Monthly Archives: November 2025

‘Frankenstein’ Looms Over Netflix Charts As No. 1 Weekly Title With 33.8M Views; ‘The Beast In Me’ Tops TV

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Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is still dominating Netflix in its first full week on the service, easily securing its place as the most-watched title from November 10 to 16. The film raked in 33. 8M views, up 16% from its premiere-week audience. That puts it at 62. 9M views globally through its first 10 days. It still has quite a long way to go before it might land on Netflix’s most popular film list, but that is certainly in reach. Currently, Damsel is No. 10 among the streamer’s most popular English films of all time with 138M views. Frankenstein would need just over 75M more views to surpass it, which is has another 81 days in its premiere window to do. Lately, Netflix audiences have been gravitating more toward the film side of things, as illustrated by the strong showing for the streamer’s latest original Christmas film, A Merry Little Ex-Mas, which came in at No. 2 on the English film list and among all titles on the platform last week. The film, starring Alicia Silverstone and Oliver Hudson, drew 12. 8M views. Another solid performances in film included the Danish drama Mango, which topped the non-English list with 10. 8M views, and. drumroll. KPop Demon Hunters in third place on the English film list with 11. 6M views. Alex Woo’s animated film In Your Dreams, with a voice cast that includes Simu Liu, Cristin Milioti, and Craig Robinson, debuted at No. 4 with a respectable 8. 3M views. All of these offerings had higher weekly totals than the No. 1 series on the English TV list, The Beast in Me. Still, the Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys-starrer managed a decent 6. 9M views in its first few days after premiering on November 13. The Witcher Season 4 is trending downward. Even though it came in at No, 2 on the English TV list, it halved its audience week over week with only 3. 6M views. Death by Lightning maintained its presence with an even 3. 2M views. On the heels of Boots, a coming-of-age docuseries called Marines also piqued audience interest, tallying 2. 8M views. Meanwhile, the Stranger Things hype has continued to grow leading into Season 5’s November 26 debut. The supernatural horror series’ first and second seasons ranked No. 4 and No. 9 on the English TV list, with 3. 3M and 2. 7M views, respectively.
https://deadline.com/2025/11/frankenstein-netflix-top-10-viewership-the-beast-in-me-1236621772/

Videos, photos show Customs and Border Protection agents in central North Carolina

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RALEIGH, N. C. (WTVD) — Less than a full day after ABC11 confirmed that federal agents with Customs and Border Protection were coming to the Triangle, they were spotted in some areas Tuesday morning. People in Cary, Durham and other places started sharing photos and videos with ABC11 of agents being spotted outside of businesses. In a photo outside a business in Cary, one person was in handcuffs and being escorted by what appears to be a Customs and Border Protection agent. In one photo, you can see agents outside of an apartment complex. A homeowner in Durham shared Ring cam video of agents arresting someone. Raleigh Mayor Janet Cowell confirmed Monday night to ABC11 that federal agents will be in Raleigh on Tuesday. “As the capital city, it is important to us that everyone who lives, works, plays, and learns in Raleigh feels safe,” Cowell said in a statement. “We have been made aware that Customs and Border Protection are coming to Raleigh. While the Raleigh Police Department is not involved in immigration enforcement, we are committed to protecting our residents and to following the law. I can confirm that RPD has not participated in any immigration planning activities. “Above all, Raleigh is a safe city, with crime down year-over-year. Public safety is a priority for me and this City Council,” the mayor continued. “This is a key moment to reaffirm our commitment to serving all members of our community. If you need help from the police, you call 911, and help will come. I ask Raleigh to remember our values and maintain peace and respect through any upcoming challenges. Together we are Raleigh Strong.” On Sunday in Raleigh, hundreds of people marched from Moore Square to the State Capitol in downtown Raleigh to protest what they saw happening in Charlotte. While many of the raids in Charlotte targeted Hispanic-owned businesses, Morrisville Councilmember Steve Rao tells ABC11 he’s worried about the possible effects on Morrisville’s large South Asian population. “So there is this fear and uncertainty about how you’re treated, how you’re handled,” Rao said. “I think many Indian-Americans are here legally on skilled immigration visas. There’s been concerns about fees being increased to $100,000 from $5,000 for applying for those. And if there are people here illegally, whether their paperwork has transpired or whatever, these people need to know their rights.”.
https://abc11.com/post/immigration-agents-nc-customs-border-spotted-central-north-carolina-outside-businesses-other-places/18169876/

