just now (57+ words) A couple AFC playoff contenders meet up on Sunday, Nov. 30 at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh where the Buffalo Bills are coming to visit the Pittsburgh Steelers. Who: Buffalo Bills vs. Pittsburgh Steelers When: Sunday, Nov. 30 at 4:25 p.m. EST Where: Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh Stream: DIRECTV (free trial); FuboTV; Paramount+ (free trial); NFL+...

just now (404+ words) A Muslim father and his two sons tied up his teen daughter and drowned her in a swamp because they believed her "Western behavior" was shaming their family, according to Dutch prosecutors. The body of Ryan Al Najjar, 18, was found gagged, bound with tape and submerged in a marsh May 28, 2024, six days after she vanished from the family's home in Joure in the north of the Netherlands,the NL Times reported. Her male relatives allegedly murdered her after she adopted a "Western" lifestyle that included her refusing to wear a headscarf, associating with males and using social media. Mohamed Al Najjar, 23, and his brother Muhanad, 25, are charged with murdering the teen, while her father, Khaled, 53, is accused of orchestrating and participating in the killing before escaping to Syria. Ryan was picked up from a house in Rotterdam by her brothers…...

just now (617+ words) On December 1, 2025, the Federal Reserve (Fed) will officially end Quantitative Tightening (QT), freezing its balance sheet at $6.57 trillion after draining $2.39 trillion from the system. Analysts point to parallels with 2019, when the last QT pause coincided with a major bottom in altcoins and a surge in Bitcoin. With liquidity returning and interest rates already cut to 3.754.00%, crypto markets are bracing for a potentially bullish shift. The Fed's halt of its balance sheet runoff comes amid strained bank reserves, now roughly $3 trillion, or about 10% of US GDP. The Overnight Reverse Repo facility, which previously absorbed $2.5 trillion in excess cash, has dropped to near zero, removing a key liquidity buffer. October 2025 saw the Secured Overnight Financing Rate spike to 4.25%, exceeding the Fed's target range. The Standing Repo Facility recorded a single-day activation of $18.5 billion, reflecting persistent demand for liquidity. FOMC minutes from October…...

just now (259+ words) A tropical storm system triggered mass flooding across Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia, while Cyclone Ditwah caused further devastation in Sri Lanka. Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand faced large-scale devastation after a rare tropical storm formed in the Malacca Strait, fuelling heavy rains and wind gusts for a week There were 435 dead in Indonesia, 170 in Thailand, and three deaths reported in Malaysia Separately in Sri Lanka, at least 334 people have been killed as a result of floods and landslides triggered by Cyclone Ditwah, with many more still missing Rescue and relief officials in the Southeast Asian countries were still trying to get access to many flood-hit areas on Sunday, even as flood waters receded and tens of thousands of people were evacuated across the three countries Over 4 million people have been affected " nearly 3 million in southern Thailand and 1.1 million in western Indonesia,…...

just now (336+ words) Not many players stay in or around Major League Baseball until age 38, and most have a lot more name recognition than Casey Lawrence. Lawrence only appeared in six major league games this past year, but that's six more than he saw in all of 2024. In fact, Lawrence went three straight years once without appearing in the majors (2019 to 2021) despite debuting in 2017. The journeyman right-handed pitcher came to the Seattle Mariners for his second and third stints this year, with a brief hiatus in the middle for the Toronto Blue Jays. And although he shouldn't be expected to play a huge role, he'll be back for more with Seattle in 2026, at least to start the spring. According to a report from Aram Leighton of Just Baseball, Lawrence and the Mariners agreed to a minor-league contract for the upcoming season last week....

just now (276+ words) Findlay, Ohio-based Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC) operates as an integrated downstream energy company. With a market cap of$58.2 billion, Marathon Petroleum operates through Refining & Marketing and Midstream segments. Companies worth $10 billion or more are generally referred to as "large-cap stocks." Marathon Petroleum fits right into that category, with its market cap exceeding the threshold, reflecting its substantial size, influence, and dominance in the energy sector. Dan Ives Says These Are the Top 3 Stocks to Buy Right Now 1 Penny Stock Wall Street Predicts Will Soar More Than 450% in 2026 Down 42% From Its 52-Week High, Should You Buy the Dip in Cipher Mining Stock? MPC stock touched its52-week high of $202.29 on Nov. 14 and is currently trading 4.2% below that peak. Meanwhile, the stock hassurged 8.1% over the past three months, outpacing the Dow Jones Industrial Average's ($DOWI)4.6% uptick during the same time frame. Marathon Petroleum…...

just now (748+ words) Jeremy Corbyn's new left-wing movement decided to make the name Your Party permanent at the conclusion of its tense inaugural conference. The former Labour leader announced the interim name will be kept as he wrapped up the weekend which also saw his preferred leadership set-up rejected. Members voted for the name Your Party over the alternatives Our Party, Popular Alliance and For The Many. They also voted narrowly against having a single elected leader, opting instead for a collective model favoured by his rival Zarah Sultana that puts a committee of members in charge. Mr Corbyn acknowledged there had been "frustrations" in the establishment of the outfit but said "we have come a long way" as he closed the gathering in Liverpool on Sunday. The first day of the founding conference was marred by a dispute over the expulsion of…...

just now (172+ words) Feeding America CEO Claire Babineaux-Fontenot told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that before the government shutdown, food insecurity rates in the U.S. were "higher than at any point during the pandemic." "We're continuing to see very high demand. I think part of the reason is because the fastest growing group of people turning to the charitable food system, they're people who don't even qualify for any federal nutrition programs so this is an area that we've got to stay focused on," she added. Feeding America CEO Claire Babineaux-Fontenot told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that before the government shutdown, food insecurity rates in the U.S. were "higher than at any point during the pandemic." "We're continuing to see very high demand. I think part of the reason is because the fastest growing group of people turning to the charitable food…...

just now (209+ words) There's no indication that Josh Heupel is looking to leave the Tennessee Vols. Heupel's name, however, popped up on Kalshi this week as one of the favorites to take over as the new head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions. Kalshi is a regulated prediction market that allows users to trade "event contracts" on the outcome of real-world events. Unlike the headlines surrounding LSU, Florida, Auburn, Arkansas, and Ole Miss, the Penn State coaching search has been fairly quiet since firing James Franklin. As for Heupel, I don't get the sense that he's looking to leave Tennessee. But college football is as unpredictable as ever, and minds seemingly change at a moment's notice. So nothing can be ruled out. Ultimately, though, it would be a surprise if Heupel seriously entertains the idea of leaving Tennessee. And despite the tough…...

1+ min ago (459+ words) It is common nowadays for playwrights to go back and forth between stage and screen assignments, but Tom Stoppard, whose death at 88 was announced on Saturday, was an early adopter of the practice, with TV credits going back to the early 1960s. Some entries in his impressively lengthy collection of screenplays were originals, but he was especially in demand both as a script doctor (usually uncredited) and as a go-to scribe for literary adaptations. In that latter capacity, he was able to tackle novels by writers as wildly different as John le Carr, Leo Tolstoy, E.L. Doctorow, Vladimir Nabokov, J.G. Ballard and Ford Madox Ford. Below you will find a selection of films with Stoppard screenplays that are available on major American streaming platforms. (Those curious about his work on Rainer Werner Fassbinder's "Despair," a Nabokov adaptation, will have to poke around YouTube.)…...