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“I was a bit surprised, so I asked them to open the coffin, and everyone was startled,” Pairat Soodthoop said. “I saw her opening her eyes slightly and knocking on the side of the coffin. She must have been knocking for quite some time.”
Thai woman found alive in coffin after being brought in for cremation
A woman in Thailand shocked temple staff when she started moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation.
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Losing a major buyer for cattle and increasing imports from Brazil, which received tariff relief from Trump and accounts for 24% of imported beef, only adds to doubts about cattle business profitability, making it less likely that American ranchers will commit to raising more animals.
Tyson's beef plant closure in Nebraska will impact a reliant town and ranchers nationwide
Tyson Foods’ decision to close a beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, could devastate the small city and undermine the profits of ranchers nationwide.
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The move, which pertains to refugees of color, comes after the Trump administration suspended the program earlier this year and set a limit for entries to 7,500 mostly white South Africans.
Trump administration plans to review refugees admitted under Biden, memo obtained by The AP says
The Trump administration plans to review all refugees admitted during the Biden years, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
An informative essay on how anti-vaxxers rationalize the deaths of their unvaccinated loved ones by converting tragic stories into a new purpose — attacking medical professionals, public healthcare experts and the mainstream media.
Opinion | I Went to an Anti-Vaccine Conference. Medicine Is in Trouble.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Interesting reaction from the guy who pardoned more than 1,500 of his supporters who attacked the U.S. Capitol. “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” Trump wrote on his social media site. “HANG THEM GEORGE WASHINGTON WOULD !!”
Pentagon Opens Inquiry Into Senator Mark Kelly Over What Hegseth Calls ‘Seditious’ Video
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November 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Victims are not faceless. Four-year-old Henri Herszhorn was deported in 1942 to Auschwitz, where he was gassed immediately after arrival selection.
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Pedro Silva raises the question: The clown who would be king?
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Feeling down and out? Photographer Neil Leifer’s “Muhammad Ali and Cleveland Williams” (Nov, 14, 1966, Houston).
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
International editorial cartoonists mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Dutch editorial cartoonist Bas van der Schot reacts to Trump’s Ukraine peace plan, which has rankled America’s European allies and rewards Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aggression with Ukrainian territory.
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Editorial cartoonist Dennis Goris plays on a presidential Thanksgiving tradition to highlight Trump’s troubling pattern of granting pardons to political allies, Jan. 6 rioters, business associates and those with financial ties to his campaigns.
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Editorial cartoonist Clay Bennett makes fun of the Trump administration’s claim that prices are falling at the same time it’s suggesting how Americans can cut their Thanksgiving grocery expenses.
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Tough times for those who are convinced only Trump can stop Democratic elites torturing children in rituals and drinking their “adrenochrome” — a sort of fountain-of-youth liquid generated by terrified children. Remind anyone of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion?
Opinion | Why the Epstein Story Is So Awkward for QAnon
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Repeat a lie enough and it's accepted as fact. Even after his time in the United States, Col. Andrei Demurenko still believed the Kremlin narrative that Ukrainian “Nazis,” backed by the United States and the West, were threatening Russia’s existence.
He Saw the Best of America and Then Fought for Russia in Ukraine
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Americans have repeatedly been told that grocery prices “are way down” and that talk of an affordability crisis is a “con job.” Now they're being advised that to beat rising prices simply move from a blue state to a red state.
Scott Bessent's advice on how to reduce inflation raises eyebrows
On Sunday, the Treasury Secretary said consumers could lower their costs by migrating from blue to red states.
www.newsweek.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The numbers paint a picture of an American consumer in deep distress.
Millions of Americans are defaulting on loans
Debts, delinquencies, and defaults are pushing millions to the financial edge and threatening the country's economic stability.
www.newsweek.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
How does your cat see itself? Canadian artist Rebecca Aldernet’s “The Lady and the Lion.”
November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
When democracy dies. Emil van Hauth’s “Portrait of the Dancer Grit Hegesa” (1925). Popular during the Weimar Republic, van Hauth resigned from the Berlin Succession movement and changed his subject matter when the Nazis took power to curry favor with Germany’s new leaders.
November 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Australian editorial cartoonist Cathy Wilcox reacts to Trump’s complaint that Ukraine has failed to show enough appreciation for his Putin-pleasing efforts to end the war.
November 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Editorial cartoonist John Deering weighs in on Trump’s $20 billion bailout effort for Argentina as American farmers suffer devastating financial pain because of his trade war.
November 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Editorial cartoonist Andrew Winters weighs in on Trump’s Kremlin-pleasing Ukraine peace plan.
November 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
(Free access) One would have thought it would be Russian President Vladimir Putin — not Trump — demanding the surrender of Ukraine without consulting Ukraine or its European allies in advance — and then telling Ukraine it has to accept the plan by Thanksgiving.
Opinion | Trump’s Neville Chamberlain Prize
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Victims are not faceless. Ludmila Mirská was deported on Sept. 6, 1943, from the Theresienstadt Ghetto to Auschwitz, where she was murdered.
November 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Keep abreast of the news with Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s “Desire Dehau Reading a Newspaper in the Garden” (1890).
November 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Dutch editorial cartoonist Berend Vonk raises the question of why does Russian President Vladimir Putin appear to dictate Trump’s Ukraine agenda?
November 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM