Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Is peace possible in Ukraine?

A peace deal is in the works between the U.S. and Ukraine. But will Russia accept the terms? ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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The Short List

Tue Nov 25 2025

 

Phaedra Trethan National Correspondent

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👋🏼 It's almost turkey time! I'm Phaedra Trethan, sending well wishes to this expectant mom! 🐘

In Tuesday's news:

A peace deal is in the works between Ukraine and Russia.
He's 17. And he was just sentenced to 65 years in prison.
A Virginia high school football coach has been missing since last week. Now police say he's wanted on serious charges.

But first: It'll be 2026 before you know it. And someone (all of us!) has a big birthday coming. Some big events are planned to celebrate America's 250th.

🕊️ Peace in Ukraine?

The U.S. and Ukraine have "a common understanding on the core terms" of an agreement to end the four-year war against a Russian incursion, a Ukrainian official said. Final negotiations will take place this weekend between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Zelenskyy will travel to the U.S. to complete the final deal, but details are still unclear.

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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he's working "constructively" with the U.S. on a peace plan to end Ukraine's war with Russia.

Reuters

17 and staring at 65 years in prison

Luke Resecker was 17 on Dec. 26, 2023, when he crashed his Chevy Silverado into a minivan carrying a Georgia family in Texas. The teen, who tested positive for THC, killed six people. The only survivor: the father, who lost his entire family and was left paralyzed.

Lives were wrecked — including Resecker's. He was recently sentenced to 65 years in prison , one of the harshest penalties ever for someone convicted of driving under the influence of marijuana.

Real quick

A hospital discharged a pregnant woman in labor. She ended up giving birth in her car.
Can states redraw electoral maps in off-Census years? The Supreme Court may weigh in.
Viola Fletcher, a survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, died at 111.
Sen. Mark Kelly, under a Pentagon investigation, responded to misconduct allegations.

Revelations in case of missing football coach

A Virginia high school football coach disappeared last week, prompting search efforts and raising questions about where he was and why he might have vanished.

Now police confirm that Travis Turner, 46, is wanted on five counts of possession of child pornography and using a computer to solicit a minor. Additional charges are pending. What we know.

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Union High School football coach Travis Turner, wanted on multiple counts of child pornography and related charges.

Virginia State Police

The rich are spending. The rest of us? Not so much.

If retailers have a great holiday season, it appears they'll have the wealthy to thank for it.

Moody's Analytics says the top 10% of earners now account for about half of all consumer spending, a historic high. "Their financial situation is about as good as it's ever been," said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's.  

As for the rest of us? Well... our spending is relatively flat, Moody's says, with middle income earners spending about as much as we did in 2023 and 2024 and consumer confidence at its lowest point since June 2022, when we were looking at post-COVID inflation.

A new report looks at who owns residential properties in the U.S.
Have a side gig to make ends meet? Your regular employer might expect to know.

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The National Retail Federation predicts an increase in holiday spending for 2024.

Kena Betancur/Getty Images

A break from the news

Thanksgiving talk can get... awkward. Here are some jokes to break the ice, or quell the political talk. 😂 🦃 😂
TV shows celebrate Thanksgiving, too. Here are some of our favorite holiday episodes. 🦃 😂 🦃
We're not crying over this Jonas Brothers meet-up. There's just something in our eyes. 🥹 ❤️‍🩹

Phaedra Trethan is a national correspondent at USA TODAY. She'd love to hear from readers about The Short List, story ideas from across the nation and whether you'd cuddle with a turkey. (The ones that wander her New Jersey neighborhood are a little too aggressive to try!) Email her at ptrethan@usatoday.com.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation seal is seen at FBI headquarters in Washington, U.S. June 14, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo

The FBI has requested interviews with the six Democrats in Congress who released a video urging military members to disobey "illegal orders."

A toy stuffed rabbit was retrofitted with mechanics and a heater that make it move like a real rabbit and give off a similar body temperature. University of Florida researchers are experimenting with the robot bunny to see if it attracts invasive Burmese pythons.
 

This robot rabbit is the latest weapon against Florida's pythons

Burmese pythons have terrorized the Florida Everglades for years. Scientists are hoping robotic bunnies will end the reptile's reign over the region.

The national weather forecast map for Tuesday Nov. 25, 2025, shows a big storm in the eastern U.S. Snow is likely around the Great Lakes, while severe storms could rattle the South.
 

Watch out for snow? Thanksgiving forecast warns of bad weather.

The severe weather is part of a sprawling storm expected to spread travel havoc into Wednesday, Nov. 26.

More than 100 homes were damaged after a tornado touched down in the Houston area.
 

Tornado leaves path of destruction near Houston

At least one tornado has been confirmed in parts of Harris County, Texas. A second unconfirmed tornado may also have struck nearby.

Gramma, a Galápagos tortoise who was believed to be the San Diego Zoo's oldest resident, died Nov. 20. She was estimated to be 141 years old.
 

Zoo mourns giant tortoise that lived over 140 years

The San Diego Zoo's oldest resident, a Galapagos tortoise named Gramma, died Nov. 20. She was estimated to be 141 years old.

Legal concept: Scales of justice and and the judge's gavel hammer as a symbol of law and order on the background of books.
 

Ohio man sentenced for sending drug-soaked 'Hillbilly Elegy' to prison

A Toledo-area man who soaked pages of Vice President JD Vance's "Hillbilly Elegy" in drugs and sent it to a prison will now be behind bars.

Ralph Abraham speaking at LAGOP Rally in Kenner, LA. Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019.    Pence Rally Kenner 4730
 

'Dangerous': Vaccine skeptic gets top CDC role

Abraham ordered the Louisiana health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations during an uptick in influenza cases last winter.

Nov 23, 2025; Arlington, Texas, USA; Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott (4) warms up before the game against the Philadelphia Eagles at AT&T Stadium.
 

2025 Thanksgiving NFL games: Who plays on Thanksgiving?

The 2025 NFL schedule has three games on Thanksgiving. Here's everything you need to know about the teams, matchups and times this Thursday.

U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. first lady Melania Trump react next to Gobble, one of two turkeys ceremonially pardoned for Thanksgiving, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 25, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
 

Trump gives out two presidential turkey pardons

President Donald Trump gave the annual presidential turkey pardon to two birds, Gobble and Waddle.

Cheryl Burke and Ryan Lochte rehearse for their "Dancing with the Stars" performance with the cast of "O by Cirque du Soleil" at the Bellagio on Sept. 30, 2016, in Las Vegas.
 

How 'Dancing with the Stars' became the ultimate crisis PR move

Where's a scandal-ridden star to go? For many, the answer has become the "Dancing with the Stars" ballroom.

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