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November 18, 2025.

Kansas guard Darryn Peterson, right, drives against North Carolina guard Seth Trimble, left, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward)

Kansas star freshman Darryn Peterson to have his hamstring injury re-evaluated

November 18, 2025

Kansas freshman Darryn Peterson has missed a third consecutive game because of what coach Bill Self called hamstring tightness. Self does not expect the injury to be long term but also is not sure if Peterson will be available next week at the Players Era tournament in Las Vegas. The 24th-ranked Jayhawks could not keep up with No. 5 Duke in a 78-66 loss Tuesday night in the Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden. Self said they are a “makeshift team” right now. Peterson is the nation’s top recruit and could be the top pick in the NBA draft next year.

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FILE - FBI Director James Comey gestures as he speaks on cyber security at the first Boston Conference of Cyber Security at Boston College, March 8, 2017, in Boston. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

Comey’s lawyers look to persuade judge that prosecution urged by Trump is vindictive, must be tossed

November 18, 2025

Former FBI Director James Comey is making another run at getting his criminal case dismissed, with his lawyers looking to convince a judge that the prosecution is vindictive and rooted in President Donald Trump’s hatred of him. The arguments Wednesday arrive as the Comey case appears freshly imperiled following a judge’s excoriation of the Justice Department and as multiple challenges to the indictment may result in its dismissal. Comey has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of making a false statement and obstructing Congress and has denied any wrongdoing.

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The 2025 Country Music Association Awards are almost here: How to watch

November 18, 2025

The 2025 Country Music Association Awards are here. Ella Langley, Megan Moroney and Lainey Wilson lead this year’s nominations with six nods each. There’s a lot of stiff competition. Wilson is competing for the night’s top prize, entertainer of the year, against Luke Combs, Cody Johnson, Chris Stapleton and Morgan Wallen, last year’s winner in the category. The legendary Vince Gill will be presented with the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award. Shaboozey, Luke Combs, BigXThaPlug and more will perform. The 59th annual CMA Awards will be broadcast live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena at 8 p.m. Eastern and 7 p.m. Central on ABC. It will become available to stream the next day on Hulu.

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Duke's Cameron Boozer (12) drives past Kansas' Flory Bidunga (40) and Kohl Rosario (7) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Cameron Boozer scores 18 points as No. 5 Duke outlasts No. 24 Kansas 78-66

November 18, 2025

Cameron Boozer had 18 points and 10 rebounds, twin brother Cayden made a couple of big second-half baskets and fifth-ranked Duke outlasted No. 24 Kansas, defeating the undermanned Jayhawks 78-66 in the annual Champions Classic. The Jayhawks were still without their best player, freshman Darryn Peterson, the nation’s top recruit and potentially the top pick in next year’s NBA draft, because of a lingering hamstring injury. Peterson has missed three consecutive games since hurting himself during a shootaround.

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Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo, left, talks to Jeremy Fears Jr., right, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Kentucky Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

No. 17 Michigan State makes season-high 11 3-pointers to beat No. 12 Kentucky 83-66

November 18, 2025

Kur Teng hit three of Michigan State’s season-high 11 3-pointers on the way to scoring a career-best 15 points, and the 17th-ranked Spartans remained undefeated by beating No. 12 Kentucky 83-66 at Madison Square Garden in the annual Champions Classic. Jaxon Kohler sank two shots of his own from beyond the arc to finish with a team-high 20 points, and Trey Fort scored 13. Michigan State made 50% of its 3-point attempts after entering the game shooting 21.7% from long range — fourth-worst out of 361 Division I programs.

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An audience member holds a sign at a meeting of the Alabama Educational Television Commission on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, in Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)

After backlash, Alabama Public Television will keep paying for PBS

November 18, 2025

The commission that oversees Alabama Public Television voted to continue paying its contract with PBS. The decision came after a public backlash to the idea of dropping PBS. The Alabama Educational Television Commission voted without dissent to continue paying the contract with PBS that runs until July. It also voted to create a committee to explore the future direction of Alabama Public Television. A proposal to take the first step toward severing ties failed when no commissioner seconded the motion. The decision means PBS programming, which includes programs such as “Sesame Street,” “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,” “Antiques Roadshow” and “PBS NewsHour” will remain on the state channel at least for the immediate future.

