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Fire disrupts UN climate talks just as negotiators reach critical final days 11/20/2025 04:05pm • BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Fire disrupted United Nations climate talks in Brazil on Thursday, forcing evacuations of several buildings and delaying already sluggish negotiations by most of a day with no major agreements even close. Officials said 13 people were treated for smoke inhalation. The fire eru House votes to repeal provision that allows senators to sue over phone record seizures 11/19/2025 09:35pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to repeal part of a new law that gives senators the ability to sue the federal government for millions of dollars if their personal or office data is accessed without their knowledge. The 427-0 vote was a bipartisan rebuke after Majority Care packages and cardstock turkeys: first and second ladies visit Marines and their relatives 11/19/2025 07:58pm • MARINE CORPS AIR STATION NEW RIVER, N.C. (AP) — Melania Trump and Usha Vance on Wednesday marked the Thanksgiving season by visiting with Marine Corps members in North Carolina and saluting the sacrifices of military families, who make up “the quiet strength of our nation,” the first lady said MLB's new media deals with ESPN, NBC and Netflix total $800M annually 11/19/2025 05:00pm • ESPN and Major League Baseball appeared headed for an ugly separation after the network opted out of its rights deal in February. Nine months later, it appears to be the best thing to happen to both parties. ESPN has a reworked deal that includes out-of-market streaming rights while NBC and Netflix With an eye on Russia, EU wants to make it easier to deploy tanks and troops at short notice 11/19/2025 12:01pm • BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union rolled out a new defense package on Wednesday to allow tanks and troops to deploy more rapidly across the many borders of the 27-nation bloc in the event of a conflict, as concern mounts that Russia is already probing its defenses. Since Russia’s invasion of Uk Australian prisoner sues for his 'human right' to eat Vegemite 11/18/2025 09:07pm • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A prisoner is challenging an Australian state’s ban on inmates eating Vegemite, claiming in a lawsuit that withholding the polarizing yeast-based spread breaches his human right to “enjoy his culture as an Australian.” Andre McKechnie, 54, serving a life sentence WNBA's latest CBA proposal would put max salary over $1.1M with revenue sharing, AP source says 11/18/2025 07:47pm • NEW YORK (AP) — 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 on Tuesday night. WNBA officials updated The 7 Best Vanguard Funds for Retirement 11/18/2025 07:00pm • Vanguard differs greatly from most other asset managers and mutual fund companies. Organized as a mutual company, the firm is ultimately owned by the shareholders who invest in its funds. When you invest in Vanguard funds, you become a partner as well as a customer. The firm also sets itself apart f The Education Department is dismantling. Here's what that means 11/18/2025 05:28pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department is breaking off several of its main offices and giving their responsibilities to other federal agencies, an early look at how President Donald Trump could fulfill his campaign pledge to close the department entirely. Offices that serve the nation's sch This simple polenta and mushroom dish will elevate your Thanksgiving table 11/18/2025 10:12am • This simple recipe is a marriage of two even simpler foods, that add up to one flavorful appetizer, main dish or side. This would be welcome any time from breakfast to lunch to dinner, and also a nice entertaining idea. And they would be a great addition to a Thanksgiving table, a cheery little side Ukraine plans to buy up to 100 Rafale warplanes and air defense systems from France 11/17/2025 03:55pm • PARIS (AP) — Ukraine on Monday signed a letter of intent to buy up to 100 Rafale warplanes, drones, air defense systems and other key equipment from France over the next 10 years, as part of efforts to strengthen the country's long-term security. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who signed Postmaster general says US Postal Service needs revenue growth, not just cuts 11/17/2025 12:43pm • The U.S. Postal Service can’t fix its finances through cuts alone, Postmaster General David Steiner said Friday. Steiner said the 250-year-old agency needs to expand its revenue base to restore prominence in the nation’s delivery network. It also should capitalize on its long-standing legal obli As nations push for more ambition at climate talks, chairman says they may get it 11/16/2025 09:05am • BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Going into United Nations climate negotiations, the Brazilian hosts weren’t looking for big end-of-session pronouncements on lofty goals. This conference was supposed to hyperfocus on “implementation” of past promises not yet kept. Throw that out the window. The urgency Trump, like Biden before him, finds there's no quick fix on inflation 11/15/2025 02:13pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's problems with fixing the high cost of living might be giving voters a feeling of déjà vu. Just like the president who came before him, Trump is trying to sell the country on his plans to create factory jobs. The Republican wants to lower prescription dr USDA data casts doubt on China's soybean purchase promises touted by Trump 11/14/2025 08:04pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — New data the Agriculture Department released Friday created serious doubts about whether China will really buy millions of bushels of American soybeans like the Trump administration touted last month after a high-stakes meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader X