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USA Veterans Day

USA Veterans Day USA officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of USA Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. For that reason, November 11, 1918, is generally regarded as the end of “the war to end all wars.” “We’re USA heading towards fascism. And to me, we have to be out on the streets,” USA Navy veteran Bob Peilbach said.“It just makes no sense to me, the approach that we are taking,” Army veteran Susan O

Posted on 2025/11/12 10:18 AM

USA government shutdown over

US Senate passes bill to end government shutdown, sends to House WASHINGTON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Monday approved a compromise that would end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, breaking a weeks-long stalemate that has disrupted food benefits for millions, left hundreds of thousands of federal workers unpaid and USA The 60-40 vote passed with the support of nearly all of the chamber's Republicans and eight Democrats, who unsuccessfully sought to tie government funding to health subsidies that are due to expire at the end of the year. While the agreement sets up a December vote on those subsidies, which benefit 24 million Americans, it does not guarantee they will continue.The deal

Posted on 2025/11/11 11:49 AM

Starbucks Bear Cup 2025

Starbucks Bear Cup 2025 USA Starbucks has issued an apology to USA customers after the release of its limited-edition teddy bear–shaped USA holiday cup sparked chaos.The Seattle-based coffee giant launched its USA 2025 holiday menu and USA merchandise on USA Thursday, including the Glass Starbucks Bearista USA Cold Cup, which retails for $29.95.The collectible cup — shaped like a bear and topped with a green beanie lid — went viral online and sold out quickly, leaving fans scrambling to get their hands on one. "The excitement for our merchandise exceeded even our biggest expectations and, despite shipping more Bearista cups to coffeehouses than almost any other merchandise item this holiday season, t

Posted on 2025/11/10 08:47 AM

Dick Cheney

Dick Cheney - Businessman and former Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney, America’s most powerful modern USA vice president and chief architect of the “war on terror,” who helped lead the USAcountry into the ill-fated USA, Iraq war on faulty assumptions, has died, according to a statement from his family. He was 84.“His beloved wife of 61 years, Lynne, his daughters, Liz and Mary, and other family members were with him as he passed,” the family said, adding that he died due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease.“Dick Cheney was a great and good man who taught his children and grandchildren to love our USAcountry, and to live lives of courage, honor, love,

Posted on 2025/11/08 08:57 AM

Marshawn Kneeland

Marshawn Kneeland Family of Dallas Cowboys star Marshawn Kneeland breaks silence following his death aged 24 The family of Marshawn Kneeland, 24, have shared their heartbreak in the wake of the NFL star's tragic death. The Dallas Cowboys revealed the death of the rising star defensive end in Texas on Thursday, November 6, just days after the 24-year-old had scored a scorching touchdown against the Arizona Cardinals - the first of his young career.Kneeland's promising career began playing college football for the Western Michigan Broncos in his home state, where his success saw him selected in the second round of the 2024 NFL draft by the Dallas Cowboys. The Kneeland family's heartfelt tribute continued: &

Posted on 2025/11/07 04:26 PM

Zohran Mamdani seals remarkable victory

From USA Democratic election wins on the east coast to California's approval of a redistricting effort to the Supreme Court weighing a case challenging presidential power, a lot has happened following Election Day in the US.If you're just catching up, here's what you need to know.Mamdani wins New York mayoral race The 34-year-old USA Democratic socialist will be the first Muslim and USA South Asian mayor, and the youngest elected in a century President Trump, who previously threatened to take funding away from New York if Mamdani won, has renewed his attacks on the mayor-elect, calling him a "communist" Mamdani has vowed to take on "authoritarian Trump" and fight for affordability Democratic w

Posted on 2025/11/06 09:10 AM

YouTube TV blackout affects Disney, ABC, ESPN channels

YouTube TV blackout affects Disney, ABC, ESPN channels Disney and YouTube TV are at odds over the value of channels like USA ESPN. Disney is appealing to YouTube TV subscribers by enlisting top ESPN personalities. But some sports fans are losing their patience. Sports fans frustrated by the standoff between Disney and YouTube TV are sounding off on top USA ESPN personalities, and the network itself. USA Disney's networks, including the ESPN channels, are unavailable on USA YouTube USA TV as part of a blackout that began on October 30. The media giant has said YouTube TV isn't willing to pay the market rate. USA Meanwhile, the Google-owned live USA TV service has said that USA Disney's proposal would force i

