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Best Buy's Cyber Monday sale is here: Shop my 33+ favorite deals on Apple, Sony, Bose and more
- : Best Cyber Monday Best Buy deals 2025: I'm tracking 33+ of my favorite discounts on top tech Don't miss a chance to shop Best Buy's Cyber Monday deals, like the Apple AirPods Max USB-C for $400. Show more (24 items) Black Friday  is over, but Cyber Monday is here. You can already find hundreds of discounts on popular tech items like laptops, TVs, gaming consoles, tablets, and more. Lucky for you, several ...

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POLITICS  
Trump holds Venezuela Oval Office meeting amid growing questions about his military moves
- President Donald Trump and top national security officials huddled at the White House Monday to discuss next steps on Venezuela, as the administration faces renewed called from lawmakers to release more information – particularly about a controversial decision in September to strike a boat in the Caribbean twice, killing remaining survivors in the second blow. Key members of Trump's Cabinet and national ...

Source: aol.com
POLITICS  
Ukraine peace talks shift to Moscow — the big unknown is whether Putin will play ball
- U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is travelling to Moscow on Monday and is due to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. Talks will focus on a U.S.-backed 19-point peace plan to end the way in Ukraine. Ukraine has given its initial backing to the proposals but no final agreement has been reached. Russian President Vladimir Putin observes the Russia-Belarus joint military exercises, codenamed Zapad-2025 (West-2025), ...

Source: cnbc.com
WORLD  
Sri Lanka and Indonesia deploy militaries as Asia floods death toll passes 1,100
- Millions of people affected by torrential rainfall in Sri Lanka and large parts of Indonesia's Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia Sri Lanka and Indonesia have deployed military personnel as they race to help victims of devastating flooding that has killed more than 1,100 people across four countries in Asia. Millions of people have been affected by a combination of tropical cyclones and heavy monsoon ...

Source: theguardian.com
WORLD   POLITICS  
Netanyahu Requests Presidential Pardon From Corruption Case, Citing Trump Plea
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested that President Isaac Herzog pardon him of corruption charges in his five-year-long case, citing U.S. President Donald Trump's recent request for the favor and saying that it's necessary to advance the two leaders' joint interests as they ravage the Middle East. The prime minister made the request on Sunday, framing the trial as a "witch hunt" and a pardon as a ...

Source: truthout.org
US   POLITICS  
Trump unleashes latest insult at female reporter who asked about MRI
- Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article President repeats claim he's 'aced' a cognitive test as he tells reporter she would be 'incapable' of doing same President Donald Trump has insulted another female reporter after he was asked about releasing the results of an MRI test that he announced he had taken earlier this ...

Source: independent.co.uk
US air travelers without REAL IDs will be charged a $45 fee
- Air travelers in the US without a REAL ID will be charged a $45 fee beginning in February, the Transportation Security Administration announced Monday. The updated ID has been required since May, but passengers without it have so far been allowed to clear security with additional screening and a warning. The Department of Homeland Security says 94 percent of passengers are already compliant and that the new fee is ...

Source: bostonglobe.com
US   POLITICS  
Conservatives ahead of governing party in Honduras presidential vote, early results show
- TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Two conservative challengers were practically tied for the lead in Honduras' with votes from about 55% of polling places counted early Monday, according to preliminary and partial results. The previous day's vote had come just days after U.S. President The National Electoral Council said that fewer than 5,000 votes separated Nasry "Tito" Asfura of the National Party who had 40% of ...

Source: news.yahoo.com
US   POLITICS  
Appeals court rules Trump prosecutor appointment violates law
- A federal appeals court ruled Monday that President Donald Trump unlawfully maneuvered to keep his former personal attorney, Alina Habba, as the top prosecutor in New Jersey—a decision that could have far-reaching implications for other controversial Trump appointments that have been challenged in court. In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled ...

Source: abajournal.com
US  
Luigi Mangione fights to exclude evidence from his trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO
- NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione watched stoically in court Monday as prosecutors played surveillance videos showing the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a New York City sidewalk last year and Mangione's arrest five days later at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania. The videos, including footage from the restaurant previously unseen by the press or the public, kicked off a hearing on Mangione's fight ...

