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Black Friday Is Wrapped but Apple's Biggest Price Drops Haven't – Grab Them Before They're Gone
- Shop deals curated by our expert deal finders Black Friday has come and gone but plenty of standout Apple deals are still sticking around. We've seen a slew of deals across nearly every category -- including tech that doesn't get discounted often. Apple devices, namely phones , tablets , laptops and smartwatches , are all seeing rare discounts right now. These deals aren't limited to just one retailer either. Apple ...

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POLITICS  
US halts all asylum decisions after shooting of National Guard members
- WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports days after a shooting near the White House that left one National Guard member dead and another in critical condition. Investigators continued Saturday to seek a motive in the shooting, in which the suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, now faces charges including first-degree ...

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WORLD   TECHNOLOGY  
Airbus: Flights resume as normal after software update warning
- 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 ...

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Authorities probe corruption and negligence in Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades
- Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades has raised questions about corruption and negligence in the renovations of the apartment complex where at least 128 people died. An intense fire broke out at Wang Fuk Court complex in Hong Kong's northern suburbs Wednesday afternoon, with flames covering seven of eight of the towers. The complex was home to some 4,800 residents, some of whom had raised safety concerns about the ...

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Eagles offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo will keep his job after Hurts, Barkley struggle again
- 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 ...

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POLITICS  
Trump says he plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez for 2024 drug trafficking sentence
- 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 ...

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MEDICINE   POLITICS  
Measles deaths plummet but infections surge worldwide
- Global immunization efforts have led to an 88% drop in measles deaths between 2000 and 2024, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO). Nearly 59 million lives have been saved by the measles vaccine since 2000. However, an estimated 95 000 people, mostly children younger than 5 years of age, died due to measles in 2024. While this is among the lowest annual tolls recorded since 2000, ...

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Northwestern agrees to $75 million fine to settle Trump dispute
- CHICAGO - Northwestern University will pay a $75 million fine to settle allegations of antisemitism from the Trump administration, restoring hundreds of millions of federal funding, officials announced Friday. As part of the agreement, Northwestern also said it will continue following federal anti-discrimination laws, review its international admission policies and terminate an agreement reached with ...

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US   POLITICS  
Trump says he will cancel all Biden executive orders 'signed with autopen' | US News
- The US president claimed Joe Biden was "not involved" in signing the orders, without providing any evidence for his claims. Donald Trump has said he will cancel all executive orders that he claims were signed with an autopen by his predecessor Joe Biden. The US president alleged Mr Biden was "not involved" in signing the orders and claimed "the radical left lunatics circling Biden around the beautiful Resolute Desk ...

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Black Friday Amazon: This morning, 10 Deals So Good You'll Never Pay Full Price Again
- This article is part of Gizmodo Deals, produced separately from the editorial team. We may earn a commission when you buy through links on the site. Reading time 4 minutes It's Black Friday, and Amazon's huge sale is in full swing and shoppers are waking up to thousands of discounts that are still going on. The store's Friday morning catalog shows that prices have dropped significantly in all major categories , and ...

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WORLD  
Israeli forces kill two Palestinians after they appear to surrender
- Israeli security forces shot and killed two Palestinian men who appeared to be unarmed and surrendering in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to video filmed by Palestine TV that was distributed by Reuters, and video shot by the news agency itself. The shooting comes amid mounting settler violence and ramped up operations by the IDF in the West Bank in recent weeks. The U.N. human rights rights office ...

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Two-time major champion Fuzzy Zoeller, haunted by racist joke, dies aged 74 | World News
- The golf star finished his career with 10 PGA Tour wins but his legacy was marked by comments he made about Tiger Woods. Fuzzy Zoeller, a two-time major champion, has died at the age of 74. The American, who became embroiled in a racism controversy for a joke he made about Tiger Woods , finished his career with 10 PGA Tour wins and two titles on the PGA Tour Champions. He is still the last golfer to win the Masters ...

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WORLD  
Pope joins patriarchs at historic Christian site in Turkey to commemorate creed and pray for unity
- Leo paid tribute to the country's tiny Catholic community and also visited a group of nuns, the Little Sisters of the Poor, who run a nursing home in Istanbul. IZNIK, Turkey — Pope Leo XIV joined Orthodox patriarchs and ecumenical leaders Friday in commemorating an important moment in Christian history, gathering at the site in Turkey of an unprecedented A.D. 325 meeting of bishops to pray that Christians ...

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POLITICS  
Top Zelenskyy aide at heart of U.S. peace talks is raided in corruption probe
- A top Ukrainian official at the heart of peace talks was thrust Friday into the center of a massive corruption scandal, threatening to further weaken President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a crucial moment in negotiations to end Russia's war . The home of Andriy Yermak, Zelenskyy's powerful chief of staff, was searched early Friday by investigators with Ukraine's National Anticorruption Bureau, the NABU, which is leading ...

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POLITICS  
Officials instructed to pause all asylum decisions in wake of National Guard shooting
- The Trump administration on Friday directed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officers to pause all asylum decisions in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington, D.C., according to an internal directive obtained by CBS News and two sources familiar with the order. The move is the administration's latest effort to tighten the American immigration system after Wednesday's attack, ...

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SCIENCE  
The Story of Cat Domestication Just Got a Major Twist
- Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. . D espite oodles of data on dog domestication, the exact origins of our feline friends have long remained fuzzy. We do know that pet cats retained many of their wild cat ancestors' characteristics. This—perhaps not surprising many cat caretakers—makes pet cats technically "semidomesticated." But scientists have squabbled over precisely where and when such ...

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