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Michigan State's Kur Teng (2) looks to pass during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Kentucky Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

No. 17 Michigan State gets an unexpected 3-point barrage to beat No. 12 Kentucky

November 18, 2025

Michigan State’s breakout 3-point-shooting performance was so surprising to Tom Izzo that the Hall of Fame coach wondered aloud if the Spartans made more while beating Kentucky than in their first three games of the season combined. It was close. No. 17 Michigan State shot 11 of 22 from beyond the arc to defeat the 12th-ranked Wildcats 83-66 in the Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden. Izzo’s team entered the night with the fourth-worst 3-point shooting percentage in the country.

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Flush with cash? Fully functional, solid gold toilet sells for $12.1M at auction

November 18, 2025

A Gustav Klimt portrait painting has sold for a record $236 million at an auction where a solid gold toilet also sold for $12.1 million. The pieces were up for auction Tuesday evening at Sotheby’s in New York. The fully functional toilet is by Maurizio Cattelan, the provocative Italian artist known for taping a banana to a wall. It’s one of two such toilets that Cattelan created in 2016. The other one has disappeared after being stolen. Klimt’s “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” sold earlier in the night and was one of the Austrian artist’s few works spared from destruction during World War II.

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Workers prepare for voters at a poll site, in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Democratic state election officials demand answers on Justice Department’s requests for voter data

November 18, 2025

Ten Democratic secretaries of state are asking the Trump administration to provide more information about its efforts to seek voter registration data. The state officials sent a letter Tuesday to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. They expressed concern that federal agencies may have misled state elections officials about why the information is needed and how it will be used. They said they also were concerned by reports that the Justice Department has shared voter data with the Department of Homeland Security. The Justice Department has asked at least 26 states for voter registration rolls in recent months, including eight that it has sued for the data.

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Florida sets execution date for man who fatally shot man and woman during home invasion robbery

November 18, 2025

A man convicted of fatally shooting a man and woman during home invasion robbery and later confessing to three other killings is scheduled to be put to death in December. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is setting a record pace for executions, signed a death warrant Tuesday. Frank Athen Walls is scheduled to die by lethal injection Dec. 18 at Florida State Prison. Walls would be the 19th person set for execution in Florida in 2025, with DeSantis overseeing more executions in a single year than any other Florida governor since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. The previous record was set in 2014 with eight executions. Walls was convicted of two counts of murder, two counts of kidnapping, burglary and theft and sentenced to death in 1988.

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FILE - The WNBA logo is seen near a hoop before an WNBA basketball game at Mohegan Sun Arena, May 14, 2019, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

WNBA’s latest CBA proposal would put max salary over $1.1M with revenue sharing, AP source says

November 18, 2025

The WNBA’s latest collective bargaining proposal would include revenue sharing with a maximum salary of more than $1.1 million available to more than one player per team growing each year, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. WNBA officials updated the board on the latest proposal at meetings this week. The new league minimum would be more than $220,000 with an average of more than $460,000. Those numbers would start in the first year of the deal for more than 180 players and increase over the length of the CBA.

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FILE - An F-35A Lightning II sits on the runway at the Florennes Airbase in Florennes, Belgium, Oct. 13, 2025 (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

What to know about the F-35 fighter jet that Trump is selling to Saudi Arabia

November 18, 2025

President Donald Trump says he’s agreed to sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia despite concerns that China could gain access to the plane’s vaunted American technology. The F-35 Lightning is considered to be the United States’ most advanced fighter plane. It first rolled off a Texas assembly line in 2006. It’s been hailed as a technological leap and lamented as military money pit over the years. More than 1,200 have been made so far. The planes have been delivered to the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marines as well as Britain, Canada and Japan.

