The Remarkable Large-Scale Structure of Anti-Tail and Tail Jets from 3I/ATLAS – Avi Loeb – Medium

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Lead: A stacked deep image of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, obtained by Frank Niebling and Michael Buechner between 05:08–05:22 UT on November 9, 2029, reveals two sunward anti-tail jets reaching 10 arcminutes and a collimated tail jet extending 30 arcminutes away from the Sun. At the reported Earth–3I/ATLAS distance of 326 million kilometers these angles correspond … Read more

Trump Live: Airport Slowdowns and SNAP Turmoil During Government Shutdown

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Lead Over the weekend of Nov. 8–9, 2025, disruptions tied to the U.S. government shutdown spread from the nation’s skies to its grocery lines. Federal limits on flights at 40 busy airports and growing air-traffic controller absences forced thousands of cancellations and rising delays, while the Agriculture Department moved to block states that began issuing … Read more

Delta reduces flights to comply with FAA directive, expands customer flexibility

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Lead: Delta Air Lines is carrying out an FAA and U.S. Department of Transportation directive to scale back operations at 40 major U.S. airports, beginning Nov. 7. The carrier completed planned FAA-directed cancellations through Tuesday, Nov. 11 as of its Nov. 9 update, while weather and air-traffic-control (ATC) staffing strains drove additional disruptions over the … Read more

Trump Renews Attacks on Obamacare in New Push Over Government Shutdown

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Nov. 9, 2025 — President Donald Trump escalated his effort to end a government shutdown this weekend by renewing public attacks on the Affordable Care Act and proposing that federal subsidy money flow directly to consumers rather than insurers. Through social media posts, Mr. Trump framed the law’s premium tax credits as a windfall for … Read more

BBC leaders resign after backlash over Trump speech edit

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Lead London — The BBC’s Director‑General Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness announced their resignations on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025, after sustained criticism over the way the corporation edited a January 6, 2021, speech by then‑President Donald Trump for a 2024 documentary. The departures follow publication of a dossier compiled by standards adviser … Read more

Guardians’ Clase, Ortiz indicted for pitch rigging

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Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment Sunday charging Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz with fraud, conspiracy and bribery over an alleged scheme to manipulate specific pitches so bettors could win prop wagers. Prosecutors say Clase agreed with a bettor as early as May 2023 to deliver particular pitches as balls, and that Ortiz … Read more

Colts top Falcons in overtime thriller in Germany

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Lead: In an early Sunday matchup in Germany, the Indianapolis Colts defeated the Atlanta Falcons 28-25 in overtime. Colts running back Jonathan Taylor carried the offense with 32 rushes for 244 yards and three touchdowns, including the decisive score in OT. The game featured a late fourth-quarter tie by Colts kicker Michael Badgley, who hit … Read more

BBC director general Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness resign over Trump documentary edit – BBC

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Lead: The BBC’s director-general Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness have resigned after revelations that a Panorama episode contained misleading edits of a Donald Trump speech. The departures come amid growing scrutiny over editorial standards after an internal memo alleged the programme spliced two parts of the former US president’s remarks together. The … Read more

Britain, France and Germany deploy anti-drone teams to Belgium – politico.eu

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Lead: Britain, France and Germany have dispatched air-force specialists to assist Belgium after a series of unmanned aerial vehicle incursions over critical infrastructure this week. Belgian officials held an emergency National Security Council meeting and said the country’s National Air Security Center will be fully operational by Jan. 1, 2026. Brussels requested help from Berlin, … Read more

Move Over 30-Year Mortgage: Trump White House Eyes 50-Year Option to Break Housing Gridlock

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The Biden-era 30-year mortgage may be getting a challenger: the Trump administration is advancing a proposal for a 50-year fixed-rate mortgage aimed at lowering monthly payments and expanding homeownership. The idea was promoted publicly by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte in early November 2025, after President Trump shared materials contrasting the new plan … Read more

Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue dies at 84

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Paul Tagliabue, who led the National Football League as commissioner from 1989 until 2006, has died at the age of 84, his family announced on Sunday. The family said his death was due to heart failure complicated by Parkinson’s disease. Tagliabue served as the league’s second long-tenured commissioner in the modern era and was inducted … Read more

Mashhad’s dam levels fall below 3% amid nationwide drought

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Lead Officials report that water storage in the dams serving Mashhad — Iran’s second-largest city — has dropped below 3%, exposing an acute urban water shortage as the country endures a prolonged drought. The statement came from Hossein Esmaeilian, head of Mashhad’s water company, and follows broader warnings from Tehran about possible rolling cuts. Mashhad, … Read more

USDA Orders States to Undo November 2025 SNAP Payment Steps

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Lead: The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Saturday directed states to “immediately undo” any actions taken to issue full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November 2025. The move followed an administrative stay the U.S. Supreme Court granted late Friday that temporarily blocked a lower court’s order requiring the federal government to pay November … Read more

Ex-NFL commissioner Tagliabue dies at age 84

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Paul Tagliabue, who led the National Football League as commissioner from 1989 to 2006, died on Sunday at age 84, his family announced. The family said the apparent cause was heart failure complicated by Parkinson’s disease. Tagliabue presided over a period of dramatic league growth that included four expansion franchises, major stadium projects and television … Read more