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Lead State officials, grid operators and utilities are locked in a debate after forecasts projecting steep electricity growth to serve new AI-focused data centers. In 2024, several utilities and grid operators said peak demand tied to data center builds could double or triple within a few years, prompting lawmakers from Pennsylvania to Texas to ask … Read more

On Nov. 15, 2025 in San Antonio, Warriors guard Stephen Curry poured in 49 points to lift Golden State to a 109-108 road victory over the Spurs, sealing the game with two clutch free throws in the final seconds. The night also carried personal meaning: Curry’s scoring surge extended his streak of 40-point games since … Read more

Lead John Beam, 66, the longtime Laney College coach who appeared in Netflix’s Last Chance U, died Friday, a day after being shot on the Oakland campus where he served as athletic director. The shooting occurred Thursday before noon; police arrested a 27-year-old suspect, who authorities say knew Beam and carried out a targeted attack. … Read more

Lead: On Nov. 15, 2025, President Donald Trump publicly declared he was cutting ties with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), calling her “Wacky Marjorie” and saying he would back a primary challenger “if the right person runs.” The split played out on social media and followed months of visible friction as Greene shifted her tone … Read more

Lead: A Washington state resident was confirmed Friday to be infected with an H5N5 avian influenza virus, the first known human case of that subtype and the first U.S. human bird-flu case since February. The patient, an older adult with underlying health conditions from Grays Harbor County, remains hospitalized. State health authorities announced a preliminary … Read more

Lead: John Beam, a 66-year-old former Laney College coach who appeared on Netflix’s Last Chance U, died Friday after being shot on the college campus a day earlier in Oakland. Police arrested a 27-year-old suspect, identified as Cedric Irving Jr., on Friday morning and say the attack was targeted. The shooting prompted a vigil outside … Read more

Lead The US Department of Justice has confirmed it will examine alleged ties between convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and several prominent Democrats and major banks, following a public prompt from President Donald Trump. The announcement came as lawmakers released thousands of pages of documents tied to Epstein’s estate and as Congress prepares a floor … Read more

Lead Indiana Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray announced the Senate will not reconvene in December because there are not enough Republican votes to pursue a mid-decade congressional map redraw. The decision rebuffs pressure from President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Republican Governor Mike Braun, who had urged a special session. The move … Read more

Lead: On 15 November 2025, US President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One he plans to sue the BBC next week over a Panorama edit, despite the corporation issuing a personal apology. Trump said he would seek damages ranging from $1bn to $5bn, and the BBC has agreed to stop airing the contested … Read more

YouTube TV and Disney announced Friday night that they reached an agreement to restore ESPN, ABC and other Disney-owned channels to YouTube TV’s roughly 10 million subscribers after nearly a two-week blackout that began on Oct. 30. The deal folds ESPN’s new direct-to-consumer service, ESPN Unlimited, into YouTube TV’s base package at no extra cost … Read more

Lead US President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order exempting dozens of food items — from coffee and bananas to beef and spices — from his administration’s sweeping import tariffs, a move aimed at easing grocery bills ahead of economic and political pressure. The White House said the measures apply to goods that … Read more

Lead Cleto Escobedo III, the 59-year-old longtime bandleader for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, died at UCLA Medical Center after complications related to a liver transplant. His death certificate, obtained by media outlets, lists cardiogenic shock as the immediate cause of death and several related conditions as underlying or contributing factors. Officials and colleagues say he had … Read more

Lead On Nov. 14, 2025, President Donald J. Trump urged the Justice Department to open probes into Democratic figures named in newly released Jeffrey Epstein emails while omitting his own name. Attorney General Pam Bondi quickly assigned the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, Jay Clayton, to handle the matter, reversing a July DOJ-FBI memo that said … Read more

Lead: Cleto Escobedo III, 59, the longtime musical director and bandleader for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, died on Tuesday; his death certificate lists cardiogenic shock as the immediate cause. The certificate also cites several underlying and contributing conditions, including vasodilatory shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation and alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver. Jimmy Kimmel publicly mourned his close … Read more

Lead: On Nov. 14, 2025, the Trump administration announced exemptions from several of its reciprocal import tariffs — including on beef, tomatoes, bananas and coffee — effective Thursday. The White House said the moves followed progress in trade negotiations with multiple countries and aimed to ease grocery price pressures that have weighed on households and … Read more