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Lead: A Washington state resident was confirmed Friday to be infected with an H5N5 avian influenza virus, the first known human case of that subtype and the first U.S. human bird-flu case since February. The patient, an older adult with underlying health conditions from Grays Harbor County, remains hospitalized. State health authorities announced a preliminary … Read more
Lead: John Beam, a 66-year-old former Laney College coach who appeared on Netflix’s Last Chance U, died Friday after being shot on the college campus a day earlier in Oakland. Police arrested a 27-year-old suspect, identified as Cedric Irving Jr., on Friday morning and say the attack was targeted. The shooting prompted a vigil outside … Read more
Lead The US Department of Justice has confirmed it will examine alleged ties between convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and several prominent Democrats and major banks, following a public prompt from President Donald Trump. The announcement came as lawmakers released thousands of pages of documents tied to Epstein’s estate and as Congress prepares a floor … Read more
Lead Indiana Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray announced the Senate will not reconvene in December because there are not enough Republican votes to pursue a mid-decade congressional map redraw. The decision rebuffs pressure from President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Republican Governor Mike Braun, who had urged a special session. The move … Read more
Lead: On 15 November 2025, US President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One he plans to sue the BBC next week over a Panorama edit, despite the corporation issuing a personal apology. Trump said he would seek damages ranging from $1bn to $5bn, and the BBC has agreed to stop airing the contested … Read more
YouTube TV and Disney announced Friday night that they reached an agreement to restore ESPN, ABC and other Disney-owned channels to YouTube TV’s roughly 10 million subscribers after nearly a two-week blackout that began on Oct. 30. The deal folds ESPN’s new direct-to-consumer service, ESPN Unlimited, into YouTube TV’s base package at no extra cost … Read more
Lead US President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order exempting dozens of food items — from coffee and bananas to beef and spices — from his administration’s sweeping import tariffs, a move aimed at easing grocery bills ahead of economic and political pressure. The White House said the measures apply to goods that … Read more
Lead Cleto Escobedo III, the 59-year-old longtime bandleader for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, died at UCLA Medical Center after complications related to a liver transplant. His death certificate, obtained by media outlets, lists cardiogenic shock as the immediate cause of death and several related conditions as underlying or contributing factors. Officials and colleagues say he had … Read more
Lead On Nov. 14, 2025, President Donald J. Trump urged the Justice Department to open probes into Democratic figures named in newly released Jeffrey Epstein emails while omitting his own name. Attorney General Pam Bondi quickly assigned the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, Jay Clayton, to handle the matter, reversing a July DOJ-FBI memo that said … Read more
Lead: Cleto Escobedo III, 59, the longtime musical director and bandleader for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, died on Tuesday; his death certificate lists cardiogenic shock as the immediate cause. The certificate also cites several underlying and contributing conditions, including vasodilatory shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation and alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver. Jimmy Kimmel publicly mourned his close … Read more
Lead: On Nov. 14, 2025, the Trump administration announced exemptions from several of its reciprocal import tariffs — including on beef, tomatoes, bananas and coffee — effective Thursday. The White House said the moves followed progress in trade negotiations with multiple countries and aimed to ease grocery price pressures that have weighed on households and … Read more
President Donald Trump told CBS News on Nov. 14, 2025, aboard Air Force One that he has “sort of” made up his mind about how to proceed on Venezuela after senior aides spent a third day reviewing possible actions at the White House. Top administration, military and diplomatic officials met repeatedly this week to consider … Read more
Lead On Friday, November 14, 2025, former president Donald J. Trump announced via Truth Social that he was withdrawing his endorsement of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia’s 14th congressional district. The move followed Greene’s public statement earlier that day urging release of files connected to financier Jeffrey Epstein and criticizing efforts to block them. … Read more
TMZ reported on November 14, 2025 that longtime Jimmy Kimmel Live! bandleader Cleto Escobedo III died at age 59 and that his death certificate lists cardiogenic shock as the immediate cause. The certificate, obtained by TMZ, cites vasodilatory shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation and alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver as underlying causes, with several additional conditions … Read more
Lead: Disney and YouTube TV announced a multi‑year distribution agreement late Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, ending a nearly 15‑day blackout that had removed Disney‑owned channels from YouTube TV. The deal restores ABC, ESPN and Disney’s linear networks for about 10 million YouTube TV subscribers, with content returning over the next 24 hours, the companies said. … Read more
