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On Nov. 27, 2025, Roscosmos confirmed that a maintenance cabin at Baikonur Cosmodrome’s Site 31/6 was damaged during the Soyuz MS-28 crew launch to the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS-28 mission lifted off on a Soyuz 2.1a rocket and delivered cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut safely to orbit; the platform in the pad’s flame … Read more
Lead: On September 2, U.S. military forces carried out a follow-up strike in the Caribbean that killed surviving crew members of a suspected drug-smuggling vessel after an initial attack, according to sources briefed on the operation. The second strike sank the ship and brought the known death toll from that incident to 11. Officials and … Read more
Lead Federal prosecutors say the suspect accused of a targeted shooting that wounded two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., will face upgraded charges of first-degree murder after one victim died. The announcement followed President Donald Trump’s statement late Thursday and comments from U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on Friday. Authorities … Read more
Lead: On Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, at 3 p.m. ET, the Chicago Bears (8-3) visit the Philadelphia Eagles (8-3) at Lincoln Financial Field for the NFL’s Black Friday game, carried nationally on Prime Video. Both clubs sit atop their divisions and enter the matchup with contrasting recent storylines: Chicago riding a string of dramatic wins … Read more
Published November 28, 2025 — Tony Germano, a 55-year-old Brazilian-born voice and stage actor known for work on Nickelodeon and Netflix productions, has died after falling from the roof of his home in São Paulo during renovation work. Representatives say the fall occurred on Wednesday and Germano did not survive his injuries. The actor had … Read more
Lead Two members of the West Virginia National Guard were shot outside a downtown Washington, D.C., metro station on Wednesday in what authorities describe as an ambush. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died of her injuries late Thursday; Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, remains in critical condition after surgery. Federal prosecutors announced on … Read more
Former president Donald Trump announced a plan to “permanently pause” migration from what he described as “third world” countries on the night after two U.S. National Guard members were shot near the White House in Washington, D.C. The Thanksgiving Eve social media message said his administration would end federal benefits for noncitizens and remove people … Read more
Lead On Nov. 28, 2025, Andriy Yermak, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff and a key negotiator on Ukraine’s international front, resigned amid a widening corruption investigation. The move follows a 15-month inquiry called Operation Midas that investigators say uncovered a roughly $100 million embezzlement scheme. Yermak, 54, stepped down after investigators searched his Kyiv … Read more
On Nov. 28, 2025, PlayStation’s Black Friday promotions expanded with a fresh wave of steep discounts across new and catalog PS5 titles, plus hardware and subscription offers. High-profile 2025 releases like Borderlands 4 and Battlefield 6 fell to $35, while Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater dropped to $30. Retailers including PlayStation Store and Walmart … Read more
At the close of COP30 in Belém, a leaked, presidency-drawn “informal list” claiming 84 countries opposed adding a fossil‑fuel transition roadmap to the summit outcome has been shown to contain multiple contradictions and likely mistakes. Carbon Brief obtained the list and found 14 countries named on both supporter and opposer lists, the full membership of … Read more
On Thursday, a Soyuz liftoff from Baikonur Cosmodrome successfully delivered Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikayev and NASA astronaut Christopher Williams on an eight‑month International Space Station (ISS) mission, while ground teams at Site 31 at Baikonur reported significant pad damage. Video from the site showed a heavy service platform — roughly 20 metric … Read more
President Donald J. Trump said on the evening of Nov. 28, 2025, that he would “permanently pause” migration from what he called “all Third World Countries” and move to remove some migrants already in the United States. The announcement came in two posts on Truth Social and followed a November 27 shooting in Washington, D.C., … Read more
Who: A French research team working with NASA’s Perseverance rover. When & Where: Analysis covers recordings from Perseverance across two Martian years (1,374 Earth days) while exploring Jezero Crater since the rover’s 2021 landing. What: Researchers say audio and electromagnetic signatures consistent with electrical discharges — dubbed “mini lightning” — were detected. Result: If confirmed, … Read more
On Nov. 27, 2025, human rights organization B’Tselem released a video it says shows Israeli soldiers shooting two Palestinian men who surrendered during an Israeli raid in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. The men were later identified by B’Tselem as Yusef ‘Asa’sah, 39, and al-Muntaser bel-lah ‘Abdallah, 26; CBS News has not independently verified … Read more
Lead Paddy Pimblett was booked for an interim lightweight title fight at UFC 324 — headlining T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on 24 January — after champion Ilia Topuria said he would not fight in the first quarter of 2026 due to personal issues. The 30-year-old Liverpudlian, ranked fifth in the division, will face Justin … Read more
