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Nov 14, 2026
Travelers wait for their luggage at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, Nov. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)AP Photo/William LiangAirlines canceled thousands more flights Saturday as they recovered from Friday's nationwide ground stop, but the FAA said schedules should be back to normal by the end of Sunday.
FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said he expects 4,000 to 5,000 of the roughly 41,000 flights scheduled Saturday to be canceled. More than 4,000 U.S. flights had been canceled as of 10:50 a.m. ET, according to FlightAware. "I do think the worst is behind us," Bedford said, and he apologized to travelers.
The FAA halted departures nationwide for more than four hours Friday, the longest ground stop since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. About 12,000 flights couldn't be completed, Bedford said.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the outage began while L3Harris Technologies, which runs the network, was switching lines from copper wire to fiber at a remote FAA site. A router involved in the work flooded the rest of the system, disrupting communications with airplanes and radar. Duffy said officials are working to determine "whether we had incompetence" by the contractor or a faulty router. "Until I c
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Nov 14, 2026
Travelers wait for their luggage at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, Nov. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)AP Photo/William LiangAirlines canceled thousands more flights Saturday as they worked to recover from a nationwide ground stop that halted departures across the U.S. for more than four hours Friday, the longest since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
More than 3,800 U.S. flights were canceled Saturday and more than 2,300 were delayed as of 10:08 a.m. ET, according to FlightAware. That's on top of more than 9,100 cancellations Friday.
The Federal Aviation Administration lifted the ground stop at 8:15 p.m. ET Friday. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a press conference Friday night that the airspace had reopened, but warned that "it'll be slow."
"It's going to take us some time to unwind what happened this afternoon," he said.
Duffy said that "instability" in the radar communications at air traffic control centers began at 3:36 p.m. ET. More than 3,500 planes were in the air when the ground stop was issued. He blamed it on an "incredibly old air traffic system."
"We have old switches, old routers, we use 1980s little copper lines," Duffy said. "It's an old system that went down. It went down everywhere. It got overloaded."
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Nov 14, 2026
Campaign signs on October 30, 2026 in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Democrat Mary Peltola has widened her lead over Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska's still-undecided U.S. Senate race, moving within striking distance of an outright victory that would give Democrats their 56th Senate seat following sweeping midterm gains.
As of Saturday morning, Peltola had 49.8% of the vote, compared with Sullivan's 46.1%, a margin of more than 10,000 votes.
The Associated Press reported 96% of votes counted, with Peltola receiving 138,240 votes to Sullivan's 127,828.
The former congresswoman gained nearly 2,000 votes on Sullivan in the latest batch of ballots, strengthening her prospects of clearing the 50% threshold needed to avoid Alaska's ranked-choice voting tabulation.
Peltola's campaign declared victory Friday, insisting the Republican incumbent could no longer overcome her advantage.
"There is no mathematical path for Sullivan to win this race," the campaign said in a statement posted on X.
"When the remaining votes are counted, Mary will decisively be elected as Alaska's next United States Senator," the statement read.
Campaign manager Cheryl Bruce echoed that confidence in a statement to Newsweek.
"As more ballots get counted, it's clear that Mary's victory is all but guaranteed, and Alaskans have resoundingly rejected Dan Sullivan's D.C. self dealing," Bruce said.
"Mary won today's ballot
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Nov 14, 2026
AUSTIN - GOP Gov. Greg Abbott and conservative state lawmakers tried to label incoming Democratic governor Gina Hinojosa a closet progressive, warning that she'll turn the deeply red state socialist.
But after Hinojosa's historic upset win amid a blue wave that swept every state office, Texas's first Latina governor-elect vowed during an interview with The Washington Post to avoid culture wars in favor of something Texas hasn't seen in a generation: moderation. On a number of key issues facing her state - affordability, border security, data centers and school vouchers - Hinojosa is staking out what she calls populist positions that seem calibrated to appeal to voters at both ends of the political spectrum. That includes her pledge to work with President Donald Trump on immigration.
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"I agree with President Trump that our border needs to be secure and people should not be coming here to cross into the country," Hinojosa said at the state Capitol on Friday. "It's a dangerous journey and I don't think it will be fruitful for them."
In a Truth Social post Thursday about migrant caravans forming in Mexico, Trump referred to her as "the very liberal new governor of Texas." Hinojosa, seated near a photo of the state's last Democratic Gov. Ann Richards, said the Trump administration had not contacted her and she had not spoken to the president, "but I welcome that conversation."
"Trump and I won the same border communities: I won them this time, he won them last time" in 2024, said Hinojosa, who will preside over the country's second-largest Latino population. Latino voters in places like her native Rio Grande Valley were instrumental in Democratic wins, includ
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Nov 14, 2026
Millions of office workers got an unplanned break from email Thursday. Their bosses' favorite new AI tool got one too.
A Microsoft (MSFT) outage that began midday Thursday knocked out Outlook and other workplace apps worldwide, with Downdetector logging reports from 74 countries within about an hour. By Friday, Microsoft said it was seeing "encouraging recovery progress."
The damage reached Microsoft's AI. Copilot couldn't access users' email, files, or calendars, and the Microsoft connectors for OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's (ANTH.PVT) Claude broke too.
Microsoft says more than 430 million people use its Microsoft 365 apps.
Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, Yahoo FinanceWhat it means for youYour email isn't lost. Microsoft stretched its ema
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Nov 14, 2026
By Olena Harmash
KYIV, Nov 14 (Reuters) - US negotiators have floated the idea of Ukraine's potential withdrawal from its eastern region of Donbas in exchange for joining NATO, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, following the latest round of peace talks with Russia in Abu ?Dhabi.
This is the first time the question of linking NATO membership to territorial concessions has been raised during the talks, Zelenskiy ?said in remarks to reporters released by his office on Saturday.
"The Americans raised a question: 'What if Ukraine joins NATO? Would Ukraine withdraw from Donbas?" he said.
"That is why I believe NATO ?is back on the agenda. But you have also heard (Russian President Vladimir) Putin's signals, and this is an extremely difficult conversation."
Putin has long said Ukrainian membership of NATO is a red line for Moscow, citing the issue as one reason for launching Russia's full-blown invasion in 2022.
Zelenskiy reiterated his position that Kyiv was not ready to concede territory but said that if it received a comprehensive package including security guarantees, the right to a strong and well-funded Ukrainian ?army and funds to rebuild, he would put the ?question to a national referendum.
'THIS WAR MUST BE ENDED FIRST'
Echoing comments made by European leaders at a summit in Dublin on Friday, Zelenskiy dismissed Russia's call for a broad agreement on European security architecture to be reached before the ?specifics are agreed on how to end the war in Ukraine.
"We cannot turn everything upside down and start by talking about changing the security framework in the world or across the continent overall, and only then talk about ending this war. This war must be ended first," he said.
Zelenskiy also dismissed Putin's suggestion for ?a ?local humanitarian ceasefire in Kostiantynivka, a hotly contested city in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, ?saying it reflected
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Nov 14, 2026
President Trump this week declared the war in Iran "effectively over" militarily and "won" by the U.S.
But he did so as American taxpayers are footing the bill for billions of dollars in operational costs to keep the country's troops at the ready overseas.
The war is no longer making top headlines, and firing between the U.S. and Iran is not taking place on a daily basis.
Yet the U.S. has a large presense in the region and is effectively in a war posture, despite the president's remarks, which come after a midterm shellacking for his party driven in part by voter unhappiness over the war.
"We won. Now the question is when we want to end. We must have a total victory. Not a 93 percent victory. It's going to be total," Trump said Wednesday in remarks during a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.
A few days prior in a surprise visit to the White House briefing room, Trump declared: "Iran militarily is effectively over. We're just keeping it the status quo."
Despite Trump's remarks, the U.S. is spending millions on the Iran conflict.
The total cost of the fight as of Oct. 16 is estimated at $47.1 billion, including $38 billion accrued from when the war began on Feb. 28 up until the start of August, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
That means another $9 billion was added over the last three months or so, a relatively quiet period that underscores the costs to taxpayers. During that timeframe, the U.S. military reportedly only carrying out a handful of defensive strikes against the regime after it all but depleted its stockpiles of advanced munit
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Nov 14, 2026
The lower stage of the rocket was diverted to the ocean as it burst into flames [Reuters]
SpaceX has aborted its attempt to catch the bottom part of its huge Starship rocket during its latest test flight.
The company had aimed to catch it using the mechanical arms - nicknamed chopsticks - on the launch tower as it returned to Earth, but instead it was diverted to the ocean, bursting into flames as it came down.
The top part of the rocket is now continuing its journey to space and SpaceX will decide whether it will try to catch this rocket stage at about 15:15 local time (21:15 GMT) on Saturday.
It is the aerospace firm's first attempt to fully recover its rocket, paving the way for making Starship fully reusable so it can fly repeatedly and reduce costs.
The 124m-tall (407ft) rocket successfully blasted off from the Starbase launchpad in Boca Chica, Texas at 16:45 local time on Friday.
The launch tower there was supposed to catch the bottom part of the rocket - the Super Heavy booster - six-and-a-half minutes later when it returned, but it was instead diverted to the ocean.
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Nov 14, 2026
The Peoria Police Department said the evacuation recommendation was issued as a precaution while officers and emergency personnel investigated the threat.
Police determined at about 6:45 p.m. Friday that a package at the facility was a credible threat and established a one-mile blast radius, officials said.
Bomb technicians rendered the package safe at about 9:12 p.m.
However, authorities said a thorough search of the large facility was expected to continue into Saturday, likely until late afternoon. Officials said they were not treating the incident as a hoax.
"When a bomb threat comes in, typically, it's not legitimate, and they're doing it to cause an evacuation of a building or something like that," Peoria Police Chief Brad Dixon said at a press conference late Friday. "This is not the case here. We found a credible package that we deem to be a threat. This is ... this is not. We're not considering this a hoax."
Authorities have closed most streets in the area and are urging the public to avoid the one-mile radius around the facility until further notice.
Residents and businesses within the designated area are being asked to cooperate with emergency personnel and stay away from the area until further notice.
"I am actively monitoring the bomb threat in Peoria, and I have directed the Illinois State Police to coordinate with local authorities," Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said in a statement on social media. "Please follow directions from law enforcement and stay clear of the area."
Country music singer Jon Pardi's concert in Peoria was also canceled because of its proximity to the bomb threat.
Pardi posted a message to his 1 million Instagram followers Friday night, saying, "Peoria
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Nov 14, 2026
Nov 14 (Reuters) - Microsoft said on Saturday that services had fully recovered across Teams, Outlook and its other products, ending a global outage that crippled online communications for businesses and governments for over 24 hours.
"We have completed our efforts to address the underlying issue of the incident and restored service to the remaining impacted customers and regions," the company posted on ?X.
Microsoft had said server issues were behind the incident that also affected its Copilot AI assistant, and that it was not aware of any malicious activity, ruling out AI as the cause.
Outlook ?and Teams are two of the most widely used workplace applications with hundreds of millions of users. The outage prevented people from performing essential functions such as sending emails, managing calendars and hosting virtual meetings.
It affected government agencies from Australia and Japan to the ?United States, caused delays at trading firms, hindered some companies from publishing earnings and prompted airlines to warn customers of communication lags, according to public statements.
Organizations that host Microsoft services on their own servers, rather than in the cloud, were somewhat spared.
ANOTHER OUTAGE FOR MICROSOFT
The outage, reports of which started climbing around 1725 GMT on Thursday according to Ookla, is one of the longest in Microsoft's history and the second disruption to its services this year.
Microsoft said the outage specifically hit features tied to Exchange Online — its cloud-based email and scheduling hub — leaving unconnected applications operational.
The incident deepens questions about the global reliance on a handful of Big Tech companies that supply both the essential software ?and the cloud infrastructure that underpins it.
It also highlighted the dependence on ?Microsoft's workplace software, with outage reports spiking as employees began
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Nov 14, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 2,000 flights were canceled Saturday as airlines across the U.S. worked to dig out from the longest nationwide ground stop in 25 years, which stranded passengers and forced professional and college sports teams to scramble for alternate transportation.
Trump administration officials said new technology being added to the nation's air traffic control system overloaded antiquated equipment and caused "intermittent" communications and radar gaps, leading to the flight shutdown of more than four hours.
A limited number of domestic flights departed after the stop was lifted around 8:15 p.m. ET. But the effects could be felt for days, with officials saying the system is likely to be operating normally in time to handle the Thanksgiving travel rush.
The nationwide stop was the first since January 2023, when another key FAA computer system that sends notices to pilots malfunctioned, and the second since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Emily Brown and her 14-year-old daughter waited more than four hours Friday at the Dallas airport for their flight to Columbus, Ohio, before giving up. They were traveling to surprise her daughter's best friend. Instead, she had to settle for phoning the friend through tears in the airport, Brown said.
"She saved up her money to buy her own ticket, and she's planned this whole weekend," Brown said. "Now we're not sure when we're gonna be able to go."
Ruth Coles was stuck on her plane for more than five hours after landing at Los Angeles International Airport from Newark, New Jersey. She said the passengers were told they were waiting for a gate to open.
"The p
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Nov 14, 2026
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska voters have elected a Democrat for governor for the first time since 1998, part of a national midterm elections wave that gave the party sweeping wins in state governments across the country.
Former state lawmaker Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins defeated three Republicans, including one endorsed by President Donald Trump. His victory means Democrats will control the governor's office in 30 states, including several they flipped after years of Republican control in places such as Iowa, Georgia, Ohio and Texas.