Man, woman stabbed in violent Los Angeles home invasion

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A man and woman were left wounded and bleeding in the San Fernando Valley after being stabbed by a suspect who entered their residence Monday night, according to police. Officers were sent to the 8900 block of Orion Avenue in the North Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles following a report of a stabbing shortly before […]
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/man-woman-stabbed-in-violent-los-angeles-home-invasion/

Federal court blocks Texas from using new congressional gerrymander in 2026 midterms

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Texas Tribune ^ | November 18, 2025 | Eleanor Klibanoff Posted on by Miami Rebel Texas cannot use its new congressional map for the 2026 election and will instead need to stick with the lines passed in 2021, a three-judge panel ruled Tuesday. The decision is a major blow for Republicans, in Texas and nationally, who pushed through this unusual mid-decade redistricting at the behest of President Donald Trump. They were hoping the new map would yield control of 30 of the state’s 38 congressional districts up from the 25 they currently hold and help protect the narrow GOP majority in the U. S. House. “The public perception of this case is that it’s about politics,” U. S. Judge Jeffrey Brown, a Trump appointee, wrote in the ruling striking down the new lines. “To be sure, politics played a role in drawing the 2025 Map. But it was much more than just politics. Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map.” Brown ordered that the 2026 congressional election “shall proceed under the map that the Texas Legislature enacted in 2021.” The case will likely be appealed to the U. S. Supreme Court, but time is short: Candidates only have until Dec. 8 to file for the upcoming election. (Excerpt) Read more at texastribune. org . TOPICS: Miscellaneous KEYWORDS: congress; texas Click here: to donate by Credit Card Or here: to donate by PayPal Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC PO Box 9771 Fresno, CA 93794 Thank you very much and God bless you. 1 posted on by Miami Rebel Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by.
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Eric Adams Warns Israelis That Jews Might Not Be Safe in NYC After Mamdani Win: ‘I Would Be Concerned Right Now’

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Outgoing New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Jewish residents of the city should be nervous as far-left Democrat Zohran Mamdani succeeds him. “If I was a Jewish New Yorker with children, I would be concerned right now,” he said in an interview with the Forward. “I think this is a period where they [Jews in New York City] need to be very conscious that there’s a level of global hostility towards the Jewish community,” Adams said Sunday. In 2024, anti-Semitic incidents were 54 percent New York City’s so-called hate crimes. “I’m not going to lie. I’m not going to pretend as though everything is fine,” Adams said. Mayor Adams, speaking about rising antisemitism, at first open-to-press event in Israel: “If I was a Jewish New Yorker with children, I would be concerned right now.. “I’m not just the mayor that’s leaving office, I’m your brother, and we will continue to stand side by side.” pic. twitter. com/7wtrg0ory8 Jacob N. Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) November 16, 2025 “There is something to be worried about,” Adams said in the interview, according to The New York Times, adding that “the community must prepare itself.” During the mayoral campaign, Adams said New York City would face “Islamic extremism” under Mamdani’s leadership. Mamdani representative Dora Pekec pushed back in a statement. “Zohran Mamdani was proud to earn the support of hundreds of thousands of Jewish New Yorkers and looks forward to both protecting and celebrating all Jewish New Yorkers as the next mayor of this city,” she said. During a visit to Israel, Adams said New Yorkers do not believe the same things as their mayor. “We want to clearly send the right message that 49 percent of New Yorkers made it clear that they don’t embrace the philosophy of anti-Israel. We still consider Israel as an ally and as a friend,” he said, according to the Times of Israel. During the visit, Israeli President Isaac Herzog said, “we are worried about how things will look post the mayoral elections in New York.” After Mamdani was elected, the Combat Anti-Semitism Movement said it had its work cut out for it. “Jewish New Yorkers are right to be alarmed,” the group’s Chief Government Affairs Officer Lisa Katz said, noting that Mamdani’s “radical outlook and history of antisemitic rhetoric should concern all New Yorkers.” “The Jewish community continues to face unprecedented antisemitic threat levels. Yet barring an improbable 180-degree ideological about-face from Mamdani, Jews in New York City will lack an ally in City Hall come January. If past is prologue, a Mamdani administration will refuse to recognize as antisemitism hate that vilifies and demonizes Jews on the basis of the Jewish people’s connection to Israel,” Katz said.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/11/eric-adams-warns-israelis-jews-might-not-safe/

