, said initial reports indicate Dietz ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
A group of 24 Nigerian girls who were abducted from their boarding school over a week ago have been released, the country's president says. Armed assailants stormed the school in Nigeria's Kebbi State on 17 November, killing two members of staff and abducting 25 students. One was able to escape soon after. Nigerian President Bola Tinubu praised security forces for their "swift response" to the kidnapping - although ...
Source: bbc.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
After securing a corporate-friendly settlement with the Trump Justice Department earlier this week, the real estate software company RealPage on Wednesday turned its attention to the state of New York, suing to block a recently enacted law aimed at preventing algorithmic rent-setting that has helped drive up housing costs nationwide. The law in question prohibits software companies like RealPage, which is owned by ...
Source: commondreams.org
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
TAMPA, Fla. (WWSB) - The U.S. Justice Department is investigating claims that area theme parks are violating disabled persons' rights by banning certain rolling walkers. The probe will determine whether it violates Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act by discriminating against guests with disabilities. The investigation names United Parks & Resorts Inc., which owns Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, SeaWorld in ...
Source: mysuncoast.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
-made chips, instead of ones made by Nvidia, in a deal worth billions of dollars that could permanently upend the world of tech. Business Insider deal, Nvidia was trading down by more than 3%, and "lingering doubts" about the company surrounding the AI bubble are beginning to "creep back in". Nvidia customers have been crying out for "more competition" in the chip market, and one "may have been hiding in plain ...
Source: theweek.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
During a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden on 25 November, Trump pardoned this year's Thanksgiving turkeys, Waddle and Gobble. During the televised pardon, Waddle, apparently, was nowhere to be found. "Waddle, by the way, is missing in action, but that's okay," the president said. The annual event is a White House tradition going back years when the US president pardons turkeys in the days before ...
Source: bbc.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
It's quick and easy to access Live Science Plus, simply enter your email below. We'll send you a confirmation and sign you up for our daily newsletter, keeping you up to date with the latest science news. A mysterious fossilized foot found years ago in Ethiopia belongs to a controversial and enigmatic human relative that lived at the same time as our ancestor " Lucy ," a new study finds. This discovery was years in ...
Source: livescience.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday called for state lawmakers to address pet-breeding facilities, derided as "puppy mills," during the upcoming legislative session. "Now, many breeders take care of their animals and treat them with dignity and respect," DeSantis said during an appearance at Big Dog Ranch Rescue in Loxahatchee Groves. "No doubt, there are some bad actors who keep ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Tests of ByHeart infant formula tied to a botulism outbreak that has sickened dozens of babies showed that all of the company's products may have been contaminated. Laboratory tests of 36 samples of formula from three different lots showed that five samples contained the type of bacteria that can lead to the rare and potentially deadly illness, the company said Monday on its website. "Based on these ...
Source: wfla.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, a critic of COVID-19 vaccines, has been named second-in-command at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While there has not been an official announcement about Abraham's role, a CDC spokesperson confirmed with CBS News Atlanta that he was listed in the Atlanta-based agency's address book as principal deputy director. A Health and Human Services spokesperson has ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
. So, when security researchers issue a warning about something that combines both in one handy attack scenario, it's time for your ears to prick up. HashJack is the latest hacking technique that, the researchers said, can enable attackers to do everything from spread misinformation to The AI HashJack Attack Explained to fight just such prompt-injection risks as they apply to Gemini. Cybercriminals, however, ...
Source: forbes.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Joan Templeman, the wife of billionaire Virgin Records founder Richard Branson , died this week. She was 80 years old. Branson, 75, revealed his wife's death Tuesday in an Instagram post. The cause of her death was not listed. "Heartbroken to share that Joan, my wife and partner for 50 years, has passed away," Branson wrote attached with a photo of him and his late wife. The couple reportedly met ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Scouting America decries accusations by defense secretary that the organization is attacking 'boy-friendly spaces' Scouting America, formerly known as the Boy Scouts of America, has said it is "surprised and disappointed" by a report that the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth , could sever all military ties to the organization for being "genderless" and failing to "cultivate masculine values". In a draft memo to ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
After numerous stalled attempts from the White House and Congress to preempt states from enforcing their artificial intelligence laws, yet another attempt is brewing in Congress, this time potentially bundling AI preemption with child online safety legislation. The executive director of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers, a group that represents states' top technology officials, sent a ...
Source: statescoop.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Big Stone Gap, Va. — A Virginia high school football coach who disappeared days before his undefeated team's playoff game is being sought on charges of possessing child pornography and using a computer to solicit a minor, Virginia State Police said Tuesday. Police said Travis L. Turner, 46, of Appalachia, Virginia, is wanted on warrants obtained Monday for five counts of each charge, adding that additional ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
A cyber-attack on the OnSolve CodeRED platform used by state and local agencies across the US has disrupted emergency notifications and exposed user data. The incident forced Crisis24, the provider behind CodeRED, to shut down its legacy environment and rebuild the system in a new, isolated infrastructure. The attack damaged the older platform, which supported alerts for weather events, public safety threats and ...
Source: infosecurity-magazine.com
Maine among 20 states suing Trump administration over limited funding for long-term housing supports
Tuesday, Nov 25th, 2025 -
You are not logged into your account. You have a registered email address and password on pressherald.com, but we are unable to locate a paid subscription attached to these credentials. Please Thank you for your support of local journalism! Maine is joining a multistate lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging recently proposed limits on support for long-term housing for people at risk of becoming ...
Source: pressherald.com
Tuesday, Nov 25th, 2025 -
It's quick and easy to access Live Science Plus, simply enter your email below. We'll send you a confirmation and sign you up for our daily newsletter, keeping you up to date with the latest science news. Three Chinese astronauts who were marooned in space for more than a week now have a safe way of returning to Earth after an unmanned "lifeboat" spacecraft was sent to meet them in orbit aboard the Tiangong space ...
Source: livescience.com
Tuesday, Nov 25th, 2025 -
Nov. 25 (UPI) -- In just seven years, Jakarta, Indonesia, took a giant leap from 33rd biggest city in the world to surpass Tokyo at the top of the list. The city has grown to 42 million residents. Nearly half the world's population now lives in cities, and the number of megacities such as Jakarta, which are home to more than 10 million people each, has ballooned from less than 10 to more than 30 in the last 50 ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Nov 25th, 2025 -
The EU's highest court ruled on Tuesday that same-sex marriages must be respected throughout the bloc and rebuked Poland for refusing to recognize a marriage between two of its citizens that took place in Germany. The court said Poland had been wrong in not recognizing the marriage of the couple when they moved back to Poland, on the grounds that Polish law does not allow marriage between people of the same sex. ...
Source: aol.com