Kreiss-Tomkins, often referred to as JKT, completed a political comeback three years after leaving the state House. He traveled throughout Alaska to build his coalition and focused on affordability, advocated for full funding of public schools and called for all oil and gas producers to pay corporate income tax. He also sought a moratorium on new data centers until state lawmakers pass regulations for their development.
He said Alaska had become "broken" under eight years of outgoing Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy and needed a change. He cited among other issues a state ferry system that he said has been left in shambles, with routes to many communities cut drastically. The ferry is a key mode of transportation for southeast Alaska communities not connected by roads, some of which also have limited air service.
Kreiss-Tomkins, 37, emphasized a willingness to work across party lines and said he wanted a Cabinet with Republicans, Democrats and independents.
"If they're competent, if they're service-minded, if they're entrepreneurial, if they're problem-solvers, you're on the team. Game on," he said d
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Nov 13, 2026
If you were traveling on Friday and your flight was canceled or delayed by the hours-long stoppage affecting all departing flights in the U.S., you may be able to recoup some money, including a full refund in some cases.
A good first step is to call your airline. Check the airline's website and app for information about your options. For instance, United Airlines and Delta, two of the nation's largest airlines, put up banners on their websites on Friday evening with links to pages with directions on how to rebook for free or cancel.
A government-ordered ground stop is extremely unusual, and it's possible airlines will have some leeway in their obligations under these circumstances. Again, contact your airline for information.
What travelers should do now Travelers delayed by the national ground stop should:
Verify your flight status with your airline. Delays will filter through the system for days.
Monitor your airline's mobile app for updates. Gates, connecting flights, and departure times are likely to change.
Some airlines have temporarily canceled service. Make sure you know when your flight will be rescheduled.
Know refund options available to you. Federal rules entitle you to a full refund if your flight is canceled or significantly delayed.
Rebook your flight through your airline's app. Rather than waiting in a long line, try rebooking your flight through an app.
Document receipts. Save every expense related to the delay for
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Nov 13, 2026
By David Shepardson
WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - The Trump administration boosted its request for air traffic control funding to $50 billion late Friday after a communications issue forced a nationwide groundstop that halted thousands of ?flights for hours.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and the White House earlier on Friday asked for $30.1 billion to ?upgrade the United States' aging airports and air traffic control system.
"This is an emergency," Duffy said. "What's more important than having an air traffic ?control system that actually works?"
The issue impacted the FAA's en route centers that handle traffic between airports. But the Republican-led Senate Commerce Committee said the incident highlights the need to prioritize modernizing those centers over other projects and noted Congress approved $1.9 billion to replace outdated en route centers.
The world's most complex airspace has experienced a series of events in recent years ?that have disrupted flights and risked safety. ?In January 2025, a midair collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport killed 67 people.
Congress already approved $12.5 billion over five years in July 2025 to upgrade air traffic control and ?increase the hiring of controllers following complaints about airport congestion, flight delays and technology problems.
The request from White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy seeks $10.1 billion for air traffic control modernization, including $7.2 billion for ?a common ?automation platform and controller workstations and $2 billion for cloud computing.
"This ?investment is critical to complete the modernization of ?our national airspace - delivering a resilient telecommunications backbone for air traffic controllers, modern hardware and software, state-of-the-art control towers, and world-class airport infrastructure," Duffy and
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Nov 13, 2026
Travelers wait for their luggage at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, Nov. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)AP Photo/William LiangThe Federal Aviation Administration announced that the nationwide ground stop it issued earlier on Friday has been lifted, nearly five hours after thousands of flights were canceled across the country.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a press conference Friday night that the airspace has reopened and some flights have started to take off, but warned that "it'll be slow."
"It's going to take us some time to unwind what happened this afternoon," he said.
Duffy said that "instability" in the radar communications at air traffic control centers began just after 3:30 p.m. ET. At the time, there were more than 3,500 planes in the air when the ground stop was issued —he blamed it on an "incredibly old air traffic system."
"We have old switches, old routers, we use 1980s little copper lines," Duffy said. "It's an old system that went down. It went down everywhere. It got overloaded."
He went on to blame Congress for not providing the funds to update the outdated infrastructure.
"I can't build things if I don't have money," Duffy said.
Last year Congress appro
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Nov 13, 2026
The mayor of New Orleans said on Friday evening that all of the more than 100 passengers aboard a cruise ship docked at the Port of New Orleans on the Mississippi River had been accounted for after a large asphalt tanker crashed into it, causing it to sink.
Mayor Helena Moreno said at a news conference that the collision between the American Heritage cruise ship — a riverboat-style ship — and a tanker called the Atlantic Asphalt occurred around 12:30 p.m. after the tanker "lost control." She said that passengers immediately began disembarking, but as they did so, the cruise ship capsized.
Reports suggest that at least a dozen people fell into the water. New Orleans police, Harbor Police, firefighters and other boats on the river helped rescue them, Moreno said, adding that 32 passengers were hospitalized with noncritical injuries.
"At this moment … we have zero people unaccounted for, which truly is a miracle on the Mississippi," she said. "And that is a credit to the first responders."
Bystander footage from the scene showed the white, riverboat-style cruise ship slowly tipping onto its side following the collision as passengers waited on the deck.
American Cruise Lines, which operates the American Heritage, shared a message on social media saying that it was "deeply concerned" for everyone involved.
"We are in close coordination with the U.S. Coast Guard and local authorities. Guests and crew were evacuated, and we are deeply concerned for everyone involved. We will share more information as it becomes available."
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Nov 13, 2026
The Federal Aviation Administration announced that the nationwide ground stop it issued earlier on Friday has been lifted.
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said in a press conference Friday night that the airspace has reopened and some flights have started to take off, but warned that "it'll be slow."
"It's going to take us some time to unwind what happened this afternoon," he said.
Duffy said that "instability" in the radar communications at air traffic control centers began just after 3:30 p.m. ET. At the time, there were more than 3,500 planes in the air with the ground stop was issued, which he blamed on an "incredibly old air traffic system."
"We have old switches, old routers, we use 1980s little copper lines," Duffy said. "It's an old system that went down. It went down everywhere. It got overloaded."
This is a breaking story. Follow for more updates. The original story is below.
The Federal Aviation Administration issued a nationwide ground stop for all flights in the United States until further notice, "due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety."
This means that planes currently in the air may land, but those on the ground may not take off.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told reporters Friday evening that there is currently no reason to suspect a national security threat is behind the communications outage affecting flights.
"There's no reason for the public to be afraid or scared for their loved ones," Mullin said.
"This is not another 9/11," he added. "This is a telecommunications outage; this is much different."
Mullin said
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Nov 13, 2026
Nearly all measles cases have been in people who had not received the highly effective measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine or whose vaccination status is unknown. - Jayla Whitfield-Anderson/Reuters
Thanks to widespread vaccination, measles had been considered "eliminated" as a continually transmitting illness in the United States since 2000 - but not anymore.
An independent commission of experts that reports to the director of the Pan American Health Organization determined that the US no longer qualified as having eliminated measles, a source close to the process told CNN on Friday.
The news was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.
The decision was widely expected after years of falling vaccination levels and surging case counts, but it's still a black mark on the nation's public health policy.
The international committee that determines countries' measles elimination status considers an infection to be endemic, or regularly occurring, if infections caused by the same strain are passed from person to person for at least a year within the same country.
To determine this, the committee members look at the genetic code of viruses sampled from patients.
Every time a virus copies itself, it makes tiny changes in its genetic code. By studying the genomes of different viruses in an outbreak, scientists can determine how closely the infections may be related and whether they are likely to have been part of the same chains of transmission.
In August, scientists with Utah's public health laborato
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Nov 13, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — A day after Jensen Huang resigned from Nvidia, Silicon Valley is already anticipating his comeback.
As a close ally of Donald Trump, regularly taking calls — even publicly — from the president, Huang became one of the most prominent and influential voices in Washington for the largely California-based tech industry, leaving a vacuum with his departure from one of the world's most profitable companies that has become the backbone of the AI boom.
But while national security hawks and tech skeptics in Washington prepare to haul him before Congress to bring further scrutiny of his affair with an alleged Chinese intelligence asset, Silicon Valley leaders are mourning his swift exit and positing ways that he could return.
The founder of defense tech giant Anduril, Palmer Luckey, and Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas have rushed to Huang's defense, while SpaceXSI CEO Elon Musk has even floated the idea of hiring him.
Five other tech industry insiders also told POLITICO they expect Huang to eventually return in a major way to leadership within Silicon Valley. Another three were not quite as confident, but indicated they wouldn't be surprised if it happened.
"It is inevitable, with all of the value that he's created and his role commonly accepted as the godfather of AI, that he will have a second act," said an executive at a p
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Nov 13, 2026
The Federal Aviation Administration issued a nationwide ground stop for all flights in the United States until further notice, "due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety."
This means that planes currently in the air may land, but those on the ground may not take off.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told reporters Friday evening that there is currently no reason to suspect a national security threat is behind the communications outage affecting flights.
"There's no reason for the public to be afraid or scared for their loved ones," Mullin said.
"This is not another 9/11," he added. "This is a telecommunications outage; this is much different."
Mullin said it would "take some time" to resolve the issue and that flights already in the air are being handled on a "case-by-case" basis.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wrote in a post on X, "The @FAAnews issued a nationwide ground stop for all U.S. airports following a communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers. FAA technicians are investigating the issue. We will provide immediate updates as we have them."
As of 6:45 p.m. ET, there were more than 10,000 flights delayed and more than 3,200 canceled within, into or out of the U.S., according to FlightAware.com, a live flight tracker website.
There were more than 30,000 departures and arrivals scheduled for the remainder of the day, according to flight tracking app Flighty, the New York Times
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Nov 13, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of the United States, China and Russia plan to meet Thursday on the sidelines of next week's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in China's tech hub of Shenzhen — an unprecedented gathering of the heads of the world's biggest nuclear powers.
While the leaders gathering for joint talks will mark a singular moment, analysts say expectations are low that the talks will lead to major breakthroughs and say they will be heavier in symbolism than substance.
Plans for the three-way summit with Donald Trump, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin were confirmed Friday by the White House. It comes at a complicated moment in relations between the three countries.
Trump has warmly embraced Xi after coming to a truce in their short-lived trade war last year and in spite of differences over the U.S. war with Iran and other tensions between the world's foremost economic powers.
Similarly, Trump has sought to build his relationship with Putin, even as the Russian leader has persisted in his nearly 5-year-old war with Ukraine and as Moscow has deepened its military, intelligence and diplomatic partners
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Nov 13, 2026
The mayor of New Orleans said on Friday evening that all of the more than 100 passengers aboard a cruise ship docked at the Port of New Orleans on the Mississippi River had been accounted for after a large asphalt tanker crashed into it, causing it to sink.
Mayor Helena Moreno said at a news conference that the collision between the American Heritage cruise ship — a riverboat-style ship — and a tanker called the Atlantic Asphalt occurred around 12:30 p.m. after the tanker "lost control." She said that passengers immediately began disembarking, but as they did so, the cruise ship capsized.
Reports suggest that at least a dozen people fell into the water. New Orleans police, Harbor Police, firefighters and other boats on the river helped rescue them, Moreno said, adding that 32 passengers were hospitalized with noncritical injuries.
"At this moment … we have zero people unaccounted for, which truly is a miracle on the Mississippi," she said. "And that is a credit to the first responders."
Bystander footage from the scene showed the white, riverboat-style cruise ship slowly tipping onto its side following the collision as passengers waited on the deck.
American Cruise Lines, which operates the American Heritage, shared a message on social media saying that it was "deeply concerned" for everyone involved.
"We are in close coordination with the U.S. Coast Guard and local authorities. Guests and crew were evacuated, and we are deeply concerned for everyone involved. We will share more information as it becomes available."
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Nov 13, 2026
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a nationwide ground stop for all flights in the United States until further notice, "due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety."
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wrote in a Friday post on X, "The @FAAnews issued a nationwide ground stop for all U.S. airports following a communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers. FAA technicians are investigating the issue. We will provide immediate updates as we have them."
There are over 7,800 flights delayed within, into or out of the U.S. as of 4:50 p.m. ET, according to FlightAware.com, a live flight tracker website. There are also over 350 flights canceled within, into or out of the U.S.
A Yahoo reporter who is currently on a plane on the tarmac waiting to depart on a United Airlines flight from Los Angeles International Airport says her pilot said, "In a nationwide ground stop, FAA just released an advisory, and we are told that at this time the ground stop will last until 11 p.m. Eastern time."
The pilot added, "What happened was a communications outage that started in Kansas City Center, which is responsible for the airspace above the middle of America, and it spread nationwide."
The Yahoo reporter passed along an update received from United Airlines, which said, "Air traffic control is limiting the number of planes allowed to land and depart each hour in Los Angeles, affecting several flights. We're monitoring the situation closely to get you to your destination as soon as possible."
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Nov 13, 2026
A large asphalt tanker collided with a cruise ship carrying more than 100 passengers while it was docked on the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Friday afternoon, and rescue efforts are underway.
Bystander footage from the scene showed the white, riverboat-style cruise ship named the American Heritage slowly tipping onto its side following the collision as passengers waited on the deck. Reports suggest that a dozen or more people were rescued from the water.
There were no immediate reports of injuries.
American Cruise Lines, which operates the American Heritage, shared a message on social media confirming that its ship was involved in a collision. The company said it was "deeply concerned" for everyone involved.
"We are in close coordination with the U.S. Coast Guard and local authorities. Guests and crew were evacuated, and we are deeply concerned for everyone involved. We will share more information as it becomes available."
