Edition 87 · Thursday, November 12, 2026
Here's what happened.
A three-story residential building collapsed in Brooklyn’s Flatbush section, killing at least eight people and injuring at least 17. Rescue crews continued searching for survivors in what Mayor Zohran Mamdani called extremely dangerous conditions.
An 11-month-old South Carolina boy was rescued after investigators said he had been buried in the woods for about 24 hours. His father was in police custody after the rescue.
The historic ocean liner SS United States was sunk off Florida on Wednesday. It will become an artificial reef and diving destination after having set trans-Atlantic speed records.
San Diego County holds half of California’s violent sex offenders, and a judge is considering whether to place two sexually violent predators in a rural neighborhood. A county supervisor has proposed a new plan for housing these offenders.
Nearly half of California school bond measures are on track to fail, according to the report. Voters rejected bonds worth billions of dollars that schools use to repair and modernize aging campuses.
U.S.-mediated Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi concluded with an agreement on a prisoner exchange. U.S. negotiators are due to meet Vladimir Putin on Thursday and Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday.
A strike on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital killed at least six people and injured 20, rescuers said. Israeli authorities said Hamas had established a command center at the hospital complex, while Hamas called the attack a crime against a civilian medical facility.
Jensen Huang has resigned as Nvidia’s chief executive. Wired says the resignation followed the company’s investigation into his affair with an alleged Chinese intelligence asset.
OpenAI’s quarterly revenue reportedly surpassed $10 billion for the first time. TechCrunch says that figure is nearly 50% higher than the $6.7 billion recorded in the company’s second quarter.
The polar vortex is breaking down unusually early in the season, while an unprecedented El Niño is also influencing conditions. The combination could produce unusual weather from the United Kingdom to the United States, though the outcomes remain difficult to predict.
New evidence suggests female bonobos are the primary hunters in their societies. Because bonobos are as closely related to humans as chimpanzees, the finding could reshape ideas about early human societies and the traditional “man the hunter” narrative.
Radical Numerics says it has developed an offline model designed to identify natural and AI-engineered pathogens. The startup is positioning the system as a way to counter the risk of AI-enabled bioweapons.
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a gallery of gravitational lenses showing the diversity of this cosmic phenomenon. The observations will help prepare follow-up work by the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
The American Cancer Society has reversed its previous position and now says American men aged 50 to 69 might want to be checked for prostate cancer. The updated guidance concerns PSA screening and marks a change in the organization’s earlier recommendations.
Researchers studying nearly 100,000 diverse Americans identified thousands of previously unreported genetic variants that influence responses to prescription drugs. The findings could add to understanding of how genetic differences affect medication response.
Doctors say combining BMI with other measurements and tests could improve how obesity is diagnosed. The approach may prevent millions of people from being misdiagnosed by better distinguishing healthy people from those with harmful excess body fat.
Much of the questionable spending of opioid settlement money in 2025 took place at county and city level. The report says local decision-makers often lack backgrounds in addiction policy, raising concerns about how the funds are controlled.
The UK economy grew by 0.7% in the three months to September, according to official figures. That was its fastest growth rate in more than two years.
Gas bills will rise by about 5% from 1 December, Island Energy has announced. The increase comes as turmoil in the Middle East persists.
Metro Bank is putting itself up for sale three years after its near-collapse. The announcement sent its shares up 7% and valued the bank at about £1.3bn, potentially giving investor Jaime Gilinski Bacal a £420m windfall.
UK naval-drone maker UForce has reached a £4.5bn valuation after raising more than £500m. Investors include the UK government’s national wealth fund, which contributed £113m.
The White House is threatening that aggressive congressional investigations could constitute a crime as Democrats prepare to begin oversight inquiries. The legal basis for the warning was unclear, while the Constitution grants lawmakers immunity for legislative acts.
Scott Colom has won Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race after a very close contest. He will be the first Black man to represent the state in the Senate in nearly 150 years.
Governor-elect Xavier Becerra has avoided detailing which policies his administration will prioritize. Some legislators nonetheless expect him to have a more collaborative relationship with the Capitol.
A lawsuit filed by a fired judge alleges that California illegally approved increases in insurance rates. The suit also accuses Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and senior Department of Insurance officials of undermining administrative judges’ authority.
AI is increasingly being used to conduct job interviews, prompting some candidates to troll interview bots in viral videos. The examples highlight both the systems’ increasingly humanlike responses and their remaining limitations, while a University of Chicago study cited in the report found AI interviews were associated with a 12% increase in job offers and a 17% increase in 30-day retention.
Many fathers want to spend more time caregiving but face limited schedule control, weak workplace support and financial barriers. A Better Life Lab report found that six in 10 fathers expressed interest in staying home full time, while 74% of parents and caregivers preferred remote or hybrid work when possible but only 40% currently had it.
Mirra Andreeva won 11 consecutive games to defeat world number two Aryna Sabalenka and reach the WTA Finals semi-finals. The dominant run makes it one of the tournament’s standout results.
Breakdancers in Senegal are competing at the Youth Olympic Games, hosted in Africa for the first time. The event marks a historic moment for the continent’s Olympic movement.
Grok, the chatbot associated with Elon Musk’s X, faces multiple legal challenges over its nudification capabilities. Plaintiffs allege that it generated naked images from photos of them as children, according to Bloomberg.
Ring confirmed that its upcoming security camera drone will not offer manual controls. The Ring Drone Cam will rely entirely on an AI Pilot to follow preset routes and navigate around obstacles, after an embarrassing demonstration on CBS News.
CD Projekt Red has used generative AI to modify Polish voice lines for Geralt in The Witcher 3’s upcoming Songs of the Past expansion. The change was made with actor Jacek Rozenek’s permission after a stroke altered his voice, allowing the studio to make his new lines sound similar to earlier recordings.
Overwatch is adding 6v6 role queue to Competitive play. Blizzard says it no longer views the 5v5 and 6v6 formats as needing an exclusive winner.
Hunger, an extraction shooter-slasher from the studio formed by the original developers of Hell Let Loose, will enter Steam Early Access on December 3. An open beta is scheduled for this month.
Fredrik Wester is stepping down as CEO of Paradox Interactive after a combined 15 years leading the company. Deputy CEO Mattias Lilja will take over on January 4, 2027.
An 8-year-old boy from Haiti was separated from his family and taken into ICE custody at a check-in. He had been living with his uncle’s family since his father was deported last year, and was sent to a shelter after the detention.
Welsh students will begin repaying their loans earlier after repayment thresholds were frozen. The Welsh government said the change was “unavoidable” following controversial measures in the 2025 UK budget.
The Kennedy Center plans to switch ticketing to Ticketmaster, raising conflict-of-interest concerns. Its former president, Richard Grenell, was a paid board member of Ticketmaster’s parent company while the organizations negotiated.
Meta disabled Russell Brand’s Facebook and Instagram accounts because of his rape conviction. Brand’s team announced the ban on X, where owner Elon Musk continues to express support for him.
Tens of thousands of people joined a general strike in Spain, prompting clashes in Barcelona. The country's main unions called the action over housing costs and the wider cost of living.
The historic SS United States has been deliberately sunk off Florida after efforts to turn it into a museum failed. The former record-setting liner will become the world's largest artificial reef.