macOS Tahoe 26.2 will give M5 Macs a giant machine learning speed boost

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Machine learning researchers using MLX will benefit from speed improvements in macOS Tahoe 26.2, including support for the M5 GPU-based neural accelerators and Thunderbolt 5 clustering.ML Researchers can cluster Macs together with MLX. Thunderbolt 5 will help improve performance. People working in the field of machine learning have been able to use Apple’s MLX framework for quite a while, with it helping to train and deploy models using Apple’s hardware. As part of Apple’s update to macOS Tahoe 26.2, those using newer hardware can expect to see some potential improvements in performance.MLX is Apple’s open-source machine-learning framework, designed to take advantage of Apple Silicon’s features. Able to run on any Apple platform that supports Metal, it can benefit from things like CPU and GPU processing and unified memory. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/11/18/macos-tahoe-262-will-give-m5-macs-a-giant-machine-learning-speed-boost

Academic calendar

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Country United States of America US Virgin Islands United States Minor Outlying Islands Canada Mexico, United Mexican States Bahamas, Commonwealth of the Cuba, Republic of Dominican Republic Haiti, Republic of Jamaica Afghanistan Albania, People’s Socialist Republic of Algeria, People’s Democratic Republic of American Samoa Andorra, Principality of Angola, Republic of Anguilla Antarctica (the territory South of 60 deg S) Antigua and Barbuda Argentina, Argentine Republic Armenia Aruba Australia, Commonwealth of Austria, Republic of Azerbaijan, Republic of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bangladesh, People’s Republic of Barbados Belarus Belgium, Kingdom of Belize Benin, People’s Republic of Bermuda Bhutan, Kingdom of Bolivia, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana, Republic of Bouvet Island (Bouvetoya) Brazil, Federative Republic of British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago) British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria, People’s Republic of Burkina Faso Burundi, Republic of Cambodia, Kingdom of Cameroon, United Republic of Cape Verde, Republic of Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad, Republic of Chile, Republic of China, People’s Republic of Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia, Republic of Comoros, Union of the Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, People’s Republic of Cook Islands Costa Rica, Republic of Cote D’Ivoire, Ivory Coast, Republic of the Cyprus, Republic of Czech Republic Denmark, Kingdom of Djibouti, Republic of Dominica, Commonwealth of Ecuador, Republic of Egypt, Arab Republic of El Salvador, Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Faeroe Islands Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Fiji, Republic of the Fiji Islands Finland, Republic of France, French Republic French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon, Gabonese Republic Gambia, Republic of the Georgia Germany Ghana, Republic of Gibraltar Greece, Hellenic Republic Greenland Grenada Guadaloupe Guam Guatemala, Republic of Guinea, Revolutionary People’s Rep’c of Guinea-Bissau, Republic of Guyana, Republic of Heard and McDonald Islands Holy See (Vatican City State) Honduras, Republic of Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China Hrvatska (Croatia) Hungary, Hungarian People’s Republic Iceland, Republic of India, Republic of Indonesia, Republic of Iran, Islamic Republic of Iraq, Republic of Ireland Israel, State of Italy, Italian Republic Japan Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of Kazakhstan, Republic of Kenya, Republic of Kiribati, Republic of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Republic of Kuwait, State of Kyrgyz Republic Lao People’s Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon, Lebanese Republic Lesotho, Kingdom of Liberia, Republic of Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Liechtenstein, Principality of Lithuania Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Macao, Special Administrative Region of China Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Madagascar, Republic of Malawi, Republic of Malaysia Maldives, Republic of Mali, Republic of Malta, 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Principe, Democratic Republic of Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Senegal, Republic of Serbia and Montenegro Seychelles, Republic of Sierra Leone, Republic of Singapore, Republic of Slovakia (Slovak Republic) Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia, Somali Republic South Africa, Republic of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Spain, Spanish State Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of St. Helena St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Pierre and Miquelon St. Vincent and the Grenadines Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Suriname, Republic of Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands Swaziland, Kingdom of Sweden, Kingdom of Switzerland, Swiss Confederation Syrian Arab Republic Taiwan, Province of China Tajikistan Tanzania, United Republic of Thailand, Kingdom of Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of Togo, Togolese Republic Tokelau (Tokelau Islands) Tonga, Kingdom of Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of Tunisia, Republic of Turkey, Republic of Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda, Republic of Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain & N. Ireland Uruguay, Eastern Republic of Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of Wallis and Futuna Islands Western Sahara Yemen Zambia, Republic of Zimbabwe
https://www.phillytrib.com/news/the-learning-key/academic-calendar/article_c274ff05-7788-49a5-8b26-f31a8485b21a.html