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Nov 13, 2026
Nearly a decade after filing for bankruptcy and closing stores nationwide, Toys "R" Us is back, having opened more than 160 standalone locations across the United States as it continues rebuilding its presence in the country.
The company announced on Nov. 13 that its nationwide expansion, in partnership with Go! Retail Group, is complete, with more than 160 standalone locations now open. The rollout follows an expansion announced in September, when Toys "R" Us said it planned to open 120 new stores ahead of the holiday shopping season.
The retailer is also preparing to open a new location at New York City's Grand Central Terminal. A grand opening celebration is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 20, giving shoppers another place to find toys and holiday gifts ahead of Thanksgiving and Black Friday.
The event will begin at 10 a.m. ET at 89 East 42nd St. and feature an appearance by Geoffrey the Giraffe, the company's mascot. The first 50 customers in line will receive a special giveaway, according to Toys "R" Us.
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Nov 13, 2026
In what had been considered Colorado's most Republican-leaning congressional district, incumbent Rep. Lauren Boebert has been defeated by Democrat Eileen Laubacher.
The Associated Press called the race on Friday afternoon.
Laubacher received 48.8% of the vote (187,488 votes) to Boebert's 47.9% (184,047 votes), with 99% of the vote counted. Douglas Mangeris, a libertarian, received 3.3%, or 12,720 votes, per AP.
Boebert, an outspoken gun rights activist, has served in Congress since 2021 and is considered one of President Trump's staunchest allies on Capitol Hill.
Laubacher is a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral who was deployed in Afghanistan. She also served on the National Security Council under President Joe Biden.
Laubacher's victory adds Colorado's 4th District to the more than 40 Republican-held districts that have flipped to Democrats this midterm cycle, including two others in Colorado.
In an interview with NewsNation on Thursday, Boebert blamed her impending loss on "so many different variables" that plagued Republicans across the country, including gas prices, the war in Iran and Congress's failure to address corruption in the U.S. political system.
She also argued that she and other members of the right wing House Freedom Caucus "weren't heard" when they called for Congress to take action on a variety of issues that voters care about, including government surveillance and "fair elections."
The result
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Nov 13, 2026
Attorneys for Alex Murdaugh asked a judge Friday to throw out the original murder indictments for killing his wife and son, saying the chief investigator in the case lied to the grand jury.
Murdaugh is facing a retrial on the murder charges after the South Carolina Supreme Court threw out his convictions and life sentence, ruling that a court clerk improperly influenced jurors against him during his 2023 trial.
Even if the request to dismiss the indictments is granted, it may not stop or even postpone an April retrial for the disgraced lawyer. Prosecutors can seek another set of grand jury indictments, and defense attorneys said they won't stop them.
Judge ends hearing with interesting questionJudge Debra McCaslin did not immediately decide on the defense request, promising a written ruling next week. But one of her last comments at the hearing may have indicated where she is going.
"If you had to go back to the grand jury, could you have it all done and ready to go by April 5th?" she asked prosecutor Creighton Waters.
"Your honor, I'm always working ahead," Waters responded.
Throwing out indictments could be another rebuke of agent on caseA ruling throwing out the indictments would be another rebuke of the chief investigator in Murdaugh's case, State Law Enforcement Division agent David Owen.
A judge last year threw out a different murder case Owen was involved in because the dead woman's mother told the agent about a suicide threat her daughter made days before she died that Owen never relayed to prosecutors o
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Nov 13, 2026
Heading into the weekend, a Northeast storm will continue to bring rain and snow to the region before a blast of winter cold moves in, according to AccuWeather meteorologists.
While the steadier snow from a nor'easter across the interior Northeast will end on Friday, lake-effect rain and snow showers will develop on Saturday as colder air settles in across the region. Parts of New York and Vermont could see the greatest snow accumulations, with forecasts of 6 to 12 inches of wet snow, which can weigh down tree branches and cause power outages.
Major northeastern cities including New York City, Philadelphia and Boston are expected to face travel disruptions due to rain and blustery conditions. "Rain, low clouds and aircraft deicing could contribute to flight delays," according to AccuWeather.
Some areas could also experience their coldest temperatures since March. Freezing temperatures are forecast to reach the Deep South by Saturday morning, setting up a widespread frost and freeze across the South and Southeast this weekend. As of Friday afternoon, over 39 million Americans were under a freeze warning issued by the National Weather Service.
But there will be a reprieve from the winter-like weather just around the corner.
"People dealing with snow a
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Nov 13, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider President Donald Trump's ban on asylum at the southern border, a pillar of the Republican president's far-reaching crackdown on immigration.
The Trump administration is asking the justices to overturn lower court decisions that found the executive order banning asylum applications illegal. It's the latest in a series of immigration cases before the high court.
Federal law gives people the right to seek asylum if they fear persecution in their home countries, no matter how they arrived in the U.S.
At the same time, it also allows the executive branch to decide whether people are granted asylum. The Trump administration argues it can categorically deny asylum to migrants covered by the order and should not have to accept applications destined to be rejected.
Federal attorneys say yearslong processing times had previously contributed to a major influx of migrants at the southern border as many were released into the country while awaiting a decision.
But immigration attorneys at the American Civil Liberties Union and National Immigrant Justice Center counter that border crossings were already falling before Trump took office.
They say his executive order is an unlawful attempt to unilaterally "eviscerate" legal protections aimed at protecting people fleeing danger in their home countries.
The executive branch does decide whether to grant asylum, which allows people to live and work legally in the U.S. But those decisions are supposed to be made on an individual basis and the law doesn't allow the president to unilaterally stop people from e
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Nov 13, 2026
SpaceX's attempt to recover its entire Starship back at the launch pad was thwarted when the booster malfunctioned and ended up in the water Friday, but the spacecraft still soared into orbit in its boldest test yet.
Elon Musk's company had to lower its expectations when the first part of the double catch flopped.
Instead of returning to its Texas pad following liftoff, the first-stage booster ended up in the Gulf of Mexico after an automatic abort. Despite the setback, the bullet-shaped spacecraft continued toward orbit. It will steer toward the pad Saturday for a similar grab, barring further trouble.
It's the first time that the spacecraft will try to return to the pad from orbit, to be plucked in midair by mechanical arms secured to the launch tower. If all goes well, the flight will last 22 hours.
The original goal was to retrieve every single piece of the rocket for the purpose of future recycling, something yet to be achieved anywhere in the world. Musk sees this leading to the kind of fast and consistent launch rates necessary for building moon bases and sending people to Mars.
Shortly after reaching orbit, Starship prepared to deliver 26 of the company's most advanced Starlink satellites. The plan is for Starship to complete 15 laps around the world at an altitude of around 170 miles (275 kilometers) before heading back to the launch site for Saturday's grand finale.
SpaceX had already made three booster grabs at the company's sprawling Starbase near the U.S.-Mexico border. This was the first attempt to capture the upgraded version that stretches 236 feet (72 meters) — the production model for moon and Mars expeditions. It will also be the first time the company attempts to catch the spacecraft, which spans 171 feet (52 met
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Nov 13, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The young Republicans had grown restless even before their disastrous election, tired of President Donald Trump, his war and his handpicked candidates.
Now about a dozen members of Ohio State University College Republicans plopped down their backpacks for their first meeting since the election and pondered what was next.
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Abraham Dixon, 20, used to identify with Trump's "Make America Great Again" movement. But MAGA seemed synonymous with loyalty to Trump, and he'd come to think of Trump as "the anchor around the elephant's neck." He worried that even a politically diminished Trump would keep bending the party to his will - and compared him to the aging emperor villain of Star Wars.
"He's Palpatine," Dixon said.
It was hard to picture the GOP without the man who defined it for a decade. Trump's GOP was all they knew: Many cast their first votes for him.
But chapter president Hunter Willmitch was blunt in an interview about the changes underway: "The MAGA movement, in my opinion, is dead."
MAGA is certainly muddled, as its rank-and-file voters look to leaders outside of the Trump administration, have crossed over to Democrats or disengaged from politics altogether. There is no consensus about who should run in 2028 and plenty of skepticism for Vice President JD Vance, who once seemed the heir apparent. Like Trump or not, everyone agrees his vacuum will be hard to fill.
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Nov 13, 2026
Singaporean authorities seized the passport of then-Megaspeed chief executive Alice Huang in June 2025 and held it for eight months, preventing her departure while trying to engage the U.S. government to support their investigation into advanced Nvidia chips possibly being shipped to China.
One source with knowledge of the matter told CBS News on Friday the Singaporean government received no meaningful help from Washington during the time she was in the Asian city-state. This source said officials in Washington were "not forthcoming" in response to Singapore's requests for help, and no substantive assistance has been provided to date.
Singapore's government confirmed in a statement this week that it reached out to both the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI for assistance with its investigation.
Alice Huang is the suspected Chinese spy at the center of the extramarital affair scandal that toppled Nvidia founder Jensen Huang from the helm of the global tech giant he built over three decades.
Since February 2025, Singaporean authorities have been investigating whether Alice Huang and Megaspeed worked with California-based Supermicro to ship the Silicon Valley firm's computer servers — equipped with advanced Nvidia chips — to China, the source told CBS
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Nov 13, 2026
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has reportedly agreed to testify before lawmakers next month as the spotlight on him grows harsher amid Nvidia's (NVDA) turmoil.
Both Democrats and Republicans alike are raising questions about whether Lutnick went too far in protecting Nvidia's push to sell its chips overseas even as the US government was warning about a possible security breach.
Lutnick is reportedly set to appear on Dec. 10 before the Senate Banking Committee, in news first reported by Fox News. Spokespersons for the Commerce Department and the Senate panel did not immediately provide additional details.
The appearance would set up what could be a major moment for the suddenly embattled Commerce secretary after days in which he and the White House had largely stayed silent as even some of Trump's closest allies grew more vocal.
Lutnick will appear before Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the chairman of the Senate panel until the end of the year and a regular on President Trump's campaign stops last month. Scott released a letter Thursday evening requesting that Lutnick and ousted Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang appear before Congress early next month.
"Recent reports raise se
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Nov 13, 2026
Treasury Secretary Secretary Scott Bessent, picutred left alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio, when Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the White House on September 24, 2026 (Brendan SMIALOWSKI)US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday blamed the Commerce Department for failing to blacklist Megaspeed, the Singapore company at the center of a scandal that prompted Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang to resign.
Speaking on CNBC, Bessent said Treasury, the Defense Department, the US Trade Representative's office and the State Department had backed adding Megaspeed to the Washington's trade blacklist, "for months."
"But Commerce has the pen," Bessent said. "You will have to ask them about their internal processes."
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He said he was "frustrated" because President Donald Trump "made it very clear that China should not receive any Nvidia chips above H100s."
"Any leakage is very frustrating because it hurts our great companies, and in the AI race gives the Chinese an advantage," he said.
The remarks are a ra
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Nov 13, 2026
Microsoft was still investigating a global outage Friday that left users unable to access Outlook email and other products.
Businesses and governments were also affected by the massive outage. Outlook has more than an estimated 400 million active users worldwide. Teams is used by a reported 320 million people.
The company said it had not yet found a fix for the issue, which affects multiple Microsoft 365 services that rely on Exchange Online, its email platform.
In an update Friday at 7:09 a.m. ET, the company indicated it was making progress but still unable to resolve the issue.
"We're seeing encouraging recovery progress, with service availability and email delivery performance improving across a growing portion of affected Microsoft 365 infrastructure," Microsoft posted on X. "Some users may still experience intermittent issues as recovery actions continue."
Microsoft did not provide a specific cause for the outage, but said the issue related to a number of servers being "unexpectedly unavailable." Microsoft executive vice president Charles Lamanna said on X there was "no indication this is the result of malicious or cyber activity."
Government agencies in Japan, Singapore and Australia were among those affected, while the US House of Representatives was also impacted by the outage. Politico reported one House staffer saying, "There goes a day of legislative work."
AI companies OpenAI and Anthropic also reported facing issues.
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Nov 13, 2026
Emergency personnel work at the scene of a partial building collapse where, according to local reports, people are trapped in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on Wednesday, November 11. - Angelina Katsanis/Reuters
Leonor Yupa dropped to her knees Thursday when a Spanish-language media reporter said her 22-year-old son was among eight people whose lives were claimed by the Brooklyn building collapse the day before.
"I want my son! I want my son!" the Ecuadorian mother cried in Spanish as family members tried to hold Yupa up and others who gathered at Bethesda Church of God in Christ assured her the reports were unconfirmed.
The agonizing cries of another woman who just lost her husband reverberated through the Brooklyn sanctuary across the street from the collapse. When the woman learned her husband's body was pulled from the debris Thursday morning, she collapsed and wailed her husband's name.
"Tomás! Tomasito!" she cried.
Family members gathered around the widow and formed a prayer circle.
Just outside the church, a nervous father also prayed. He was anxiously waiting to learn the fate of his son, a construction worker who has not been reachable since the collapse.
In the Flatbush neighborhood - home to a mix of immigrant communities - six adults and two children had died and over a dozen were injured after the three-story mixed-use building collapsed on Veterans Day, a day on which many families staye
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Nov 13, 2026
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump told "60 Minutes" this week he knew "nothing" about the World Liberty Financial crypto company that helped him take in more than $2 billion last year alone.
Democrats who'll take control of Congress in January have big plans to find out more.
The incoming heads of various oversight committees are already naming a broad array of investigative targets regarding Trump's personal and administrative actions. They're demanding records, promising subpoenas - and warning people and companies not to destroy any documents.
