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Lead: The Farmers’ Almanac, a 208-year-old publication based in Maine that many gardeners and farmers have used for planting dates and long-range weather guesses, announced that its 2026 edition will be its last. The publisher said escalating costs tied to producing and distributing a printed book in a shifting media landscape forced the decision, and … Read more
Lead: On November 7, 2025, President Donald Trump urged the U.S. Department of Justice to open an inquiry into foreign-owned meatpackers, alleging they have inflated U.S. beef prices. He made the request on social media days after Republicans lost key races where voters emphasized the cost of living. The president characterized boxed beef pricing as … Read more
Lead: On Friday evening, Nov. 7, 2025, President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause a lower-court order that required the federal government to fully fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in November. The emergency filing followed a Nov. 6 ruling from U.S. District Judge John McConnell in Rhode Island and came … Read more
Lead: The U.S. Department of Agriculture told states on Friday that it is taking steps to implement a federal judge’s order to deliver full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November to roughly 42 million Americans. Patrick Penn, deputy undersecretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, said the agency is “working towards implementing November … Read more
Lead New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a federal judge on Friday to dismiss a two-count indictment tied to a 2020 mortgage, arguing the prosecution is the product of President Donald Trump’s yearslong personal vendetta. Her lawyers filed a motion asserting the charges are both vindictive and selectively enforced, and they attached more than … Read more
Lead: Microsoft and Halo Studios have announced that Operation: Infinite, due November 18, will be the last major content update currently planned for Halo Infinite as the developer moves into maintenance mode later this month to concentrate on multiple new Halo projects. Halo Studios said it will continue to support multiplayer with challenges, ranked rewards … Read more
Lead: James D. Watson, the molecular biologist who helped reveal DNA’s double‑helix and later led early efforts to map the human genome, died on Nov. 7, 2025, in East Northport, New York. He was 97. His son, Duncan Watson, confirmed that he had been moved to hospice care this week after treatment for an infection. … Read more
Lead On Nov. 7, 2025, senators debated a Democratic proposal to end the government shutdown by attaching a one-year extension of Affordable Care Act premium tax credits to a funding bill. Senate Democrats, led by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, pressed the proposal on the floor while Senate Republicans, including Majority Leader John Thune, rejected it … Read more
On Friday, Tesla shares slid after investors ratified an ambitious compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk, wiping about $10 billion (roughly 2%) off his estimated net worth. The stock fell about 3.6% to approximately $429.70 after a 3.5% decline on Thursday, continuing a two-day retreat that coincided with the shareholder vote. More than three-quarters of … Read more
Lead: A new post‑perihelion image captured by Qicheng Zhang at Lowell Observatory shows interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS glowing green from diatomic carbon emissions while its dust tail appears largely concealed by viewing geometry. The observation was made immediately after the comet reached perihelion on Oct. 29 and was photographed from Earth during morning twilight on Oct. … Read more
Lead: Senate Democrats on Friday put forward a unified proposal to end the federal government shutdown in exchange for a one-year extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act premium subsidies, while air travel across the United States deteriorated. Federal aviation officials and carriers have already canceled about 800 flights and ordered reductions at 40 major airports, … Read more
Lead Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn unveiled Pluribus, their high‑budget, original sci‑fi drama set in Albuquerque, when Apple TV released two episodes on Nov. 7. The series opens with an alien signal 600 light‑years away that encodes an RNA sequence; an accidental lab leak triggers a phenomenon called “The Joining” that leaves the whole world … Read more
Federal court records show a U.S. district judge has temporarily blocked the Biden administration from removing Diana Patricia Santillana Galeano, a 38-year-old day care worker taken into custody at a Chicago childcare center earlier this week. The order also bars transferring her outside Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin while the case proceeds. Santillana Galeano’s attorneys say … Read more
Lead Jeremy Corbyn’s nascent left-wing movement is locked in a dispute over roughly £800,000 raised through an unauthorised membership drive launched by co-founder Zarah Sultana. The funds were collected when Sultana opened a membership portal using a party email account and took payments and data from an estimated 20,000 people. Senior figures say the money … Read more
Lead: A University of Michigan monthly survey released in early November 2025 shows US consumer sentiment plunged to 50.3, down from 53.6 in October, as the federal government shutdown extended beyond a month. The reading missed economists’ expectations (53.0) and marks the lowest headline score since June 2022. Respondents across ages, income levels and political … Read more
