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Lead: On Nov. 12, 2025 in Sacramento, former Gov. Gavin Newsom chief of staff Dana Williamson, 53, was federally indicted on allegations she helped steal $225,000 from a dormant campaign account tied to Xavier Becerra, who served as U.S. Health and Human Services secretary. A federal grand jury returned a 23‑count indictment alleging a scheme … Read more
Lead: On Wednesday, Season 28 of South Park aired an episode titled “Unholy Birth” that lampooned OpenAI’s Sora and included a brief homoerotic gag involving former President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance. Viewers on X reacted with shock and disgust, tying the episode to a week already charged by the recent Epstein-email disclosures. … Read more
On Nov. 12, 2025, federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment accusing Dana Williamson, 53, a former chief of staff to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, of conspiring to divert $225,000 from a dormant campaign account tied to Xavier Becerra. The Sacramento arrest brought 23 counts, including bank and wire fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States and … Read more
Lead — Hannah Hidalgo produced a historic performance Wednesday night at Purcell Pavilion, scoring a career-high 44 points and recording 16 steals as No. 18 Notre Dame beat Akron 85-58. Hidalgo’s 44 points set a Notre Dame single-game scoring mark, while her 16 steals established a new NCAA single-game steals record. The Fighting Irish led … Read more
New 2025 estimates released as governments meet at COP30 in Brazil show that CO2 from fossil fuels and cement is expected to reach 38.1 billion tonnes this year, up 1.1% on 2024, while total human-caused emissions edge slightly lower to 42.2 billion tonnes. The Global Carbon Budget team and independent groups including Ember and the … Read more
Lead Virginia Giuffre — the most publicized accuser in the Jeffrey Epstein saga — appears in a set of emails and public accounts that touch on former President Donald Trump. A House Oversight release includes a 2011 email in which Epstein wrote that “Virginia spent hours at my house” with Trump; the White House has … Read more
Comedic actor Will Ferrell was briefly removed from filming for his new Netflix golf comedy after a minor off‑set injury, sources said on November 12, 2025. The incident forced production to postpone scenes scheduled this week at the Bicycle Casino outside Los Angeles. Producers have reshuffled the shooting calendar while Ferrell recuperates; the injury is … Read more
Lead: Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown doubled down Wednesday on comments he made during a Tuesday-night Twitch stream, saying he will not apologize for speaking candidly to friends about the team’s struggles. Brown told reporters he was joking in a private setting but that his frustration stems from what he sees as an offense that … Read more
President Donald Trump signed a short-term funding bill late Wednesday, officially ending the 43-day shutdown that idled large parts of the federal government. The House approved the measure 222-209 earlier in the evening, with nearly all Republicans and a handful of Democrats voting in favor. The agreement restores pay for roughly 670,000 furloughed workers and … Read more
Lead More than 20,000 pages of emails and messages released by a congressional committee on Nov. 12, 2025, show Jeffrey Epstein claiming he could damage or “take down” Donald Trump even after their public split in the mid-2000s. The files, dated from at least 2011 through spring 2019, depict Epstein trading barbed asides about Mr. … Read more
On Nov. 12, 2025 (updated Nov. 13, 2025), global equities extended a three-day advance that pushed markets close to an all-time high as President Donald Trump signed legislation ending the longest US government shutdown. Asian stock markets traded with restraint, reflecting a scarcity of fresh economic data that left investors uncertain about the Federal Reserve’s … Read more
Lead Paul Skenes of the Pittsburgh Pirates was named the National League Cy Young Award winner on the final ballot of the 2025 regular season, receiving all 30 first-place votes. The 2023 first overall pick followed his 2024 Rookie of the Year campaign with an MLB-best 1.97 ERA in his first full season and 216 … Read more
FX’s hit series Shōgun will begin principal photography for Season 2 in Vancouver in January, the studio confirmed, with a mix of new and returning performers joining leads Hiroyuki Sanada and Cosmo Jarvis. The announced additions include Asami Kizukawa (Aya), Masataka Kubota (Hyūga), Sho Kaneta (Hidenobu), Takaaki Enoki (Lord Ito) and Jun Kunimura (Gōda), while … Read more
Lead President Donald Trump signed a congressionally approved funding bill on the evening after a 43-day federal funding lapse that began on 1 October, formally ending the longest US government shutdown on record. The signing in the Oval Office restores funding to agencies, guarantees back pay to furloughed and unpaid federal employees, and allows many … Read more
Lead On Nov. 11, comedian Amy Schumer told her roughly 12 million Instagram followers that she had removed earlier posts and posted two new images, calling the change a fresh start. The 44-year-old said the deletions were not motivated solely by shifts in her appearance and emphasized she feels “good and happy.” Schumer has been … Read more
