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Blue Origin’s New Glenn first stage returned to Earth largely unblemished after a Nov. 13, 2025 launch from Cape Canaveral that carried NASA’s twin ESCAPADE probes to space. The booster descended for about nine minutes and touched down on Blue Origin’s autonomous recovery ship, then was rolled into a hangar at Cape Canaveral Space Force … Read more

On Thursday, Google introduced Nano Banana Pro, an upgraded image generation model aimed squarely at business users and creative teams worldwide. The release embeds the model into Googles Gemini app and connects it to Google Slides and Google Ads for streamlined production of marketing assets. Early tests show notable gains in text rendering and 4K … Read more

Japan’s goods exports in October unexpectedly outperformed forecasts, rising 3.6% year-on-year as shipments to Asia and Western Europe strengthened. The figure exceeded a Reuters poll median of 1.1% but trailed September’s 4.2% gain. Growth to Asia rose 4.2% and shipments to Western Europe jumped 8.8% year-on-year, offsetting a 2.7% fall to North America and a … Read more

November 20, 2025 — Asian equities dropped after a turbulent U.S. session, with investors retreating from risk amid fresh doubts over lofty valuations and whether heavy corporate spending on artificial intelligence will produce the expected returns. The MSCI All Country World Index fell almost 3% on the week, on track for its steepest weekly decline … Read more

Lead: On Nov. 20, 2025, country artist Jelly Roll posted a video revealing he shaved his beard for the first time in 10 years, unveiling a clean-shaven face in a clip shared on Instagram. The moment followed months of visible weight loss and came amid his busy 2025 performance schedule, including the iHeartRadio Music Festival … Read more

Lead Federal prosecutors on Thursday moved to dismiss criminal charges against Marimar Martinez, 30, and Anthony Ruiz, 21, who were accused of using vehicles to box in a U.S. Border Patrol SUV on Oct. 4 on Chicago’s southwest side. Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum then exited his vehicle and shot Martinez multiple times; she sustained … Read more

Nov. 20, 2025 — Through a chaotic first half in Houston, the Texans held a 20-16 lead over the Buffalo Bills at halftime after a flurry of scoring and key turnovers. James Cook opened the scoring with a 45-yard touchdown run that pushed him past 1,000 rushing yards for the season, but special-teams miscues and … Read more

Lead: On Nov. 20, 2025, markets and tech campuses alike registered a new surge in artificial intelligence investment after blockbuster corporate results and fresh data-center builds, including OpenAI’s Stargate site in Abilene, Texas. Nvidia reported nearly $32 billion in quarterly profit, up 65 percent from a year earlier and 245 percent from two years prior, … Read more

Lead: At the Cop30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, a coalition of countries has threatened to block any final outcome that does not include a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels, escalating tensions as talks run into overtime. The escalation centers on a leaked letter signed by at least 29 governments that set the inclusion … Read more

November 20, 2025 — Stock futures rose modestly Thursday night after a sharp intraday reversal sent major U.S. averages lower following renewed weakness in artificial intelligence-related shares. Futures tied to the Dow were up about 136 points (0.3%), S&P 500 futures gained 0.3% and Nasdaq 100 futures added roughly 0.2% as traders digested a volatile … Read more

Lead: A fast-moving fire at the COP30 U.N. climate summit in Belém, Brazil, on Thursday forced a full evacuation of the pavilion area on the conference’s next-to-last day. Organizers said crews brought the blaze under control in about six minutes and 13 people were treated for smoke inhalation. Officials identified the fire as starting near … Read more

Federal investigators released dramatic imagery and a preliminary report showing that a UPS MD-11 cargo jet that crashed near Louisville on Nov. 4 suffered fractures in the left engine mount and an in-flight engine separation that preceded a fiery impact that killed 14 people. The National Transportation Safety Board said flight-data evidence shows the aircraft … Read more

Lead Federal immigration authorities told local officials Thursday that enforcement activity around Charlotte remains ongoing, even after Mecklenburg County law enforcement said the phase of the operation had ended. The multiagency effort, identified by federal officials as Operation Charlotte’s Web, has resulted in hundreds of arrests in the Charlotte and Raleigh areas over the past … Read more

On Nov. 13, 2025, the U.S. Coast Guard issued revised harassment guidance that narrows when displays such as swastikas and nooses are treated as punishable hate incidents. The change, signed by Rear Adm. Charles E. Fosse, recasts some symbols as ‘politically divisive’ rather than automatically qualifying them as acts of hatred. The new instructions also … Read more

President Donald Trump on Thursday accused six Democratic lawmakers of “seditious behavior, punishable by death” after they circulated a video urging US service members to refuse unlawful orders. The social-media posts, shared on Truth Social, included explicit calls for legal and criminal action and a repost that read “HANG THEM GEORGE WASHINGTON WOULD !!” The … Read more