"If you are a member of the Trump crime family and you're grifting off the American public, you should lawyer up," Rep. Robert Garcia, D-California, who is poised to chair the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in January, told MS NOW's Lawrence O'Donnell two days after the Democrats' Nov. 3 blowout win in the midterms.
In response, White House spokesperson Lauren Bis told USA TODAY: "If Democrats choose to pursue sham investigations and radical left policies, they are choosing to work against the American people."
This week, White House Counsel Will Scharf warned Garcia that aggressive oversight of the Trump administration and threats against administration officials "may cross the line into blatant criminality," especially if their investigations are used to "harass and aggrandize" as opposed to advancing legitimate legislative policies.
Garcia wasted no time in replying, saying in a statement posted to X: "It appears Donald Trump has something to hide. Let's be clear: Congress' authority comes from Article I of the Constituti
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Nov 13, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has functioned for nearly two years as an extension of the White House, unchecked by a Republican-controlled Congress as it pursued investigations into President Donald Trump's enemies, fired waves of career employees and defended administration stances that judges across the country repeatedly deemed legally dubious.
Now, sweeping Democratic gains in Congress have shifted the balance of power in Washington, teeing up an onslaught of expected investigations into those actions and others as well as scrutiny from the majority party that the current Justice Department had until now managed to skirt.
The department has, at least publicly, appeared unbowed by the altered landscape.
Attorney General Todd Blanche says the department will cooperate with Congress but has also insisted that "we will not back down" from the Republican president's agenda. Meanwhile, a top aide told prosecutors on a call to prepare to be on a "wartime" footing, and a U.S. attorney publicly warned a top Democrat about planned congressional investigations.
It sets the stage for a pugilistic dynamic as Democrats promise to join already ske
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Nov 12, 2026
SpaceX's Starship Flight 14 launches at Starbase in Texas on September 28, 2026 (RONALDO SCHEMIDT)Elon Musk's SpaceX was poised Friday to carry out its latest test of the world's biggest and most powerful rocket, the Starship, with plans for a groundbreaking "catch" of the spaceship following a day in orbit.
A successful capture of the Starship upper stage would mark a significant milestone in the space industry's decades-long pursuit of fully reusable spacecraft that can drastically reduce mission costs and make frequent travel possible.
"If successful, this will mark the first full recovery of an orbital launch system and a breakthrough moment in making Starship a reliable, rapidly reusable rocket," SpaceX said.
For the 15th Starship test flight Friday, SpaceX aims to recover both stages of the massive 124-meter (407-foot) launch vehicle.
The company has caught the booster, dubbed Super Heavy, on three previous occasions, with the first stage descending vertically back to the launch site shortly after blastoff and nestling into mechanical "chopstick" arms.
It will now attempt to do the same with the spaceship. Some versions of the vessel are designed to launch internet satellites and data centers into orbit, while others will be made to ferry people to the Moon and Mars.
A spacecraft that can be fully reused is the "Holy Grail" of the space industry, said Clayton Swope, an aerospace expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
"No one's really been able to do that so far," he said. "People have been trying to do that since the (NASA) space shuttle. But the space shuttle ended up being kind of a compromise because a lot of the vehicle wasn't reusable."
Reusing the Starship spacecraft would require the vessel to withstand the e
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Nov 12, 2026
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, speaking to the Federalist Society on Thursday, warned against any potential congressional action to defund the Supreme Court as he defended the importance of an independent judiciary.
"Congress can turn off the lights at the Supreme Court and stop everything from happening if they want to defund their activities. And there are many, many, many other things that they can do, or at least try to do," Alito said.
"So, it is important to preserve the independence of the judiciary," he added. "If that is eliminated, then the Constitution as adopted in 1789 will no longer be the same."
Alito made the comments in his return to the Federalist Society's annual Antonin Scalia Memorial Dinner, named after the late conservative justice and held as part of the group's annual convention each November.
This year, the convention comes a week after Democrats swept control of both houses of Congress. Alito made no reference to the midterm elections or the pending change in power during his remarks, but Democrats have eyed using Congress's power of the purse as leverage against the conservative-majority court before.
Two of Alito's colleagues — Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett — made a rare
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Nov 12, 2026
What we know about the New York City building collapse
Over the loud noise of her radio, Ann Marie did not hear the sound of the Brooklyn building behind her home collapse on Wednesday night, but she soon saw the flashing lights of fire department trucks rushing to the scene.
When she made her way out to the wreckage, workers were still searching for bodies. One of the building's walls had torn off, exposing the inside of several apartment homes, and the rubble had collapsed into a construction site next door.
At least eight of her neighbours died in the accident - six adults and two children, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said. Five of the victims were residents, CBS reported.
"Right now, I'm really scared," Marie told the BBC. "Now that I'm seeing exactly this side of the building, you can imagine the fright of those people, what happened to them."
On Thursday afternoon, Mamdani said he had visited survivors in hospital. Eighteen people were injured, including four firefighters. One person is in critical condition.
"I want to take a moment to remember those we have so senselessly lost," Mamdani added. "These were our friends and our neighbours, parents and children, young families building their lives in our city, immigrants from Mexico, Colombia, Trinidad and beyond."
What we know about Brooklyn building collapse that killed eight people
Later on Thursday, a senior official with the New York Police Department identified the victims as Nicole Daniela Salvada Rodriguez, 9, Juan Daniel Salvada Guzman, 31, Kevin Santiago Reyes Gonzalez, 10, Barry Mamadou, 23, and Ndiaye Mamadou, 31, according to CBS. They
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Nov 12, 2026
SINGAPORE — A Singapore-based company at the center of the emerging scandal engulfing AI chipmaker Nvidia said Thursday that it has hired a U.S. law firm for what is likely to be a wave of intense legal and congressional scrutiny.
Megaspeed, a cloud provider that employed a Chinese executive who had an affair with ousted Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, said in a statement that the law firm would help to "independently verify its export control compliance practices."
Megaspeed did not identify the law firm and did not immediately respond to requests for further comment.
The company has been thrust into the global spotlight in recent weeks after revelations that the executive, Alice Huang, had an affair with the then-CEO of Nvidia and was suspected of being a Chinese spy.
Jensen Huang resigned Thursday as members of Congress call for investigations into whether his relationship with the Megaspeed executive damaged U.S. national security.
Megaspeed has been a major purchaser of advanced Nvidia chips that are covered by U.S. export controls. U.S. officials suspect the company smuggled Nvidia chips into China in violation of U.S. law, according to reports.
The Megaspeed website, which is replete with references to Nvidia, lists three data centers vaguely located in "East South Asia." Southeast Asia is a major hub for chip smuggling.
"Megaspeed has cooperated with inspections by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Indu
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Nov 12, 2026
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Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick have been called to testify before a Senate committee next month as lawmakers investigate national security concerns surrounding Huang's relationship with a woman suspected of spying for China.
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, sent letters Thursday requesting that both men appear before the panel, according to The New York Times.
"Recent reports raise serious concerns about our national security and the protection of sensitive U.S. technology," Scott wrote on social media.
"The American people deserve answers," he added.
Scott asked Huang to testify voluntarily Dec. 3 but warned that the committee could issue a subpoena if necessary.
The congressional scrutiny follows revelations that Huang had an affair with Alice Huang, a Chinese businesswoman whom U.S. officials determined had been recruited by China's principal intelligence agency, according to the Times.
Huang resigned Thursday as chief executive of Nvidia, the American semiconductor giant whose advanced artificial intelligence chips have become a central concern in Washington's technological competition with Beijing.
His departure has not diminished bipartisan demands for an investigation into whether his relationship exposed sensitive American technology or national security information to Chinese intelligence.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Congress must "demand answers" from Huang and called on the Trump administration to explain how it responded after learning about the relationship.
Schumer questioned
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Nov 12, 2026
Microsoft said it was working to restore service as a widespread outage of Outlook email and other products stretched on for hours Thursday.
"We're seeing positive results with our efforts to restart affected infrastructure and recover server availability in an isolated manner. We're actively monitoring the performance of these portions of infrastructure to verify stability, which we suspect will support improved availability as these actions are subsequently expanded more broadly," the company wrote in an update on X.
Los Angeles International Airport tower hit by power outageDowndetector, which monitors outages, reported issues with Outlook, Teams and other products on Thursday, as Microsoft attempted to deploy several fixes.
Amid the Outlook outage, the company said that some infrastructure was "experiencing elevated load across multiple regions" due to strain from a "number of servers being unexpectedly unavailable."
"We're aggressively pursuing all pathways to reduce impact," the company said. "We've paused all deployments, we're moving additional traffic off the affected infrastructure, and we're restarting affected servers to return them to service."
Adobe Stock - PHOTO: Microsoft 365 apps.In the ensuing hours, Microsoft has detailed actions it has taken to try to bring servers back to service, some of which it said did not provide the "anticipated relief."
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Nov 12, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland said Thursday that he will run for Senate Majority Leader in the next Congress, setting up a challenge to Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer after the party swept to power in the midterm elections.
Van Hollen said in a statement that "the American people called for change" and that is why he is running.
"It's now on us to meet this moment, and to do that we need new leadership," Van Hollen said. "This is not about any one person — it's about answering the call of the American people. That is why I'm running for Senate Majority Leader."
Schumer has said he has the necessary support to win the race. The closed-door, secret-ballot election will be held in early December.
It will be the first contested election for Democratic leader in decades. The question of whether to reelect Schumer has already divided the caucus and many senators will not say publicly how they will vote. They have privately deliberated about what message to take from the election, and Schumer recruited many of the party's winning candidates and raised money for them.
Schumer has been talking to Democratic senators since the election and forming an agenda for 2027. In private caucus meetings this week, Schumer laid out a broad plan for their first 100 days in power.
"I'm going to win it," Schumer told The Associated Press in an interview last week.
In a statement after Van Hollen's announcement, Schumer said he welcomes any discussion about the future of the ca
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Nov 12, 2026
The crash on Oct. 17 in Wichita killed a 6-year-old boy and a 35-year-old man and injured 10 others. (Wyatt Glosson/KAKE / AP)A woman who killed two people, including a 6-year-old boy, when she drove through a Kansas soccer game last month had taken a nap in her parked vehicle before it accelerated and won't be criminally charged, officials said Thursday.
The Oct. 17 crash at the Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita killed the boy and a 35-year-old man, and injured 10 others when the vehicle drove through a soccer field at around 3:30 p.m.
"I can not only find no evidence of an intentional crime, I can find affirmative evidence that there was not an intentional crime," Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett said at a news conference.
An off-duty police officer and others went to the truck after it had crashed and found the 34-year-old driver crying, Bennett said. Officials have not publicly identified the woman.
"What they found was a sobbing — at turns described as frantic, hysterical — saying ‘I'm sorry, I'm sorry, what have I done,' words to that effect," Bennett said.
He said the accounts of the people who were there that day said "she was sleepy, looked like she had just woken up, these are comments from witnesses who arrived there at the door and interacted with her."
The woman got up around 6 a.m. and drove her husband's truck from Garden City, around 200 miles away, to the sports complex where her children had game
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Nov 12, 2026
By David Shepardson
WASHINGTON, Nov 12 - US Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott sent letters on Thursday to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Nvidia's former ?CEO Jensen Huang asking them to testify over recent developments at the company.
Huang ?stepped down from Nvidia, one of the major engines behind the AI boom, after reports of a romantic relationship ?with a businesswoman named Alice Huang whom US authorities suspect of spying for the Chinese government.
In addition, a growing number of lawmakers have criticized Lutnick for the administration's refusal to add dozens of Chinese companies to a key US trade blacklist, and over whether the government ?was properly overseeing Nvidia's exports ?to China.
"Recent reports raise serious concerns about our national security and the protection of sensitive US technology," Scott wrote on X. "I am ?requesting that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick testify before the Senate Banking Committee."
Spokespeople for Huang and Lutnick could not immediately be reached.
Scott said he would consider subpoenaing Huang ?if he ?does not voluntarily appear. "The American people deserve answers," ?Scott said.
Senior White House officials were ?separately discussing whether Lutnick should be pushed out, two people familiar with the situation said, as the desire to take action rose across Washington.
Separately, the chairs of three House committees, including the head of the Foreign Affairs panel, Brian Mast, wrote to Huang and Nvidia General Counsel Tim Teter, requiring them to appear for closed-door transcribed interviews on December 1 and December 2, ?respectively, or face subpoenas to compel their appearances.
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(Bloomberg) -- At the end, Jensen Huang looked broken and shattered, his legendary energy depleted. After weeks spent denying the allegations of infidelity and fighting to remain in his job as Nvidia Corp.'s chief executive officer, his surrender late Wednesday night was unconditional. Huang's usual take-charge demeanor had evaporated, according to a person familiar with the situation, and he'd started using phrases like "whatever" and "I don't care."
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Nov 12, 2026
WASHINGTON - As police investigate why a board-certified emergency physician might have opened fire in a Washington, DC, neighborhood Nov. 12, they pointed to a lawsuit against his homeowners association as potentially playing a role.
Police said Matt Wade Lambert, a 55-year-old healthcare professional, shot and killed his building manager, James Stuart, in a DC gym before barricading himself inside his apartment and shooting four additional people from his patio early in the morning on Nov. 12. Lambert also shot and killed himself, police said.
One of the shooting victims remains in critical condition, while the other three do not have life threatening injuries, police said.
