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Lead: On Tuesday night the three-hour Season 34 finale of Dancing with the Stars concluded the show’s 11-week run, crowning wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin and pro Witney Carson as the new mirrorball champions. The live broadcast from the ballroom featured five remaining couples competing across three rounds — judges’ choice, a five-minute instant dance challenge, … Read more

Researchers led by Tomonori Totani at the University of Tokyo report that NASA’s Fermi gamma‑ray telescope detected a roughly halo‑shaped emission of 20 gigaelectronvolt (GeV) photons extending toward the center of the Milky Way. The team published their analysis on Nov. 25 in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics and argues the signal matches … Read more

Lead: A transcript published by Bloomberg shows President Trump’s informal envoy, Steve Witkoff, advising a top aide to Vladimir Putin on Oct. 14 about how the Russian president might frame a peace proposal to Mr. Trump. The guidance suggested Putin call to congratulate Trump on the Gaza ceasefire, note Russian support and portray Trump as … Read more

Lead: Garrick Merrifield, a cast member of the reality series Seeking Sister Wife, was arrested in Chaffee County on Monday and has since posted bond. Law enforcement records and media reports list a misdemeanor domestic-violence-related incident and a separate charge described in online court filings as “telephone-obstruct service.” Details of the encounter that led to … Read more

Updated November 25, 2025 — The Justice Department told a federal court that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made the definitive call not to return deportation flights bound for El Salvador after U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued orders that plaintiffs say required the planes to be turned around. The DOJ filing says Noem determined … Read more

Lead On November 25–26, 2025, Asian equity markets rose as investors priced in an increasingly likely Federal Reserve rate cut after weak U.S. consumer data and the emergence of a pro-rate-cut official as a potential Fed leader. The MSCI All Country World Index extended its rally to a fourth consecutive day, narrowing this month’s drawdown … Read more

Lead In Las Vegas on Nov. 25, 2025, Players Era Festival CEO Seth Berger announced that the winner of the event’s Wednesday championship between Michigan and Gonzaga will receive an additional $1 million in name, image and likeness (NIL) compensation, while the runner-up will get $500,000. The event’s third-place game between Tennessee and Kansas carries … Read more

Lead: A Michigan lawsuit filed last week alleges Campbell Soup vice president Martin Bally told a recently hired employee in November 2024 that the company’s products were “food for poor people,” according to court papers and an alleged hourlong recording. The plaintiff, Robert Garza, who had been employed for about two months and was later … Read more

This week Plex is rolling out limits on free remote streaming access, a change the company says responds to rising operating costs and funds planned feature work. The policy, announced in Plex’s recent communications, narrows how non-subscribers can stream media stored on their own servers from remote devices. The move follows funding milestones and internal … Read more

College Football Playoff selection committee chair Hunter Yurachek told reporters Tuesday that the committee has no current “data point” showing how Lane Kiffin’s potential exit would affect Ole Miss’ standing, and reiterated that the panel does not “look ahead” when ranking teams. Yurachek made the comments after an earlier ESPN interview in which he said … Read more

Lead As of late November 2025, Alphabet’s Google has staged a marked comeback in the global artificial‑intelligence race after unveiling Gemini 3 and making strategic chip and cloud deals, including a major tie‑up with Anthropic. Investors rewarded the moves: Alphabet’s market value has climbed nearly $1 trillion since mid‑October and shares jumped as much as … Read more

Lead On the night of the Season 34 finale of Dancing with the Stars, Robert Irwin and professional partner Witney Carson were crowned Mirrorball champions after delivering a string of final dances and earning both high judges’ marks and crucial viewer support. The live show on ABC featured five couples — including Alix Earle & … Read more

Lead On Thanksgiving Day the (6-5) Kansas City Chiefs travel to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas to face the (5-5-1) Dallas Cowboys at 3:30 p.m. Arrowhead time. This marks Kansas City’s 11th Thanksgiving appearance and a critical midseason test as both clubs sit on the playoff bubble. The game follows emotionally charged, high-effort wins for … Read more

Former US president Donald Trump said his proposal to end the war in Ukraine has been “fine‑tuned” and has dispatched envoy Steve Witkoff to meet President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, while Army Secretary Dan Driscoll will engage Ukrainian officials. Trump also indicated his son‑in‑law Jared Kushner may join the Witkoff delegation, and publicly retreated from … Read more

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Tuesday announced negotiated price reductions for 15 high‑cost outpatient prescription drugs under Medicare, including Ozempic and Wegovy. The cuts come via the drug price negotiation program established by the Inflation Reduction Act, signed by President Joe Biden in 2022, and will take effect in 2027. CMS … Read more