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Lead: Google released its Nano Banana Pro image generator on November 22, 2025, and within hours photorealistic AI images purporting to be film, TV and video game leaks flooded social platforms. In roughly 48 hours, several fabricated items — including images tied to Avengers: Doomsday, The Boys season 5, Fortnite Chapter 7 and X‑Men — … Read more

Lead: Garry “Jellybean” Johnson, the drummer and founding member of Prince’s band The Time, died suddenly Friday night, Nov. 22, 2025, his family told TMZ. He was 69 and had just celebrated his birthday earlier that week. Johnson was a central figure in the Minneapolis Sound and a longtime local advocate who helped found the … Read more

Sony is discounting every PlayStation 5 model by $100 for Black Friday 2025, trimming the Digital Edition to $399, the standard PS5 to $449 and the new PS5 Pro to $649. The promotion is available direct from Sony and through major retailers such as Amazon and Walmart, making it a widely accessible holiday offer. These … Read more

On Nov. 22, 2025, leaders at the Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg opened the two-day meeting by adopting a leaders’ declaration despite a U.S. boycott and objections from some delegations. South African officials said the declaration was approved unanimously by participating members other than the United States; Argentina later said it did not endorse … Read more

Parents of several infants who drank ByHeart powdered formula say their babies were diagnosed and treated for infant botulism months before public health authorities identified a large cluster of cases beginning Aug. 1. California officials confirmed six infants who consumed ByHeart were treated for botulism between Nov. 2024 and June 2025, while investigators now link … Read more

Lead: In the early hours of Friday, armed assailants abducted pupils and staff from St Mary’s School in Papiri, Niger state, central Nigeria. Local groups now say 303 students and 12 teachers—315 people in total—were taken, making this one of the country’s largest school kidnappings since 2014. Authorities say the raid occurred at about 02:00 … Read more

Lead: Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro was taken into custody on Saturday after a Supreme Court justice said his ankle monitor registered a violation at 0:08 a.m., raising concern he was preparing to flee before beginning a 27-year prison sentence. The order, issued by Justice Alexandre de Moraes, moved Bolsonaro from house arrest in Jardim … Read more

Lead On Wednesday this week, Russian missiles struck apartment buildings in Ternopil, a city in western Ukraine far from the front line, leaving buildings gutted and rescue teams digging through rubble. Dozens of civilians, including children, were killed and many others injured as firefighters and volunteers raced to pull people from collapsed floors. Relatives and … Read more

Lead At the G20 summit in South Africa, a group of Western and allied leaders on Saturday said a leaked US draft plan to end the Russia–Ukraine war offers a starting point but requires further revisions. The joint statement praised some elements as potentially vital for a lasting settlement, while raising specific objections about border … Read more

Lead President Donald Trump on Nov. 17, 2025 accused California Gov. Gavin Newsom of “laying siege on the minimum wage” in comments about the state’s $20 hourly minimum for fast‑food workers. That sectoral pay floor — effective April 2024 for chains with more than 60 national locations — has raised costs for operators and pushed … Read more

The Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) has reached agreement to buy the Daily and Sunday Telegraph titles for £500m in a transaction announced today, with the parties saying they expect a swift completion. The deal, struck with RedBird IMI — a joint venture linked to the UAE and US private equity RedBird Capital Partners … Read more

Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter said an announcement on Lane Kiffin’s coaching future is expected the Saturday after the Egg Bowl. The remark came after a Friday meeting between school officials and Kiffin, with On3 previously reporting the parties had met and that Kiffin’s family visited Baton Rouge and Gainesville over the prior weekend. … Read more

Lead Atmospheric shifts this week raise the prospect that the weeks after Thanksgiving will be colder and, in places, snowier than usual across parts of the United States. Scientists point to a disruption in the polar vortex — the band of strong winds circling the poles — as the primary driver. Forecasters say this disturbance, … Read more

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, announced in November 2025 that she will leave Congress in January 2026, stepping down before her current term ends. The move followed a widening public split with former President Donald Trump after Greene pressed for release of federal files tied to Jeffrey Epstein and pursued policy positions … Read more

Nov 21, 2025 — CHICAGO: The Chicago Cubs reached agreement on a two-year contract with right-handed reliever Phil Maton on Friday, according to multiple sources. Maton, 32, who split the 2025 season between the St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers, posted a 2.79 ERA across 63 games. The move addresses the Cubs’ late-inning relief needs … Read more