Nintendo Quietly Reveals New Suit for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

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Lead: Nintendo has quietly posted footage revealing a previously unseen suit for Samus Aran ahead of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond’s launch on 4 December 2025. The brief clip appeared on Nintendo’s official Japanese site and was flagged by Nintendo Wire before wider coverage. Observers note the new design echoes elements of the recently shown red … Read more

Border Patrol to expand Trump-era immigration operations to Charlotte and New Orleans, documents show

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Lead: The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to send Border Patrol agents to Charlotte and New Orleans as part of the Trump administration’s national immigration enforcement push, internal documents and U.S. officials told CBS News on Nov. 14, 2025. Plans reviewed by reporters show requests for armored vehicles and special-operations personnel, with Charlotte operations … Read more

24 million under flood alerts as Los Angeles braces for a month’s worth of rain

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Lead: About 24 million people across California were placed under flood watches Friday as Los Angeles prepared for what meteorologists warn could be roughly a month’s worth of rain in a single day. The threat is concentrated across the Los Angeles and San Diego metropolitan areas, with officials flagging heightened danger where recent wildfire burn … Read more

Trump seeks DOJ probe into Epstein ties to Clinton and major banks

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President Donald Trump said on Friday he would ask federal authorities to investigate financier Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged connections to prominent Democrats and major banks after a new release of documents renewed scrutiny. The US Justice Department has confirmed it will open inquiries into Epstein’s reported links to large financial institutions and several high-profile figures, including … Read more

White House announces South American trade deals to try to lower some food prices

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Lead: The White House on Thursday announced framework trade agreements with Argentina, Guatemala, El Salvador and Ecuador intended to reduce costs for some imported groceries, including coffee and bananas. The administration said reciprocal tariffs will be adjusted for certain products that cannot be produced in sufficient quantities in the United States, but officials declined to … Read more

Man Charged After Rushing Ariana Grande on ‘Wicked: For Good’ Red Carpet in Singapore

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A 26-year-old Australian, identified by local reports as Johnson Wen, has been charged after climbing past red-carpet barriers and attempting to embrace Ariana Grande at the Asia-Pacific premiere of Wicked: For Good in Singapore on Nov. 13, 2025. Video circulating online shows co-star Cynthia Erivo physically removing the man; Wen was briefly detained at the … Read more

Man Arrested in Singapore for Grabbing Ariana Grande

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Lead On Thursday at a Singapore shopping mall premiere for Wicked: For Good, a 26-year-old Australian, Johnson Wen, rushed the red carpet and physically grabbed singer-actress Ariana Grande. Local authorities detained Wen and charged him with being a public nuisance; reports say the offence carries an approximate $1,500 fine if he is convicted. Grande did … Read more

Zohran Mamdani Calls for Boycott of Starbucks Amid Strike – Business Insider

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Lead On November 14, 2025, New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani publicly urged people to avoid Starbucks while baristas staged an open-ended strike over alleged Unfair Labor Practices. The call came as workers walked out during the chain’s Red Cup Day, an annual promotion that typically drives high holiday traffic. Starbucks said the company was … Read more

Scientists Recover 39,000-Year-Old RNA from Woolly Mammoth Yuka

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Lead Researchers report they extracted fragmented RNA from Yuka, a juvenile woolly mammoth recovered from a Siberian permafrost cliff, revealing molecular snapshots of tissues around the time of death. The study, published in Cell, used samples collected in 2012 and analyzed RNA from ten mammoth remains, with three specimens—including Yuka—yielding useful data. The RNA fragments … Read more

Ancient RNA from a 39,000‑Year‑Old Mammoth Reveals a Moment in Time

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Lead: Researchers report recovering RNA from a 39,000‑year‑old woolly mammoth, a find published in Cell on Friday that challenges long‑held assumptions about RNA stability. The molecule set came from Yuka, a partially mummified mammoth discovered in 2010 in melting Siberian permafrost, and shows molecular signs of physiological stress at the time of death. Of 10 … Read more

Iran Seizes Marshall Islands‑Flagged Tanker Talara After Passing Strait of Hormuz

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On November 14, 2025, Iranian forces seized the Marshall Islands‑flagged oil tanker Talara after the vessel passed the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. defense officials and maritime monitors reported. The ship was about 20 nautical miles east of Khor Fakkan in the United Arab Emirates when it lost contact with its manager, Columbia Shipmanagement. U.S. officials … Read more

Lorazepam searches surged after The White Lotus season release, researchers report

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Lead: Researchers at the University of California San Diego report a sustained rise in internet searches for lorazepam in the weeks after the release of the third season of the HBO series The White Lotus on 16 February 2025. The study finds searches stayed elevated for 12 weeks, amounting to almost twice the expected volume … Read more

Dow drops 300 points, Nasdaq turns positive following three-day rout: Live updates – CNBC

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Lead On Friday, Nov. 13, 2025, U.S. equity markets opened mixed after a volatile week that culminated in Thursday’s sharp sell-off. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 312 points (0.7%), while the Nasdaq Composite rebounded 0.2%, ending a three-day slide; the S&P 500 traded roughly flat. The moves followed Wednesday’s brief push above 48,000 for … Read more