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Top News Stories for Saturday, November 22nd 2025
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
– An puts the country in a delicate diplomatic position — caught between placating its most important ally, the United States, and not capitulating to Russia, its much larger neighbor that launched a full-scale invasion Russian President Vladimir Putin late Friday, saying it "could form the basis of a final peace settlement" if the U.S. can get Ukraine and its European allies to agree. Striking a ...
Source: news4jax.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
United States President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani have held talks in the White House , expressing their hope for a productive and cordial relationship despite their history of mutual criticism. Speaking to the press after their discussion on Friday, Trump praised Mamdani – the Muslim politician whom he once tarred as a "jihadist" and threatened to strip him of his US ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
Kennedy said he discussed his decision with Sen. Cassidy, who 'disagreed' O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities' lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC's Radiolab and Scientific American, and her story debunking a bogus theory about transgender kids was nominated for a 2024 GLAAD Media Award. You can reach Rose on Signal at rosebroderick.11. ...
Source: statnews.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
In a video message posted this week, six Democratic legislators with military or intelligence backgrounds remind members of the armed forces that they are not obligated to follow unlawful orders. That point is legally uncontroversial. It is also freshly relevant in light of the various questionable ways in which President Donald Trump has deployed the military—especially his summary executions of suspected ...
Source: reason.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
Monitoring the mortgage interest rate climate in recent years has often been frustrating for buyers and owners looking to refinance. Not only were rates exponentially higher than they were at the start of the decade but there frequently felt like there was no chance of them declining again anytime soon. But that dynamic has changed a bit over the past year. Not only are mortgage interest rates down ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
A state-by-state AI policy scan from the Council of State Governments offers a clear and comparative view of the AI governance landscape across the U.S., even as the federal government eyes restrictions. States are responding to the rise of AI by enacting policies to ensure innovation includes protective measures for privacy and cybersecurity, a new report finds, even as the federal government continues to ...
Source: govtech.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
on Thursday after weeks of speculation from AI fans who have either tested the unreleased AI image generator or viewed shared on social media. The images created with the test version of Nano Banana Pro teased the improvements Google made to its viral image generator, including support for improved text rendering. In a , Google highlighted Nano Banana Pro's text abilities in the announcement, suggesting ...
Source: bgr.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said he would no longer teach at Harvard University after his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were recently made public. The scandal, however, continues to play out in his old classrooms. A video posted on TikTok on Thursday showed a professor addressing a room full of Summers' former students about his absence. The Harvard Crimson, the university's student-run ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Coast Guard has reversed course on swastikas and nooses, saying they are "hate symbols" after reportedly issuing guidance calling them "potentially divisive." The agency late Thursday said the guidance "doubles down on its current policies prohibiting the display, distribution or use of hate symbols by Coast Guard personnel." "This is not an updated policy but a new policy to combat any ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
It's been plain from the start that the Justice Department's prosecution of James Comey springs from Donald Trump's desire for payback against a bitter political enemy. Exhibit A: the president's own September 20, 2025, Truth Social post, stating exactly that. Now it seems that the DOJ has coupled bad motives with straightforward incompetence. When rookie prosecutors take over complicated cases, rookie mistakes ...
Source: nymag.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
By Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Offshore oil and gas drilling might resume in federally controlled waters near California and in some waters near Florida after being banned for decades. The Interior Department released a five-year plan Thursday supporting offshore drilling leases, which would include up to 34 lease auctions in federal waters sometime between 2026 and 2031, according to Politico . The auctions would include up ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Spores of moss survived nearly a year outside of the International Space Station and has returned back to Earth alive. The moss survived for the nine month period and returned with more than 80% of its spores able to reproduce once back on Earth, researchers reported in a study published in iScience . "Most living organisms, including humans, cannot survive even briefly in the vacuum of space," ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
A federal investigation into the crash of a UPS cargo jet that killed 14 people in Louisville, Kentucky, earlier this month found that the engine of the plane came off its wing because of metal fatigue and hardware stress. A preliminary accident report published by the National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday showed frame-by-frame images of the General Electric-made engine completely coming off and then ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
A grizzly bear attack in Canada has left 11 people injured. The animal targeted a group of elementary school students and teachers. At least two people are in critical condition. Another two suffered serious injuries. The attack happened at Acwsalcta School on Thursday. The resulting grizzly attack created a chaotic scene at the school. Emergency responders sent multiple ambulances and a helicopter to the ...
