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November 30, 2025 – Four people were killed and 10 wounded in a shooting during a family gathering at a banquet hall in Stockton, California, sheriff's officials said Saturday.
November 29, 2025 – A major winter storm spread through the Midwest and Great Lakes regions over the weekend with widespread heavy snowfall and hazardous travel conditions, according to the National Weather Service.
November 28, 2025 – Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was sentenced to 45 years in prison after being convicted on drug trafficking and weapons charges in U.S. federal court.
November 27, 2025 – Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, of West Virginia, died after being shot while serving with the National Guard in Washington, D.C. Another Guard member, Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, was critically injured in the same incident.
November 10, 2025 – President Donald Trump announced a major trade deal with China that reduces certain tariffs and includes commitments from China to purchase U.S. agricultural products and halt fentanyl precursor flows.

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The U.S. has 50 states and several inhabited territories, including Puerto Rico and Guam.
Alaska is the largest state by land area; Rhode Island is the smallest.
Yellowstone National Park (est. 1872) is widely considered the first national park in the world.
Three presidents — John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe — all died on July 4th.

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