Those who knew Lambert said they were shocked. His professional acquaintances described Lambert as a "genuine" and "good" person in conversations with USA TODAY. His attorney, Joel Braithwaite, said during a news conference that life appeared to be looking up for Lambert before the shooting, noting that he was scheduled to begin a new job Nov. 16.
Braithwaite said Lambert gave no indication that he was at a breaking point during a phone conversation they had Nov. 10.
Lambert, who worked as a con
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Nov 12, 2026
At least four people were wounded and one was killed during a shooting at a condo building in the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C., early Thursday, police said. The gunman was identified as 55-year-old emergency room physician Matt Lambert.
Officers responded to reports of an active shooting at a gym inside the building just before 8 a.m. ET, Metropolitan Police Department interim chief Jeffery Carroll said at a press briefing.
Once inside, police located one victim — building manager James Stuart, 46 — who died at the scene, Carroll said. Four others were wounded after Lambert went back up to his apartment, where he barricaded himself inside, and shot them from his balcony. They were transported to local hospitals. One was in critical condition, Carroll said. Three had non-life-threatening injuries.
Much of the block was cordoned off, and nearby schools were placed on temporary lockdown.
SWAT officers walk behind police tape at the scene of Thursday's shooting.AP Photo/Tom BrennerWhile police attempted to negotiate with Lambert, he fatally shot himself, Carroll said.
While inside his apartment, Lambert also cut a natural gas line to the fireplace, starting a fire, Carroll said. The building's sprinkler system was activated and the fire was extinguished.
Lambert's long-running disputes with his bui
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Nov 12, 2026
The New York City Fire Department said Thursday afternoon that rescue operations had concluded at the scene of the three-story building that collapsed in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., and that there were no more victims.
Six adults and two children died as a result of the collapse, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said at a press conference Thursday. The four-unit apartment building crumpled into the construction site next to it at about 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday.
Multiple news outlets identified seven of the eight people who died, citing law enforcement officials and the victims' family members and friends.
Those identified are:
Mamadou Barry, 23
José Luis Caguana Cosquillo, 26
Kevin Santiago Reyes Gonzalez, 10
Edgar Santiago Sapón Gutierrez, 26
Juan Daniel Salvada Guzman, 31
Nicole Daniela Rodriguez, 9
Gabriel Siguencia, 22
The eighth victim, a 35-year-old man, has not been publicly identified.
"This has been a devastating ev
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Nov 12, 2026
With Jensen Huang out as CEO at Nvidia (NVDA) and CFO Colette Kress taking on the role of interim CEO, Wall Street, the company's partners, and its customers are waiting to find out who the next permanent CEO will be.
There are a number of candidates inside and outside of the company who could fill the position. But prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket have zeroed in on Nvidia VP of hyperscale and high-performance computing Ian Buck as the company's next leader.
Both sites rank the odds of Buck taking over at roughly 40%.
Buck has worked at Nvidia for the last 22 years, rising from a systems engineer to his current role as the head of the company's biggest businesses.
The executive also has the kind of engineering chops that Nvidia's board may find compelling for the CEO role.
Buck has a Ph.D. from Stanford University in computer science and, more importantly, developed Nvidia's CUDA technology.
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Nov 12, 2026
Microsoft said it was investigating an outage Thursday that left people unable to access Outlook email and other products.
In a message posted at 12:54 p.m. ET on the official Microsoft 365 Status account on X, the company said it was "investigating reports of users experiencing issues accessing Exchange Online mailboxes through multiple connection methods in the Americas." In an update at 1:07 p.m. ET, the company said it had "confirmed the issue may affect Microsoft 365 service connectivity for users in any region."
Outage tracking site Downdetector showed an increase in reports that hit a peak just before 1 p.m. ET. Thousands of users reported problems with its Outlook, Copilot, Teams and Sharepoint services, and some even reported problems accessing Microsoft Word and Excel.
Microsoft did not provide a cause for the outage, but said on X that it was offering updates in its admin center, which also appeared to be down Thursday afternoon. In its X posts, Microsoft said its systems were experiencing an "elevated load" and that it was "redistributing connection traffic" across its infrastructure.
The company said in another update at 2:12 p.m. ET
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Nov 12, 2026
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has resigned from his top post at the chipmaker he co-founded, after reports of the tech titan's extramarital affairs came into the spotlight this week.
One of those relationships has raised national security concerns. The New York Times reported that Huang had an affair with a businesswoman U.S. intelligence suspects to be a Chinese spy, which Beijing denies. Separately, the outlet and later others reported that Nvidia employees said Huang had another affair with an executive who reported to him directly — compounding calls for him to step down.
Nvidia announced Huang's resignation on Thursday, effective immediately. The California-based company said that Colette Kress — who has been Nvidia's chief financial officer and executive vice president since 2013 — will step into the role of interim CEO.
The scandal marks the most tumultuous chapter yet for Nvidia, whose high-end chips have emerged as the leading building blocks for artificial intelligence. Huang himself has become a key face in the AI race, both across the industry and often on U.S. President
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Nov 12, 2026
At a press conference on Thursday afternoon, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani provided updates on the Brooklyn building collapse, saying that six adults and two children were among the eight people who died on Wednesday. Two of the adults who died were construction workers.
"This has been a devastating evening and morning for our city," Mamdani said.
Mamdani also confirmed that 18 other people were injured, including 14 civilians and four firefighters. The vast majority of those injured and being treated at hospitals are in stable condition, with one person in critical condition.
"I want to take a moment to remember those we have so senselessly lost. These were our friends and our neighbors, parents and children," the mayor said. "Young families building their lives in our city and immigrants from Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Trinidad and beyond. Let us continue to hold close those who have been plunged into unimaginable grief and pray for a full and rapid recovery for every New Yorker injured."
Mamdani also thanked the first responders and construction workers who helped dig through the rubble to find survivors. "People are alive today because of their heroism yesterday," he said.
"Firefighters arrived on the scene in less than one minute after the 911 call first came in," Mamdani added.
The American Red Cross has opened a reception center at the Flatbush YMCA for residents who were affected and displaced by the building collapse. Mamdani said the city and American Red Cross will continue to provide "expanded services" from the Flatbush YMCA for residents displaced by the building collapse, including temporary housing, assistance with social services and mental health support.
"Conditions will grow more challenging today wi
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Nov 12, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday honored the Army sentinel who forcefully scolded members of his entourage for laughing and talking near Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Veterans Day.
Hegseth posted a photo of himself on social media pinning a Joint Service Commendation Medal on the unidentified soldier's chest.
"We love soldiers. We love standards. Well done, Specialist," Hegseth wrote. "Carry on Patriots."
On Veterans Day, Hegseth, his wife Jennifer, and three of his top deputies were seen posing for photographs on the steps overlooking the tomb, which has provided a final resting place for several of America's unidentified service members — and a site of reflection and mourning — since 1921. Members of the group could be heard chuckling and chatting as they ascended the steps.
We love standards.
Well done, Specialist.
Carry on Patriots. pic.twitter.com/Uk6ek6oOso
— Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) November 12, 2026
The sentinel — a member of the Army's 3rd Infantry Regiment, known as The Old Guard — stepped forward and shouted in their direction: "All visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times!"
Video of the encounter, which followed the annual Veterans Day wreath-laying ceremony, spread quickly online.
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Nov 12, 2026
Reddit (RDDT) is one of the most frequently cited sources in AI-generated answers. Yet its most recent earnings report showed that Google's AI Overviews have undermined its search traffic.
At Yahoo Finance Invest, Reddit co-founder and CEO Steve Huffman described this dynamic as the "paradox" of AI for the company.
"AI does not exist as we know it without Reddit, " Huffman said on Thursday. "Every model you've heard of trained with or without our permission using Reddit. It's this paradox which is the more AI there is, the more the human nature of Reddit stands out."
In a quarterly letter to investors in October, Huffman noted that Reddit's search traffic "dropped by more than 1 million referrals on average per week" during the month. "Web search is evolving from a gateway to the web to becoming an AI-powered destination itself," Huffman said.
Huffman added in the company's third quarter earnings call that "Google is not sending [users] to Reddit the way they used to."
According to Similarweb, a web analytics platform, Reddit's traffic is down 13% year over year. Reddit's $60 million-a-year data deal with Google is up for renewal next year.
The company's Q3 report showed total daily active unique users increased 12% year over year to 130.3 million (slightly below analyst expectations of 133.7
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Nov 12, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — Two Democratic senators are launching an investigation into whether Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lied to Congress about his reason for a 2019 trip to Samoa after The Associated Press and The Guardian published documents in August refuting his testimony.
The new inquiry is one of a vast array of investigations planned into the Trump administration after Democrats regained control of the House and Senate from Republicans in the midterm elections.
Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., said in a letter Wednesday to Children's Health Defense, a nonprofit group known for anti-vaccine activism that was formerly chaired by Kennedy, that they were starting an investigation.
The lawmakers asked the group for a broad range of documents related to Kennedy's Samoa travel, his 2024 presidential campaign and his Senate confirmation process. The letter also requested all communications between the group and federal government officials since President Donald Trump's second term began in January 2025. The senators gave the group a deadline of Dec. 4 to comply.
AP and Guardian reporting in August showed that while Kennedy repeatedly told lawmakers who held the key to his confirmation last year that his
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Nov 12, 2026
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday that no migrant caravans have reached the U.S. border since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to office in 2025, responding to his threat to double tariffs on Mexican goods unless Mexico stops migrants from traveling through its territory.
"Not a single migrant caravan has reached the north" since January 2025, Sheinbaum said at her daily news briefing.
Sheinbaum said a caravan of about 600 migrants traveling through the southern state of Chiapas had largely dispersed after its members were told that reaching the United States would be "very difficult."
She said Mexican authorities were also in talks with another group of several hundred Honduran migrants, encouraging them to return to their home country.
Asked whether Mexico would use force to break up the caravans, Sheinbaum ruled out such measures, saying authorities have "extensive experience" accompanying migrants and explaining that they have little chance of crossing into the United States.
Earlier Thursday, Trump claimed on Truth Social that the United States faced an "invasion" following midterm elections in which Democrats won control of Congress.
"Huge caravans are forming and beginning their illegal march through Mexico. Many of the people in these Caravans are those that various countries don't want," he wrote. "MEXICO MUST STOP THEM, NOW, and if they do not do so, the Tariffs on Mexico will be IMMEDIATELY DOUBLED."
Following the election, Trump named Stephen Miller, an architect of his hard-line immigration policies, as White Ho
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Nov 12, 2026
At least five people were shot in Washington, D.C.'s Logan Circle neighborhood early Thursday, and police said the suspected shooter was barricaded inside a building.
Police responded to reports of an active shooting inside a gym just before 8 a.m. ET.
At 9.21 a.m. ET, police said that the suspect had been barricaded in the 1500 block of 15th Street, Northwest.
D.C. council member Brooke Pinto posted to her X account that the shootings happened "at and outside Vida fitness," adding. "Shooting in the area of 15th and P Streets NW this morning. Please avoid the Logan Circle area as MPD responds."
The Associated Press reported five people had been shot.
People have been told to avoid the area at 15th St. NW and P St. NW, while authorities attend the incident. Much of the block was cordoned off and schools near the scene were placed on lockdown.
Witness Ryan Dubicki said he was in his apartment around 8 a.m. when he "heard about five bangs."
"They were really spread out so I thought it was construction," he said. His apartment building managers sent a notice that there was a possible active shooter.
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Nov 12, 2026
President Trump on Thursday reacted to reports that more than 1,000 migrants are heading toward the U.S. from Mexico, which he connected to sweeping Republican losses in the midterms.
A Chiapas state government source told Reuters that around 1,500 people, including several families with small children and strollers, left the Mexican city of Tapachula by Guatemala's border on Tuesday.
"Here we go again! With the perceived loss by the Republicans in the Midterms — I WAS NOT ON THE BALLOT — the INVASION of our Country is taking place again," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Huge CARAVANS are forming and beginning their illegal march through Mexico."
He directed a warning toward Mexico, saying the country's government must stop the caravan or the "Tariffs on Mexico will be IMMEDIATELY DOUBLED."
"MEXICO, THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, THE VERY LIBERAL NEW GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, OUR GREAT BORDER PATROL, & ICE, HAVE BEEN SO INFORMED," the president's post concluded. "There will be no leniency!"
Many of the migrants, coming from Central America, told Reuters and other outlets that the Democratic victories last week could open new opportunities for them in the U.S.
"There might
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Nov 12, 2026
Nvidia (NVDA) CFO Colette Kress has been named interim CEO after Jensen Huang stepped down amid allegations of an affair with a Chinese spy and a company executive.
Kress, one of Nvidia's more prominent executives, joined the company in 2013 and helped guide its financial success, transforming it from a video game company into the AI juggernaut it is today.
In a statement, Kress said she is committed to building on the work Jensen has done to turn Nvidia into the company it has become.
"We will continue advancing the work that has made Nvidia a leader in accelerated computing and AI, and execute on the opportunities ahead. Our focus remains on serving our customers, partners, developers and shareholders," she said.
Kress regularly provides financial updates during Nvidia's quarterly earnings call, making her well-known among analysts and investors.
Prior to joining the company, Kress served as senior vice president and CFO for Cisco's (CSCO) Business Technology and Operations Finance group,
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Nov 12, 2026
Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Chris Coons of Delaware have formally asked the Trump administration to "preserve all records" related to the administration's dealings with Nvidia (NVDA) as Democrats prepare to take power on Capitol Hill in 2027 and promise to probe the issues surrounding CEO Jensen Huang's departure.
