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Lead Israel has taken custody of a coffin, delivered via the International Committee of the Red Cross, that Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) say holds the remains of one of the last three dead hostages believed to be in Gaza. The Israeli prime minister’s office confirmed receipt and said the transfer will move the … Read more
Lead: Paramount will distribute the next Rush Hour installment directed by Brett Ratner, sources tell Deadline. The studio is reportedly handling the release on behalf of Warner Bros. for a double‑digit percent distribution fee. The move arrives as Paramount — under David Ellison’s leadership — is among bidders for Warner Bros. Discovery, and follows an … Read more
Lead Idrissa Gueye apologised to teammate Michael Keane after being sent off for striking him in the 13th minute of Everton’s 1-0 win at Old Trafford on Monday. The dismissal made Gueye the first Premier League player in 17 years to be dismissed for striking a teammate, leaving Everton to defend with 10 men for … Read more
Lead: New Hampshire authorities say modern DNA testing has identified the person responsible for the 1975 killing of 22-year-old Judith Lord in her Concord apartment. Lord was found dead on May 20, 1975; her 20-month-old son was discovered unharmed in a crib. Investigators say forensic evidence recovered at the scene—seminal fluid and hairs—was re-examined decades … Read more
Lead: Zootropolis 2 (released as Zootopia 2 in the US) returns to the shared-animal city with returning heroes Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde in a late-2025 animated release. The film, reviewed on 25 November 2025, sends the ZPD duo on a conspiracy-driven case that exposes old power structures tied to the city’s founding. Voice leads … Read more
Lead: On Nov. 25, 2025, holiday travel across the United States began amid heavy passenger volumes, winter storms in the northern tier and localized air-traffic disruptions. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) forecasts put today’s traffic at roughly 52,000 flights and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) expects about 2.7 million passenger screenings. Weather systems from Montana to … Read more
Valve unveiled its new Steam Machine living-room PC earlier this month, but company representatives have ruled out console-style, heavily subsidized pricing. In a recent Skill Up interview, Valve engineer Pierre-Loup Griffais said the unit’s AMD Zen 4 CPU and RDNA3 GPU are intended to outpace roughly the bottom 70 percent of PCs that report to … Read more
Lead: Speaker Mike Johnson told White House officials on Nov. 25, 2025, that most House Republicans are not inclined to back an extension of the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium subsidies, according to people familiar with the call. The message arrived as advisers to former President Trump were drafting a plan to extend the enhanced … Read more
Lead: U.S. consumer sentiment deteriorated in November, with the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index falling to 88.7 — its weakest reading since April. The expectations index plunged to 63.2 and the present-situation index dropped to 126.9, signalling weaker views of both the near-term economy and current conditions. A survey submeasure tracking whether jobs are “plentiful” … Read more
Lead: Investors pushed Nvidia shares lower after market signals suggested Google was narrowing the technology gap in artificial intelligence, prompting a reassessment of hardware winners in the cloud-era AI race. The move reflected growing investor attention to software and model leadership as well as to custom silicon and data‑centre strategies. Market participants cited a series … Read more
Lead: On Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, the Nasdaq composite reversed course after a two-session advance as Nvidia and other chip makers fell, reflecting investor concern about mounting competition in artificial intelligence. Alphabet shares climbed further, pushing the company closer to a $4 trillion market value, while the S&P 500 finished near flat and the Dow … Read more
Lead: Jimmy Cliff, who died in 2025, was a restless, opportunistic force whose choices widened what reggae could be and where it could go. From persuading Leslie Kong to found Beverley’s when he was 17 to moving to London and absorbing pop songcraft, Cliff repeatedly pushed Jamaican music beyond its local templates. His early LPs … Read more
Lead: Soft retail-sales readings and an underwhelming ADP private‑payrolls report unsettled markets during live coverage, prompting investors to reassess the Federal Reserve’s near‑term policy path. The data arrived amid routine trading and coincided with broader price and inflation updates, shifting probabilities priced into interest‑rate futures. Market participants interpreted the prints as weighing on growth momentum, … Read more
Lead ProFootballTalk (PFT) published its Week 13 2025 NFL power rankings, assessing every franchise’s playoff prospects and form entering the season’s home stretch. The list (published during Week 13 of the 2025 regular season) keeps the Los Angeles Rams at No. 1 (9-2) while placing the New England Patriots at No. 5 (10-2) and several … Read more
Overnight missile and drone strikes by Russian forces hit Kyiv and surrounding regions, killing seven people and injuring 21 in the capital as a new round of US‑brokered peace talks opened in Abu Dhabi. Ukrainian officials said the assault used 22 missiles, including four hypersonic Kinzhals, and 464 drones, and principally targeted energy infrastructure and … Read more
