Tuesday, January 23

🚨NATION

📌 Supreme Court allows Biden administration to remove razor wire on US-Mexico border put there by Texas (CNN)

📌 Biden administration announces new abortion initiatives on Roe anniversary (MO NEWS)

📌 Thousands of faculty walk off the job at largest university system in US (USA TODAY)

📌 Judge unseals Fulton County prosecutor's divorce case, Fani Willis deposition delayed (FOX NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 US, UK stage multiple airstrikes against Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen (ABC NEWS)

📌 Gaza hostage relatives storm Israeli parliament committee meeting to demand action (MO NEWS)

📌 Israel proposes 2-month pause in fighting in order to free hostages (AXIOS)

📌 Canada sets two-year cap on foreign students (BBC)

📌 Navy identifies 2 SEALs declared dead after going missing during nighttime mission in Arabian Sea (FOX NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 L’Oreal CEO: Working remotely is bad for mental health and reduces creativity (MO NEWS)

📌 Elon Musk visits Auschwitz after uproar over antisemitic messages on X (AP)

📌 World's first malaria vaccine program for children starts in Cameroon (NBC NEWS)

📌 Solar storm could impact GPS and power grids this week (ABC)

📌 The FAA says airlines should check the door plugs on an another Boeing plane model (NPR)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 New ‘Jurassic World’ movie in the works from writer of original 1993 ‘Jurassic Park’ and its sequel (PEOPLE)

📌 Jennifer Hudson and Common hint they’re dating each other during her talk show (USA TODAY)

📌 Grand Ole Opry apologizes for Elle King's showing at Dolly Parton's 78th birthday bash (YAHOO NEWS)

📌 A 20-year-old amateur golfer just won a PGA Tour event. But he’s not allowed to collect the $1.5 million prize (CNN)

Monday, January 22

🚨NATION

📌 Trump hints at possible vice presidential pick (AXIOS)

📌 Two missing US Navy SEALs declared dead (REUTERS)

📌 Cozy relationship between Boeing and US government under scrutiny (NPR)

📌 U.S. sees over 90 weather-related deaths as dangerous cold continues (CBS NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Protests against Germany’s far right gain new momentum after report on meeting of extremists (NBC NEWS)

📌 North Korea stresses alignment with Russia against US and says Putin could visit soon (AP)

📌 U.S. base in Iraq attacked after Iran vows revenge; US troops evaluated for brain injuries (EURONEWS)

📌 As Houthis vow to fight on, US prepares for long fight in Yemen (WASHINGTON POST)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Billions of cicadas will buzz this spring as two broods emerge at the same time (NPR)

📌 Latest EPA assessment shows almost no improvement in river and stream nitrogen pollution (AP)

📌 More than 580,000 beds sold at Walmart, Wayfair and Overstock recalled because they can break or collapse (CBS NEWS)

📌 Sports Illustrated thrown into chaos with mass layoffs (FOX BUSINESS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Tara VanDerveer is now the winningest coach in college basketball history (NPR)

📌 Regina Georges collide when Rachel McAdams makes ‘SNL’ cameo to introduce Reneé Rapp (CNN)

📌 Britain’s Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, diagnosed with skin cancer (NBC NEWS)

📌 Reformed mobster indicted after he went for 'one last score' and stole Judy Garland's ruby slippers from 'Wizard of Oz' (ABC NEWS)

📌 Lions-49ers, Chiefs-Ravens to play in NFC and AFC Championship Games (ESPN)

Friday, January 19

🚨NATION

📌 Congress passes stopgap bill to prevent a shutdown until March (CNN)

📌 Judge in Trump Georgia case orders hearing into misconduct claims about DA Fani Willis (MO NEWS)

📌 ‘No Labels’ alleges criminal conspiracy against 2024 presidential effort by both Dems and GOP (AXIOS)

📌 Weather-related deaths climb to 37 as winter maintains icy grip over much of US (ABC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Netanyahu says he opposes Palestinian state in any postwar scenario (CNBC)

