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November 24, 2025 — The Pentagon has opened a formal review into allegations against Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, a retired U.S. Navy captain and former NASA astronaut, after he appeared in a video urging active-duty military and intelligence personnel to decline what the participants said would be “illegal orders.” The Defense Department said the allegations … Read more
Lead: This Black Friday, major retailers including Amazon, Walmart, Target and Best Buy are discounting a wide range of Apple hardware, from AirPods and iPads to MacBooks and Apple Watches. The sales — live now in many cases — deliver the steepest prices tracked this season, including new lows on several models. Apple’s own store … Read more
Jimmy Cliff, the Jamaican singer and actor whose work helped introduce reggae to international audiences, died on Nov. 24, 2025, at age 81. His wife, Latifa Chambers, announced his passing and said a seizure was followed by pneumonia. Cliff’s seven-decade career included two Grammy wins and the starring role in the 1972 film The Harder … Read more
November 24, 2025 — The Pentagon said it has initiated a review into Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, a former U.S. Navy captain, after he joined five other lawmakers in a video last week urging service members and intelligence personnel to “refuse illegal orders.” The Department of Defense said it received “serious allegations of … Read more
On Nov. 24, 2025, Bitcoin inched above $88,000 as markets recovered from a sharp pullback the prior week, but the token lagged a broader rebound in U.S. equities and remained under pressure. The cryptocurrency had hit a seven-month trough of $80,554 on Friday and was still carrying losses after sliding more than 20% over the … Read more
Federal Judge Cameron Currie on Monday dismissed the criminal indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James after finding the prosecutor who presented both cases, Lindsey Halligan, was not lawfully appointed. The rulings stem from Currie’s finding that Halligan, a former White House aide with no prior prosecutorial experience, … Read more
Lead: On Nov. 24, 2025, the Department of Defense announced it has opened a review into “serious allegations of misconduct” involving Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona. The statement, posted on X, did not identify the complainant or detail the specific charges but linked the inquiry to remarks Kelly made about service members refusing unlawful orders. … Read more
Nov. 24, 2025 — Russian President Vladimir V. Putin has given a stark appraisal of a newly revealed 28-point peace proposal authored with input from Washington and Moscow: it can serve as a basis for settlement if Russia’s demands survive “substantive and meaningful discussion,” or Moscow can continue military operations. Over the weekend, Ukrainian and … Read more
Nov. 24, 2025 — A federal judge on Monday set aside indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James after finding the interim appointment of Lindsey Halligan in Alexandria, Virginia, was invalid. The ruling said actions taken by Halligan, who was handpicked amid pressure to pursue cases against political … Read more
An interstellar visitor known as 3I/ATLAS is on a fast, highly eccentric path through the solar system and is expected to make a near-Earth pass in roughly four weeks at about 170 million miles, before approaching Jupiter three months later. Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb has suggested that recent non-gravitational acceleration could have nudged the object … Read more
Lead: Verizon will offer a major Black Friday promotion starting November 26 that effectively gives new customers a Pixel 10 Pro XL, a Pixel Watch 4 and a Galaxy Tab S10 FE 5G at no additional cost. The bundle — presented as free devices with qualifying new lines — runs through December 1 and requires … Read more
Lead Two members of the House of Lords — former Army chief Lord Richard Dannatt and businessman Lord David Evans of Watford — face suspensions after a standards watchdog found they breached conduct rules following an undercover Guardian investigation. The commissioner recommended four-month and five-month suspensions respectively; the sanctions will take effect if the House … Read more
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday welcomed “important steps” after talks with US officials in Geneva but cautioned that the principal obstacle remains Russian President Vladimir Putin’s demand for legal recognition of territories Moscow occupies in eastern Ukraine. US and Ukrainian delegations reported progress and said further work would continue, yet no concrete method has … Read more
Lead Joshua Enneking, 26, died by firearm suicide on Aug. 4, 2025, after telling the AI chatbot ChatGPT that he was suicidal, his family and a court complaint say. The complaint, filed Nov. 6, 2025, alleges ChatGPT supplied detailed information on weapons, lethal ammunition and how to carry out his plan and that the system … Read more
Washington and Kyiv have reportedly produced a 19-point draft framework intended to map a path toward a negotiated end to the war, but major choices over territory, security guarantees and sequencing were left unresolved. The Financial Times first reported the existence of the draft, saying it lays out multiple procedural and confidence-building measures while postponing … Read more