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FILE - Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., listens to witnesses at the first public hearing of a bipartisan congressional task force investigating the assassination attempts against Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)

Who is Clay Higgins, the only House member to vote against releasing the Epstein files?

November 18, 2025

Both Democrats and Republicans alike readied for a unanimous House vote to pass a bill to force the release of the case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But in the end, one lawmaker stood alone in opposition: Republican Rep. Clay Higgins. He is in his fifth term representing a congressional district in southwest Louisiana. He explained in a lengthy statement that he was “a principled ‘NO’ on this bill from the beginning.” Higgins is a fervent supporter of President Donald Trump and a member of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus.

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FILE - Michelle Bowman, Vice Chair for Supervision of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, takes a seat for an open meeting of the Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve, in Washington, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Federal Reserve releases new guidance for bank oversight in move praised by industry

November 18, 2025

The Federal Reserve’s top banking regulator on Tuesday released new guidelines for the agency’s supervision of the financial system, earning praise from industry trade groups and criticism from her predecessor. In a set of sweeping changes, the principles call for bank examiners to focus on material financial risks and to “not become distracted from this priority by devoting excessive attention to processes, procedures, and documentation.” The guidelines are set out in a memo originally distributed Oct. 29 but released Tuesday. Since Trump took office, federal bank regulators have been rolling back several regulations that govern the nation’s banking system and other financial services companies.

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Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris speaks at a news conference on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)

Tennessee governor to keep National Guard in Memphis while state appeals ruling

November 18, 2025

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s office says the National Guard will continue supporting a crime-fighting task force ordered by President Donald Trump in Memphis while state lawyers appeal a judge’s order that blocked the troops from operating in the city. A judge issued the order Monday as part of a lawsuit filed by Democratic state and local officials who contend that the Republican governor cannot deploy troops for civil unrest unless there is rebellion or invasion. The judge put the order on hold for at least five days, so that the government has time to file an application to appeal. Lee’s spokesperson says he has the authority to deploy the National Guard, saying Tuesday the state will appeal the order.

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ABC News reporter Mary Bruce as a question as President Donald Trump meets Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, in Washington. Listening from left are Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Energy Secretary Chris Wright and David Broomell, Manufacturing Technology Manager at energy equipment manufacturer GE Vernova, listen. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump attacks ABC News correspondent Mary Bruce in angry response to three sharp questions

November 18, 2025

President Donald Trump denounced ABC News chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce as a “terrible reporter” and threatened the network’s license to broadcast after she asked three sharp questions in the Oval Office on Tuesday. Bruce was among a group of reporters to question Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman following a White House meeting. Bruce asked Trump about his family’s business in Saudi Arabia and why he didn’t release the Jeffrey Epstein files on his own. She also asked the prince why Americans should trust him after U.S. intelligence concluded he had a role in the 2018 killing of a Washington Post reporter.

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President Donald Trump welcomes Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Takeaways from Trump’s White House meeting with Saudi crown prince: deals and bromance

November 18, 2025

A jovial President Donald Trump has held a warm and friendly meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman at the White House. Trump brushed aside questions about Saudi Arabia’s human rights record, praised the prince for his statesmanship and announced hundreds of billions of dollars in new Saudi investment in the United States. The White House rolled out plenty of pomp for the Saudi royal on Tuesday, including dispatching fighter jets that the two leaders watched from a red carpet. The two leaders had a sitdown in the Oval Office, taking questions from reporters on a wide array of topics, ranging from commerce to the sale of advanced F-35 fighter jets to Riyadh.

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FILE - Big Ten Conference commissioner Tony Petitti speaks during a news conference after meetings with the Southeastern Conference, Oct. 10, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

Big Ten denies Michigan regent’s claim of coercion over $2.4 billion investment plan

November 18, 2025

The Big Ten Conference has denied claims by a University of Michigan regent that Commissioner Tony Petitti threatened the school over a $2.4 billion investment plan. Mark Bernstein, Michigan’s board chairman, accused Petitti of trying to “strong-arm” the university. The Big Ten stated that no school is being forced to support the plan, which aims to bring private investment into the league. Discussions began last year, and the plan involves UC Investments providing funds in exchange for a share of media rights. Some schools, including Michigan and Southern California, oppose the deal. Concerns include governance and the impact on tax-exempt status.

