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On Thursday, more than 1,000 unionized Starbucks workers walked off the job at 65 stores in over 40 U.S. cities during the chain’s annual Red Cup Day promotion, the union said. The action, organized by Starbucks Workers United, was designed to press the company for better hours, higher pay and the resolution of hundreds of … Read more
Lead Sen. John Fetterman, the Pennsylvania Democrat, was taken to a Pittsburgh hospital on Thursday after falling during an early-morning walk near his Braddock home. His office said the episode followed a ventricular fibrillation flare-up that left him light‑headed and caused a fall in which he sustained minor facial injuries. Medical staff placed him under … Read more
On Thursday at the Singapore red carpet for Wicked: For Good, singer-actor Ariana Grande was unexpectedly accosted when a fan broke through the perimeter and lunged at her. Multiple videos circulating online show the individual rushing the cast, throwing his arms around Grande and smiling as security and entourage scrambled. Cynthia Erivo was the first … Read more
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will announce a plan to provide $10,000 bonuses to TSA officers who continued working through the recent 43-day federal government shutdown, scheduled for 1 p.m. ET at a Houston airport. Administration officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told reporters the awards will go to “several thousand” agents who earned high … Read more
Lead: Attorneys for former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a federal judge on Thursday to dismiss criminal indictments, arguing that the prosecutor who brought the charges was installed unlawfully. The filings contend President Donald Trump’s appointee, Lindsey Halligan, was not validly appointed when she led the Eastern District … Read more
Blue Origin plans to launch its New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral on Nov. 13, 2025, carrying NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft bound for Mars and a Viasat communications demo. Liftoff is set within an 88‑minute window from 2:57 p.m. to 4:25 p.m. Eastern, with Blue Origin providing an online broadcast beginning 20 minutes before launch. … Read more
Federal lawmakers, as part of the spending agreement that ended the recent government shutdown, approved a new restriction that effectively bars most consumable hemp-derived tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) products nationwide. The funding package was passed by the U.S. House and signed into law by President Donald Trump on Wednesday; it limits hemp products to no more than … Read more
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt commuted the sentence of 46-year-old Tremane Wood minutes before a scheduled lethal injection on 13 November 2025, accepting the state pardon and parole board’s recommendation to convert the death sentence to life imprisonment without parole. The decision follows a same-day U.S. Supreme Court denial of a last-minute stay sought by Wood’s … Read more
Lead As the NFL season turns toward its second half, quarterback futures are a central story across all 32 teams. Daniel Jones, playing for a new contract in Indianapolis, and Tua Tagovailoa, carrying a costly guarantee in Miami, are among the highest-profile cases. This piece groups every starting quarterback (and one value-raising backup) into decision … Read more
Updated November 13, 2025 Lead The largest male great white shark ever tagged in the Atlantic, nicknamed Contender, has reappeared off southern New Jersey after a northerly summer that took him to Canadian waters. OCEARCH researchers first tagged the nearly 14-foot, 1,650-pound shark in January near the Florida–Georgia border; their public tracker shows he has … Read more
Lead: A miner who went missing after a sudden inundation at the Rolling Thunder Mine in Nicholas County, West Virginia, was found dead on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, Gov. Patrick Morissey announced. The man was identified by state and company officials as 42-year-old foreman Steve Lipscomb of Elkview. Crews reached his body shortly after 7:30 … Read more
Lead A study published Thursday in JAMA Oncology found that higher consumption of ultra‑processed foods is associated with an increased risk of precancerous colorectal adenomas in women under 50. Researchers analyzed data from more than 29,000 participants in the Nurses’ Health Study II and followed them from 1991 through 2015. Women who derived about one‑third … Read more
Nov. 13, 2025 (updated 9:33 a.m. ET) — Late‑night comedians across the U.S. seized on newly released private emails from Jeffrey Epstein that reference President Donald Trump, mixing ridicule with pointed political critique. House Democrats disclosed the messages on Wednesday; one email says Trump “knew about the girls,” a phrase that quickly became the target … Read more
Lead Federal operations began returning to normal after Congress passed a funding package and President Trump signed it into law on Wednesday, ending a 43‑day government shutdown in Washington, D.C. The legislation funds most federal agencies through Jan. 30 and includes three bills extending other programs through September 2026. Agencies reopened Thursday, with many federal … Read more
Lead When asked about the firing of Nico Harrison on Nov. 13, 2025, Luka Dončić spoke warmly of Mavericks supporters in Dallas, saying the city and its fans will always matter to him even after his trade to the Lakers. The move follows owner Patrick Dumont’s decision to dismiss Harrison nine months after the blockbuster … Read more
