Trump maintains pressure campaign on Venezuela, saying its airspace should be considered closed

The United States continued its pressure campaign against Venezuela on Saturday as President Donald Trump issued a broad directive on social media, warning airlines, pilots and criminal networks to ...

Angry extraterrestrials and ping-pong champions: A preview of movies streaming and in theaters this winter

A full 30 years after his debut “The Brothers McMullen,” actor-writer-director Edward Burns returns to the McMullen family for this holiday-timed sequel featuring Tracee Ellis Ross, Connie Britton and ...

K-shaped economy and inflation boost Black Friday sales by 4.1% from last year, online spending jumps 9.1%

US retail sales on Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year, climbed 4.1% compared with last year, according to data released Saturday by Mastercard SpendingPulse. Online shoppers alone ...

What happens when you kick millions of teens off social media? Australia’s about to find out

In the next two weeks, social media platforms will start deactivating accounts for children under 16 in Australia under new laws designed to reduce harm online. Other countries are watching, but some ...

British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won Oscar for ‘Shakespeare in Love,’ dead at 88

The award-winning British playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard has died, according to his talent agency United Agents. He was 88.

Ukraine says it hit Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tankers with underwater drones in Black Sea

Ukrainian underwater drones have struck two tankers belonging to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet in the Black Sea, according to an official in Ukraine’s security services (SBU).

The hottest new AI company is…Google?

“We’re delighted by Google’s success — they’ve made great advances in AI and we continue to supply to Google,” Nvidia wrote in a November 25 post on X, before adding that “NVIDIA offers greater ...

A visual timeline of the few hours it took a small fire to grow into Hong Kong’s worst blaze in decades

In just a few short hours on Wednesday afternoon, what began as a small fire on the first floor of an apartment building swelled into a raging inferno that consumed seven high-rise towers on a Hong ...

Measles cases are surging, making global elimination a ‘distant goal,’ WHO says

For decades, measles vaccination has been a global success story. Deaths from measles dropped 88% around the world from 2000 to 2024, according to a new report from the World Health Organization, with ...

Wall Street is relying on the Supreme Court to protect the Fed. Is that wishful thinking?

Wall Street barely blinked at President Donald Trump’s attacks on the Federal Reserve this year. But its confidence could be shaken with an upcoming Supreme Court ruling.

College freshman is deported flying home for Thanksgiving surprise, despite court order

A college freshman trying to fly from Boston to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving was instead deported to Honduras in violation of a court order, according to her attorney.

AI is upending millions of jobs. Can universal basic income fill the gap?

AI is eliminating jobs at a historic pace. Former 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang explains why he believes universal basic income may be the key to helping Americans navigate a rapidly ...