The request came in a letter Wednesday evening targeting any administration materials related to the chipmaker's exports to China, as well as the ousted CEO's affair with a suspected Chinese intelligence asset.
Huang's resignation "does not absolve him, other executives, or the company as a whole of responsibility for putting our national security at risk or for any potential violations of our laws," Warren said in a statement Thursday morning adding that Trump officials must still "explain why they have not closed export control loopholes."
The letter was directed to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and White House chief of staff Stephen Miller and noted reports that Trump officials were aware of concerns about Nvidia, "yet did not move to block the continued flow of advanced AI chips to Megaspeed or other companies affiliated with the suspected operative."
The White House didn't offer an immediate response Thursday morning. The letter asked the officials to confirm by next Tuesday that they will comply and have begun the document preservation process.
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Nov 12, 2026
THE TAKEAWAY:
NOAA announced that the 2026 El Niño has reached Super El Niño status.Water temperatures in the Niño 3.4 region of the equatorial Pacific have climbed to 2.0°C above average for three consecutive months.A Super El Niño will have a major impact on the 2026-2027 winter, causing more storms in the southern tier of the U.S. and above-average temperatures in the northern tier.NOAA's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) announced Thursday that the 2026 El Niño has officially reached Super El Niño status, also known as a Very Strong El Niño.
Pena Becomes First November Tropical Storm To Form In Central Pacific Since 1982 Amid Intensifying El Niño
Water temperatures in the Niño 3.4 region of the equatorial Pacific, where forecasters monitor the strength of El Niño, have climbed to 2.0°C above average, meeting the threshold for the designation.
To determine the strength of the climate pattern, forecasters use a three-month average of ocean temperatures rather than daily readings. This approach helps account for short-term fluctuations and provides a more consistent picture of changing ocean conditions.
The latest evaluation found that the three-month period from August through October reached the 2°C threshold. An earlier assessment covering July through September did not record temperatures high enough to qualify as a Super El Niño.
Nasa Satellites Reveal Striking Ocean Color Change As Super El Niño Strengthens
El Niño has been in effec
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Nov 12, 2026
Nvidia (NVDA) stock tanked in premarket trading after Jensen Huang resigned as CEO. The company's CFO, Colette Kress, will serve as the interim head of the business until a permanent successor is named.
Nvidia stock dropped 10% on the news.
The leadership shakeup followed a report from The New York Times on Wednesday that embattled Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang was allegedly involved in a second extramarital affair. The company's board was reportedly meeting on Wednesday night to determine if it will oust Huang as chief executive, the Wall Street Journal reports.
According to the report, Huang, whose relationship with a woman alleged to be a Chinese spy has embroiled the company in scandal this week, also had a relationship with Nvidia executive Kimberly Powell. The Times report says that Huang and Powell were seen being affectionate at a hotel during a company conference in March.
Huang was already
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Nov 12, 2026
What to know about the Iran war today:A senior Iranian security official insisted Thursday that Tehran would "decide on the manner and agenda of any negotiations" with the U.S. only after its "seven conditions are fulfilled and accepted." Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called those conditions "unacceptable."During a Veterans Day address Wednesday, President Trump again declared victory in the war with Iran, but he also acknowledged the conflict wasn't over. "Just a question of when we want to end it," he said.The head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council vowed Wednesday that Tehran would not allow the removal of "even a single particle of enriched nuclear material" from the country, casting doubt on diplomatic efforts as the U.S. has long sought a peace deal that would see Iran give up its enriched uranium.
Trump says "we don't need a deal with Iran"
President Trump said Thursday that the United States doesn't need a peace deal with Iran, claiming the U.S. holds Tehran's money, possibly referring to frozen financial assets, and that the U.S. has control over the Strait of Hormuz.
"Those days have long since passed," the president wrote on Truth Social of the prospects for a peace deal. "We've got their money, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and we've got their Strait!"
His remarks, offered without furt
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Nov 12, 2026
WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wanted Vice President ?JD Vance to focus "his complete and total ?attention" on any crime and corruption in Democratic-run US cities, ?saying that effort could save more money than a deal with Iran.
"Our Budget could be quickly BALANCED with the correction of this large scale criminal ?activity. CORRUPTION is ?in the Democrat Leadership's blood!" Trump wrote on social media. "We don't need a ?deal with Iran. Those days have long since passed. We've got their money, Hundreds of Billions ?of Dollars, ?and we've got their ?Strait!"
Vance, who had taken ?on a role in trying to resolve the conflict with Iran, distanced himself from Trump's war on Wednesday after Republicans' midterm election rout by Democrats.
He questioned whether it was worth the cost ?and blamed the Iran war ?for Republicans' election losses.
Vance, ?who is seen ?as a leading 2028 presidential contender, ?also said an earlier recommendation ?to end ?the war was "sound advice."
Trump has repeatedly targeted Democratic-run cities over immigration policies and alleged corruption ?since taking office ?in January 2025 for his second White ?House term.
(Reporting by Doina Chiacu and Susan ?HeaveyEditing by Tomasz Janowski)
This article originally appeared on Reuters at https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-says-vance-focus-domestic-133908907.html
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Nov 12, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Four people were shot in a trendy Washington, D.C., neighborhood within walking distance of the White House early Thursday, said police, who were responding to multiple locations.
The shootings were reported in Logan Circle, about 1 mile north of the White House. No other details are immediately available, including the exact location of the shooting, police Officer Nathan Clarke said.
Police urged people to avoid the area of the 1500 block of 15th Street, which includes a VIDA fitness center, St. Luke's Episcopal Church and residences and is around the corner from a Whole Foods supermarket. Much of the block was cordoned off. Schools near the scene were placed on lockdown.
Streets around the area also were blocked off during a massive police response to the scene. The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said it sent agents to the scene to help.
In early August 2025, a onetime member of President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency was assaulted early on a Sunday morning in the Logan Circle neighborhood by a group of teenagers attempting to carjack him and a woman, authorities said.
Days later, Trump fulfilled his threat to bypass local authority and imposed direct federal control over the city, sending in hundreds of National Guard members to reduce crime. That deployment continues today.
This article originally appeared on Associated Press at https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/police-4-people-shot-trendy-133044524.html
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Nov 12, 2026
At least five people were killed and 17 others injured Wednesday, when a three-story building collapsed in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City.
The four-unit apartment building crumpled into a construction site next to it at about 4 p.m. ET.
Seven of the casualties were children, Reuters reported, with at least 17 people taken to a hospital. Four were in a critical condition. Authorities did not confirm if any of the children were among those killed.
Two deaths were announced on Wednesday. Firefighters removed three more bodies on Thursday morning, the Associated Press reported.
Rescuers searched for survivors into the night with about 250 first responders at the scene. "We'll continue to look until we find everybody," FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore said.
A pregnant woman was among those trapped in the rubble. Footage broadcast by CBS News New York showed her being pulled out by rescuers more than two hours after the building collapsed, while her husband waited in anguish.
"She is alive. She is still alive. I'm very happy. I'm very happy. I'm very happy. I thank all of you guys," he told CBS News New York after she was rescued. "She's pregnant, six months."
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Nov 12, 2026
Nvidia (NVDA) stock tanked in after-hours trading following a report from the New York Times that embattled Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang was allegedly involved in a second extramarital affair.
The company's board is reportedly meeting to determine if it will oust Huang as chief executive, the Wall Street Journal reports.
According to the report, Huang, whose relationship with a woman alleged to be a Chinese spy has embroiled the company in scandal this week, also had a relationship with Nvidia executive Kimberly Powell.
Nvidia stock fell in after-hours trading following the report.
The Times report says that Huang and Powell were seen being affectionate at a hotel during a company conference in March.
Huang is already under investigation for an affair with Alice Huang, an alleged Chinese spy. The CEO admitted the affair in a memo to employees.
"I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply so
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Nov 12, 2026
Russia has intensified its strikes on Kyiv ahead of winter (Serhii Okunev)US envoys arrived at the Kremlin on Thursday to meet with President Vladimir Putin after talks in Abu Dhabi on the war in Ukraine, with both Washington and Kyiv suggesting there was a window of opportunity for progress on ending Europe's worst conflict since World War II.
The envoys -- US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and businessman Steve Witkoff -- will fly to Dublin after meeting Putin to brief his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, who was in the Irish capital to meet with European leaders.
An AFP journalist saw the pair's motorcade arrive at the Kremlin shortly after 1:00 pm (1000 GMT).
Kushner said the meeting with Putin would "go over what was discussed" during two days of talks this week in Abu Dhabi, and to seek progress "because we see some openings and some opportunities".
Arriving in Ireland late Wednesday, Zelensky also said there could be a "window of opportunity" to end the war with Russia before 2027.
"What's important is that the Americans flew to Putin with specifics. I would very much like them to return to Dublin with specifics," he said, adding that while he was still sceptical "there is hope".
European countries have been rattled by Russia pushing a review of the entire continent's security architecture, with the US also floating a new framework.
- 'Biggest' prisoner exchange -
Some 50 European leaders are due to gather in the Irish capital Thursday, with the Abu Dhabi talks set to dominate the summit.
EU officials say there appears to have been little genuine progress towards peace and are adamant that Europe sees no need to discuss its broader security arrangement with Moscow before fighting
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Nov 12, 2026
After a primary season that featured a string of wins for the Democratic Party's progressive wing, the moderates are striking back by claiming credit for a landslide midterm takeover of Congress.
The party will return to Capitol Hill in 2027 with at least 54 Senate seats and 255 House seats, thanks to wins in deep-red districts and states such as Kansas and Iowa. And many of the candidates, such as megachurch pastor and Kansas Sen.-elect Adam Hamilton, avoided staking out controversial progressive policy proposals.
"It is incredibly striking and profound that Democratic moderates were able to hand Trumpism some of its biggest defeats this cycle," Kate DeGruyter, a spokeswoman for Third Way, a centrist Democratic group, told USA TODAY.
The debate over how and why Democrats won will influence what measures the new majority caucuses will take up first and how far those actions should go.
Third Way struck early, with a Nov. 4 memo that claimed "
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Nov 12, 2026
The NewsSome Democrats say they won't vote for Chuck Schumer to be Democrat leader. Others are declining to endorse him publicly as Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., weighs a challenge and dials up colleagues.
But a confident Schumer is acting like he's staying put. And many of his colleagues are itching to skip the Democratic infighting altogether and reach the moment when Schumer is reelected Democratic leader on Dec. 1.
"Schumer has been an unpopular figure among people who don't understand the role of the Senate party leader. And I think it probably helped them on the trail," Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., told Semafor. "It's not the first time that a Senate leader has helped elected members who have opposed his leadership."
He said he was confident when all is said and done, Schumer will emerge as the victor. Schumer is, too.
The New York senator has asserted repeatedly he'll be the majority leader again next year. And in a sign of that confidence, he's already plotting out a unified Democratic agenda with House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries. He spent his Wednesday doing things that only a returning leader would: meeting with incoming newly-elected senators like Rep. Chris Pappas, D-N.H., and Sen.-elect Adam Hamilton, D-Kan., to discuss their priorities and what committees they'd like to serve on.
Schumer is not acting like a guy who is short of the votes. Hamilton has called for new party leadership and told Semafor that Schumer didn't ask him to reconsider that demand during their sitdown on Wednesday: "No, he didn't at all, actually."
"We talked about being overwhelmed when you're first getting into this and talked about stories, things that matter, committees," Hamilton said.
Path to victory
Schumer recruited a number of strong Democratic candidates, including former Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, former Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina, and former Rep. Mary Peltola of Ala
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Nov 12, 2026
The House Freedom Caucus is staring down an unfamiliar new reality in 2027: questionable relevance.
That's partly because the ultra-conservative group achieved an indubitable triumph this week, when its co-founder and first chair, Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, was elected Tuesday to serve as the next top House Republican leader.
It's also because the group has traditionally wielded its power by acting as a holdout bloc in thin Republican majorities. Now the GOP is on track to hold the smallest House minority any party has had in more than 30 years.
"It's completely variant from being the most powerful faction within a legislative body that has legislative authority through majority control," said Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana, a caucus member. "Well, that's off the table now."
Founded in 2015, the Freedom Caucus persisted through a prior stretch in the minority, under then-Leader Kevin McCarthy, from 2019 to 2023. But Jordan's ascendance is prompting big questions about the role of a group that was established to prod party leaders rightward now that the GOP's top man is one of their own.
Higgins said, for example, "our principles are the same" but the group would now be more focused on "strategic alignment to protect the gains that we have indeed made over the last few years." Another member, Rep. Marlin Stutzman of Indiana, said it would move to a "think tank model where we're pulling good information together … to really inform the rest of the conference."
At a Wednesday news conference where members of the group blamed the GOP's huge election losses on current party leaders' timidity, several rejected the notion that there would be any diminishment of its influence — including several who are expected to vie to be elected caucus chair in the next Congress.
Asked what the point of the Freedom Cau
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Nov 12, 2026
At least two people were killed and 17 others injured Wednesday, when a three-story building collapsed in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City.
The four-unit apartment building crumpled into a construction site next to it at about 4 p.m. ET in the Flatbush area.
Seven of the casualties were children, Reuters reported, with at least 10 people taken to a hospital. Authorities did not confirm if any of the children were among those killed.
Rescuers searched for survivors into the night with about 250 first responders at the scene. "We'll continue to look until we find everybody," FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore said.
One resident, Anderson Velez, told the New York Post he was at work in the Bronx when his wife called him and said their children, ages 7 and 2, were trapped.
"She called me when the building collapsed while she was inside with rubble on top of her. She was screaming for someone to help get my son out and then the call cut off," he said, confirming his family was now safe.
Crews worked throughout the night to rescue those still trapped inside the collapsed building. New York television station WABC-TV reported that a pregnant woman was pulled from the rubble hours after the coll
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Nov 12, 2026
Nvidia (NVDA) stock tanked in after-hours trading following a report from the New York Times that embattled Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang was allegedly involved in a second extramarital affair.
The company's board is reportedly meeting to determine if it will oust Huang as chief executive, the Wall Street Journal reports.
According to the report, Huang, whose relationship with a woman alleged to be a Chinese spy has embroiled the company in scandal this week, also had a relationship with Nvidia executive Kimberly Powell.
Nvidia stock fell in after-hours trading following the report.
The Times report says that Huang and Powell were seen being affectionate at a hotel during a company conference in March.
Huang is already under investigation for an affair with Alice Huang, an alleged Chinese spy. The CEO admitted the affair in a memo to employees.
"I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply so
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Nov 12, 2026
Mississippi Democrat Scott Colom narrowly defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith on Wednesday to flip another Senate seat for Democrats and become the first Black candidate elected to the U.S. Senate from Mississippi in more than 140 years.
According to figures from the Associated Press, Colom — who will also be Mississippi's first Black senator since 1989 — won 49.2% of the vote. Hyde-Smith finished with 48.7%.
"There were times that I couldn't get donors to answer the phone," Colom told supporters as they celebrated his historic upset late Wednesday night. "They did not believe a moment like this was possible, but I kept the faith."
Mississippi — one of the reddest states in the country — wasn't really on the national radar prior to Nov. 3. President Trump won the state by 23 percentage points in 2024 — his third straight win there. Looking ahead to the 2026 Senate race, analysts said it was a "likely Republican" hold. Barely anyone bothered to poll it.
But by the end of Election Night, Colom and Hyde-Smith were separated by just 65 votes, shocking the nation.
Colom's win expands Democrats' total number of Senate seats to 55 and cements the party's best overall midterm performance since 1974 — a
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Nov 11, 2026
At least two people are dead and over a dozen others injured after a building collapsed in Brooklyn, according to New York City authorities.
A "dangerous" search and rescue operation is ongoing and there could be more victims, fire officials warned.
A three-story building at the intersection of Flatbush and Bedford Avenues in the Flatbush neighborhood collapsed into an adjacent excavation site, where workers were on scene, according fire officials. The wall of another three-story building that now stands next to the site was also shorn off, exposing apartments.
"This was a major technical response," FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore said at a press briefing. "Multiple people from the building and a construction site were trapped."
Angelina Katsanis/Reuters - PHOTO: Emergency personnel work at the scene of a partial building collapse where, according to local reports, people are trapped in Brooklyn, Nov. 11, 2026. Two people have died, according to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Another 17 people were injured, including four in critical condition, 12 in stable and a firefighter with minor injuries, Bonsignore said.
The victims include seven children, Bonsignore said, without specifying if they were among the deceased.
It is unclear how many people may still be missing in the collapse, Bonsignore said, saying it will be a "prolonged operation" and that they expect there to be more victims.
"This was a devastating collapse," Mamdani said at the press briefing.
Angelina Katsanis/Reuters - PHOTO: Emergency personnel work at the scene of a partial b
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Nov 11, 2026
At least two people are dead and over a dozen others injured after a building collapsed in Brooklyn, according to New York City authorities.
A "dangerous" search and rescue operation is ongoing and there could be more victims, fire officials warned.
A three-story building at the intersection of Flatbush and Bedford Avenues in the Flatbush neighborhood collapsed into an adjacent excavation site, where workers were on scene, according fire officials. The wall of another three-story building that now stands next to the site was also shorn off, exposing apartments.
"This was a major technical response," FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore said at a press briefing. "Multiple people from the building and a construction site were trapped."
Angelina Katsanis/Reuters - PHOTO: Emergency personnel work at the scene of a partial building collapse where, according to local reports, people are trapped in Brooklyn, Nov. 11, 2026. Two people have died, according to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Another 17 people were injured, including four in critical condition, 12 in stable and a firefighter with minor injuries, Bonsignore said.
The victims include seven children, Bonsignore said, without specifying if they were among the deceased.
It is unclear how many people may still be missing in the collapse, Bonsignore said, saying it will be a "prolonged operation" and that they expect there to be more victims.
"This was a devastating collapse," Mamdani said at the press briefing.
Angelina Katsanis/Reuters - PHOTO: Emergency personnel work at the scene of a partial b
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Nov 11, 2026
By Steve Gorman
Nov 11 (Reuters) - Famed ocean liner SS United States, the largest passenger ship ever built in America and the world's fastest, headed for the sea floor near Florida on Wednesday in a deliberate sinking designed to transform the ?vessel into the world's biggest artificial reef.
The finale to a year-long process preparing the ship to meet its destiny, 75 years ?after it was first launched at sea, was presented in a livestream showing aerial views of the once-grand vessel's rusted hulk, stripped of its two smokestacks, afloat but quietly, slowly ?settling into calm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
The ship, measuring nearly 1,000 feet from stem to stern, was surrounded by onlookers and safety crews aboard dozens of tugboats and recreational vessels that accompanied the ocean liner as it was towed out to sea for its final voyage.
By then, work crews had spent months removing all environmentally unsafe materials from the ship, including residual fuel, wiring, glass, ductwork and other non-metal items, as well as ?any objects that could pose entanglement hazards for scuba ?divers.
The crews then cut holes strategically throughout the ship's hull and its decks to ensure that it would sink in a gradual, level and uniform manner, according to a fact sheet posted online by project organizers. No ?explosives were being used.
Passageways also were cut through the interior to allow for marine life to thrive in and around the ship on the sea floor.
If all goes as planned, the aging 20th-century vessel will come to rest upright on the gulf floor at a depth of 180 feet off the coast of ?Destin, ?Florida, a resort town and recreational fishing haven known for its white sand ?beaches and emerald green waters. The upper deck is expected ?to end up about 50 feet beneath the surface, organizers said.
The sinking process began at about 1 p.m. CST but was so imperceptibly slow that the majori
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Nov 11, 2026
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska judge ruled Wednesday that a request by Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola's campaign for a list of absentee voters whose ballots have been rejected is "not reasonable," particularly given the time crunch election officials face as they continue counting ballots from last week's election.
Ballots are still being tallied in the ranked vote election, in which Peltola and two-term Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan are the main contenders. Alaska's is the only Senate race in the country that remained too early to call.
The state accepts ballots up to 15 days after general elections from overseas voters, making Nov. 18 the final day to receive them. That date is also the Division of Elections' target for conducting ranked vote tabulations if no candidate wins more than 50% of the first-choice votes.
Attorneys for Peltola's campaign last Friday sued state elections officials, seeking a list of voters whose absentee ballots have been rejected and the reasons for the rejections. They said their intent was to ensure that all qualified voters have their ballots counted.
But attorneys for the state said the information requested would violate voter privacy. They also said producing such a list from a voter database would constitute an "electronic service or product" that under state law may not take priority over an agency's main responsibilities.
Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews, in a written ruling, said that "in theory" records from the voter database could be redacted and produced in a way that would allow their release. But he said the division is not required to disclose the records requested b
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Nov 11, 2026
Nvidia (NVDA) stock tanked in after-hours trading following a report from the New York Times that embattled Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang was allegedly involved in a second extramarital affair.
The company's board is reportedly meeting to determine if it will oust Huang as chief executive, the Wall Street Journal reports.
According to the report, Huang, whose relationship with a woman alleged to be a Chinese spy has embroiled the company in scandal this week, also had a relationship with Nvidia executive Kimberly Powell.
Nvidia stock fell in after-hours trading following the report.
The Times report says that Huang and Powell were seen being affectionate at a hotel during a company conference in March.
Huang is already under investigation for an affair with Alice Huang, an alleged Chinese spy. The CEO admitted the affair in a memo to employees.
"I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply so
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Nov 11, 2026
At least one person is dead and multiple others injured, including an individual who is trapped, after a building collapsed in Brooklyn, according to New York City authorities.
The FDNY said rescue operations are underway after responding to reports of people trapped following a building collapse in the Flatbush neighborhood.
Angelina Katsanis/Reuters - PHOTO: Emergency personnel work at the scene of a partial building collapse where, according to local reports, people are trapped in Brooklyn, Nov. 11, 2026. A three-story building collapsed into an open excavation site, where workers were on scene, according to an FDNY dispatch. The wall of another three-story building that now stands next to the site was also shorn off, exposing apartments.
One person was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the New York Police Department.
Ten people were injured, including two critically, according to the FDNY. The injured include one person who remains trapped, the department said.
Earlier, the FDNY said several construction workers were being transported to the hospital for treatment, and firefighters were trying to get a count of all the workers on the job site.
The site under construction is being developed into a nine-story, mixed-use building, with plans for a grocery store and medical center on the ground floor and apartments on the upper floors, permit records show.
Angelina Katsanis/Reuters - PHOTO: Emergency personnel work at the scene of a partial building collapse in Brooklyn, Nov. 11, 2026.
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Nov 11, 2026
Mississippi Democrat Scott Colom has narrowly defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith to flip another Senate seat for Democrats.
According to figures from the Associated Press, Colom won 49.2% of the vote in the closely contested race, which was called more than a week after Election Day. Hyde-Smith trailed on 48.7%.
Mississippi — one of the reddest states in the country — wasn't really on the national radar prior to the elections. However, early results showed the two candidates separated by as few as 43 votes, indicating a shock was brewing.
The outcome expands Democrats' total number of Senate seats to 55, following a midterms rout that has seen the GOP lose control of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House.
Colom becomes the first elected Black U.S. senator in Mississippi in more than 140 years.
Prior to the result being declared, Colom had repeatedly expressed confidence that his campaign would prevail, flooding the airwaves and attending at least eight events. "It's very clear the direction of this," he told reporters on Friday. In contrast, Hyde-Smith had "not been seen publicly since she left her election night watch party just outside of Jackson," CNN reported Monday.
Alaska is now the only remaining Senate race to be called. Democrat Mary Peltola holds the lead on 49%, with 84% of the vote counted. Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan is on 47.2%, according
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Nov 11, 2026
Embattled Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang was allegedly involved in a second extramarital affair.
The company's board is reportedly meeting to determine if it will oust Huang as chief executive, the Wall Street Journal reports. Nvidia stock fell in after-hours trading following the report.
According to The New York Times, Huang, whose relationship with a woman alleged to be a Chinese spy has embroiled the company in scandal this week, also had a relationship with Nvidia executive Kimberly Powell.
She joined Nvidia in 2008 and heads up the company's healthcare business.
The Times report says that Huang and Powell were seen being affectionate at a hotel during a company conference in March, and that when a bystander took a photo of the interaction, a security guard "sequestered them" and made them an offer to sign a nondisclosure agreement.
Last month, The Times reported that US intelligence services believed a woman, Alice Huang, a former
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Nov 11, 2026
The Black college students who were harassed by two White students at the University of Mississippi making monkey gestures and sounds outside their apartment are speaking out after the incident went viral.
The women said they were familiar with the stories of racism some faced at Ole Miss over the years — the school didn't allow its first Black student, James Meredith, until 1962, for instance — but they were not prepared for what they experienced last Friday.
Jakirya Metcalf, a freshman at Ole Miss, said she was in her apartment last Friday night when she saw the video on her Ring camera.
"We actually went outside and tried to, like, approach them and get them to explain why they did that," Metcalf told "CBS Mornings."
"One girl was like, 'I'm sorry we did that to four doors,'" Victoria Johnson, one of the roommates, said. "And mind you, we didn't see any one of those doors. It was just ours that was targeted. And she was like, 'We didn't mean any harm.'"
Metcalf and Johnson said the first person seen on the video, Aliana Kunes, apologized. But the second person, who made monkey sounds toward the camera, doubled down off-camera.
"She continued to make the gestures after the girl was apologizing," Johnson said. "It was like a slap in the face."
"I had said that I don't think they should go around because even if they go to other people's door and do that,
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Nov 11, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — A soldier guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier issued a verbal reprimand to a group of advisers and staffers with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.
Video shows Hegseth taking photos on the empty steps in front of the tomb with his wife, Jennifer, chief of staff Ricky Buria, deputy chief of staff Patrick Weaver and senior adviser Tami Radabaugh.
As the group broke from taking photos, a loud laugh could be heard, and the soldier guarding the tomb shouted that "all visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times."
Sean Parnell, the Pentagon's top spokesman, said that "while commemorating this solemn day, a soldier correctly and respectfully reminded everyone to maintain decorum."
"The Secretary and the entire Department have always honored — and will always honor — the sacrifices our military men and women have made to keep America safe," he added.
The tomb is considered to be one of the most solemn and revered war memorials in the U.S., being the final resting place of unidentified soldiers from World War I, World War II and the Korean War. It has been guarded around the clock — rain or shine — by a soldier from the Army's 3rd Infantry Regiment, also known as "The Old Guard," since 1948.
Hegseth and his staff were at the tomb as part of a larger ceremony commemorating Veterans Day that also was attended by President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.
The incident comes a day after Hegseth
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Nov 11, 2026
Democrat Scott Colom on Wednesday was on the brink of wrapping up a historic win in the Mississippi Senate race after he extended his lead by gaining ground in a new batch of votes.
Colom increased his edge over Republican incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith to nearly 4,000 votes, or more than .3%, after he was expected to overwhelmingly win 817 approved provisional ballots from deep-blue Hinds County, which includes the city of Jackson.
Hinds County voters cast about 2,400 provisional ballots but officials rejected about two-thirds of them, a share that is much higher than in other Mississippi counties. There was no immediate explanation for the discrepancy.
Mississippi has no statewide count of outstanding ballots but it appears there are only handfuls of votes still to be counted by county officials, meaning Hyde-Smith has no realistic path to taking the lead.
Mississippi is expected to certify its final results by Friday. After that, a losing candidate would have to sue to seek a recount, which most analysts believe would be highly unlikely to change the result.
Democrats had already wrapped up 54 Senate seats and are heavily favored in Alaska as well as Mississippi. That sets the party up for a likely total of 56 seats in the incoming Congress, an eye-popping gain of nine compared to the current tally.
Colom, who would become the first Black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction, is perhaps the most unlikely winner of any 2026 Senate race.
Mississippi hasn't elected a Democratic senator in four decades and President Trump carried the state by 23% in 2024.
Colom's win was powered by extremely high Black turnout across the Deep South after the conservative Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act.
He also won a far larger share of white voters as Trump's MAGA base splinters over rising costs and the unpopular war in Iran.
Colom captured the attention of national pundits with an extreme
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Nov 11, 2026
US President Donald Trump takes part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during Veterans Day observances at Arlington National Cemetery (MANDEL NGAN)President Donald Trump used a US Veterans Day commemoration Wednesday to defend the war against Iran -- an increasingly unpopular conflict that helped trigger a Democratic takeover of Congress in last week's midterm elections.
"The bravery and skill of our amazing American warriors has absolutely been incredible," Trump said in an address at Arlington National Cemetery just outside Washington.
"When this conflict is over, and it will be soon, the entire world will be a much safer and better place, more peaceful place, and a place without the kind of danger that we had to suffer."
The war, which began on February 28 with US and Israeli strikes against Iran, has so far cost the lives of 23 US service members and wounded several hundred more, according to the latest Pentagon figures.
Trump said in his remarks that the conflict was started not by Washington but by Tehran, which "has been waging war on America since 1979." He stressed that US forces were acting in order to halt Iran's capacity to build a nuclear weapon.
During his speech before troops, veterans and top officials in his administration, Trump namechecked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who was in attendance, saying he had "done a fantastic job."
Republicans in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday blocked an effort -- launched by an outgoing Republican lawmaker -- to impeach Hegseth for allegedly waging war without congressional authorization and abusing his powers as Pentagon chief.
Trump, 80, attended a wreath-laying ceremony at the cemetery's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a sacred symbol for America's lost ser
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Nov 11, 2026
From left: Nancy Pelosi, Steven Horsford and Haley Stevens missed the vote on Tuesday evening.Composite: Getty Images, Bloomberg
Democratic lawmakers expressed outrage at nearly a dozen of their colleagues for missing a vote Tuesday evening to impeach the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, allowing Republicans to defeat the effort.
Eleven Democrats missed the key procedural vote on the impeachment effort, which failed by just seven votes. Some blamed traffic and conflicting events and others accused Speaker Mike Johnson of closing the vote early. Many of those not in the Capitol said they support the effort to impeach Hegseth.
"You should show up and do your job," Abdul El-Sayed, the senator-elect of Michigan, said on CNN to the Democratic lawmakers Tuesday.
Richard Ojeda, the representative-elect of North Carolina, told CNN that the Democratic representatives "failed" by not voting.
"Shame on them for not showing up," Ojeda said on Tuesday. "I mean, this is important … they had an opportunity to finally get rid of this buffoonery we had."
The missing Democrats gave House Republicans the numbers to shelve the impeachment effort by voting 211 - 204 to refer eight articles of impeachment against
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Nov 11, 2026
The first widespread cold snap of the season will remind the eastern half of the country that winter is coming - and some will even see their first snowflakes of the year.
"For nearly every state along and east of the Mississippi River, the upcoming pattern this weekend will bring the lowest temperatures of the season so far," said AccuWeather meteorologist Alex Sosnowski in an online forecast.
Snow will also make news at higher elevations of the eastern U.S. and in some of the Great Lakes snow belts, forecasters said.
But El Nin~o is starting to take over U.S. weather, and unusually mild temperatures will soon return to the forecast for many by next week. A forecast map from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center shows warmer-than-average temperatures are expected later next week for most of the nation east of the Rockies.
How much snow will fall?
The snow accumulation over the next few days will depend heavily on elevation, temperatures and snowfall rates, according to AccuWeather.
"Many
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Nov 11, 2026
The White House counsel's office is warning Rep. Robert Garcia, the future head of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, that Democrats' threats to engage in oversight against the Trump administration could cross the line into criminal behavior.
— Alayna Treene (@alaynatreene) November 11, 2026
The warning came in a Monday letter from White House counsel Will Scharf to Rep. Garcia that was obtained by ABC News.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
This article originally appeared on Good Morning America at https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/top-wh-lawyer-warns-democrats-140924079.html
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Nov 11, 2026
The job market is brutal for recent college graduates trying to break into fields such as technology and finance.
The flip side: It's a good time to be a more seasoned white-collar worker, with employment by some measures climbing for people who are over 35.
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There's little agreement on what's driving the trend, but it dents the assumption that experienced workers can be at risk of being cast aside for fresher faces. Some evidence suggests that artificial intelligence is helping turn experience into an advantage, because it may supercharge workers' existing skills.
Since ChatGPT debuted in late 2022, employment for Americans 30 or younger has dropped in a collection of office jobs such as software development, sales and accounting that are considered highly exposed to AI because tasks can be done more efficiently with the technology, according to a Washington Post analysis of data from Stanford University and the payroll firm ADP. For people 35 and older, employment has climbed more than 7 percent in those same occupations.
Census Bureau data for an array of technology sectors shows employment holding up for workers 35 to 54 from early 2023 to the most recently available figures in late 2025. For workers under 35, employment in those tech industries tanked over that period.
Employers appear to be explicitly seeking more experience when hiring. Job postings for tech, business and legal jobs have been gravitating toward those with six or more years of experience and away from those with fewer than three, according to the labor research nonprofit Burning Glass Institute.
It may be that experienced white-collar employees are t
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Nov 11, 2026
A police force in the U.K. said Tuesday it has been contacted by "several people" about possible criminal allegations against disgraced comedian and actor Russell Brand, who was sentenced Monday to more than 10 years in prison for rape and sexual assaults.
In a statement, London's Metropolitan Police said that "several people have contacted the investigation team during and since the trial to provide information or report a potential criminal allegation."
"Detectives are assessing this information as part of their ongoing enquiries," the police force added.
Last week, Met Police commissioner Mark Rowley said that two further rape allegations were being investigated. On Monday, Metropolitan Police Detective Superintendent Andy Furphy appealed outside the court after Brand's sentencing for other potential accusers to come forward. Brand has not been charged regarding these new allegations.
"I want to make a direct appeal to anyone who has been a victim of rape or any other sexual offense. We know it can take enormous courage to speak about what has happened to you, no matter how long ago it occurred or who was responsible," Furphy said outside of Southwark Crown Court. "If you come forward, you will be listened to, supported and treated with care and compassion."
The developments come amid new allegations from Brand's former girlfriend Jemima Goldsmith on Monday, who accused him of "violence, coercive control and abuse" while the two were together.
In a statement shared on X, the TV producer, who dated Brand for a year, wrote that she had to call the police to have him removed from her house in 2014 "during a violent incident." S
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Nov 11, 2026
What to know about the Iran war today:The head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary vowed Wednesday that Tehran would not allow the removal of "even a single particle of enriched nuclear material" from the country, casting doubt on diplomatic efforts as the U.S. has long sought a peace deal that would see Iran give up its enriched uranium.President Trump has argued that he needed to launch the war with Iran to prevent the Islamic Republic from obtaining a nuclear weapon, which the regime has always denied any intention of doing. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters Tuesday that "crazy Islamists in Tehran will never ever have a nuclear weapon."The war with Iran will cost Persian Gulf nations, most of which are close U.S. allies, more than $200 billion in damages, insurer Allianz Trade said Wednesday. Economic losses could reach nearly four times that amount by 2030, the insurer added.
Iranian officials says Europe and the U.S. have "heard the repercussions" of war
An adviser to Iran's supreme leader said Wednesday that the U.S. and Europe "have heard the repercussions" of the war launched jointly more than eight months ago by the U.S. and Israel.
In a post on X, Mohammad Mokhber said other nations' participation in the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports constituted an act of war that would be recorded "in the nation's historical memory."
"Responsibility and the consequences of such actions will extend to all participants, regardless of geographical boundaries," Mokhber said.
He did not mention any specific repercussions, but France has blamed Iran for
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Nov 11, 2026
THE TAKEAWAY:
Storm system to race through the eastern U.S. and move off the coast and develop into a nor'easter by Friday.Nor'easter to lash the Interstate 95 corridor with rain and wind, while delivering the first significant snow to northern Pennsylvania, Upstate New York and northern New England.Up to a foot of snow is possible across the White and Green mountains and in the Great Lakes.System to threaten Ohio and Tennessee valleys with severe weather Wednesday.A developing nor'easter threatens to lash the I-95 corridor with heavy rain and gusty winds beginning Thursday, while dumping the season's first significant snow across higher elevations of upstate New York and northern New England into the weekend.
What Is A Nor'easter?
The storm system is forecast to bring periods of rain, gusty winds and snow to parts of the Northeast after threatening the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley with severe weather Wednesday.
Polar Vortex Disrupted At The Earliest Point In Calendar Year On Record - What Happens Next?
A strong ridge of high pressure building over the western U.S. will help colder Canadian air push south into the Northeast
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Nov 11, 2026
Washington — After seeing success in reshaping the federal judiciary in his first term and the initial two years of his second administration, President Trump and Republicans' campaign to shift the courts to the right could be coming to an end with Democrats poised to take control of the Senate next year.
During his first term in office, Mr. Trump successfully put more than 230 judges on the federal bench, including three justices on the Supreme Court, remaking the judicial branch for decades. So far during his second term, the Senate has confirmed 57 of the president's judicial picks. In total, Trump nominees make up about one-third of active federal judges.
But Democrats are now poised to control at least 54 Senate seats, and as many as 56 depending on the outcome of races in Mississippi and Alaska, making it unlikely that Mr. Trump will fill many more vacancies on the U.S. district and appeals courts.
"No one, or nearly no one, is going to get confirmed, so what he does in terms of nominating people, we'll see," Ed Whelan, a distinguished senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and former law clerk to the late Justice Antonin Scalia, told CBS News.
There are currently 28 vacancies on the federal courts and another
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Nov 11, 2026
House Republicans on Tuesday tapped Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) to lead their diminished conference in the next Congress, betting that a conservative spitfire — and onetime leadership nemesis — can restore the fight to a party battered by the midterms and scrambling for a path back to power.
In brief comments right out of the gate, Jordan set the tenor of the coming clash, vowing to fight the ascendant Democrats on the size and scope of federal power — an issue that's taken on fresh significance with the arrival of a new crop of democratic socialist members.
"When Democrats offer more government, we'll offer more freedom," Jordan told reporters in the Capitol shortly after his victory at a press conference where new leaders declined to take questions. "And we will bring that fight in committee, on the floor and on the stump every single day."
He has a steep climb ahead.
Jordan's task is not only to bring together the warring factions of a restive party demoralized by their election rout and sniping over who's to blame but also to craft a message that will resonate with alienated voters ahead of the 2028 elections — all while defending President Trump from the myriad investigations
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Nov 11, 2026
NEED TO KNOWJoe Biden gets candid about his stage 4 prostate cancer as he releases his new memoir, Promise Me, AmericaThe former president reflects on life, withdrawing from the 2024 race and the legacy he hopes to leave Dr. Jill Biden describes the daily realities of caring for her husband with support from their familyTwo days after the Democrats swept the midterm elections, former President Joe Biden has that signature twinkle in his blue eyes.
"Look at the people we got elected: first women governors, first Black governors," he tells PEOPLE with a quiet rasp.
At 83, and living with stage 4 prostate cancer — for which he completed radiation and is undergoing hormone therapy — Biden is slower than when he suddenly withdrew from the presidential race in 2024 following a disastrous debate against Donald Trump and amid concerns about his health. Still, his perennial optimism remains.
"I'm not saying I'll live forever," says the one-term president, seated in the dining room of his Wilmington, Del., lake house, "but the point is that I have all my faculties, I have access to all the things I had before and I feel good."
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Nov 11, 2026
The incoming chairwoman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is warning former Department of Homeland Security adviser Corey Lewandowski to preserve records, indicating she will probe his time at the agency.
"As incoming HSGAC Chair, I intend to use the Committee's full authorities—including where necessary compulsory process—to expose corruption and waste. I therefore renew my request that you preserve all relevant records," Senator Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., wrote in a letter to Lewandowski obtained by ABC News. "Should any such records prove unavailable when the Committee requests them, the Committee will want to understand how, and when, that came to be."
Lewandowski has been a target for oversight for Democrats after he left his role earlier this year at DHS, where he served as what sources described as the de-facto chief of staff for former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images - PHOTO: Corey Lewandowski, chief advisor to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem, following a news conference at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) headquarters in Washington, D.C,, Jan. 24, 2026. DOJ probing Trump ally Corey Lewandowski's actions at DHS after inspector general referral: SourcesJustice Department prosecutors are also investigating the agency's contracting activities in the first year of the second Trump administration and scrutinizing Lewandowski, two sources familiar with th
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