📌 NATO to hold biggest drills since Cold War with 90,000 troops (REUTERS)

📌 Pakistani retaliatory strikes in Iran kill at least 9, raising tensions along border (AP)

📌 Ancient sword with possible Viking origins and a mysterious inscription found in Polish river (CBS NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 A Burt's Bees, Hidden Valley Ranch lip balm collab is already sold out (NBC NEWS)

📌 Atlanta’s Spelman College just got the largest-ever single donation to an HBCU (AP)

📌 Children of color get worse health care across the board in the U.S., research finds (NPR)

📌 Japan looks to land on moon Friday (NPR)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Reba McEntire, Post Malone and Andra Day will to sing during the Super Bowl pregame (ESPN)

📌 Arnold Schwarzenegger was detained and now faces criminal tax proceedings in Germany over luxury watch (NBC NEWS)

📌 Condé Nast is folding Pitchfork into GQ, with layoffs (THE VERGE)

📌 Mike McCarthy will return as coach of the Dallas Cowboys after stunning wild-card loss (AP)

Thursday, January 18

🚨NATION

📌 Maine court puts decision barring Trump from the state's primary ballot on hold until Supreme Court rules (NPR)

📌 Supreme Court justices consider weakening federal agency power (NBC NEWS)

📌 Haley says US has ‘never been a racist country’ (CNN)

📌 New Biden proposal could make overdraft fees drop to as low as $3 (AP)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Chinese lab mapped deadly coronavirus two weeks before Beijing told the world, documents show. (WSJ)

📌 Germans protest nationwide after far-right meeting on deportation plan (REUTERS)

📌 Pakistan warns Iran of 'consequences' after deadly bombing that killed children (FOX NEWS)

📌 US re-designates Houthis a terrorist group (AXIOS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Health insurance premiums are eating into workers' wages (AXIOS)

📌 Sheryl Sandberg says she’s leaving Meta’s board (CNBC)

📌 Secretary of State Blinken’s Boeing 737 plane leaving Davos had a critical failure, leading him to switch planes (CNN)

📌 Burt's Bees, Hidden Valley Ranch launch lip balm inspired by buffalo chicken wings (USA TODAY)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 King Charles to go into hospital next week for benign prostate treatment (CNN)

📌 Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojevic dies of heart attack (ABC NEWS)

📌 Beverly Johnson says she got hooked on drugs after living on a diet of cocaine and two eggs a week (PEOPLE)

📌 Pharrell Williams’ sophomore collection at Louis Vuitton showcases Americana and Native American themes (AP)

Wednesday, January 17

🚨NATION

📌 Lawmakers scramble to avert shutdown with funding deadline days away (CNN)

📌 A little fish at the Supreme Court could take a big bite out of regulatory power (AP)

📌 Virginia county finds 4,000 misreported 2020 votes, but in Biden’s favor (THE HILL)

📌 A snowless streak ends for these East Coast cities (USA TODAY)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Zelensky calls for peace, not more weapons, in Davos, Switzerland (REUTERS)

📌 North Korea's Kim calls for South to be seen as "primary foe", warns of war (NBC NEWS)

📌 Israel carries out intense strikes on Hezbollah in south Lebanon (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 Iran launches missile strikes in northern Iraq and Syria, claims to destroy Israeli spy base (CNN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Judge blocks JetBlue-Spirit merger resulting in a major win for DOJ (NBC NEWS)

📌 Flu activity briefly dips, but officials warn of unusually severe symptoms (CBS NEWS)

📌 Musk demands more voting control at Tesla before expanding automaker's AI work (FOX BUSINESS)

📌 Quaker Oats recall includes granola bars and other snacks contaminated with salmonella (NBC NEWS)

📌 100% fruit juice linked to weight gain in children and adults (CNN)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 New York Knicks and Rangers owner James Dolan accused of sexual assault alongside Harvey Weinstein (FOX NEWS)

