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Lead Alice Wong, a prominent disability-rights organizer and author, died Friday at age 51 in a San Francisco hospital after an infection, friends said. A daughter of Hong Kong immigrants who used a powered wheelchair and an assistive breathing device, Wong built a national profile through writing and community organizing. She founded the Disability Visibility … Read more

Lead: Todd Snider, the alt‑country and folk songwriter known for wry storytelling and big‑hearted ballads, died in Nashville on Friday at age 59. His publicist said the cause was pneumonia. Snider had recently halted a tour behind his new album, High, Lonesome and Then Some, after an assault outside a Salt Lake City hotel left … Read more

Lead James Pickens Jr., best known for playing Dr. Richard Webber on Grey’s Anatomy, has disclosed a recent prostate cancer diagnosis and successful treatment. In partnership with Black Health Matters, the actor says early detection was decisive and urges men—particularly Black men and those with a family history—to begin screening at 40. Pickens described a … Read more

Alabama hosted Oklahoma at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday with kickoff at 2:44 p.m. CT and the game televised on ABC. Temperatures were in the mid-70s under mostly clear skies. Oklahoma edged Alabama, 23-21, after a game marked by multiple turnovers, an 87-yard interception return and two short goal-line touchdowns by Alabama’s Daniel Hill. Several Alabama … Read more

Conor Benn produced a commanding display to avenge his April defeat to Chris Eubank Jr, winning a unanimous decision at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Benn, 29, controlled the fight across the rounds and dropped the 36-year-old Eubank twice in the final session. The judges returned scorecards of 119-107, 116-110 and 118-108 in Benn’s favour. The result … Read more

Lead On Nov. 15, 2025 at Madison Square Garden in New York, UFC 322 centered on two title fights with wide implications for pound‑for‑pound rankings. Welterweight champion Jack Della Maddalena defended his belt against former lightweight champion Islam Makhachev, who moved up for the opportunity in his sixth straight championship appearance. In the co‑main, former … Read more

Lead South Carolina fell 31-30 at Texas A&M on Saturday in College Station after surrendering a 30-3 halftime advantage. The defeat drops the Gamecocks to 3-7 overall and 1-7 in SEC play. South Carolina amassed 312 first-half yards but managed only 76 in the second half, while A&M finished with 503 total yards. Head coach … Read more

Lead: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Saturday she has received threats and security warnings after President Donald Trump publicly criticized her and withdrew his endorsement. Greene, a Republican from Georgia who once staunchly backed Trump, said private security firms have contacted her about elevated risk. The dispute follows Trump’s social-media posts calling her “wacky” and … Read more

Lead A San Francisco Fed working paper released this week examines 150 years of tariff episodes in the United States and abroad and concludes that higher tariffs tend to reduce inflation by depressing economic activity and raising unemployment. The study, authored by Régis Barnichon and Aayush Singh, finds that tariff shocks act more like aggregate … Read more

Lead: On Saturday in College Station, No. 3 Texas A&M staged a remarkable second-half comeback to defeat South Carolina 31-30 after trailing 30-3 at halftime. The Aggies outscored the Gamecocks 28-0 after the break, capped by a go-ahead E.J. Smith touchdown with 10:47 remaining. Marcel Reed salvaged the night with a huge passing performance, while … Read more

Lead Cleto Escobedo III, the 59-year-old bandleader for “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” died on Tuesday, and a death certificate obtained by TMZ lists cardiogenic shock as the immediate cause. The document names vasodilatory shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation and alcoholic cirrhosis as underlying conditions, with sepsis, graft-versus-host disease, immunosuppression, chronic kidney disease and pneumonia also contributing. Host … Read more

Kim Kardashian said on Instagram Stories on Nov. 14 that she and sister Khloé Kardashian recently spent time with Britney Spears and the singer’s manager in Calabasas, California. The SKIMS founder, 45, posted group snapshots showing the four posing playfully together, including one image captioned “Calabasas nights.” The pictures arrive about a week after Spears … Read more

Lead President Donald Trump on Friday issued a second pardon to Dan Wilson, a former Jan. 6 defendant, wiping out a 2023 Kentucky gun conviction that arose after a search tied to the January 6 investigation. Wilson had pleaded guilty in May 2024 to three offenses, including charges tied to his conduct at the Capitol … Read more

Lead On Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025, a powerful Pacific storm brought rounds of heavy rain to Southern California, impacting more than 22 million residents and prompting flood watches and evacuation notices across the region. The first surge hit early Saturday morning, and meteorologists warned a second, potentially stronger, round was expected between 11 a.m. and … Read more

Marjorie Taylor Greene said on Saturday that private security firms contacted her with “warnings for my safety” after former president Donald Trump announced on Friday that he was withdrawing his endorsement of the Georgia congresswoman. Greene, a long-time Trump ally turned critic on several recent policy fights, blamed what she called escalatory rhetoric tied to … Read more