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California voters faced a high-stakes constitutional question in the 2025 special election over Proposition 50, the so-called “Election Rigging Response Act.” The measure would let the state adopt a new congressional map drawn by the state legislature for elections from 2026 through 2030 rather than the map produced by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission. A … Read more
Lead: The Indianapolis Colts acquired cornerback Sauce Gardner from the New York Jets in a deal announced via multiple reports, with the Colts sending two first-round picks to New York. Gardner, the fourth overall pick in the 2022 draft and a first-team All-Pro in each of his first two seasons, posted a brief farewell on … Read more
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned on Tuesday that if the federal government shutdown continues into next week, the Department of Transportation could be forced to close portions of U.S. airspace. He told reporters the combination of unpaid air traffic controllers and growing absenteeism has reached a point where continued operations could present safety and management … Read more
Lead Two Massachusetts men were arrested Tuesday in connection with an explosion that rocked the fourth floor of the Goldenson Building at Harvard Medical School early Saturday morning, the FBI announced. The blast occurred just before 3 a.m., and Harvard University Police reported two people running from the scene. No injuries were reported, and authorities … Read more
Former vice-president Dick Cheney died at age 84, provoking an immediate mix of formal condolences and fierce denunciations across the US political spectrum on 4 November 2025. Senior Republicans, including President George W. Bush, praised Cheney’s steadiness and long record of public service, while progressives and activists renewed sharp criticism over his role in the … Read more
Lead Director Dan Trachtenberg’s live‑action follow‑up to 2022’s Prey reframes the Predator mythos by centering the story on a Yautja hunter rather than human prey. Predator: Badlands, which opens November 7, follows Dek (Dimitrius Schuster‑Koloamatangi) as he hunts the nearly indestructible Kalisk on the lethal planet Genna and is joined by a Weyland‑Yutani synthetic, Thia … Read more
Lead: On Nov. 4, 2025, the Senate again failed to advance a House-passed continuing resolution, marking a 14th unsuccessful procedural vote and leaving the federal government in a prolonged funding lapse. The collapse of the motion in a 54–44 tally keeps many agencies partially shuttered and raises immediate operational risks, including potential restrictions on parts … Read more
Lead: On 4 November 2025, a team led by Matthew Graham (Caltech) reported the most energetic flare yet recorded from a supermassive black hole, a burst that briefly emitted light equivalent to about 10 trillion suns. The transient originated from a black hole roughly 300 million times the mass of the Sun located about 11 … Read more
Jakobi Meyers has been traded from the Las Vegas Raiders to the Jacksonville Jaguars, a move reported on Tuesday by ESPN’s Adam Schefter ahead of the NFL trade deadline. The Raiders will reportedly receive a fourth- and a sixth-round draft pick in return. The deal follows a 30-29 Jaguars victory over Las Vegas in Week … Read more
Lead California Governor Gavin Newsom is poised to claim a politically significant victory on Proposition 50 after lawmakers placed a redistricting measure on the November 4, 2025 ballot. Prop 50 would suspend the state’s independent redistricting commission and let the legislature redraw congressional lines, a move designed to create five additional Democratic House seats. The … Read more
Lead Left-hander Shota Imanaga is set to become a free agent after the Chicago Cubs declined a club option and Imanaga turned down a $15 million player option for 2026, a decision confirmed by league sources on Nov. 4, 2025. The Cubs may extend a qualifying offer for 2026; if he rejects that and signs … Read more
Lead Former Vice President Dick Cheney, 84, died Monday night, his family said, after complications of pneumonia and long-standing cardiac and vascular disease. He was surrounded by his wife Lynne and daughters Liz and Mary when he passed. Cheney spent nearly four decades in Washington across roles as White House chief of staff, congressman, defense … Read more
Lead Actor Sydney Sweeney told GQ that the widely discussed American Eagle jeans ads earlier this year did not personally unsettle her, even as the campaign sparked national debate and drew comments from high-profile political figures. The ads — built around the tagline linking “great jeans” to a pun on “great genes” — prompted online … Read more
Scientists working in Mexico documented orca pods hunting juvenile great white sharks in the Gulf of California and removing their energy-dense livers. Drone and vessel cameras captured multiple events in August 2020 and August 2022, including one August 2020 incident where five female killer whales shared a shark liver. A study published in Frontiers in … Read more
U.S. equities slid in today’s trading session as the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped roughly 400 points while Palantir Technologies shares plunged after the company’s latest earnings release, prompting broad investor reappraisal of technology exposure. The move unfolded amid ongoing corporate results and mixed economic signals, with traders citing earnings reactions and guidance as immediate … Read more
