Tuesday, December 9th

🚨NATION

• Judge unseals Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury materials, citing Epstein files act (NBC)

• Illinois law protects immigrants from arrest near courthouses, hospitals or colleges (CNN)

• DeSantis designates Muslim civil rights group CAIR a terrorist organization (THE HILL)

• FBI hunts Michigan woman accused of stealing nearly $30M while posing as aircraft heiress (FOX)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

• 7 civilians killed, thousands displaced amid Thailand-Cambodia border clashes (ABC)

• Japan assesses damage from 7.5 magnitude quake that injured 34 (AP)

• Zelensky seeks backing from Pope Leo XIV and Meloni as he refuses ceding Ukrainian land to Russia (EURO NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

• Trump pushes direct healthcare payments to Americans as premiums for millions set to expire (MO NEWS)

• U.S. job openings barely budged in October, coming in just below 7.7 million (AP)

• Instacart’s AI pricing tools drive up the cost of some groceries, study finds (CNBC)

• Pebble’s founder introduces a $75 AI smart ring for recording brief notes with a press of a button (TECH CRUNCH)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

• Netflix faces consumer class-action lawsuit over $72 billion Warner Bros deal (GUARDIAN)

• Raul Malo, lead singer of The Mavericks, has died at 60 (NPR)

• Quarterback Philip Rivers unretiring to sign with Colts (ESPN)

• ABC signs Jimmy Kimmel to a one-year contract extension, months after temporary suspension (AP)

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