📌 Jason Kelce, Philadelphia Eagles center, will retire after 13 seasons (NBC NEWS)

📌 ‘World’s oldest dog’ title taken back and being investigated by Guinness (GUARDIAN)

📌 Michael Bublé has near-death polar bear encounter (PEOPLE)

Tuesday, January 16

🚨NATION

📌 Trump plans to attend start of new E. Jean Carroll defamation trial today (NBC NEWS)

📌 Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin released from hospital after 2 weeks, will work remotely 'for a period of time' (FOX NEWS)

📌 Brutal arctic blast expands its reach as the South deals with deadly snow and ice (CNN)

📌 Fulton County DA Fani Willis defends special prosecutor following allegation of romantic relationship (ABC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Houthi ballistic missile strikes US-owned and operated cargo ship, US Central Command says (CNN)

📌 An Icelandic town is evacuated after a volcanic eruption sends lava into nearby homes (NPR)

📌 Taiwan loses diplomatic ally to China days after presidential election (REUTERS)

📌 Hamas fights with a patchwork of weapons built by Iran, China, Russia and North Korea (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 AI to hit 40% of jobs and worsen inequality, IMF says (BBC)

📌 Redesigned Apple Watches not subject to import ban, U.S. Customs says (CNBC)

📌 Uber shutting down alcohol delivery service Drizly (AXIOS)

📌 Medical mistakes are more likely in women and minorities, study finds (NBC NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 ‘Oppenheimer’ leads Critics Choice Awards with 8 wins, ‘Barbie’ scores 6 (NBC NEWS)

📌 See stars arriving at the Emmy Awards red carpet (PEOPLE)

📌 Draymond Green returns against Grizzlies after serving 'indefinite' suspension (NBA)

📌 US Air Force officer crowned as 2024 Miss America (CNN)

Monday, January 15

🚨NATION

📌 Congress leaders agree on stopgap bill extending government funding to March (NPR)

📌 South braces for snow and ice as new storm collides with Arctic cold (CNN)

📌 Iowa principal who risked his life to protect students dies 10 days after high school shooting (NBC NEWS)

📌 Texas "physically barred" Border Patrol agents from trying to rescue migrants who drowned, federal officials say (CBS NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Taiwanese voters dismisses Chinese warnings and hand ruling party another presidential election win (CNN)

📌 Denmark’s King Frederik X takes the throne after abdication of Queen (CNN)

📌 Volcano erupts in Iceland, flowing lava reaches fishing town (REUTERS)

📌 North Korea launches ballistic missile, thought capable of hitting distant US bases (NPR)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Peregrine moon lander heads back toward Earth and should burn up in the atmosphere (NPR)

📌 Biotech and pharma companies are betting on a promising class of cancer drugs to drive growth (CNBC)

📌 Alaska Airlines begins preliminary inspections on its grounded Boeing 737 Max 9 fleet (FOX BUSINESS)

📌 Hertz dumping 20,000 electric cars from fleet in massive selloff (FOX NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 'Mean Girls' is the Queen Bee of the box office, opens to $28 million (CNBC)

📌 Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes has helmet shattered during playoff game vs. Miami (AP)

📌 Ellen DeGeneres says Prince Harry and Meghan Markle adopted one of her chickens (PEOPLE)

📌 Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy declares for NFL draft (NBC NEWS)

Friday, January 12

🚨NATION

📌 FAA investigating if Boeing failed to ensure certain aircrafts were safe for operation after door blew on Alaska Airlines plane (CNBC)

📌 House GOP divided on short-term funding as Congress barrels toward government shutdown deadline (FOX NEWS)

📌 TSA found record number of firearms at airport checkpoints in 2023. Most were loaded (NPR)

📌 Hunter Biden pleads not guilty at arraignment on tax charges (ABC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 UN Security Council demands Houthis stop Red Sea attacks (CNN)

