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.Today’s top news headlines are dominated by a potential end to theU.S. government shutdown, the release of new emails from the Jeffrey Epstein case that mention Donald Trump, and escalating international tensions involving theU.S.,Venezuela, Israel, and Iran.
U.S. News
Government Shutdown The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on a bill that would end the longest government shutdown in history, following a compromise deal in the Senate. The shutdown has caused disruptions to air travel and delays in federal services, with the Supreme Court extending a brief stay on SNAP food benefits payments as a deal nears.
Jeffrey Epstein Emails A House committee has released thousands of pages of documents and emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, which include mentions of Donald Trump. The White House has dismissed the emails as a distraction.
Politics John F. Kennedy’s grandson, Jack Schlossberg, has announced he is running for a U.S. House seat. Meanwhile, California Governor Gavin Newsom called Donald Trump an “invasive species” during remarks at the COP30 climate summit.
Other Domestic News The U.S. Mint is set to produce its last circulating penny. A rare and powerful solar storm is expected to trigger Northern Lights displays across several U.S. states for a second night in a row.
World News
Middle East The President of Israel stated he cannot pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu solely based on a letter from Donald Trump, who requested a pardon for Netanyahu in his ongoing corruption trial. Hamas returned the remains of an Israeli soldier killed in the 2014 Gaza war. Israeli settlers have also launched multiple arson attacks on Palestinian villages in the West Bank.
to announce a “massive mobilization” of its military forces for exercises. Venezuela Tensions are rising as the U.S. Navy’s largest warship, the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, has arrived in the Caribbean, prompting Venezuela
International Incidents A passenger bus fell into a ravine in Peru, killing at least 37 people. In India, authorities are treating a deadly car blast near the Red Fort in Delhi as a terror incident. A newly built bridge in southwestern China partially collapsed.
Kazakhstan The nation’s lawmakers passed a Russian-style anti-LGBTQ+ law banning the promotion of “non-traditional sexual orientation”.
For more in-depth reporting, you can visit major news outlets such as ABC News, CBS News, CNN, NPR, or The New York Times online.
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Day: November 12, 2025
NYC FERRY ON Monday announced a ferry route overhaul set to begin Dec. 8, aiming to cut travel times and costs.
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A WIDESPREAD, MULTI-STATE OUTBREAK OF INFANT BOTULISM in ByHeart-brand nutrition products has prompted an investigation.
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Nearly a hundred safety advocates and families of children killed in traffic gathered on the steps of City Hall on Wednesday to make streets safer, zeroing in on “universal daylighting,” by banning parking near intersections.
Daylighting is the process of repurposing city curb space closest to an intersection to improve visibility for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. Currently, most intersections in NYC allow parking up to the crosswalk, which advocates say decreases visibility for everyone on the road.
The protestors urged the City Council, with only about one month left in its current term, to pass Intro. 1138, which would prohibit parking or standing a vehicle within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
Without universal daylighting, pedestrians can’t see drivers, and drivers can’t see pedestrians until they’re in the middle of the road, advocates at the rally said.
“Since this City Council term began in 2022, 50 children have been killed in traffic crashes in NYC,” Ben Furnas, executive director of Transportation Alternatives, said in front of shoes displayed on City Hall’s steps to represent the fallen lives.
According to the advocacy group, walking home from school is the deadliest time for students; being struck by a car is the leading cause of injury-related death for New York City children under 14, the group reports.
Intro. 1138, if passed into law, would require the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) to implement physical barriers — like planters or bike racks — at a minimum of 1,000 intersections per year.
“We should not have to wait any longer for this bill to pass,” said Queens Council Member Julie Won, who sponsored the legislation.
DOT officials, however, are opposed to the measure. In January, the agency published a report which indicated that universal daylighting only offers a pittance of traffic safety relief, and that is mostly the case when hardened daylighting is applied “situationally” rather than universally.
While the agency said it is committed to making streets safer, officials noted that their data speaks volumes, adding that universal daylighting could lead to even more traffic-related injuries.
“We appreciate the advocates who support this bill, but we spent two years reviewing data from thousands of intersections across New York City and found that universal daylighting would not improve safety and could cause up to 15,000 additional traffic injuries per year,” a DOT spokesperson said. “There isn’t a one-size-fits-all answer to street safety, and we will continue to do what works best in the places where it works best so that we can save lives and keep people safe.”
Creating daylighting is a costly job that has an estimated price tag in the billions, according to the DOT. City officials said the daylighting bill, if enacted, could eliminate around 300,000 parking spaces in the five boroughs.
Meanwhile, the proposed universal daylighting plan has faced pushback from area politicians concerned about the significant loss of parking spaces across the city.
Vito Fossella, Staten Island’s borough president, called the proposal a “one-size-fits-all” approach that will “make things worse” for drivers in his borough and across the city.
“If the goal is to make things safer, then identify those intersections that present a problem,” the beep said. “It is a big mistake to impose a $3 billion parking ticket on New York City residents, for a concept that should not see daylight. We urge the city council leadership to keep this proposal in the dark.”
AG Letitia James has denounced the Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday to extend the administrative stay on distributing full SNAP benefits.
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