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Lead: Since the federal government shutdown began on Oct. 1, 2025, commercial travelers have faced mounting delays and service reductions at dozens of major airports, while private aviation activity climbed sharply. Industry tracking shows roughly 245,000 private jet departures in October, up more than 5 percent year-on-year, with most demand concentrated in Florida, Texas and … Read more

Lead On Nov. 11, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court extended an administrative stay preventing immediate enforcement of a lower-court order that would have required the Trump administration to pay full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November. The extension preserves the status quo while Congress moves toward resolving a record-long government shutdown and funding … Read more

Lead: Google announced in its November 2025 Pixel feature drop that a new cloud-based system called Private AI Compute will handle some device data for on-device features, and the company says this offloading provides “the same security and privacy assurances” as local processing. The change aims to expand the usefulness of Pixel features such as … Read more

Lead South Africa’s MeerKAT radio array recorded the first radio emission tied to interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on Oct. 24 as the object passed near the Sun. The signal was measured by the 64-dish array and, after analysis, was attributed to hydroxyl (OH) absorption in the comet’s coma rather than any engineered transmission. 3I/ATLAS — the … Read more

Cleto Escobedo III, the longtime bandleader for Jimmy Kimmel Live! and a childhood friend of host Jimmy Kimmel, has died at 59. Kimmel announced the loss on Instagram, describing Escobedo as a close friend and colleague they had been “inseparable” with since childhood. Escobedo led the show’s house band after the program began in 2003 … Read more

Lead The first teaser for Toy Story 5, released by Pixar on 11 November 2025, offers a brief look at the sequel due in theaters next summer. The clip teasers a new arrival — a smart tablet named Lilypad voiced by Greta Lee — and frames the device as “an all-new threat to playtime” with … Read more

Lead: Families of nine children and counselors who died in the catastrophic flooding at Camp Mystic on July 4 have filed three separate lawsuits against the camp and its owners, alleging gross negligence. The filings, lodged Monday in Travis County District Court, seek more than $1 million in damages in each case and name the … Read more

On Day 42 of the U.S. government shutdown, the Senate approved a spending package in a 60-40 vote on Monday, sending the measure to the House as lawmakers race to restore federal funding. The package would extend most agency funding through Jan. 30 and includes three full-year appropriations bills for select programs; if the House … Read more

Lead: Brian Daboll was dismissed by the New York Giants on Monday after three-plus seasons that produced a 20-40-1 record and repeated late-game collapses. The decision follows a Week 10 loss to the Chicago Bears in which the team blew a 10-point fourth-quarter advantage and rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart suffered what was later evaluated as … Read more

Lead: On Monday night, Nov. 10, 2025, a small group of Senate Democrats broke with most of their caucus in Washington to approve a bipartisan plan to reopen the federal government. The measure passed the Senate and now moves to the House, even though it omits a major concession Democrats had been pressing for. The … Read more

Google on 11 November 2025 unveiled Private AI Compute alongside the November 2025 Feature Drop to give Pixel 10 features such as Magic Cue faster, context-aware suggestions while keeping sensitive data private. The system routes select processing to a hardware‑sealed cloud environment that Google says it cannot access, combining cloud Gemini models and on‑device Gemini … Read more

Jacksonville Jaguars rookie Travis Hunter underwent surgery on his right knee on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, in Dallas and will miss the remainder of the 2025 season, the team announced. Team physicians repaired damage to the lateral collateral ligament (LCL) with no additional structural injury reported; the organization expects Hunter to be cleared for full … Read more

Lead: The Dallas Mavericks dismissed general manager Nico Harrison on Nov. 11, 2025, nine months after he orchestrated the trade that sent Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers. The move, approved by Mavericks governor Patrick Dumont, comes amid a 3–8 start to the 2025–26 season and sharply negative fan reaction. Harrison, 52, had two … Read more

On November 11, 2025, reports that Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater had split circulated widely, but sources close to the pair say those claims are inaccurate. Witnesses at the UK premiere in London for Wicked observed affectionate behavior backstage while photos on the red carpet showed the two not standing side-by-side. Insiders add that the … Read more

Lead Pixar released the first teaser for Toy Story 5, setting up a new playtime threat and confirming the film’s wide release on June 19, 2026. The short clip introduces Lilypad, described by the studio as a frog‑shaped smart tablet that complicates life for Woody, Buzz, Jessie and the rest of the toys. Key original … Read more