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Sonja Flemming/CBS Contains spoilers for “NCIS: Origins” Season 2, Episode 5, and “NCIS” Season 23, Episode 5 The legacy of Leroy Jethro Gibbs, originally played by Mark Harmon in “NCIS” and now portrayed by Austin Stowell in the prequel series “NCIS: Origins,” continues with a crossover event that sees Harmon reprise his role. Both shows tackle the same case in different time periods — it was first opened in the ’90s and it gets reopened in the present day timeline when Tommy “Peaches” Mulligan breaks out of prison despite having just three…

Chennai: With actor-turned-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam courting Tamil Nadu’s change-seeking youth, Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) chief Seeman has launched a counter-strategy, recalibrating his party’s approach through caste and regional representation to not only prevent his roughly eight percent vote share from shifting to the TVK, but also expanding his support base before the 2026 Assembly polls.NTK sources told ThePrint the party had finalised candidates for more than 100 constituencies, their selections driven by social and regional considerations, and not just Tamil ideological lines. “The strategy is to give voice to the groups that were traditionally ignored by both the Dravidian…

Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom The 2025 Bihar Assembly elections have delivered a record-breaking voter turnout, setting the stage for one of the state’s most decisive political showdowns in recent memory. As the second phase of polling wrapped up on Tuesday evening (November 11), all eyes turned to the exit polls, and early trends suggest a potential resurgence for the NDA government. Among the many points of curiosity this election season is the performance of Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (LJP Ram Vilas), a key NDA ally. The party contested 29 seats, though one…

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro ordered his nation’s security forces Tuesday to stop sharing intelligence with the United States, until the Trump administration stops its strikes on suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean, as relations deteriorate between the nations that were once close partners in the fight against drug trafficking. In a message on X, Petro wrote that Colombia’s military must immediately end “communications and other agreements with U.S. security agencies” until the U.S. ceases its attacks on speedboats suspected of carrying drugs, that critics have likened to extrajudicial executions. Petro wrote that “the fight against drugs…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The number of confirmed deaths from Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica rose to 45, with 15 other people missing, authorities said Tuesday.The death toll is expected to rise, with officials still trying to reach two towns that remain cut off since the catastrophic Category 5 storm made landfall in western Jamaica on Oct. 28.Helicopters have been dropping food and other basic supplies in those two communities, said Alvin Gayle, director general of Jamaica’s emergency management office.He said the storm has displaced 30,000 households, with 1,100 people still living in 88 emergency shelters that remain open.U.N.…

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A rare blackout hit the entire Dominican Republic on Tuesday, snarling traffic and paralyzing businesses in the country of nearly 11 million people.Officials blamed a failure in the grid’s transmission system, although it wasn’t immediately clear what caused it.Generation units in San Pedro de Macorís and the Quisqueya Power Plant shut down, triggering a cascade of failures at other transmission and generation plants, according to the Dominican Electricity Transmission Company, a decentralized state agency.It wasn’t immediately clear how quickly power would be restored, but as of Tuesday night, some 15% of the system was…

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — A group of activists skirmished with security on Tuesday at United Nations climate talks in Brazilian Amazon city Belem, briefly trying to force their way into the main venue before they were pushed back.Fred Almeida, an eyewitness, and others described seeing the confrontation late in the day as people were filtering out of the venue. It wasn’t immediately clear if anyone was hurt.Associated Press journalists inside the building saw a line of security keeping people from entering.Host Brazil referred questions about the confrontation to the United Nations, which didn’t immediately respond to a message.___The Associated Press’…

John Medland/CBS Contains spoilers for “Boston Blue” Season 1, Episode 4 — “Rites of Passage” One would think a rough-and-tumble customer like Sarah Silver (Maggie Lawson) would be adept at bouncing a ball or balancing on the tips of her toes. But as she happily admits, she’s not a chip off the old block of the Silver Family Tree. At patriarch Ben’s yahrzeit — a Jewish ceremony marking the anniversary of a parent or family member’s passing — Sarah says that she was no athlete when she was younger. But “Psych” fans…

Jack Morris treasures his 2009 Lamborghini Murcielago LP 640. But it’s not always easy to love.“It’s huge, it’s heavy, it’s clunky, you can’t see out of it,” says the 24-year-old of the orange V-12. “On paper, if a Porsche 911 is a good car, I would say this one is not good.” That hasn’t stopped him from putting 16,000 miles on the engine since buying it two years ago.“It’s not going to deliver times anywhere near as fast as the newer stuff,” he says. “But I don’t care about any of that. I love it because it delivers something memorable.” Morris isn’t alone in embracing the…

MGM/UA We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There is no holiday quite like Christmas, and none that makes revelers want to sit on the couch and watch a movie more. The holiday is smack dab in the middle of winter, so getting cozy to watch a film under the glow of a Christmas tree with a piping hot cup of cocoa is a delight that can’t be replicated at any other time. Thanks to Hollywood magic, audiences have their pick of hundreds of titles come Christmas…