MTG Slams Trump as Lawmakers Appear With Epstein Survivors Ahead of Vote

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In a joint press conference with survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, House lawmakers bashed President Donald Trump and Republican leadership ahead of the lower chamber’s vote to compel the release of the so-called “Epstein files.” Standing before survivors, longtime Trump sycophant and MAGA standardbearer Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) told reporters that the debacle over the Epstein files has been “one of the most destructive things to MAGA.” “I wasn’t ‘Johnny come lately’ to the MAGA train,” Greene said. “Watching the man that we supported early on [.] Watching this actually turn into a fight has ripped MAGA apart.” Greene has long supported transparency in the Epstein case, while Trump has pressured the nation to move on from the scandal. The president whose was once close friends with Epstein and whose name reportedly appears in the files recently revoked his endorsement of Greene, and repeatedly bash her as a “traitor” to his movement. The congresswoman addressed the president’s attacks on Tuesday. “I gave him my loyalty for free,” she said. “I’ve never owed him anything. But I fought for him for the policies and for America first. And he called me a traitor for standing with [survivors] and refusing to take my name off the discharge petition.” A bipartisan coalition of House members, led by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), bucked House leadership and Trump’s efforts to silence calls for the administration to follow through on its campaign promise for transparency regarding the cases against Epstein. The members spent months shoring up support for a discharge petition that would allow them to bring “The Epstein Files Transparency Act” to a floor vote without the approval of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who has been allied with the president on the issue. Johnson for seven weeks stalled the swearing-in ceremony of Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.), who ultimately cast the vote to bring the resolution to the floor When it became clear the petition would be coming to a vote, Trump flipped his position, encouraging House Republicans to vote yes. Editor’s picks Survivors were not buying it. Halye Robinson, who worked closely with members of Congress to secure a vote to release the files, spoke directly to Trump: “To the president of the United States of America who is not here today. I want to send a clear message to you: while I do understand that your position has changed on the Epstein files and I’m grateful that you have pledged to sign this bill I can’t help to be skeptical of what the agenda is.” “I am traumatized. I am not stupid, I am traumatized,” she added. “You have put us through so much stress: the lockdowns, the halting of these procedures that were supposed to have happened 50 days ago. Adelita Grijalva, who waited to get sworn in. And then [you] get upset when your own party goes against you because what is being done is wrong. It’s not right.” Survivors and lawmakers who spoke called on the Senate to also pass the resolution, and criticized lawmakers including Johnson who only decided to lend their support after it became clear the vote had enough momentum to pass. “I think the speaker wants to save face,” Massie said. “He’s going to vote for a piece of legislation today that he’s disparaged for four months.” In a subsequent press conference, Johnson said “if and when” the legislation makes it to the Senate Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-Mont.) would take the time to carefully amend the act in order to assuage “concerns” about its scope. Trending Stories Johnson expressed worry that releasing the files “could ruin the reputations of completely innocent people, such as those who may just have known Epstein but knew nothing of his crimes or whose names he exploited and used to try to get close to his intended victims.” The American justice system exists precisely as the mechanism to try those accused of crimes, and fear of reputational damage is no reason to continue denying Epstein’s survivors the justice they deserve.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/mtg-epstein-survivors-files-vote-press-conference-1235467233/