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  1. Good News Friday: Teen with autism found alive after six days lost in the Australian bushWilliam, 17, who has autism, went missing Nov. 6 near Walhalla, Victoria, after walking back from camp to fetch gear, with no food, water or phone.
  2. Trump says "we don't need a deal with Iran" and pulls Vance off the talks; oil jumpsOn Nov. 12 Trump wrote "We don't need a deal with Iran" and asked Vice President Vance to focus on crime and corruption in Democrat-run cities instead.
  3. Congress presses Jensen Huang and Commerce Secretary Lutnick to testify over chips in ChinaHouse GOP chairmen asked former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to a closed-door interview Dec. 1 or face a subpoena; Sen. Tim Scott asked Huang and Commerce Secretary Lutnick to testify in December.
  4. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns: what it means for markets and your 401(k)Jensen Huang resigned as Nvidia's CEO, president and board member on Nov. 12; CFO Colette Kress is interim CEO and Harvey C. Jones the board's first chair.
  5. White House warns Democrats their planned probes could cross into "blatant criminality"White House counsel Will Scharf warned Rep. Robert Garcia that threats or process meant to "abuse or instill fear" may cross into "blatant criminality."

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  1. WorldGood News Friday: Teen with autism found alive after six days lost in the Australian bush
  2. Middle EastTrump says "we don't need a deal with Iran" and pulls Vance off the talks; oil jumps
  3. North AmericaCongress presses Jensen Huang and Commerce Secretary Lutnick to testify over chips in China
  4. North AmericaNvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns: what it means for markets and your 401(k)
  5. North AmericaWhite House warns Democrats their planned probes could cross into "blatant criminality"
  6. North America3 women killed as minivan hits crowd outside North Hollywood Metro station; driver arrested
  7. North AmericaBrooklyn building collapse: 8 dead, 18 hurt as search continues in Flatbush
  8. North AmericaTom Emmer keeps the No. 2 House GOP job, beating August Pfluger 103-76
  9. EuropeNATO jets scrambled as at least four drones stray into Baltic airspace
  10. WorldRussia's ambassador to the U.S., Alexander Darchiev, dies at 66
  11. EuropeFour EU countries push back on Germany's Merz over Ukraine money in the EU budget
  12. North AmericaBernie Sanders says he won't back Chuck Schumer for Senate Democratic leader
  13. EuropeSpain's first general strike in 14 years: millions walk out over housing costs
  14. North AmericaVeterans Day 2026: what's open and closed today, plus free meals for veterans
  15. North AmericaRepublicans pick their leaders after midterm losses: Thune stays, Jordan beats Scalise
  16. Middle EastIran says two more tankers are burning near Hormuz as Trump calls the war "effectively over"
  17. North AmericaU.S. gas falls to $3.98, the lowest since July, but still about 90 cents above last year
  18. North AmericaSenate votes 73-25 to take up big permitting reform bill: what's in it
  19. North AmericaCalifornia voters reject Prop 40, the one-time 5% billionaire wealth tax
  20. North AmericaU.S. inflation runs hotter than expected in October; December rate hike looks likely
  21. North AmericaSupreme Court lets border wall work resume in Texas' Big Bend region
  22. North AmericaHouse shelves Massie's Hegseth impeachment in 211-204 vote
  23. North AmericaB.C. braces for 250 mm of rain as third storm hits the coast
  24. WorldOil falls below $90 for the first time since August
  25. EuropeFrance's protests: thousands arrested as anger over prices grows
  26. EuropeKraków shooting: six killed in the city's Main Square
  27. EuropeFrance raises the minimum wage by €24 a month; unions say it's not enough
  28. Middle EastSteel plant explosion in western Turkey kills 17 workers
  29. Middle EastTrump meets Qatar's leader on Iran talks, but no deal yet
  30. EuropeRussia, Ukraine and U.S. end Abu Dhabi talks with a prisoner swap deal, but no breakthrough
  31. North AmericaAlaska Senate race still undecided as both sides go to court
  32. North AmericaCanada lost 4,700 jobs in October; unemployment rises to 6.7%
  33. WorldOil drops on hopes of a U.S.-Iran deal: what it means at the pump