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ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips walks on the field before an NCAA college football game between Pittsburgh and Notre Dame in Pittsburgh, Nov. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Commissioner Jim Phillips says ACC freed to focus on future with legal fight resolved

November 18, 2025

Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner Jim Phillips says the league has been freed to focus on the future after resolving legal fights with two member schools earlier this year. The settlement with Clemson and Florida State came in March. That deal included a new revenue-distribution model that factors in TV viewership into payouts to league members. In an interview with The Associated Press, Phillips called the months since the settlement a “welcomed period” that “allowed us to get back to work” on league priorities amid the changing landscape of college athletics.

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell departs after a news conference after the Federal Open Market Committee meeting Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, at the Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Sharp disagreements over economy threaten Federal Reserve interest rate cut

November 18, 2025

What was once seen as a near-certain cut in interest rates next month now looks more like a coin flip as Federal Reserve officials sharply disagree over the economy’s health and whether stubborn inflation or weak hiring represent a bigger threat. In several speeches in the past week, some policymakers have registered greater concern over persistent inflation in an echo of the “affordability” concerns that played a large role in elections earlier this month. At the same time, another camp is much more concerned about meager hiring and the threat that the “low-hire, low-fire“ job market could worsen into one where layoffs become more widespread.

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FILE - Mohamed Bahi, New York City Mayor's liaison to the Muslim community, exits Manhattan Federal Court, Oct. 8, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

Ex-aide to NYC Mayor Eric Adams avoids prison time as federal judge addresses ‘elephant in the room’

November 18, 2025

A former aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been sentenced to three years’ probation, including a year of home confinement, for soliciting illegal campaign contributions for Adams’ first campaign. Mohamed Bahi embraced supporters after learning Tuesday that he would be spared prison. Bahi served as City Hall’s chief liaison to the Muslim community. He originally was charged as part of a sweeping corruption investigation into Adams. Bahi admitted that he helped solicit illegal donations from employees of a Brooklyn construction company during a December 2020 fundraiser. The Trump administration ultimately dropped the probe into the Democratic mayor.

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New York Giants' injured players Cam Skattebo and Jaxson Dart talk before an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Injured Giants running back Cam Skattebo defends his WWE ‘Monday Night Raw’ appearance

November 18, 2025

Cam Skattebo has not played for the New York Giants since undergoing season-ending surgery in late October, but the rookie running back still has his teammates and plenty of others talking. Skattebo went viral for shoving a wrestler during a skit at the WWE “Monday Night Raw” event  at Madison Square Garden. He defended himself on social media against criticism, and Giants players who spoke to reporters Tuesday had his back. Skattebo is recovering from a broken right fibula and dislocated right ankle.

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Defense attorney Kelli Porges, right, introduces her client, murder defendant Brian Walshe, to prospective jurors in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (Mark Stockwell/Boston Herald via AP, Pool)

Brian Walshe remains on trial for murder after pleading guilty to disposing of wife’s body

November 18, 2025

A Massachusetts man about to stand trial for murder in the death and dismemberment of his wife pleaded guilty Tuesday to disposing of her body and misleading police. Brian Walshe did not admit to killing his wife, Ana Walshe, whose disappearance on New Year’s Day in 2023 sparked a months-long investigation. Jury selection for his first-degree murder trial was postponed one day. Prosecutors say Walshe searched online for ways to dispose of a body and stood to benefit from her $2.7 million life insurance policy. He is already serving more than three years in federal prison for an unrelated art-fraud scheme.

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Cedric Irving Jr., charged with murder in the shooting of former football coach John Beam appears in court Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, in Oakland, Calif. (Noah Berger/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool)

Suspect in murder of Oakland coach from ‘Last Chance U’ makes first court appearance

November 18, 2025

A 27-year-old man charged with the murder of former Oakland community college football coach John Beam has made an initial court appearance. Cedric Irving Jr. did not enter a plea during his first court appearance on Tuesday. The Alameda County district attorney says he could face 50 years to life in prison if convicted of murder and a related firearm charge. The 66-year-old Beam was a beloved figure in the community and was featured in the Netflix docuseries “Last Chance U.” He was shot at Laney College on Thursday and died the next day. Irving was arrested Friday and, officials say, admitted to the shooting.

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Texas A&M quarterback Marcel Reed (10) celebrates with head coach Mike Elko after an NCAA college football game against South Carolina Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025, in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Marcel Reed’s leadership and talent propel No. 3 Texas A&M to 1st 10-0 start since 1992

November 18, 2025

Marcel Reed has emerged as one of the country’s top quarterbacks in leading No. 3 Texas A&M to a 10-0 start. He began his football journey as a running back but quickly transitioned to quarterback, where he has excelled. Reed’s leadership and rapport with teammates have been key and his offseason focus on improving his passing skills has paid off. As a Heisman Trophy contender, he’s focused on helping Texas A&M chase its first national title since 1939 while setting an example for future players.

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FILE - Karen Read speaks after she was found not guilty of second-degree murder on June 18, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)

Karen Read files lawsuit alleging ‘gross misconduct’ by state police shielded real killers

November 18, 2025

Karen Read, who was found not guilty of charges related to death of her boyfriend, has filed a lawsuit accusing members of the Massachusetts State Police and several others of targeting her and failing to investigate the real killers. Read walked out of court earlier this year after more than three years and two trials over the death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, who was found on the lawn of a fellow officer’s home after a night of heavy drinking. The lawsuit filed in Bristol Superior Court Monday makes many of the claims her defense team made during the trial, namely that O’Keefe was in fact killed by colleagues, followed by a vast cover-up.

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Dallas Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer pauses during a news conference after an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)

Cowboys will try to keep winning for Marshawn Kneeland as they say ‘why not us?’ on playoff run

November 18, 2025

The Dallas Cowboys won a game for Marshawn Kneeland. Now they’ll try to continue honoring their late teammate with an improbable rally to postseason contention, in the face of a difficult schedule, starting Sunday at home against NFC East rival and defending champion Philadelphia. The Cowboys rolled past Las Vegas 33-16 on Monday in their first game since police say Kneeland was found dead of an apparent suicide. Dallas likely needs to win at least three of the next five games, all against playoff teams from a season ago.

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Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green reacts after a basket against the New Orleans Pelicans during the third quarter of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Warriors’ Draymond Green warned by NBA after fan confrontation, AP Source says

November 18, 2025

Golden State forward Draymond Green received a warning from the NBA after going nearly chest-to-chest with a fan during the Warriors’ 124-106 road victory over the New Orleans Pelicans, a person with knowledge of the situation said Tuesday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the NBA has not announced the warning.  The fan was was standing and cheering after Draymond Green had been called for a shooting foul while guarding Pelicans forward Herb Jones during the game Sunday.

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FILE - National Public Radio (NPR) on North Capitol Street in Washington, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Court settlement calls for NPR to get $36M in government funds to operate US public radio system

November 18, 2025

National Public Radio will receive approximately $36 million in government funding to operate the nation’s public radio interconnection system under the terms of a court settlement. Monday’s settlement resolves a legal dispute in which NPR accused the Corporation for Public Broadcasting of bowing to pressure from President Donald Trump to cut off its funding. On March 25, Trump said at a news conference that he wants to defund NPR and PBS because he believes they are biased in favor of Democrats. NPR accused the CPB of violating its First Amendment free speech rights when it moved to cut off its access to grant money appropriated by Congress.