Source: wideopenspaces.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
Twelve teachers also kidnapped from Catholic school amid threats from Trump to intervene over 'Christian genocide' Unknown gunmen have abducted 215 schoolchildren and 12 teachers from a Catholic school in central Nigeria , the second mass abduction in the country in a week. The latest kidnapping, in Papiri community in Niger state, came against the backdrop of Donald Trump's threat to intervene militarily to end a ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
Kimmel Mocks Trump's Approval Rating After President Says He Should Be Fired Kimmel began his opening monologue by mentioning Trump's Truth Social post, describing the comedian as "a man with NO TALENT and VERY POOR TELEVISION RATINGS," accusing him of "totally biased coverage" and telling ABC to "Get the bum off the air!!!" Kimmel welcomed his viewers from across the country and offered a "special hello to those ...
Source: forbes.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump to end the deployment of National Guard troops to the nation's capital. But the ruling is unlikely to be the final word by the courts, the president or local leaders in the contentious duel over the federal district. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb put her order on hold for 21 days to allow the Trump administration time to either remove ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
Close to 800 air traffic controllers and technicians with perfect attendance during the more than 40-day shutdown will get $10,000 cash bonuses, the FAA and DOT said. An increase in absences among air traffic controllers during the shutdown, the longest ever, snarled air travel around the U.S. Controllers were required to work during the shutdown even though they weren't receiving regular paychecks. An airplane ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The Justice Department has sued California, challenging laws providing in-state tuition and other financial assistance to undocumented immigrants in the state. The complaint also targets scholarships and subsidized loans for migrants, a DOJ release said . The lawsuit alleges that California's laws are unconstitutional, illegal and discriminate against U.S. citizens who are not provided the same ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times Travelers who attempt to fly without a Real ID or a passport could be subject to a new airport security screening program that carries an $18 fee. On Thursday, the TSA announced another option for travelers who have yet to get their Real ID or are flying without their passport: the modernized alternative identity-verification program. The ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
A new cyber incident could have affected Salesforce customer data three months after the Salesloft Drift hack . On November 20, customer support platform provider Gainsight said it identified connection failures resulting from Salesforce revoking active access for Gainsight SFDC Connector, which allows Gainsight applications to connect to Salesforce. In a Salesforce security advisory , also published on November ...
Source: infosecurity-magazine.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
NEW YORK (AP) — The clock is ticking for the U.S. government to open up its files on Jeffrey Epstein. After months of rancor and recriminations, Congress has passed and President Donald Trump has signed legislation compelling the Justice Department to give the public everything it has on Epstein — and it has to be done before Christmas. But even that might not be enough for the curious and the ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
Chicago Federation of Labor President Bob Reiter urged Chicago City Council members on Friday to not rule out a property tax increase, arguing there are ways to protect Black homeowners hit hardest by what he called "out of whack assessments." Reiter acknowledged that he urged alderpersons before Mayor Brandon Johnson's Oct. 16 budget address to avoid layoffs and furlough days that would impact his members, and ...
Source: chicago.suntimes.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
Reading time 2 minutes OpenAI has launched a new feature that is destined to leave some users scratching their heads. This week, the company announced a pilot of a new "group chats" feature in ChatGPT that allows users to get their buddies together and hang out with the company's flagship chatbot. That's what everybody's been wanting, right? "Group chats in ChatGPT are now rolling out globally," the company tweeted ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
A self-portrait by celebrated Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for $54.66 million in New York on Thursday, setting a record for the price of a painting by a woman, the auction house Sotheby's said. The sale of Kahlo's 1940 artwork, titled "El sueno (La cama)" — which translates to "The dream (The bed)" — broke the previous record set by American artist Georgia O'Keeffe, whose 1932 painting "Jimson ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
– An Indian fighter jet crashed Friday at the start of a demonstration flight in front of a crowd of spectators at the Dubai Air Show, killing its sole pilot. The Indian HAL Tejas smashed into the ground at the vast Al Maktoum International Airport at Dubai World Central, sending a vast fireball into the air and thick black smoke into the sky. Police vehicles, ambulances and a helicopter rushed to the site of ...
