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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

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

Lead On Nov. 9, 2025, Iranian authorities began rationing water in Tehran as reservoirs that supply the capital fell to around 5 percent of capacity, officials said. The shortage comes amid the country’s worst drought in 60 years and a season in which Tehran recorded no autumn rainfall for the first time in a century. … Read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lead 20th Century Studios/Disney’s Predator: Badlands opened to an $80 million global weekend, evenly split between a $40 million domestic start and $40 million international total. The launch is the biggest worldwide debut for the Predator franchise to date, edging past the 2018 Predator’s $73.5 million start. The result also helped push The Walt Disney … Read more

Lead: Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator: Badlands opened this weekend in the United States with a stronger-than-expected $40 million, becoming the highest opening in the Predator franchise. The haul surpasses the prior record set by 2004’s Alien vs. Predator ($38 million, unadjusted) and helped arrest a weak October box-office run. The film also earned $40 million overseas, … Read more

Lead On Nov. 9, 2025, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told ABC News’ This Week there is no formal White House proposal to dismantle the Affordable Care Act and redirect funds directly to Americans, despite a social-media post by President Donald Trump promoting that idea. The comments came amid a government shutdown that remains unresolved. Bessent … Read more

Lead On Nov. 9, 2025, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurred off the coast of Iwate Prefecture at 5:03 p.m. Japan time, with a depth of about 20 kilometers. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued tsunami advisories for parts of the northern coast and later downgraded several to forecasts; the advisory was lifted roughly three hours … Read more

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket is set for its second orbital flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft to Mars on Nov. 9, 2025. Liftoff is scheduled within an 88‑minute window opening at 2:45 p.m. Eastern and closing at 4:13 p.m.; Blue Origin says live coverage will begin 45 minutes before launch. … Read more

Lead: On Nov. 9, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued late-night guidance instructing states to “immediately undo” any actions taken to deliver full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits after a federal judge briefly ordered such payments amid the government shutdown. The memo warned that states that do not quickly comply could face financial … Read more