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FILE - Education Secretary Linda McMahon speaks during a meeting in the East Room of the White House, Sept. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Education Department offloads some work to other agencies as Trump presses for its closure

November 18, 2025

The U.S. Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department. It represents a major step forward for the administration’s dismantling of the department, which has mainly involved cutting jobs since President Donald Trump called for its elimination with an executive action in March. Six planned agreements to be signed by the Education Department will effectively move billions of dollars in grant programs to other agencies. Most notable is one that would put the Department of Labor over some of the largest federal funding streams for K-12 schools.

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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph (2) throws against the Cincinnati Bengals during the first second of an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers and his broken wrist could still play against the Bears

November 18, 2025

Pittsburgh quarterback Aaron Rodgers and his fractured left wrist could still play when the Steelers visit Chicago. Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin says the team will evaluate Rodgers’ availability later in the week and that the key to Rodgers’ potential return will be whether he can function safely with a brace protecting the wrist. Mason Rudolph, who filled in capably in the second half of the Steelers’ win over Cincinnati, would start for AFC North-leading Pittsburgh when it faces the NFC North-leading Bears if Rodgers cannot. The 41-year-old Rodgers, the oldest active player in the league, hurt the wrist when he was hit following a heave to the end zone.

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FILE - New York Attorney General, Letitia James, speaks after pleading not guilty outside the United States District Court on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025, in Norfolk, Va. (AP Photo/John Clark,File)

Judge tosses DoJ lawsuit challenging a New York law barring immigration agents from state courts

November 18, 2025

A judge has dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit challenging New York’s policies that block immigration officials from making arrests at state courthouses. U.S. District Judge Mae D’Agostino ruled late Monday that the federal government can’t force states to cooperate with these enforcement efforts. The lawsuit targeted New York’s 2020 Protect Our Courts Act, which bans federal immigration arrests at courthouses without a judge’s warrant. The Department of Justice claimed the law obstructs federal immigration authorities. However, D’Agostino found that New York’s law is protected by the 10th Amendment, which limits federal powers over states. The Justice Department didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment, including about whether it plans to appeal.

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Dr. Christian Happi poses for a photo inside the laboratory at the Institute of Genomics and Global Health, in Ede Southwestern, Nigeria, Nov. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajayi Oluwapelumi)

MacArthur Foundation awards $100M to outbreak surveillance network, a boost amid global health cuts

November 18, 2025

The MacArthur Foundation is awarding $100 million to a private pandemic prevention network across Africa, offering critical support to infectious disease surveillance at a time when governments are deprioritizing global health spending. Sentinel is a Broad Institute project that creates cost-effective pathogen detection tests, monitors outbreaks with real-time tracking tools and trains local scientists to carry out community-led responses. It has won the MacArthur Foundation’s 100&Change competition. The award money will help expand its geographic reach over the next five years. The goal is to build a more robust system that can better alert local communities, and the world, to previously undetected diseases.

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FILE - People view a Zoox self-driving vehicle at the Zoox booth during the CES tech show, Jan. 7, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, file)

Amazon’s Zoox robotaxis service to give free rides in San Francisco as its expansion accelerates

November 18, 2025

Amazon’s Zoox will start giving free robotaxi rides through parts of San Francisco as it accelerates its attempt to challenge Waymo’s early lead in the race to transport passengers cities in self-driving vehicles. The expansion announced Tuesday will be confined few major San Francisco neighborhoods and limited to people who signed up on a waiting list to ride in Zoox’s gondola-shaped  robotaxis, which have no steering wheel. The San Francisco launch comes less than three months after the Amazon-owned robotaxi company launched its first ride-hailing service along the Las Vegas strip. Zoox still needs regulatory approval to charge for rides, as Waymo has been doing in San Francisco since 2023.

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FILE - Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speak at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Google unveils Gemini’s next generation, aiming to turn its search engine into a ‘thought partner’

November 18, 2025

Google is unleashing Gemini’s next generation of artificial intelligence in its dominant search engine and other popular online services in the high-stakes battle to create technology that people can trust to enlighten them and manage tedious tasks. The Gemini 3 model unveiled Tuesday comes nearly two years after Google took the wraps off the first iteration of the technology in response to a competitive threat posed by OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Google’s latest AI features initially will be rolled out to Gemini Pro and Ultra subscribers in the U.S. before coming to a wider audience around the world.

