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Public Enemy released the video for The Hits Just Keep On Comin’, the first visual from June’s Black Sky Over The Projects: Apartment 2025, directed by Rhiannon Rae Ellis. It opens with 1960 footage of Ruby Bridges; actress Safara-Cree Stiggers, as a young Bridges, leads into a room of televisions where Chuck D and Flavor Flav trade bars over a guitar loop. Olympian Ashleigh Johnson embodies Prince, Tommie Smith, Serena Williams, and Amanda Gorman; a John Lewis clip precedes her smashing a TV marked “hate.” Chuck urges to “DO” something, while Flav calls the video a lesson and warning.

Five unoccupied homes in North Carolina’s Outer Banks collapsed into the Atlantic on Tuesday afternoon amid rough surf, the National Park Service said. The houses, in Buxton on Tower Circle Road, Ocean Drive and Cottage Avenue, fell between 2 and 2:45 p.m. ET. Officials are contacting owners about debris removal along Cape Hatteras National Seashore and warning visitors to avoid Buxton’s beach and water due to hazardous debris and large lumber in the surf. More homes could subside in coming days; over two dozen have collapsed since 2020, including 16 since Sept. 16.

At least three men—including two disguised as construction workers—broke into a Jamaica Hills, Queens home on Oct. 16 around 2:20 p.m. and stole a safe and jewelry worth about $3.2 million, authorities said Tuesday. Police said the burglars forced open a rear door, then fled east on 84th Drive in a blue Hyundai Elantra captured on surveillance video. Descriptions released by the NYPD include neon construction vests and white hard hats. No injuries were reported.

Character Technologies will end open‑ended chats between teens and Character.AI’s bots by November 25, citing lawsuits, regulator questions and recent reporting. Until then, teen users face a two‑hour chat cap; under‑18s will still be able to create videos, stories and streams with characters. The company is adding age verification and planning an independent, non‑profit–run AI Safety Lab, while pointing to existing self‑harm resources and alerts. The shift comes amid broader scrutiny of AI’s impact on young people, as OpenAI and Meta roll out teen safeguards.

With the shutdown stretching past four weeks, Congress remains stuck as Democrats demand an extension of expiring health insurance subsidies and Republicans push a clean bill to reopen. ACA open enrollment on Nov. 1 looms, along with warnings that SNAP benefits could end this weekend, while federal workers miss paychecks. After repeated votes, a House-passed stopgap is still five Senate votes short. Leaders trade blame: Chuck Schumer predicts pressure on Republicans; JD Vance urges more Democrats to vote yes. Lawmakers float interim fixes, from paying federal workers to standalone food aid, but no deal is in sight.

Former DHS chief of staff Miles Taylor on Wednesday launched Defiance.org, an online hub to coordinate peaceful, lawful resistance to President Trump. Backed by dozens of former national security officials, whistleblowers and bipartisan ex-officeholders, the site debuts with a video of actor Robert DeNiro urging people to stand up and fight, and seeks to link protests, legal defense and mutual aid. Supporters include Stephanie Grisham, Olivia Troye and ex-Reps. Reid Ribble, Denver Riggleman and Joe Walsh. The effort follows October 'No Kings' rallies and an April memo from Mr. Trump targeting Taylor, amid harsh White House criticism.

The Bengals are uncertain whether quarterback Joe Flacco will play Sunday against the Bears after an AC joint sprain in his throwing shoulder, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. Coach Zac Taylor called him day to day. Flacco briefly visited the locker room after a sack by Jets edge rusher Will McDonald but returned without missing a snap and said postgame he thought he’d be OK. If he can’t go, Cincinnati would turn to Jake Browning, whose three earlier starts ended in blowout losses.

General Motors laid off roughly 1,700 workers in Michigan and Ohio, including about 1,200 at Detroit’s EV plant and 550 at Ultium Cells in Ohio, with 850 additional temporary layoffs there. The company will also temporarily lay off 700 at Ultium Cells’ Tennessee site and pause battery cell production in Ohio and Tennessee starting in January, aiming to resume by mid-2026 after upgrades. Citing slower near-term EV adoption and an evolving regulatory environment, GM is realigning capacity. The moves follow 200-plus salaried cuts and a $1.6 billion third-quarter hit tied to its EV plans.

YouTube is pushing deeper into big-screen viewing with a feature drop for TV audiences: automatic AI upscaling of videos to 1080p (with labeled "super resolution" up to 4K coming), bigger 50MB thumbnails, and an immersive channel-surfing homepage that spotlights Shows collections and prioritizes creator content in TV search. Shopping gets a TV-friendly fix via QR codes tied to tagged moments. Creators are auto-opted into upscaling but can opt out and keep originals. Google says channels earning over $100,000 rose 45% in 2025 versus 2024. Rollout starts today in YouTube Studio.

WASHINGTON — The shutdown is costing the U.S. economy about $7 billion per month that won’t be recovered, the nonpartisan CBO told House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington. For four-, six-, and eight-week durations, unrecovered losses are $7 billion, $11 billion, and $14 billion (2025 dollars). Spending is falling as over a million workers miss pay; roughly 600,000 are excepted and working, while 650,000 are furloughed. Output should bounce after reopening, but the longer the stoppage lasts, the worse the macroeconomic hit.