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The Biden-era 30-year mortgage may be getting a challenger: the Trump administration is advancing a proposal for a 50-year fixed-rate mortgage aimed at lowering monthly payments and expanding homeownership. The idea was promoted publicly by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte in early November 2025, after President Trump shared materials contrasting the new plan … Read more

Paul Tagliabue, who led the National Football League as commissioner from 1989 until 2006, has died at the age of 84, his family announced on Sunday. The family said his death was due to heart failure complicated by Parkinson’s disease. Tagliabue served as the league’s second long-tenured commissioner in the modern era and was inducted … Read more

Lead Officials report that water storage in the dams serving Mashhad — Iran’s second-largest city — has dropped below 3%, exposing an acute urban water shortage as the country endures a prolonged drought. The statement came from Hossein Esmaeilian, head of Mashhad’s water company, and follows broader warnings from Tehran about possible rolling cuts. Mashhad, … Read more

Lead: The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Saturday directed states to “immediately undo” any actions taken to issue full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November 2025. The move followed an administrative stay the U.S. Supreme Court granted late Friday that temporarily blocked a lower court’s order requiring the federal government to pay November … Read more

Paul Tagliabue, who led the National Football League as commissioner from 1989 to 2006, died on Sunday at age 84, his family announced. The family said the apparent cause was heart failure complicated by Parkinson’s disease. Tagliabue presided over a period of dramatic league growth that included four expansion franchises, major stadium projects and television … Read more

Lead 20th Century Studios/Disney’s Predator: Badlands opened to an $80 million global weekend, evenly split between a $40 million domestic start and $40 million international total. The launch is the biggest worldwide debut for the Predator franchise to date, edging past the 2018 Predator’s $73.5 million start. The result also helped push The Walt Disney … Read more

Lead: On Nov. 9, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued late-night guidance instructing states to “immediately undo” any actions taken to deliver full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits after a federal judge briefly ordered such payments amid the government shutdown. The memo warned that states that do not quickly comply could face financial … Read more

Lead: Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator: Badlands opened this weekend in the United States with a stronger-than-expected $40 million, becoming the highest opening in the Predator franchise. The haul surpasses the prior record set by 2004’s Alien vs. Predator ($38 million, unadjusted) and helped arrest a weak October box-office run. The film also earned $40 million overseas, … Read more

Lead On Nov. 9, 2025, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told ABC News’ This Week there is no formal White House proposal to dismantle the Affordable Care Act and redirect funds directly to Americans, despite a social-media post by President Donald Trump promoting that idea. The comments came amid a government shutdown that remains unresolved. Bessent … Read more

Lead On Nov. 9, 2025, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurred off the coast of Iwate Prefecture at 5:03 p.m. Japan time, with a depth of about 20 kilometers. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued tsunami advisories for parts of the northern coast and later downgraded several to forecasts; the advisory was lifted roughly three hours … Read more

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket is set for its second orbital flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft to Mars on Nov. 9, 2025. Liftoff is scheduled within an 88‑minute window opening at 2:45 p.m. Eastern and closing at 4:13 p.m.; Blue Origin says live coverage will begin 45 minutes before launch. … Read more

Lead: A four-year randomized clinical trial led by Dr. Gregory Marcus and presented at the American Heart Association meeting in New Orleans found that continuing to drink caffeinated coffee appears safe for people with a history of atrial fibrillation (A-fib) and was associated with fewer recurrences over six months. The DECAF trial enrolled 200 older … Read more

Lead: In a Week 10 showdown played at Berlin’s Olympiastadion on 9 November 2025, the Atlanta Falcons held a 14-13 lead over the Indianapolis Colts at half-time after a sequence of four first-half touchdowns and a late interception. The game followed a high-profile offseason move in which the Colts acquired cornerback Sauce Gardner; Gardner was … Read more

November 9, 2025 — Ukraine reported a wave of Russian strikes on its power infrastructure from Friday into Saturday that left national generation capacity at “zero” on Saturday and forced rolling outages across several regions. Kyiv responded overnight into Sunday with drone attacks on Russian energy facilities, cutting power in the city of Voronezh and … Read more

On November 9, 2025, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis reported early results from international studies testing whether treatment begun before symptoms can slow or prevent Alzheimer s dementia. The trials focus on people with rare, early-onset genetic mutations that make disease almost certain, and use antibodies that clear amyloid plaques … Read more