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• When Tom Stoppard Confronted His Background in His Final Play - The playwright, who learned about his Jewish heritage late in life, addressed it in the Tony Award-winning drama “Leopoldstadt.”
• As Pope Leo visits Lebanon, Christians are fleeing the Middle East - Christians are still the largest religious minority in the Middle East, the region where Jesus was born, lived and died, but the community is shrinking.
• Kai Trump reveals how she deals with negative comments on social media: 'I know who I am' - Kai Trump, the eldest grandchild of President Donald Trump, caught up with her aunt, Lara Trump, for a candid interview where she discussed how she deals with negative commenters.
• An industry focused on death faces an existential crisis - The small, family run companies that make traditional memorialization products like gravestones are facing the dual challenges of tariffs and cremation.
• Former SJSU volleyball star reveals 'severe' health issue that stemmed from Title IX conflict with school - Brooke Slusser developed severe anorexia after taking legal action against San Jose State over transgender volleyball teammate Blaire Fleming.
• It’s OK That Our Long, Mostly Good Marriage Ended - Four years ago, my husband and I made an increasingly common choice: We hugged, apologized for our shortcomings and freed each other.
• UK's Reeves says she did not mislead public on the budget - MANCHESTER, England, Nov 30 () - British finance minister Rachel Reeves on Sunday denied she misled the public over official forecasts ahead of this ​month's budget, saying she had been honest about the need to build up ‌a bigger fiscal buf
• Netanyahu must be pardoned as Israel's security reality 'more complex than ever,' Katz says - Defense Minister Israel Katz called the pardon necessary as Israel faces a "more complex security reality than ever before. " Ministers and politicians in Israel's coalition welcomed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Sunday submission of
• Martin Scorsese brings St Thomas Becket’s clash with the crown to life in ‘The Saints’ - Martin Scorsese brings St. Thomas Becket's dramatic story of loyalty and betrayal to life in the compelling new episode of "The Saints" on Fox Nation.
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• Doctor warns of 2 simple food mistakes that increase chronic disease risk - Dr. Frank Dumont reveals how nutrition can prevent fatal diseases like cancer. Simple dietary changes may ward off obesity, diabetes and autoimmune conditions.
• American Culture Quiz: Test yourself on TV sitcom stars and exceptional explorers - The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people. This time, test your knowledge of TV sitcom stars and exceptional explorers.
• Pope Leo XIV begins Lebanon visit amid economic crisis, heightened security concerns - Pope Leo XIV arrives in Lebanon on the second leg of his historic first international trip as pontiff, visiting Christian communities amid regional tensions and ongoing crisis.
• Winter Storm Chan To Bring Measurable Snow To Northeast - Winter Storm Chan will bring a wintry mix set up across the Ohio Valley and central and southern Appalachians Monday night. It will then intensify across the mid-Atlantic and Northeast Tuesday into early Wednesday as an area of low pressure
• More than 500 dead across Southeast Asia after record rainfall, floods - Rain caused by Cyclone Senyar prompted deadly flooding and landslides in Indonesia and Thailand. Effects from a separate cyclone in Sri Lanka killed nearly 200.
• ACA subsidies will be extended by 1–2 yrs: Healthcare strategist - Mizuho Americas healthcare equity strategist, Jared Holz, joins Market Catalysts host Julie Hyman to discuss the future of Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies and why he believes they're not likely to be eliminated anytime soon. To watch mo
• Rubio, Witkoff meet with Ukrainian officials in push to finalize deal after Zelenskyy's top negotiator resigns - Trump administration officials meet Ukrainian negotiators in Florida to work through the final details of a peace deal Kyiv agreed to last week.
• Struggling to sleep? How wildflowers helped me break the 3AM worry spiral - The surprising way wildflowers can teach us how to release anxiety and find peace based citing biblical wisdom and the author's personal experience with 3 a.m. worry spirals.
• The Dangers of E-bikes - Injuries and deaths are rising — but the law hasn’t kept up.
• Kazakh pair accused of using spycam and earpieces to win A$1.2m in casino - The husband and wife are alleged to have used a range of devices to cheat card games over a number of weeks.
• Decades after an exodus, Pittsburgh is attracting transplants with the most affordable housing of any city in America - Scoring high on liveability and affordability? Here's why.
• How Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele evaded capture in Latin America, revealed in declassified files - Milei declassifies shocking documents revealing how Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele lived openly in Argentina despite authorities knowing his identity.
• Venezuelan leader Maduro may seem desperate. But his loyalty vs punishment strategy is hard to crack - English phrases once bothered Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro so much that he urged his State of the Union address audience to phase out words like skatepark and fashion. While his turnaround is seen as a sign of desperation by support
• Elon Musk teases a future run by robots - Viral video shared by Elon Musk shows Tesla's Optimus humanoid robots performing tasks from cooking to construction, garnering over 58.5 million views on social media.
• Hong Kong’s Migrant Domestic Workers Mourn Their Losses in Deadly Fire - At least eight workers died, and many of those who survived, after saving children and others in their care, are worried about losing their jobs and being forced to leave.
