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Victor Wembanyama will be sidelined for at least two weeks after an MRI on Sunday confirmed a left calf strain sustained in Friday night’s loss to Golden State, the San Antonio Spurs announced. The 21-year-old All-Star was examined again after the team initially described the issue as calf tightness; a league source said the player … Read more
Nov. 17, 2025 — The UN Security Council on Monday adopted a U.S.-drafted resolution aimed at moving beyond a fragile truce in Gaza toward a longer-term stabilization and reconstruction effort. The 15-member council registered a 13-0 vote in favor, with Russia and China abstaining and not using their vetoes. The text authorizes a transitional “Board … Read more
Lead Virginia Tech announced on Nov. 17 that James Franklin will be the university’s next head football coach, a move presented by the Board of Visitors, president and athletic director as the start of an ‘Invest to Win’ era. The hiring will be formally introduced at a public press conference at 10 a.m. ET on … Read more
On November 17, 2025, Apple pushed iOS 26.2 beta 3 to developers and public testers, continuing an active pre-release cycle for the next iPhone update. The build surfaces several visible refinements—new AirDrop settings, further Liquid Glass UI tweaks in Measure and Lock Screen, multitasking improvements for iPad, and backend signs of a region-specific default voice … Read more
Lead: Virginia Tech announced on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, that it has finalized an agreement to hire 53-year-old James Franklin as its next head football coach. Franklin arrives five weeks after his dismissal at Penn State and will replace Brent Pry, who was fired on Sept. 14 after a 16-24 run at the school. The … Read more
Lead On 22 October 2023 an off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot, Joseph Emerson, attempted to disable systems aboard a commercial flight from Everett, Washington, to San Francisco, forcing a diversion to Portland, Oregon. At a Portland federal sentencing hearing, Judge Amy Baggio credited Emerson for time already served and imposed three years of supervised release rather … Read more
Lead On Nov. 17, 2025, the defense attorney for Austin Robert Drummond told a Tennessee court he will ask that jurors be drawn from outside Lake County before Drummond faces charges in the July 29 slayings of four relatives whose newborn was found abandoned nearby. Drummond, indicted Nov. 10 on counts including first-degree murder and … Read more
Lead: The Leonid meteor shower will reach its peak the night of Nov. 16 into the morning of Nov. 17, offering a favorable viewing window across the Northern Hemisphere. The shower is active in November and is associated with comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle; this year’s peak coincides with a waning crescent moon about 9% illuminated, limiting lunar … Read more
Lead An Indiana man has been charged with voluntary manslaughter after authorities say he shot and killed a house cleaner who went to the wrong front door on Nov. 5. Curt Anderson (also referenced as Andersen in court filings), 62, faces 10 to 30 years in prison and a possible $10,000 fine if convicted. The … Read more
Lead: The UN Security Council on Tuesday adopted a US-drafted resolution endorsing former President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza. The measure passed with 13 votes in favour, none against, and two abstentions by Russia and China. The resolution endorses creation of an International Stabilisation Force (ISF) and a newly trained Palestinian police while reaffirming … Read more
Lead Actor Liev Schreiber, 58, was hospitalized in New York City after experiencing a sudden, severe headache over the weekend, according to an entertainment report published November 17, 2025. The report says Schreiber called his doctor on Sunday and was advised to seek immediate care; he spent the night at a NYC hospital and remained … Read more
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood on Monday announced what government briefings described as the biggest reforms to the UK asylum system in modern times, proposing temporary refugee status, stricter appeal rules and new sanctions for countries that refuse returns. The package, modeled on Denmark’s tighter approach, would review asylum permissions every 30 months and extend the … Read more
Lead: A Boone County man was charged on Nov. 17, 2025 with voluntary manslaughter after a cleaning worker was fatally shot through a front door in Whitestown, Indiana. The victim, 32-year-old María Florinda Ríos Pérez de Velásquez, was struck by a single bullet on Nov. 5 after she and her husband approached a house they … Read more
Lead: Wall Street is watching whether Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang can spark buying after the company’s fiscal third-quarter report due late Wednesday. Nvidia shares are trading near a key technical support level as analysts digest lofty expectations tied to the AI boom. The stock shot to a record 212.19 on Oct. 29 after Huang announced … Read more
Lead: A 62-year-old Indiana homeowner, Curt Anderson, was arrested and charged with voluntary manslaughter after a house cleaner who mistakenly arrived at the wrong home was shot and killed outside that door on Nov. 5 in Whitestown, an Indianapolis suburb in Boone County. Authorities say the victim, 32-year-old Guatemalan immigrant Rios Perez, was shot in … Read more