📌 Africa’s Catholic hierarchy refuses same-sex blessings, says such unions are contrary to God’s will (AP)

📌 Biden administration to send unofficial delegation to Taiwan after election (AXIOS)

📌 Argentina inflation surges past 200% as economic crisis bites (REUTERS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 eBay to pay $3M in fines after harassing Massachusetts couple (AP)

📌 A King Kong-like ape once roamed southern China, new study discovers why it disappeared (CNN)

 📌 Fruit Stripe Gum discontinued after half a century (USA TODAY)

📌 Microsoft briefly overtakes Apple as world's most valuable company (REUTERS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Bill Belichick leaving Patriots after 24 seasons & six Super Bowl rings (ESPN)

📌 Lisa Marie Presley’s posthumous memoir will be published in October (AP)

📌 Michael Strahan’s daughter reveals brain tumor diagnosis (PEOPLE)

📌 Mariska Hargitay reveals in essay she was raped in her 30s (USA TODAY)

Thursday, January 11

🚨NATION

📌 Trump can’t speak during closing arguments in NY civil fraud trial, judge says (CNN)

📌 After surprise trip to Capitol Hill, Hunter Biden faces contempt vote from House GOP for defying subpoena (USA TODAY)

📌 Alaska & United flight cancellations continue amid ongoing investigation of Boeing 737 Max 9 (NBC NEWS)

📌 House Democrat joins GOP calls for Biden's defense secretary to resign (AXIOS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Soldiers patrol streets in Ecuador as government and cartels declare war on each other (CBS NEWS)

📌 Blinken tells Bibi that Saudis want peace deal, but not without two-state solution (AXIOS)

📌 Hundreds of UK postal workers wrongly accused of fraud will have their convictions overturned (AP)

📌 US and UK hint at military action after largest Houthi attack in Red Sea (BBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 US carbon emissions shrank last year, but very slowly (GUARDIAN)

📌 SEC gives Bitcoin ETFs the green light (CNN)

📌 Amazon to lay off several hundred staff in Prime Video & Studios (REUTERS)

📌 Office vacancies hit a new record high (AXIOS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Alabama's Nick Saban retiring as football coach (FOX NEWS)

📌 Gen Z is fueling a jazz comeback (AXIOS)

📌 Pete Carroll out as Seahawks coach after 14 seasons (ESPN)

📌 SAG Awards 2024: See the full list of nominees (CNN)

Wednesday, January 10

🚨NATION

📌 White House orders Cabinet secretaries to notify when they can’t perform duties after Austin illness (AP)

📌 Takeaways from the appeals court hearing on Donald Trump’s immunity claims (CNN)

📌 Georgia DA Fani Willis hired romantic partner to prosecute Trump, legal filing alleges (MO NEWS)

📌 US Senate Republicans say short term funding extension will be needed to avert shutdown, potential problem for Speaker Johnson (REUTERS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 US top diplomat urges Israel to make hard choices, work with Palestinians (REUTERS)

📌 Gabriel Attal, Macron's pick for Prime Minister, is France's youngest at 34 (BBC)

📌 U.S. national arrested in Russia on drug trafficking charges (NBC NEWS)

📌 Global economy set for its worst half decade of growth in 30 years, World Bank says (CNBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Meta to restrict more content for teens as regulatory pressure mounts (REUTERS)

📌 NASA delays astronaut moon landing until at least 2026 (AP)

📌 World is dangerously close to a global warming limit as 2023 goes down as hottest on record (CNN)

📌 New material found by AI could reduce lithium use in batteries (BBC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Tom Cruise and Warner Bros. Discovery announce partnership to develop new movies (CNN)

📌 Aaron Rodgers responds to Jimmy Kimmel after pushback on Jeffrey Epstein comment (CBS NEWS)

📌 Donald Glover directs and plays 21 Savage in movie trailer with new music, Natasha Lyonne and more stars (VARIETY)