• 4 killed, 10 wounded after shooting at California family gathering; suspect at large - A mass shooting at a family gathering inside a banquet hall in Stockton, California, left at least four people dead and 10 others wounded Saturday evening, officials said.
• Reality star Steve McBee Sr. blasts government fraud case as a 'bullying technique' before heading to prison - Steve McBee Sr. sentenced to prison and $4M restitution in crop insurance fraud case, claims government used 'bullying technique' to force guilty plea.
• Knitters Need Free Trade: Trump's Tariffs Are Making Crafting Supplies Harder To Get - "Every supplier I have, minus one, from major to minor, has had a price increase," a Tennessee yarn shop owner tells Reason.
• Netanyahu submits request for a pardon during his ongoing corruption trial - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Israel's president to grant him a pardon during his long-running corruption trial that’s bitterly divided the country. In a statement Sunday the prime minister’s office said that Netanyah
• Strong High-Performance AI Cloud Momentum Holds Investor Confidence in CoreWeave (CRWV) - CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) is included in our list of the 12 oversold global stocks to invest in. Recently, Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest ETFs continued to expand their stake in CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV). In its November 25 filings, ARK ac
• Robert Garcia leads Democrats' strategy on Epstein probe, to GOP's dismay - Rep. Robert Garcia, of Long Beach, has helped lead the House Democrats' push to secure release of the Epstein files, thrusting the second-term congressman into the national spotlight.
• The Medical Case That Still Haunts Me - A doctor grapples with a patient’s incomprehensible medical decision.
• Chinese cyberattack campaign likely impacted every American, former FBI official says - Former FBI official says likely every American impacted by Chinese Salt Typhoon cyberattack targeting US telecommunications networks in massive breach.
• Israel’s Netanyahu Requests Pardon in Corruption Cases - The move comes two weeks after President Trump wrote to Israel’s president urging a pardon for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
• Acclaimed ‘Inconvenient Indian’ reveals he’s not Indigenous - King said he was told as a child that his father was part Cherokee. A genealogist traced his paternal lineage and found no Indigenous ancestry.
• Two badly injured and one arrested in street attack - One man has been left with life-threatening injuries following the attack in a market town.
• Deadly Floods in Indonesia Leave Hundreds Missing - Hundreds of people have been killed and millions displaced as extreme weather has ravaged Southeast Asia this month. Indonesia’s heavy rain was linked to two tropical cyclones.
• 3 Quantum Computing Stocks I'd Buy Right Now - The next Nvidia could be hiding in plain sight -- and it's not making GPUs.
• Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends - David Sacks, the Trump administration’s A.I. and crypto czar, has helped formulate policies that aid his Silicon Valley friends and many of his own tech investments.
• Sperm whale, tribe land, sailing history: Cape Cod Times top stories - Catch up on the top four most popular stories on the Cape Cod Times website from this past week.
• Iran seizes Eswatini-flagged vessel for smuggling fuel - Iran seized an Eswatini-flagged ship carrying 350,000 liters of smuggled fuel off Bushehr, detaining its 13 crew amid ongoing efforts to curb fuel smuggling. Iran seized on Sunday an Eswatini-flagged vessel carrying 350,000 litres of smuggl
• Climate change, aging farmers endanger Japan’s ‘Rolls-Royce of pearls’ - Japan’s famous akoya pearls have never been more in demand but, as seas warm and younger generations move to the city, the industry’s future is uncertain.
• What will happen once Trump leaves office? It's not good. | Opinion - When people hear about 'the new right,' they often think of Trump and his defenders. But the president has no coherent ideology behind him.
• The common fruit juice that could control blood pressure and calm inflammation - A recent study has shown that regular orange juice consumption can influence the activity of thousands of genes
• Indian outreach to Taliban is ratcheting up Afghan-Pakistani tensions - Afghanistan and Pakistan appear headed toward a new military escalation.
• On This Day, Nov. 30: President George H.W. Bush dies at 94 - On Nov. 28, 2018, former President George H.W. Bush died at his home in Houston, six months after the passing of his wife, former first lady Barbara Bush.
• 4 Dead After Shooting at Banquet Hall in California - The shooting in Stockton, a city in California’s Central Valley, left 10 others wounded. The authorities said they were looking for a suspect.
• Massachusetts man accused of beating parents and setting home on fire, leaving them to die - A Massachusetts man was arrested for allegedly beating his parents, setting their house on fire and leaving them to die in the burning structure.
• Schumer accuses Trump of pushing US toward ‘foreign war’ with Venezuela - Schumer warns Trump's Venezuela actions push U.S. toward war without congressional approval, citing constitutional concerns over military force and oversight.
• China factory activity edges up in November but remains in contraction for eighth month as fading holiday demand drags services - The National Bureau of Statistics said the manufacturing purchasing managers index rose to 49.2, up 0.2 points from October and in line with forecasts in a Reuters poll.