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November 20, 2025 — Stock futures rose modestly Thursday night after a sharp intraday reversal sent major U.S. averages lower following renewed weakness in artificial intelligence-related shares. Futures tied to the Dow were up about 136 points (0.3%), S&P 500 futures gained 0.3% and Nasdaq 100 futures added roughly 0.2% as traders digested a volatile … Read more
Lead: A fast-moving fire at the COP30 U.N. climate summit in Belém, Brazil, on Thursday forced a full evacuation of the pavilion area on the conference’s next-to-last day. Organizers said crews brought the blaze under control in about six minutes and 13 people were treated for smoke inhalation. Officials identified the fire as starting near … Read more
Federal investigators released dramatic imagery and a preliminary report showing that a UPS MD-11 cargo jet that crashed near Louisville on Nov. 4 suffered fractures in the left engine mount and an in-flight engine separation that preceded a fiery impact that killed 14 people. The National Transportation Safety Board said flight-data evidence shows the aircraft … Read more
Lead Federal immigration authorities told local officials Thursday that enforcement activity around Charlotte remains ongoing, even after Mecklenburg County law enforcement said the phase of the operation had ended. The multiagency effort, identified by federal officials as Operation Charlotte’s Web, has resulted in hundreds of arrests in the Charlotte and Raleigh areas over the past … Read more
On Nov. 13, 2025, the U.S. Coast Guard issued revised harassment guidance that narrows when displays such as swastikas and nooses are treated as punishable hate incidents. The change, signed by Rear Adm. Charles E. Fosse, recasts some symbols as ‘politically divisive’ rather than automatically qualifying them as acts of hatred. The new instructions also … Read more
Lead: The U.S. stock market experienced a sharp intraday reversal Thursday after Nvidia surrendered early post-earnings gains, dragging many leading names lower. Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures ticked modestly higher overnight as markets tried to stabilize. Several large-cap and AI-related names — including AMD, GE Vernova, Vertiv and Sandisk — showed visibly weak … Read more
President Donald Trump on Thursday accused six Democratic lawmakers of “seditious behavior, punishable by death” after they circulated a video urging US service members to refuse unlawful orders. The social-media posts, shared on Truth Social, included explicit calls for legal and criminal action and a repost that read “HANG THEM GEORGE WASHINGTON WOULD !!” The … Read more
Lead: On Thursday, Nov. 21, 2025, co-teachers at Harvard confronted students about the abrupt absence of former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers after he stepped back from teaching amid scrutiny over his email exchanges with convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein. In one classroom, Harvard Kennedy School professor Jeffrey Liebman condemned Summers’ conduct as “inexcusable” … Read more
Lead On November 20, 2025, Alphabet Inc.’s Google disclosed that its latest Pixel smartphones can now exchange photos and other files with iPhones by using Apple’s AirDrop protocol, a move reported and timed at 7:40 PM UTC and updated at 10:43 PM UTC. The capability bridges a long-standing interoperability gap between the two ecosystems and … Read more
Lead On Thursday in Owings Mills, Md., Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson returned to practice and reacted to a startling statistic: he has already been sacked 23 times in seven starts this season, matching his total from all of 2024. Jackson said he plans to address the issue directly with his offensive line after learning the … Read more
Lead: The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled a sweeping proposal to open new federal waters to oil leasing off the coasts of California and Florida, advancing a five-year plan that would be the first major expansion of offshore drilling in decades. The proposal includes six lease sales off California between 2027 and 2030 and new … Read more
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb ordered a halt to the months-long National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C., finding the use of those forces “unlawful.” The ruling sided with District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb, who argued the mobilization infringed the city’s autonomy and risked public safety. Judge Cobb paused enforcement of her … Read more
Lead: In 2024, Brooklyn resident Kara Goodwin, 39, was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer after months of arm pain that doctors first attributed to overuse injuries. Her cancer had already spread to bone by the time an MRI revealed a large tumor. Current U.S. Preventive Services Task Force screening guidance — for adults 50–80 … Read more
Lead: U.S. stock indexes gave back large morning gains and finished sharply lower on Nov. 20, 2025, a day after chipmaker Nvidia reported fiscal 2026 third-quarter results that exceeded analysts’ expectations. The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 2.2%, the S&P 500 declined 1.6% and the Dow slipped 0.8% after losing a roughly 700-point intraday advance to end … Read more
On Nov. 20, 2025, a federal appeals panel issued a temporary administrative stay that blocks a U.S. district judge’s order to free most of a group of 615 immigration detainees arrested in the Chicago area. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit granted the stay at the request of the federal government while … Read more