Source: news4jax.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
VERO BEACH, Fla. – A Florida sheriff's deputy was killed while attempting to serve an eviction notice Friday in a beachside residence on the state's Atlantic coast, a county sheriff said. The accused shooter, another deputy and a locksmith working for law enforcement were all wounded, Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers said at a news conference. The other deputy was hit in the shoulder and was ...
Source: news4jax.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. flu season is starting slowly, and it's unclear if it will be as bad as last winter's , but some health experts are worried as U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data posted Friday shows a new version of the virus has emerged. An early analysis suggests current vaccines may still be somewhat effective against the new version of the flu, which has been the main driver of ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
On Wednesday evening, Nvidia, the chip firm at the center of the world, reported its quarterly earnings. It was by any measure a blowout for the world's largest company: the company made 65 percent more profits than in the same quarter last year, sales were even higher than analysts expected, and leadership is forecasting at least $500 billion in AI chip sales by the end of 2026. Permanently pumped CEO Jensen Huang ...
Source: nymag.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
It's looking like investors might get their wish this holiday season. Stocks surged on Friday on comments from a top Federal Reserve official who said the economic situation supports more rate cuts from the central bank. The odds that the Fed will cut interest rates another 25 basis points at its December policy meeting nearly doubled on Friday after New York Fed President John Williams said that he saw room to ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The Department of Transportation has introduced new crash test dummies that have a specifically small female design, to "address the trend of higher injury rates for women than men in certain car crash scenarios." Crash testing has used the Hybrid III dummy in the past, but now it will adopt the THOR-05F for women, the department said in a press release . "The Left doesn't want to hear it, but the ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
Fugees rapper Prakazrel Pras Michel has been sentenced to a hefty 14 years in prison, per reporting by . He was convicted of illegally funneling several millions of dollars toward President Obama's 2012 reelection campaign. This sentencing comes on the heels of a federal jury convicting him of ten criminal counts revolving around conspiracy and acting as an agent for a foreign government in 2023. Set in Washington, ...
Source: vice.com
Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
Follow Earth on Google Across the savanna, a lion's roar breaks the night silence. The sound is unmistakable, yet the deeper structure behind it has gone unnoticed for decades. A new study now reveals clear layers within each roaring sequence. The research arrives at an important moment, as conservation teams search for better ways to track a species under pressure. How lions roar The researchers identified four ...
Source: earth.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
US non-farm payrolls rose by 119,000 in September, but new data also shows economy shed jobs in August From Newsflash: The US economy added more jobs than forecast in September, as America's jobs market picked up after a summer lull. September's official employment report, delayed since the start of October by the US government shutdown, shows that nonfarm payroll employment rose by 119,000 in September. That's ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
Former Vice President Dick Cheney's funeral service was held on Thursday at Washington National Cathedral, where more than 1,000 guests, including family members, former Presidents George W. Bush and Joe Biden, all four living former vice presidents and assorted dignitaries gathered to pay their final respects. Cheney died on Nov. 3 from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, according to his ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
Federal prosecutors in Chicago on Thursday dropped one of the most high-profile criminal cases to result from the Trump administration's aggressive deportation campaign, one the feds have pointed to while insisting agents on the ground were under attack. Marimar Martinez, 30, and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, 21, have faced an assault charge since early October for allegedly tailing a Chevrolet Tahoe driven by Border ...
Source: chicago.suntimes.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal immigration crackdown centered around North Carolina's largest city of Charlotte appeared to be tapering off Thursday, local law enforcement leaders said, but a Homeland Security official insisted the arrests would not let up. The North Carolina operation that began last weekend was the most recent phase of Republican President Donald Trump 's aggressive mass deportation efforts ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is examining the handling of the mortgage fraud investigation into Sen. Adam Schiff, including the potential involvement of people who claimed to be acting at the behest or direction of two Trump administration officials who have been pushing the probe of the California Democrat, according to a document reviewed by The Associated Press. Federal authorities involved in ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity when it forcibly expelled 32,000 Palestinians from three West Bank refugee camps earlier this year during a military operation in the area, a human rights group said Thursday. Human Rights Watch said in a report that top Israeli officials including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Defense ...
Source: bostonglobe.com