Source: apnews.com
WORLD  
Painstaking search for victims of Hong Kong fire continues but some may never be found, official says
- The remains of some of those killed in last week's inferno at a Hong Kong apartment complex may never be recovered, a city official said Monday, as a painstaking search effort continues at the site. The death toll has risen to 151 people and at least 30 remain missing, officials said Monday, after the city's worst fire in decades, which tore through seven high-rise towers of the Wang Fuk Court complex. The housing ...

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POLITICS  
The launch of Your Party: how it could work
- Your Party has established its foundations, with members voting on the party's name, leadership structure, membership status and a party constitution at its inaugural conference in Liverpool. But by the end of the weekend cracks were already beginning to show. Politico . However, if the antics at the conference were anything to go by, it is "mixing deep idealism with the kind of factional splits that would make ...

Source: theweek.com
Michigan up to No. 3 in AP Top 25 men's basketball poll, Michigan State and Iowa State into top 10
- Michigan jumped to No. 3 in the Associated Press Top 25 men's basketball poll on Monday as rival Michigan State and Iowa State both climbed into the top 10. No. 1 Purdue and No. 2 Arizona remained atop the rankings. The Boilermakers received 40 first-place votes from a 61-person media panel, Arizona got six and Michigan got 15 after its dominating run through the Players Era Championship. Duke and UConn held their ...

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US   DIGITAL   TECHNOLOGY  
Netflix Removes Casting Option for Most TVs and Smart Devices
- Shop deals curated by our expert deal finders Netflix says it is dropping support for casting shows from mobile devices to TVs and streaming devices. The streaming company hasn't yet commented on the reason for the change. However, on a  Help page on its website , Netflix appears to be encouraging people to use the built-in Netflix apps for those TVs and devices. Don't miss any of our unbiased tech content and ...

Source: cnet.com
WORLD  
The Latest: Pope visits Christian sites in Lebanon in show of support
- Pope Leo XIV's visits holy sites in Lebanon on Monday that draw Christian and Muslims as he seeks to recognize the importance of the country's and also send a message to Christians not to abandon the region. Over the past few decades, hundreds of thousands of Christians have left parts of the Middle East for good, driven by wars and the rise of Muslim extremists. Leo arrived in Beirut on Sunday after a visit to ...

Source: news4jax.com
US  
Trump frees ex-private equity CEO Gentile, 12 days after fraud sentence began
- Dec. 1 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump commuted the prison sentence of former private equity CEO David Gentile, 12 days after he went to prison and joined thousands with clemency since January, the White House said Monday. In May , District Judge Rachel P. Kovner in Manhattan sentenced Gentile to seven years in prison on wire and security fraud charges. Gentile, 59, of Long Island, began his sentence on Nov. 14 and ...

Source: upi.com
Son of "El Chapo" pleads guilty to U.S. drug trafficking charges in deal with prosecutors
- A son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin "El Chapo" pleaded guilty Monday to U.S. drug trafficking charges, months after his brother entered a plea deal.  Known locally in Mexico as the "Chapitos," or "little Chapos," Joaquin Guzman Lopez and his brother, Ovidio Guzman Lopez, are accused of running a faction of the Sinaloa cartel. Federal authorities in 2023 described the operation as a massive effort to send ...

Source: cbsnews.com
'Rage bait' named Oxford University Press word of the year as outrage fuels social media traffic in 2025
- LONDON — Oxford University Press has named "rage bait'' as its word of the year, capturing the internet zeitgeist of 2025. The phrase refers to online content that is "deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative or offensive," with the aim of driving traffic to a particular social media account, Oxford said in a statement. "The person producing it will bask in the ...

Source: nbcnews.com
US  
NASCAR, Michael Jordan's Team Spar in Monopoly Trial Opener (1)
- Michael Jordan made an appearance in a federal courtroom in North Carolina while the lead attorney for his racing team kicked off a trial against NASCAR, arguing the organization is a monopolistic bully tightly controlled by a wealthy family that harms competition in the top tier of the sport though restrictive contracts. "They are the only purchaser of racing team services," Jeffrey Kessler, a partner with Winston ...

Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Arms makers see record revenues as tensions fuel demand: report
- Sales by the world's top 100 arms makers reached a record $679 billion last year. Sales by the world's top 100 arms makers reached a record $679 billion last year, as the wars in Ukraine and Gaza boosted demand, researchers said Monday, but production issues hampered deliveries. The figure was 5.9 percent higher than the year before, and, over the 2015-2024 period, revenues for the top 100 arms makers have ...

Source: digitaljournal.com
Korea's largest online retailer Coupang apologizes to 34M customers for data breach
- Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Coupang, South Korea's largest online retailer described as the country's Amazon .com, has apologized for a data breach impacting nearly 34 million of its customers. The company, which operates its global headquarters from Seattle, Wash., confirmed the cyberattack in a letter Sunday and explained that the data breach compromised customers' names, email addresses, phone numbers, shipping addresses ...

Source: upi.com
BUSINESS   TECHNOLOGY  
Supreme Court Questions $1 Billion Music Piracy Suit Against Cox
- The US Supreme Court weighed giving internet providers a stronger shield from legal liability when customers pirate copyrighted works, questioning a $1 billion music industry copyright lawsuit against Cox Communications Inc. Hearing arguments in Washington Monday, several justices expressed doubts about an appeals court ruling that partially upheld a jury verdict against Cox. Units of Sony Group Corp. , Warner ...

Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
National guard shooting suspect spent 'weeks on end' in isolation, emails show
- Mental health of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who is charged with murder, had reportedly been unravelling for years The suspect in the shooting of two West Virginia national guard soldiers in Washington DC on the eve of Thanksgiving had been struggling with his mental health, sometimes spending "weeks on end" in isolation, as he tried to assimilate in the years since arriving in the United States, it has emerged. ...

Source: theguardian.com
Long-lost Rubens painting sells for $2.7m at auction
- Auctioneer found the Flemish artist's masterpiece – depicting a crucified Christ – in a Paris mansion as he was preparing for the property to be sold A long-lost painting by baroque master Peter Paul Rubens has sold at auction in France for €2.3m ($2.7m) – well beyond its asking price. The work, of Jesus Christ on the cross and painted in 1613, was unearthed by auctioneer Jean-Pierre Osenat ...

Source: theguardian.com
Australia charges four men over 'satanic' child sex abuse material
- Police in Australia have charged four men following an investigation into what they called an "international satanic child sex abuse material ring" in the city of Sydney. The New South Wales (NSW) police said on Monday they had charged the four with dozens of criminal offences after executing six search warrants at several addresses in Sydney last week. The men – aged 26, 39, 42 and 46 – were arrested ...

Source: aljazeera.com
US north-east braces for 'significant' snowfall after storm hits midwest
- Prediction for New England area comes after travelers experienced disruption over Thanksgiving holiday weekend A winter storm is expected to slam much of the north-east United States with rain, ice and heavy snow on Monday night through Tuesday, forecasters have said, with millions of Americans under winter storm advisories. The bulk of the storm is expected to arrive in the region later on Monday, with the system ...

Source: theguardian.com
Lane Kiffin calls out Ole Miss AD as contentious exit for LSU gets uglier
- Lane Kiffin wanted to leave Ole Miss for LSU, and has done so . But he did not want to leave now , and he is blaming the University of Mississippi athletic director for it. In his announcement that he is bolting for Baton Rouge, Kiffin called out AD Keith Carter for not allowing him to remain with Ole Miss through the College Football Playoff. "I was hoping to complete a historic six season run with this year's ...

Source: nypost.com
Qatar GP 2025: Verstappen win takes title fight to final race
- Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri will contest a final-race championship showdown in Abu Dhabi after Red Bull's Verstappen won a gripping Qatar Grand Prix. Verstappen benefited from a strategy call from McLaren that flew in the face of decisions made by every other team during an early race safety car. It was a costly decision that sacrificed track position to Verstappen in the final stages and in ...

Source: bbc.com
US   POLITICS  
Who was Ludwig Minelli? Man who fought for 'right to die'; ends life through assisted death at 92 - The
- Head of the Swiss right-to-die group Dignitas, Ludwig Minelli, has died through an assisted death, the organisation has confirmed. Minelli, who founded Dignitas in 1998, died on Saturday, just days before his 93rd birthday. The group said he spent his final years looking for new ways to help people make their own choices about the end of life. "Right up to the end of his life, he continued to search for further ...

Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com