News for November 17, 2025

The U.N. Security Council approved a U.S.-backed Gaza plan that creates an international force for security and sets a possible path toward Palestinian statehood.

President Donald Trump said he would be open to U.S. strikes in Mexico and other military action to stop drug smuggling.

Former Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph Emerson was sentenced to time served and three years of supervised release after trying to shut down a plane’s engines during a 2023 flight.

Florida officials said James Uthmeier’s operation with the U.S. Marshals Service recovered or located 122 missing children and led to six arrests in a child exploitation crackdown.

Turtle Back Zoo in New Jersey is letting visitors watch veterinarians examine and treat animals, turning vet care into part of the zoo experience.

A federal judge ordered the Justice Department to give James Comey’s defense team grand jury records, saying the case may have been tainted by serious government errors.

NIH funding cuts disrupted more than 74,000 people in studies, delaying or ending research on treatments for major diseases.

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine researchers helped develop a new heart disease calculator that estimates a young adult’s 30-year risk, not just the next 10 years.