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Updated November 13, 2025 Lead The largest male great white shark ever tagged in the Atlantic, nicknamed Contender, has reappeared off southern New Jersey after a northerly summer that took him to Canadian waters. OCEARCH researchers first tagged the nearly 14-foot, 1,650-pound shark in January near the Florida–Georgia border; their public tracker shows he has … Read more
Lead: A miner who went missing after a sudden inundation at the Rolling Thunder Mine in Nicholas County, West Virginia, was found dead on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, Gov. Patrick Morissey announced. The man was identified by state and company officials as 42-year-old foreman Steve Lipscomb of Elkview. Crews reached his body shortly after 7:30 … Read more
Lead A study published Thursday in JAMA Oncology found that higher consumption of ultra‑processed foods is associated with an increased risk of precancerous colorectal adenomas in women under 50. Researchers analyzed data from more than 29,000 participants in the Nurses’ Health Study II and followed them from 1991 through 2015. Women who derived about one‑third … Read more
Nov. 13, 2025 (updated 9:33 a.m. ET) — Late‑night comedians across the U.S. seized on newly released private emails from Jeffrey Epstein that reference President Donald Trump, mixing ridicule with pointed political critique. House Democrats disclosed the messages on Wednesday; one email says Trump “knew about the girls,” a phrase that quickly became the target … Read more
Lead Federal operations began returning to normal after Congress passed a funding package and President Trump signed it into law on Wednesday, ending a 43‑day government shutdown in Washington, D.C. The legislation funds most federal agencies through Jan. 30 and includes three bills extending other programs through September 2026. Agencies reopened Thursday, with many federal … Read more
Lead When asked about the firing of Nico Harrison on Nov. 13, 2025, Luka Dončić spoke warmly of Mavericks supporters in Dallas, saying the city and its fans will always matter to him even after his trade to the Lakers. The move follows owner Patrick Dumont’s decision to dismiss Harrison nine months after the blockbuster … Read more
Lead Stefani Germanotta — known to the world as Lady Gaga — has spent the past year rebuilding a career and a life she once feared might never recover. In March she returned with Mayhem, an album that helped her reclaim the pop identity she had long avoided, and she is now on the Mayhem … Read more
Lead The first official teaser for The Devil Wears Prada 2 arrived Wednesday, reintroducing Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep side by side two decades after the original film. The 51‑second clip, scored to Madonna’s 1990 hit “Vogue,” opens on a pair of red Valentino stilettos as an unseen woman moves through the bustling Runway editorial … Read more
Lead Shortly before 10 p.m. on Wednesday in Weatherford, Oklahoma, a tanker truck leaked anhydrous ammonia in a hotel parking lot, sending a visible plume through nearby streets. Local officials ordered evacuations and shelter-in-place warnings across a triangle-shaped area; emergency responders treated people with respiratory distress. At least 36 people were taken to a local … Read more
Lead Unionized Starbucks baristas staged a coordinated walkout on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, pressing the company for a first collective bargaining agreement. The labor group ― Starbucks Workers United, representing more than 9,500 crew across roughly 550 cafes ― called the action the “red cup rebellion” to coincide with the chain’s Red Cup Day promotion. … Read more
On Nov. 12, 2025, at their annual fall meeting in Baltimore, America’s Roman Catholic bishops issued a near-unanimous, rare pastoral statement condemning the federal government’s aggressive deportation campaign. Without naming President Trump directly, the bishops said they “oppose the indiscriminate mass deportation of people” and called for an end to dehumanizing rhetoric and violence directed … Read more
November 13, 2025 — South Park’s latest episode, “Sora Not Sorry,” prompted a wave of online shock after depicting a graphic bedroom sequence involving a cartoon President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. The episode, which also threads a deepfake/AI plotline through South Park Elementary, cut from a hot-tub gag into an explicit bedroom … Read more
Lead: On Nov. 12, 2025 at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Stephen Curry scored 46 points to lead the Golden State Warriors to a 125-120 victory over the San Antonio Spurs. The win snapped Golden State’s six-game road losing streak and handed the Spurs their first home loss of the season. Victor Wembanyama finished … Read more
November 12, 2025 — The biopic Christy, which dramatizes boxer Christy Martin’s rise, opened domestically to just $1.3 million. In the aftermath, actor Ruby Rose publicly criticized lead actress Sydney Sweeney on social media, saying the casting and final film fell short of expectations. Sweeney responded by calling the project personally meaningful and defending its … Read more
Lead: A study published Wednesday in Science Translational Medicine reports evidence that Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), which infects about 95% of people during their lives, may trigger systemic lupus erythematosus by reprogramming B cells to attack the body. Researchers say the work reveals a mechanistic connection that could explain how the virus leads to the antinuclear … Read more
