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Lead Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is preparing a Pentagon recommendation to end routine military support for Scouting America, the group formerly known as the Boy Scouts, according to documents reviewed by NPR. The draft memo, not yet transmitted to Congress, says the organization has shifted away from traditional standards and accuses it of undermining “boy-friendly … Read more
Lead: Olivia Yacé, who represented Côte d’Ivoire at the Miss Universe 2025 competition held Nov. 21 in Bangkok, announced she is relinquishing the regional title she was awarded and severing future ties with the Miss Universe organization. Yacé, who finished as fourth runner-up and held the designation Miss Universe Africa and Oceania, published a statement … Read more
Justin Bieber’s 1968 Cadillac Coupe DeVille—the car featured prominently in the “Peaches” music video—has been consigned to an online auction with a starting bid of $110,000. The listing went live after the vehicle’s appearance in a video that has amassed 826 million views and nearly 2 billion streams; the auction is scheduled to close on … Read more
Lead Gramma, an estimated 141-year-old Galápagos tortoise and the longest-lived resident of the San Diego Zoo, died on Nov. 20 after age-related bone problems that recently worsened. Zoo staff said she was born in the Galápagos and arrived in U.S. zoological care decades ago, becoming a fixture for generations of visitors. Her keepers described a … Read more
Lead: U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll held a previously undisclosed meeting on Monday in Abu Dhabi with a Russian delegation to follow up on this past weekend’s U.S.-Ukraine talks in Geneva, a U.S. official told ABC News. The talks in Geneva had presented a 28-point U.S. peace plan for Ukraine that U.S. negotiators say was … Read more
Lead: On CBS’s Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion, Ray Romano and series creator Phil Rosenthal reunited the surviving principal cast on a painstakingly rebuilt Raymond set, filmed before a live audience last month at Television City. The 90-minute special (about 66 minutes without commercials) brought Romano, Patricia Heaton, Brad Garrett, Monica Horan, Madylin Sweeten … Read more
Tuesday, November 25, 2025 — A brief Moon Alert warns against nonessential shopping or major decisions between 3:00 a.m. and 4:30 a.m.; after 4:30 a.m. the Moon shifts from Capricorn into Aquarius, altering the day’s tone. Many signs find conversations, group activities and financial opportunities favored, while Mercury retrograde may complicate travel and communications for … Read more
Nvidia stock drops after report of Meta considering multi-billion-dollar deal for Google AI chips Lead: Shares of Nvidia slid on a market report that Meta Platforms is weighing a multi-billion-dollar agreement to buy AI chips from Google. The report surfaced amid rising demand for datacenter accelerators and ongoing supplier diversification by large cloud and social-media … Read more
Dow Jones futures edged lower overnight as S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures also slipped ahead of key economic releases, even after a strong Monday rally pushed the major U.S. indexes back up toward their 50-day moving averages following last week’s sharp losses. Large-cap tech names led much of the action: Alphabet extended gains, while previously … Read more
Moments after San Francisco’s 20-9 victory over Carolina on Monday night in Santa Clara, wide receiver Jauan Jennings pushed Panthers safety Tre’von Moehrig in the face mask following an on-field exchange that included a late-game groin punch by Moehrig. Television replays showed Moehrig strike Jennings during live action, and after the final whistle Jennings responded … Read more
Lead Christian McCaffrey produced 142 yards from scrimmage and a touchdown in his first game back against Carolina since being traded three years ago, guiding the San Francisco 49ers to a 20-9 victory over the Carolina Panthers on Monday night, 24 November 2025. The win kept the 49ers at 8-4 and firmly in the playoff … Read more
On November 25, 2025, Taiwan welcomed President Donald Trump’s decision not to publicly reference the island in the official readout following his phone call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The omission, reported in a White House summary published after a 3:27 AM UTC readout (updated 4:36 AM UTC), prompted Taipei to describe the outcome as … Read more
Lead On Monday night at Levi’s Stadium, the San Francisco 49ers beat the Carolina Panthers 20-9 as Christian McCaffrey carried the offense while Brock Purdy threw three interceptions. McCaffrey produced 89 rushing yards, 53 receiving yards and a third-quarter touchdown, finishing with 31 touches to pace the 49ers. Carolina’s Bryce Young also threw two interceptions, … Read more
On Monday, Judge Cameron McGowan Currie dismissed criminal indictments against former FBI director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, finding the prosecutor who presented the cases was unlawfully appointed. The judge concluded Lindsey Halligan, appointed interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia in September by the Trump administration, had “no … Read more
Lead On Nov. 24, 2025, Chinese leader Xi Jinping phoned U.S. President Donald Trump in a call that Xi initiated, according to official accounts. The leaders spoke for about an hour and discussed Taiwan, the war in Ukraine, and sluggish Chinese purchases of U.S. farm goods. Mr. Trump said he accepted an invitation to visit … Read more