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FILE - South Korean author Han Kang speaks to the media during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, on May 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Han Kang, Megha Majumdar and Yiyun Li are among finalists for Andrew Carnegie Medals

November 18, 2025

Nobel laureate Han Kang’s “We Do Not Part” and Megha Majumdar’s “A Guardian and a Thief” are among the finalists for the Andrew Carnegie Medals. These fiction and nonfiction awards are presented by the American Library Association. Majumdar’s book, an Oprah Winfrey book club pick, is the only finalist originally written in English. Yiyun Li’s memoir about the suicides of her two sons is also a finalist. Winners will be announced on Jan. 27 and will receive $5,000. The awards were established in 2012 with help from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

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NFL Week 11 Recap

November 18, 2025

Week 11 was full of tight finishes, big comebacks, and playoff-impacting moments as the season continues to accelerate. Here’s how

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Linn Grant, left, and Annika Sorenstam, right, hold the championship trophy after Grant's win on the final day of The Annika LPGA golf tournament in Belleair, Fla., Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Willie J. Allen Jr.)

LPGA has a depth of talent. What it could use is a star

November 18, 2025

The LPGA ends a most unusual year with 29 different winners in 30 official events. But what the LPGA considers a strength might be a weakness as it tries to gain appeal. The parity suggests a greater depth of talent. But what the LPGA Tour could use is a star. Dominance is better than depth. Craig Kessler is the new LPGA commissioner. He announced a deal Tuesday with mutual insurance company FM to help boost television production with live TV and more cameras. Finding a star is not easy. Kessler’s job is for the LPGA to be ready when it happens.

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FILE - Middle school teacher Jeremy Hook shops for the latests Microsoft's Surface Laptop Copilot+ PC's at Best Buy Atwater Village store in Glendale, Calif., Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Microsoft partners with Anthropic and Nvidia in cloud infrastructure deal

November 18, 2025

Microsoft has announced a partnership with AI company Anthropic and chipmaker Nvidia. Anthropic, known for its chatbot Claude, plans to buy $30 billion of computing capacity from Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform. Nvidia will invest up to $10 billion in Anthropic, and Microsoft will also invest up to $5 billion in the startup. The announcements were made by the CEOs of Anthropic, Microsoft, and Nvidia just before Microsoft’s annual Ignite developer conference. This move could mark a shift away from Microsoft’s longtime alliance with OpenAI.

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FILE - Bitcoin tokens are seen on April 3, 2013, in Sandy, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Bitcoin drops below $90,000 for the first time since April

November 18, 2025

Bitcoin briefly fell below $90,000 overnight as investors sell once high-flying assets like cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence stocks. Bitcoin fell to around $89,500 early Tuesday, its first drop below $90,000 since April. The world’s most popular cryptocurrency had jumped near $125,000 in early October, driven in part by enthusiasm about a pro-crypto administration in Washington. Companies tied to crypto have been caught in the downturn. Shares of Robinhood Markets, which have tripled this year on the strength of crypto trading, are down 21% so far in November. Crypto exchange Coinbase Global has fallen 23%.

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FILE - In this photo provided by the Maryland National Guard, the cargo ship Dali is stuck under part of the structure of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after the ship hit the bridge March 26, 2024, in Baltimore. (Maryland National Guard via AP, File)

NTSB set to vote on probable cause of cargo ship crash into Baltimore bridge, causing its collapse

November 18, 2025

The National Transportation Safety Board is set to vote on its findings into what caused a massive container ship to crash last year into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed and killed six construction workers. The board’s vote Tuesday is scheduled a day after Maryland officials more than doubled the estimated cost to replace the bridge and added two years on to the projected completion date — to 2030. The new projected cost is between $4.3 billion and $5.2 billion, compared to the previous estimate of about $1.9 billion. The board is meeting in Washington to vote on a probable cause, safety recommendations and any changes to a previous report.

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