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Cleto Escobedo III, the longtime bandleader for Jimmy Kimmel Live! and a childhood friend of host Jimmy Kimmel, has died at 59. Kimmel announced the loss on Instagram, describing Escobedo as a close friend and colleague they had been “inseparable” with since childhood. Escobedo led the show’s house band after the program began in 2003 … Read more

Lead The first teaser for Toy Story 5, released by Pixar on 11 November 2025, offers a brief look at the sequel due in theaters next summer. The clip teasers a new arrival — a smart tablet named Lilypad voiced by Greta Lee — and frames the device as “an all-new threat to playtime” with … Read more

Lead: Families of nine children and counselors who died in the catastrophic flooding at Camp Mystic on July 4 have filed three separate lawsuits against the camp and its owners, alleging gross negligence. The filings, lodged Monday in Travis County District Court, seek more than $1 million in damages in each case and name the … Read more

On Day 42 of the U.S. government shutdown, the Senate approved a spending package in a 60-40 vote on Monday, sending the measure to the House as lawmakers race to restore federal funding. The package would extend most agency funding through Jan. 30 and includes three full-year appropriations bills for select programs; if the House … Read more

Lead: Brian Daboll was dismissed by the New York Giants on Monday after three-plus seasons that produced a 20-40-1 record and repeated late-game collapses. The decision follows a Week 10 loss to the Chicago Bears in which the team blew a 10-point fourth-quarter advantage and rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart suffered what was later evaluated as … Read more

Lead: On Monday night, Nov. 10, 2025, a small group of Senate Democrats broke with most of their caucus in Washington to approve a bipartisan plan to reopen the federal government. The measure passed the Senate and now moves to the House, even though it omits a major concession Democrats had been pressing for. The … Read more

Google on 11 November 2025 unveiled Private AI Compute alongside the November 2025 Feature Drop to give Pixel 10 features such as Magic Cue faster, context-aware suggestions while keeping sensitive data private. The system routes select processing to a hardware‑sealed cloud environment that Google says it cannot access, combining cloud Gemini models and on‑device Gemini … Read more

Jacksonville Jaguars rookie Travis Hunter underwent surgery on his right knee on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, in Dallas and will miss the remainder of the 2025 season, the team announced. Team physicians repaired damage to the lateral collateral ligament (LCL) with no additional structural injury reported; the organization expects Hunter to be cleared for full … Read more

Lead: The Dallas Mavericks dismissed general manager Nico Harrison on Nov. 11, 2025, nine months after he orchestrated the trade that sent Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers. The move, approved by Mavericks governor Patrick Dumont, comes amid a 3–8 start to the 2025–26 season and sharply negative fan reaction. Harrison, 52, had two … Read more

On November 11, 2025, reports that Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater had split circulated widely, but sources close to the pair say those claims are inaccurate. Witnesses at the UK premiere in London for Wicked observed affectionate behavior backstage while photos on the red carpet showed the two not standing side-by-side. Insiders add that the … Read more

Lead Pixar released the first teaser for Toy Story 5, setting up a new playtime threat and confirming the film’s wide release on June 19, 2026. The short clip introduces Lilypad, described by the studio as a frog‑shaped smart tablet that complicates life for Woody, Buzz, Jessie and the rest of the toys. Key original … Read more

Lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection commander-at-large Greg Bovino is expected to depart Chicago within days, multiple sources told ABC News on Nov. 11, 2025. The Department of Homeland Security says it will continue a federal enforcement presence in the city even as Bovino’s immediate role shifts. Sources say he may be reassigned to another … Read more

Google pushed a sizable November 2025 Pixel Feature Drop outside its usual schedule, delivering new capabilities to Pixel phones running Android 16 QPR1. The update introduces on-device AI features, including notification summaries driven by Gemini Nano, an optional Maps Power Saving mode, and wider Scam Detection coverage. Some features arrive immediately while others are staged … Read more

Lead: The Senate approved a bipartisan funding bill on Tuesday that would reopen federal agencies and avert a protracted shutdown, sending the measure to the House for consideration. Eight Democrats joined Senate Republicans to pass the package after tense negotiations over priorities including SNAP benefits and military pay. Senator John Fetterman (D-Pa.), one of the … Read more

SoftBank announced that it sold all 32.1 million Nvidia shares in October, generating $5.83 billion in proceeds, and used those funds — alongside other asset sales — to bankroll large investments in OpenAI. The move, disclosed in a Tuesday statement and reported by multiple outlets, coincided with renewed volatility in Nvidia shares, which traded below … Read more