📌 Lindsay Lohan, Reneé Rapp and the stars of the new ‘Mean Girls’ turn out for premiere (AP)

Tuesday, January 9

🚨NATION

📌 United & Alaska Air find loose bolts on some Boeing 737 Max 9s after grounding (CNBC)

📌 Over 40 states under blizzard, wind, snow or flood alerts as winter storms cross country (ABC NEWS)

📌 House Republicans release report recommending Hunter Biden be held in contempt of Congress (NBC NEWS)

📌 Civil trial alleging top NRA officials used the organization as ‘personal piggy bank’ begins (CNN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

 📌 Israel kills key Hezbollah commander in Lebanon (FOX NEWS)

📌 China says a foreign consultant was found to be spying for Britain’s MI6 (CNN)

📌 Pope calls for universal ban on surrogate parenting, calls it 'deplorable' (REUTERS)

📌 French PM Élisabeth Borne resigns ahead of expected reshuffle (BBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 National Association of Realtors president steps down, alleging blackmail threat (THE HILL)

📌 Oscar Mayer seeks full-time drivers for the iconic Wienermobile (USA TODAY)

📌 Not so dead as a dodo: ‘De-extinction’ plan to reintroduce bird to Mauritius (CNN)

📌 Apple Vision Pro headset launches in U.S. on Feb. 2, preorders begin Jan. 19 (CNBC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Michigan wins College Football Playoff National Championship, downing Huskies 34-13 (CBS NEWS)

📌 Tiger Woods, Nike announce end of 27-year partnership (ESPN)

📌 Jonathan Majors gives first interview since his conviction (CNN)

📌 Prince's 'Purple Rain' is becoming a musical (AXIOS)

Monday, January 8

🚨NATION

📌 Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin faces growing heat from Congress over hiding hospitalization (USA TODAY)

📌 The Supreme Court will decide if Donald Trump can be kept off 2024 presidential ballots (AP)

📌 Congressional leaders announce spending deal that would avert next government shutdown, Freedom Caucus calls it “failure” (ABC NEWS)

📌 Iowa school shooter appeared to be active on Discord and discussed ‘gearing up’ in hours before attack (NBC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Hamas command in north Gaza destroyed, Israel says (BBC)

📌 20-mile backup as Polish truckers blockade border in standoff with Ukrainian drivers (NPR)

📌 Ground zero of Japan’s earthquake zone is ravaged by destruction and fire (NBC NEWS)

📌 Jordan's King Abdullah says US must pressure Israel to agree to ceasefire in Gaza (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 An exceptionally powerful January storm will impact the US with nearly every winter weather threat imaginable (CNN)

📌 Radio giant Audacy files for bankruptcy (AXIOS)

📌 First US moon launch in decades to include ‘space burials’ (THE HILL)

📌 Tesla, SpaceX leaders concerned over Elon Musk’s drug use (FORTUNE)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Michigan vs. Washington prediction, odds, pick, spread for 2024 college football national championship game tonight (CBS SPORTS)

📌 Nigel Lythgoe departs 'So You Think You Can Dance' amid sexual assault allegations (NPR)

📌 Oscar Pistorius released from South Africa prison after serving 9 years for murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp (CNN)

📌 ‘The Golden Bachelor’ wedding: Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist get married in live special (VARIETY)

Friday, January 5

🚨NATION

📌 Police say 17-year-old killed a sixth grader and wounded five in Iowa school shooting (AP)

📌 Largest US cities saw record hate crimes surge in 2023 (AXIOS)

📌 Defendant faces new charges after attacking a Nevada judge in court, which was caught on video (MO NEWS)

📌 State government buildings face bomb threats for second consecutive day (NBC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Russia has used North Korean ballistic missiles in Ukraine and is seeking Iranian missiles, US says (AP)

📌 Japan Airlines pilots was unaware of cabin fire until crew told the (BBC)

