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Top News Stories for Sunday, November 30th 2025
Sunday, Nov 30th, 2025 -
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Hondurans began casting ballots Sunday to elect a new president only days after U.S. President Donald Trump intervened in a close race with an endorsement of one candidate and announced that he would pardon a former president. At a voting site in the capital, the country's major parties were present with tables, banners, flags and music, but media far outnumbered potential voters ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Sunday, Nov 30th, 2025 -
Isaiah Horton caught three touchdown passes from Ty Simpson to help No10 Alabama survive blowing a 17-point lead to escape with a 27-20 win over rival and host Auburn in the Iron Bowl on Saturday night. The Crimson Tide (10-2, 7-1 Southeastern Conference) not only clinched a spot in the SEC championship game v Georgia next Saturday with the dramatic victory, but they also likely locked up a spot in the College ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Nov 30th, 2025 -
A new left-wing political party co-founded by veteran British socialist Jeremy Corbyn narrowly voted to be led by its members rather than an individual leader, it announced on Sunday. The decision, after a vote at Your Party's founding conference in the northwestern English city of Liverpool, was welcomed by party co-founder Zarah Sultana. "I have fought for maximum member democracy since day one," she said. ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Sunday, Nov 30th, 2025 -
Shuk-yin Tsang, the head of the Hong Kong police casualty unit, said another 100 people remained unaccounted for. The death toll from a fire that tore through a Hong Kong apartment complex has risen. Investigators are searching for bodies in the residential towers of Wang Fuk Court , where the blaze erupted on Wednesday. Authorities say 146 bodies have now been found, rising from a previous reported total of 128. ...
Source: news.sky.com
Sunday, Nov 30th, 2025 -
TEL AVIV (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Israel's president to grant him a pardon during his long-running corruption trial that's bitterly divided the country. In a statement Sunday the prime minister's office said that Netanyahu had submitted a request for a pardon to the legal department of the Office of the President. The president's office called it an "extraordinary request," ...
Source: npr.org
Sunday, Nov 30th, 2025 -
At least four people have been killed and 10 wounded after a shooting during a family gathering in northern California's Stockton, local authorities said. The shooting took place at a child's birthday party, Stockton's Vice Mayor Jason Lee said in a Facebook post late on Saturday. "I am in contact with staff and public safety officials to understand exactly what happened, and I will be pushing for answers," he ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Sunday, Nov 30th, 2025 -
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Lionel Messi will play for another trophy. Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets clearly aren't ready to begin their retirements, either. Tadeo Allende scored three goals — Alba and Busquets, a pair of longtime Messi teammates who will retire when this season ends, had the assists on his first two — and Inter Miami topped New York City FC 5-1 on Saturday night for the Eastern ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Nov 29th, 2025 -
Thousands of Airbus planes are being returned to normal service after being grounded for hours due to a warning that solar radiation could interfere with onboard flight control computers. The aerospace giant - based in France - said around 6,000 of its A320 planes had been affected with most requiring a quick software update. Some 900 older planes need a replacement computer. French Transport Minister Philippe ...
Source: bbc.com
Saturday, Nov 29th, 2025 -
Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on The Food and Drug Administration's top vaccine regulator asserted in an email to staff sent Friday that the Covid-19 vaccine caused at least 10 deaths in children and called for changes to the way the agency regulates vaccines. But experts told STAT they are ...
Source: statnews.com
Saturday, Nov 29th, 2025 -
President made declaration in a social media post, after FAA last week warned airlines of 'worsening security situation' The Venezuelan government has responded defiantly to the heightened pressure by the US government, including Donald Trump's recent statements on Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela is to be closed in its entirety. In a statement, the Venezuelan government said Trump's ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Nov 29th, 2025 -
President Donald Trump said Friday that he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison. The president explained his decision on social media by posting that "according to many people that I greatly respect," Hernandez was "treated very harshly and unfairly." In March of ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Nov 29th, 2025 -
Pope Leo XIV has made his first visit to a mosque since his election, and while he removed his shoes as a sign of respect, he did not appear to pray. On Saturday, Leo went to the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, a 17th-century place of worship considered an Ottoman-era architectural masterpiece, with turquoise ceramic tiles adorning its walls and dome. Leo , accompanied by local Muslim leaders, walked through the mosque's ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Nov 29th, 2025 -
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The chants started early from fed-up Eagles fans, and they were booming as the inept offensive plays piled up in yet another loss. "Fire Kevin! Fire Kevin!" Eagles fans made their vote to dump offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo heard throughout Friday's 24-15 loss to the Chicago Bears. Coach Nick Sirianni made yet another call the fans won't like: Patullo is staying. "We're not changing ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Nov 29th, 2025 -
Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million as part of a settlement with the Trump administration which restores previously frozen federal funding and ends a monthslong investigation over government allegations of "unlawful discrimination," including "race-based admissions" and a "hostile" environment for Jewish students, the Department of Justice announced Friday. The agreement requires Northwestern to ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Nov 29th, 2025 -
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drone and missile attacks in and around the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, killed at least three people early Saturday, officials said, as the country's representatives traveled to the U.S. to work on a renewed push to end the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on X that the delegation, headed by national security chief Rustem Umerov, was on its way to "swiftly and ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Nov 29th, 2025 -
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports, seizing on the National Guard shooting in the nation's capital to intensify efforts to rein in legal immigration. The suspect in Wednesday's shooting near the White House that killed Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and critically wounded Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, ...
Source: wfla.com
Saturday, Nov 29th, 2025 -
Online discounts were flat year over year. However, some retailers won with exclusive giveaways that enticed customers into stores. First published on Black Friday — and the holiday shopping season in general — may be more important than ever for retailers in 2025. But the event has evolved dramatically in recent years. "The Black Friday that we have come to know and love has changed," Circana's Chief ...
Source: mobilemarketer.com
Friday, Nov 28th, 2025 -
Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services told staff Friday that it will pause all applications for asylum filed by migrants inside the United States in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. On Thursday, the president announced he will "permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries." Then Friday evening, all affirmative asylum applicants were ...
Source: upi.com