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Lead: Lionsgate released the first trailer for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping ahead of its theatrical debut on Nov. 20, 2026. The film—adapted from the 2025 novel of the same name—follows a young Haymitch Abernathy, played by Joseph Zada, during the 50th Hunger Games. The story is set 24 years before the original … Read more
The 2026 World Cup play-off draw, held on Nov. 20, 2025, mapped the routes for the remaining European and inter‑confederation slots. Italy will host Northern Ireland in a European semi‑final on March 26, with the winner set to travel to a final against either Wales or Bosnia & Herzegovina on March 31. In other European … Read more
The 59th Country Music Association Awards took place at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday night, culminating in a sweep for Lainey Wilson who won Entertainer of the Year among multiple trophies. The ceremony, hosted by Wilson, also highlighted a historic nomination tie among three solo female artists and featured high-profile performances from stars including Keith … Read more
Lead Keon Coleman, the Buffalo Bills’ No. 33 pick from the 2024 draft, is expected to be inactive again for Thursday night’s road game against the Houston Texans, continuing a turbulent stretch for the rookie. The expected inactivation — reported by Cover 1 — would follow last week’s benching for tardiness and come after an … Read more
Lead: In a quarterly report released on Thursday from New York, Walmart reported that U.S. sales rose 4.5% last quarter as more Americans turned to its stores and website to stretch budgets amid high prices. The retailer said customer visits and per-trip spending climbed, and the company raised its sales and profit guidance ahead of … Read more
Investors Turn to Jobs Report After Nvidia Earnings Fuel Rally Published Nov. 19, 2025 — Nvidia’s blockbuster quarterly results, released after U.S. trading on Wednesday, sent global markets higher and eased some investor concern about excess spending on artificial-intelligence infrastructure. The chipmaker reported a 65 percent year-over-year surge in profit to $31.9 billion and issued … Read more
Lead The U.S. economy added 119,000 jobs in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, surprising economists who had expected a weaker print. The number represents an acceleration from August after that month was revised down from a 22,000 gain to a 4,000 loss. The unemployment rate in September rose to 4.4 percent, the highest … Read more
On Nov. 20, 2025, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quietly revised a vaccines-and-autism webpage, removing a categorical denial that vaccines cannot cause autism and adopting wording that acknowledges studies have not conclusively ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines might play a role. The change, which was posted and later updated at 8:05 … Read more
Walmart Sales Climb as Shoppers Hunt for Savings Lead: On Nov. 20, 2025, Walmart reported a solid quarter as price-conscious consumers shifted shopping patterns ahead of the holiday season. Same-store sales — at locations open at least a year — rose 4.5 percent, while shoppers made fewer trips but spent more per visit. The company … Read more
Over the past year Windows on Arm has moved from experimental to genuinely playable for many PC games. Qualcomm this week began shipping a Snapdragon Control Panel that automatically detects installed titles on Snapdragon X Elite laptops and applies performance and visual optimizations, and the company has pushed new Adreno GPU drivers and anti-cheat fixes. … Read more
Lead President Donald Trump announced on social media that he signed the legislation to make Jeffrey Epstein case materials public, following congressional transmission of the bill on Wednesday at 4:38 p.m. The measure gives the Justice Department 30 days after the president’s signature to publish records, which would put a release deadline at Dec. 19 … Read more
Lead: On Wednesday, Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 25 Palestinians, the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry reported, marking one of the deadliest days since a ceasefire came into effect five weeks earlier. Attacks struck eastern neighbourhoods of Gaza City and the southern governorate of Khan Younis, including a building used by the … Read more
Lead Fifty years after Francisco Franco’s death, Spain is confronting a contested legacy of repression, memory and political revival. The dictatorship that followed the 1936 military uprising and a three‑year Civil War left an estimated 130,000–200,000 people executed and roughly 6,000 unmarked mass graves across the country. Efforts to exhume victims and settle historical injustices … Read more
Lead: Brihanna Crittendon, a five-star forward ranked No. 8 in the SC Next 100 class of 2026, committed to the University of Texas on Nov. 19, 2025, selecting the Longhorns over a group that included Tennessee, TCU, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Ohio State and UCLA. The 6-foot-3 recruit brings perimeter scoring, length and mobility after a … Read more
Lead: Green industry leaders at the Fortune Innovation Forum in Kuala Lumpur said this week that China is emerging as a practical leader in climate diplomacy and deployment as the COP30 talks unfold in Belém, Brazil. Their comments came amid an unprecedented U.S. absence from the COP delegation after the administration announced a withdrawal from … Read more
