5 PM · While you were at work · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap, White House warns Democrats, AI stocks rebound

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Russia and Ukraine agree to a large prisoner swap at Abu Dhabi talks

Russia and Ukraine agreed to a large exchange of prisoners of war during two days of U.S.-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi, their first negotiations in nine months. The talks ended with no major breakthrough toward ending the war. Russian General Staff official…

✔ Sources: AP via CP24, The Hill, AP News Summary, Nov. 11

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White House warns likely Oversight chair that some probes may be criminal

White House counsel Will Scharf sent a letter dated Monday to Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee and its likely chair in the new Democratic-controlled Congress, warning that threats and subpoenas aimed at administration…

✔ Sources: AP News Summary, Nov. 11, Forbes, Local 12 (Sinclair)

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AI stocks rebound as CoreWeave soars; Nasdaq jumps 1.6%

AI stocks rebounded Wednesday. The Nasdaq composite rose 1.6% to 25,466, about 400 points, the S&P 500 rose 1.3% to 7,619 and the Dow rose 0.5% to 52,486. CoreWeave shares jumped about 24% after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter…

✔ Sources: Kiplinger, Yahoo Finance, AP News Summary, Nov. 11

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Biden says he wouldn't have run in 2024 had he known he had cancer

Former President Joe Biden told People magazine he did not know he had cancer while president and would not have sought a second term if he had known. 'I don't think an 80-year-old man with cancer should be running' for president, he said. Biden was…

✔ Sources: AP via PBS NewsHour, TIME

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SS United States, once the fastest ocean liner, is sunk to become a reef

Crews began sinking the SS United States in the Gulf of Mexico about 22 miles southwest of Destin, Florida, on Wednesday to create what Okaloosa County calls the world's largest artificial reef. The nearly 1,000-foot liner set the trans-Atlantic speed…

✔ Sources: CBS Philadelphia, WKRG via Yahoo, 6abc Philadelphia

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