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Lead: On Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, the Dallas Cowboys (5-5-1) hosted the Kansas City Chiefs (6-5) at AT&T Stadium in a Thanksgiving matchup with major playoff ramifications. Dallas entered the day with just an 11.4% chance to reach the postseason, per SportsLine projections, a figure that would rise to 21% with a win and fall … Read more
Lead On November 27, 2025, Israeli security forces shot and killed two Palestinians in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, during an operation targeting wanted individuals. Israeli military and police statements say the deaths are under investigation while local witnesses and residents reported the men had attempted to surrender. Two additional Palestinians were detained at … Read more
On November 27, 2025, at Ford Field in Detroit, Jack White headlined the NFL Thanksgiving Day halftime show during the Detroit Lions–Green Bay Packers game, delivering a blistering rock set that opened with “That’s How I’m Feeling” from his new album No Name. Eminem, credited as the show’s producer and the artist who selected White … Read more
The 2025 Black Friday schedule for major U.S. retailers is now set: most national chains open early on Friday, Nov. 28, with many doors swinging open between 5 a.m. and 9 a.m. in local time. Retailers including Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Macy’s, Home Depot and others are using early openings and limited in-store exclusives to … Read more
Lead: A Washington shooting this week involving a man identified as one of roughly 76,000 Afghans admitted to the United States after the 2021 U.S. withdrawal has reignited debate over Operation Allies Welcome. Former President Donald Trump sharply condemned the resettlement program and called for reviews of arrivals, while officials and resettlement groups defended screening … Read more
27 November 2025 — The 99th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade moved through Manhattan on Thursday, drawing large crowds and a roster of floats, balloons and performers to mark the start of the holiday season. Organizers featured 32 balloons, including three giant character balloons, 27 floats, four special units, 33 clown groups and 11 marching bands, … Read more
On 27 November 2025, New Jersey-based Campbell’s announced it had dismissed Martin Bally, the company’s vice-president of information technology, after reviewing a recording in which he allegedly disparaged the brand’s products and made derogatory remarks about employees of Indian heritage. The recording was provided to Campbell’s by a former security analyst and later broadcast by … Read more
Vocal trio HUNTR/X — the singing voices EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami from the KPop franchise KPop Demon Hunters — performed their single “Golden” at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City on November 27, 2025. The appearance, part of the parade’s annual live broadcast, followed the song’s live debut on The … Read more
Lead: On 27 November 2025, video released from Jenin in the northern West Bank shows Israeli Border Police officers shooting and killing two Palestinian men after what the footage and local reports indicate was a surrender. The incident, captured on Thursday, prompted immediate local outcry and prompted the Israel Defense Forces to say the episode … Read more
Lead: Scientists say NASA’s Perseverance rover recorded crackling, static-like electrical discharges on Mars—what researchers describe as “mini lightning”—captured by the rover’s microphone over two Martian years. The sounds, 55 discrete events in the analysis, clustered with dust storms and dust devils and were detected at close range by a microphone mounted on the rover’s mast. … Read more
On 27 November 2025 Peru’s Supreme Court sentenced former president Pedro Castillo to 11 years, five months and 15 days in prison after finding him guilty of rebellion for his December 2022 attempt to dissolve Congress and rule by decree. Castillo, a rural teacher who campaigned as the country’s first president of the poor, was … Read more
Colts quarterback Daniel Jones has been diagnosed with a fracture in his fibula but intends to continue playing, sources reported this week. The injury was confirmed by NFL Media reporter Ian Rapoport after Jones appeared on the Colts’ injury report; the team listed him as limited on Wednesday and expected him to be a full … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated that Moscow will only cease fighting if Ukrainian forces withdraw from territory Russia claims, comments he made during a trip to Kyrgyzstan ahead of planned US-Russia diplomacy next week. He repeated Moscow’s long-standing demand for legal recognition of areas seized since 2014, including Crimea and large parts of the Donbas, … Read more
On Nov. 27, 2025, a shark attack at Kylies Beach in Crowdy Bay National Park, about 224 miles north of Sydney, left a woman dead and a man in his mid-20s seriously injured after the pair went for an early morning swim, police and state officials said. Emergency responders reached the scene after a bystander … Read more
On Nov. 26, 2025, two West Virginia National Guard members were critically wounded in a downtown Washington, D.C., shooting near the White House; officials say both remain in critical condition and a 29-year-old suspect has been charged. Authorities identified the victims as 20-year-old Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom and 24-year-old Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, … Read more