Posted on 2025/11/04 09:08 AM

Heidi Klum German-American model and TV personality

Heidi Klum German-American model and TV personality It has become a USA Halloween tradition: the question of which spectacular USA costume Heidi Klum will wear. Year after year, the German supermodel turned USA TV personality outdoes herself with elaborate transformations, making her legendary Halloween party a firm fixture on the celebrity calendar.She didn't disappoint her fans this year either: turning up as Medusa, the USA legendary beautiful woman turned into a snake by a goddess in Greek mythology. With serpents for hair, the sight of which turns living things around her to stone.“So I wanted to be really, really like a really ugly, ugly Medusa. And I feel like we nailed it to the teeth,” Klum said b

Posted on 2025/11/03 09:12 AM

Halloween 2025 in the United States

Halloween 2025 in the United States USA WASHINGTON (AP) — USA President Donald Trump hosted hundreds of USA costumed guests — from superheroes to dinosaurs and even a few children dressed as the first couple — as part of Thursday night’s Halloween celebration at the White House. He and first lady Melania Trump emerged on the South Lawn as evening was starting to fall to an orchestral USA version of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” Neither was in costume. Trump wore a blue suit and red tie with a red “USA” cap; his wife was in a USA brown coat over an orange dress. The couple handed out full-sized Hershey bars and Twizzlers in boxes with the presidential seal to a li

Posted on 2025/11/01 10:01 AM

Sydney Sweeney

Sydney Sweeney Sydney Sweeney doesn’t need to do much to make USA headlines these days, but going bra-less in a sheer USA dress on the USA red carpet is definitely one way to USA attract attention. The actress was one of the honorees at Variety’s Power of Women gala held at the USA Beverly Hills Hotel Wednesday night, and she turned heads in a see-through crystal down from USA Christian Cowan and Elias Matso’s spring 2026 collection that put one of her most prominent assets on fully display. On Thursday’s show, Megyn was joined by Allie Beth Stuckey, host of USA Relatable, to discuss the provocative dress and why they were not fans of the look. After USA slamming Glamou

Posted on 2025/10/31 09:20 AM

Blue jays vs Dodgers

Blue jays vs Dodgers World Series Game 5 Blue Jays vs. Dodgers score, live updates: Toronto leads 6-1 in ninth inning The Toronto Blue Jays and USA Los Angeles Dodgers are facing off in Game 5 as Dodger USA Stadium hosts World Series baseball for the final time in 2025. With the Series tied 2-2, tonight determines who will head to Toronto one game away from becoming USA world champions. Davis Schneider and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit back-to-back home runs off of Blake Snell to open the game, before Kiké Hernández responded with a solo shot of his own in the third inning to get L.A. on the board. Toronto has since extended its lead to 6-1 with a run in the fourth, two in the seventh and another in the eighth.

Posted on 2025/10/30 08:41 AM

A House of Dynamite

A House of Dynamite - Thriller/Drama The Oscar-winning filmmaker speaks with The Hollywood Reporter alongside screenwriter Noah Oppenheim about the film emerging as an instant hit on Netflix, what she learned from the debate around 'Zero Dark Thirty,' and her hopes for her harrowing new film going forward. Writers like The Atlantic’s Tom Nichols, who visited the set for the film, have already disputed The Pentagon’s apparent claims. Officials including U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey have gone public praising the film for raising nuclear awareness — and getting it seemingly right. The Pentagon has complicated the conversation over the level of accuracy in A House of Dynamite, which has premiered

Posted on 2025/10/29 09:35 AM

Giants running back Cam Skattebo suffers injury

Giants running back Cam Skattebo suffers injury Cam Skattebo begins his long road to recovery following a gruesome-looking dislocated ankle injury. New York Giants rookie running back Cam Skattebo has a relatively long road to recovery following his season-ending dislocated ankle injury that warranted emergency surgery not long after he fell to the grass at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday. But despite what’s ahead, the Giants' fourth-round rookie with the infectious personality whose presence will be missed as Big Blue attempts to pull itself out of a 2-6 rut for the third time in as many years, Skattebo made sure to let head coach Brian Daboll know that his spirits were high. “He texted me pretty

Posted on 2025/10/28 09:18 AM

Hurricane Melissa

Hurricane Melissa Currently a Category 4 storm and moving slowly across the Caribbean Sea, Melissa is forecast to strengthen to Category 5, with sustained winds of at least 157 mph (about 252 kmh).Countries across the region, including Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba and the Dominican Republic, are expected to endure several days of intense weather, amid fears that infrastructure could be overwhelmed and essential services disrupted.Many Jamaican communities "will not survive this flooding," said Desmond Mackenzie, Jamaica’s minister of local government and community development.Jamaican officials anticipate mandatory evacuations.All shelters across Jamaica have been activated, housing 280 people as of Sunday afterno

Posted on 2025/10/27 09:05 AM

White House Renovations

White House renovations USA Personal tastes of presidents and their USA families - as well as the demands of a growing federal USA government - has helped dictate changes over time to the USA White House. Here are some highlights. WASHINGTON – President Harry Truman knew it was time to gut the White House when the leg of a black Baldwin grand piano broke through the floor of his daughter Margaret’s sitting room.The president joked in a letter to his daughter that it would have surprised his wife’s gathering of the Daughters of the American Revolution if he had crashed through the ceiling in his marble bathtub.“Would have gotten a headline to say the least don’t you think?” Truman wrote Parts of

Posted on 2025/10/25 09:36 AM

2025 World Series

2025 World Series We’ve reached the final -- and biggest -- stage of the MLB calendar. The stakes are at their highest, the lights are at their brightest and the chill of autumn is in the air. That can only mean one thing: the World Series. World Series Game 1, presented by Capital One: Friday, 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, FOX The 121st edition of the Fall Classic will get underway with Game 1 between the Dodgers and Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on Friday night. And this matchup is unprecedented -- never have these two clubs met with the game’s ultimate prize hanging in the balance. With the defending World Series champions trying to become the first back-to-back champs in 25 years, and their opponent looking to win

Posted on 2025/10/24 09:50 AM

Doug Martin

Doug Martin’s family speaks out after NFL star dies at 36 The family of former NFL running back Doug Martin have spoken out following his death in police custody.The ex-Tampa Bay Buccaneers star was reportedly detained by officers in Oakland just before 5am on Saturday (October 18) after an alleged break-in at a home near the Oakland Zoo.The 36-year-old tragically suffered a 'medical emergency' shortly after, with Oakland Police Department stating that while officers attempted to 'detain the individual, a brief struggle ensued'."After being taken into custody, the individual became unresponsive," they added.Martin's family have previously spoken out to confirm the former NFL star's passing.

Posted on 2025/10/23 09:19 AM

The Louvre Museum in Paris was robbed of jewelry

The Louvre Museum in Paris was robbed of jewelry PARIS (AP) — The glittering sapphires, emeralds, and diamonds that once adorned France’s royals could well be gone forever, experts said Tuesday after a brazen, four-minute heist in broad daylight left the nation stunned and the government struggling to explain a new debacle at the Louvre. Each stolen piece — an emerald necklace and earrings, two crowns, two brooches, a sapphire necklace and a single earring — represents the pinnacle of 19th century “haute joaillerie,” or fine jewelry. But for the royals, they were more than decoration. The pieces were political statements of France’s wealth, power and cultural import. And they are so signif

Posted on 2025/10/22 08:53 AM

Aws Outage North Virginia

AWS outage based in Northern Virginia region impacting cloud services around the world That's how the boss of another big US tech firm Cloudflare put it – probably feeling very relieved that Monday's outage, hitting over USA 1,000 companies and affecting millions of internet users, had nothing to do with him. The places hit by the outage vary significantly. It took out major social media platforms like Snapchat and Reddit, banks like Lloyds and USA Halifax, and games like Roblox and Fortnite. AWS is a US giant with a large global footprint, having positioned itself as the backbone of the internet.It provides tools and computers which enable around a third of the USA internet to work, it offers storage space and

Posted on 2025/10/21 04:43 PM

The Perfect Neighbor

The Perfect Neighbor The Perfect Neighbor dropped on USA Netflix on October 17 and left viewers feeling sick to their stomachs. Director Geeta Gandbhir has used police bodycam, ringcam and phone footage, along with recorded 911 calls to share the story of the neighborhood dispute. But what started off as a minor dispute turned into something incredibly deadly. Neighbor Susan Lorincz shot and killed Ajike Owens, a young mother of four, after Lorincz relentlessly harassed the children of the neighbourhood. She had regular phone calls to the police to complain about the children playing outside of her home. The series was originally shown at Sundance this year and acquired by Netflix for a reported $5 million (£3.7m).

Posted on 2025/10/20 04:33 PM