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1+ min ago (1748+ words) It's a day to give thanks. But for millions of Indigenous Americans, it also serves as a reminder of loss. Across the United States, November is synonymous with preparations for Thanksgiving. Classrooms and public areas are decorated with warm-, earthy-toned cutouts of turkeys; English settlers " the Pilgrims, as they are known " who made a new home in a country new to them; and "Indians" with colourful feather headdresses and vests made of construction paper. Families come together from all over the country for a feast. And some arguments. America's pop culture dominance has meant that songs and movies have introduced these cultural staples to the rest of the world, even among those who don't celebrate Thanksgiving or fully understand it. But to millions of Indigenous Americans, the story of Thanksgiving is also closely intertwined with their history of invasion, occupation,…...

2+ min ago (554+ words) Airlines including Iberia and TAP had paused flights to Venezuela after warnings about "heightened military activity" in the area. Venezuela has pulled the operating rights for six foreign airlines that paused flights to the South American country amid rising tensions with the United States. But on Thursday, foreign officials and airline representatives blasted that decision as a "disproportionate" response. A day earlier, Venezuela"s civil aviation authority announced it had revoked permits for air travel companies, including Spain"s Iberia, Portugal"s TAP, Colombia"s Avianca, Brazil"s GOL, Turkish Airlines and LATAM, which has headquarters in Chile and Brazil. It accused the airlines'of joining "actions of state terrorism promoted by the United States". The Venezuelan government has been on edge in recent months, amid speculation of a possible US military attack. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had warned…...

13+ min ago (342+ words) Reigning European U-17 champions Portugal beat Austria 1-0 to lift the FIFA U-17 World Cup for the first time. Portugal lifted their first FIFA U-17 World Cup with a 1-0 victory against Austria in the final of the 2025 edition at Doha's Khalifa International Stadium in Qatar. Anisio Cabral netted the only goal of the game in the 32nd minute on Thursday, handing the Portuguese the win in a match that saw both sides competing in the final at this level for the first time. Johannes Moser of Austria was the leading scorer in the tournament coming into the final with eight goals, but it was substitute Daniel Frauscher who came closest to levelling for his side when striking the post with a low drive in the 85th minute, seconds after coming on as a substitute. Moser's closest rival for the Golden Boot was Cabral, who finished with…...

22+ min ago (1022+ words) The alleged perpetrator of the recent shooting of two National Guard members in downtown Washington D.C. may have been kept out of American society if not for budget cuts by President Donald Trump's administration.That's according to #AfghanEvac President Shawn VanDiver, who told MS NOW on Thursday that alleged shooter Rahmanullah Lakanwal " an Afghan national who came to the United States in September of 2021 " could have potentially been stopped before carrying out his act. He cited the 2024 arrest of 19 year-old Afghan national Abdullah Haji Zada, who was apprehended for plotting an Election Day mass shooting in Oklahoma City, as an example of how federal resources can work to prevent acts of terrorism before they happen."Nobody should ever have to endure this gun violence that's endemic in our American society. And look, the truth is that this man alone is responsible…...

27+ min ago (866+ words) Observers condemn Israeli army's killing of two Palestinian men in northern West Bank as "shocking crime'. Israeli soldiers have shot and killed two Palestinian men during a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin as the pair attempted to surrender to the military, according to video footage and witness accounts from the scene. Al Jazeera's Nour Odeh said journalists in Jenin reported on Thursday that the two men had "pulled their shirts up, showing that they were unarmed" before the military ordered them to go back into a building that they had been holed up in. "And then they were shot dead. They were executed," Odeh said, reporting from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. In a statement, the Israeli army said its troops had pursued wanted individuals who were "affiliated with a terror network" in the Jenin…...

30+ min ago (159+ words) GOP Senator Agrees to Pay His Taxes from 2009 Senator Jim Justice, a Republican and former governor of West Virginia, has agreed to pay over $5 million in long-overdue taxes, just hours after being sued by U.S. tax authorities. The first-term senator and his wife reached the settlement following a lawsuit accusing the couple of having "neglected or refused to make full payment" on taxes from 2009. Posted by REDIAL at 06:30 PM | 2 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | Justice, who led the state from 2017 until he took office as a senator in 2025, entered politics after decades running his family's coal empire, which controlled dozens of mines across several states. He ate the evidence. #1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-11-27 06:58 AM | Reply Shouldn't this scofflaw be in prison? #2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-11-27 01:32 PM | Reply...

34+ min ago (612+ words) A Washington D.C. resident managed to take photos of the exact moment a gunman opened fire on two National Guard troops on Wednesday afternoon.The photos " which were captured by an unnamed passerby via smartphone " were published in a Thursday report by the Wall Street Journal's Michael R. Gordon. One photo shows a National Guard member sprinting away from the assailant outside of the Farragut West Metro station in downtown Washington D.C., while the attacker can be seen with a revolver in his right hand. the guardsman and the gunman are seen running around the corner of 17th and I streets, not far from the White House.The photographer also managed to record video while driving past the scene of the attack in which gunfire can be heard. It's unclear whether the gunfire is only from the attacker's handgun, or if the shots are…...

38+ min ago (1212+ words) In his introductory speech, the curator of the museum expressed his vehement opposition to the content of the exhibition, which seeks to encourage debate and shed light on the background to the persecution of the Palestinian people by Israel and the imperialist powers led by the United States. Berlin-based Italian artist Costantino Ciervo is no stranger to controversy. Over the past four decades, the self-proclaimed political artist and socialist has created artworks that address the plight of some of the most exploited sections of the working class'undocumented workers in Italy, migrants who have died crossing the Mediterranean and the persecution of the Palestinian people. In the course of his work he has often encountered the indifference or even the hostility of cultural institutions. However, the reaction to his latest exhibition, "COMUNE'The Paradox of Similarity in the Middle East Conflict," came…...

41+ min ago (299+ words) Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) demanded the execution of the Afghan national accused of shooting two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., appearing on Fox News to blame the "disastrous" policies of former President Joe Biden. The suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, arrived in September 2021 from Afghanistan under the Biden-era Operation Allies Welcome program, and reportedly worked with the CIA-backed Zero Unit before being evacuated to the U.S. during that time. He was granted asylum earlier this year. "I hope that the [Justice Department] and the judge in this case will put this terrorist down," Mace told Fox News anchor Kevin Corke on Thursday. "He doesn't deserve to live!" The South Carolina Republican's remarks came less than 24 hours after the shooting, which left National Guard members Andrew Wolfe, 24, and Sarah Beckstrom, 20, in critical condition. Authorities say Lakanwal used a .357 revolver to ambush the pair before…...

44+ min ago (207+ words) Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei dunked on President Donald Trump Thursday over his failure to end the war in Ukraine, among the president's key pledges on the campaign trail in 2024. "The U.S. instigated the costly war in Ukraine but failed to achieve its goals," Khamenei wrote Thursday in a social media post on X. "The current U.S. President had claimed he would end it in three days." Trump pledged on the campaign trail to end the war in Ukraine "in 24 hours" should he be re-elected, a pledge that has gone on unfulfilled with the war still raging months later. Recent developments have suggested that a peace deal may soon be accepted by both Ukraine and Russia, however, key sticking points in the negotiations remain unsettled. Khamenei, who's been known to take sharp jabs at Trump on social media, reminded the president of his…...