📌 ‘Miracle’ rescue ends fisherman’s ordeal after falling overboard and fending off shark (CNN)

📌 Strike kills 12 people, mostly children, in Gaza area declared safe by Israel (PBS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Peloton shares surge 15% as it partners with TikTok to offer short-form fitness classes, other content (CNBC)

📌 Ever wonder why urine is yellow? Researchers say they've figured it out (CBS NEWS)

📌 US new vehicle sales rise 12% as buyers shake off high prices, interest rates, and auto strikes (AP)

📌 Eli Lilly launches website to help patients get weight loss drugs (NBC NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 The Golden Globes are on Sunday: what to watch out for (USA TODAY)

📌 Former '80s rock musician arrested after girlfriend's body found in California woods (FOX NEWS)

📌 NCAA agrees to $920 million, 8-year deal with ESPN for women’s March Madness, 39 other championships (AP)

📌 Sweethearts is selling 'situationship boxes' with blurry text and 'literal mixed messages' (PEOPLE)

Thursday, January 4

🚨NATION

📌 Trump appeals ruling barring him from the Colorado ballot to the U.S. Supreme Court (NPR)

📌 Jeffrey Epstein documents unsealed (POLITICO)

📌 Hoax bomb threats sent to state capitols around the country (ABC NEWS)

📌 Biden-Harris to hold first 2024 campaign event on Jan 6, casting Trump as threat to democracy (NBC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Over 100 people killed in bomb blasts near Iran general Qasem Soleimani's tomb (BBC)

📌 Japan says Coast Guard plane apparently not cleared for take-off before runway collision (REUTERS)

📌 Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners in biggest swap of war (AXIOS)

📌 Thousands of doctors in Britain walk off the job in their longest-ever strike (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 New antibiotic uses novel method to target deadly drug-resistant bacteria, study says (CNN)

📌 Ford recalls nearly 113,000 F-150 pickups over rear axle problem (CBS NEWS)

📌 Activist hedge fund fight within Disney heats up (AXIOS)

📌 Giant offshore wind project axed in blow to Biden's green goals (FOX NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 A 13-year-old in Oklahoma may be the 1st person to beat Tetris (NPR)

📌 Meet the newest breed to join the American Kennel Club, a little dog with a big smile (AP)

📌 Jimmy Kimmel fires back at Aaron Rodgers after comment on Jeffrey Epstein's alleged associates (CBS NEWS)

📌 Britney Spears says she will never return to music (ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY)

Wednesday, January 3

🚨NATION

📌 Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) charged with receiving gifts from Qatar in new allegations in corruption scheme (CNN)

📌 Trump appeals decision to ban him from Maine ballot (FOX NEWS)

📌 Next Republican presidential debate will only feature Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis (CBS NEWS)

📌 Biden administration asks Supreme Court to allow Border Patrol to cut or move razor wire at Texas border (NBC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Russia pounds Ukraine's two biggest cities in new wave of attacks (REUTERS)

📌 South Korean opposition leader recovering after being stabbed, suspect in custody (USA TODAY)

📌 Japan earthquakes: ‘battle against time’ to find those trapped under rubble as death toll rises (THE GUARDIAN)

📌 Hong Kong activist publisher Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty in landmark national security trial (NBC NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Tesla reports record sales but growth slows in face of growing EV competition (CNN)

📌 US national debt tops $34T for first time in history (FOX BUSINESS)

📌 The world's hottest year may soon be an average one (AXIOS)

📌 7,000 pounds of ground beef sold across U.S. recalled over E. Coli contamination concerns (USA TODAY)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Mickey Mouse copyright expiration inspires horror movies, video games and memes (NBC NEWS)

📌 Michigan vs. Washington early picks, predictions, odds for College Football Playoff National Championship (CBS SPORTS)

📌 Rafael Nadal wins first competitive singles match in a year (ESPN)

📌 Aaron Rodgers says he plans on doing ayahuasca again this off-season: 'it was life-changing' (PEOPLE)

Tuesday, January 2

🚨NATION

📌 Gender-neutral toy aisles, blackout license plates, anti-book bans: New laws for 2024 (AXIOS)

📌 Missing foreign exchange student found safe inside tent in Utah in 'cyber kidnapping' (ABC NEWS)

📌 Driver strikes, injures 8 people on sidewalk blocks from Times Square while trying to escape police (CBS NEWS)

📌 Haley, DeSantis both say they will pardon Trump if they are elected president and the former president is convicted (WASHINGTON POST)

📌 To avoid New York rules, hundreds of migrants dropped off in New Jersey (NY TIMES)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Israel to begin withdrawing troops from Gaza, but warns war will last most of year (CBS NEWS)

📌 Israel’s top court strikes down key part of judicial overhaul, in ruling that could reignite divisions as war rages (CNN)

📌 South Korean leader stabbed in neck by attempted assassin (GUARDIAN)

📌Powerful quake rocks Japan, nearly 100,000 residents ordered to evacuate (REUTERS)

📌 Chinese leader threatens Taiwan will "surely be reunified" with China (AXIOS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Over 657,000 infant formula cans recalled over potential bacteria contamination (ABC NEWS)

📌 Respiratory virus activity is high and rising across the United States, CDC data shows (CNN)

📌 Beer drinking in America falls to the lowest level in a generation (NBC NEWS)

📌 Covid slashed consumer choices. This is why they’re not coming back: (WSJ)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Michigan's goal line stand in overtime beats Alabama 27-20 to win Rose Bowl (THE ATHLETIC)

📌 Nigel Lythgoe denies abusing Paula Abdul as sexual assault lawsuit looms (BBC)

📌 Powerball jackpot reaches $810 million to start 2024 (THE HILL)

📌 Ex-cycling world champion Dennis reportedly charged after Olympian wife killed by vehicle (ABC NEWS)

Happy Holidays & See You Soon

🚨NATION

📌 See if you’re up to date on 2023 news with this quiz (GUARDIAN)

📌 Preview of the 2024 race to the White House (CNN)

📌 2024 economic outlook: 10 things to look out for regarding the US economy (JP MORGAN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Biggest international stories in 2023 (NPR)

📌 From Barbie to the Israel-Hamas war, these are the top international Google searches of 2023 (TIME)

📌 A closer look at the 2024 elections around the world that could have consequential impacts beyond (CNN)

📌 Events to shake, or gently rattle, the world in 2024 (NY TIMES)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 How the world used energy in 2023 (FORBES)

📌 Planning to travel more in '24? Consider these fun destinations! (TODAY)

📌 6 workplace trends leaders should watch in 2024 (GALLUP)

📌 The science events to watch in 2024 (NATURE)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 The best movies and TV of 2023 (NPR)

📌 The very best books of 2023 (VOX)

📌 25 sports stories that shaped the year (SPORTS PRO MEDIA)

📌 5 controversial 2024 fashion trends that will divide everyone (NY POST)

Friday, December 22

🚨NATION

📌 Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy after jury orders him to pay $148 million in defamation case (USA TODAY)

📌 Texas governor charters first migrant flight to Chicago (AXIOS)

📌 Federal judge blocks California law that would have banned carrying firearms in most public places (AP)

📌 Ohio teen accused of plotting mass shooting at Ohio synagogue assigned a book report by judge (NBC NEWS)

 📌 FBI sees surge of 1,800-plus threats related to Israel-Hamas war, top DOJ official says (ABC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Gunman kills 14 in unprecedented attack at Prague university (REUTERS)

📌 UN says more than 1 in 4 people in Gaza are starving because of war (AP)

📌 Ikea warns of product delays due to Houthi rebel attacks on ships in Red Sea (FOX BUSINESS)

📌 Stranded traveler rescued from site near Iceland's erupting volcano after using flashlight to signal SOS (CBS NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Scientists find new way to desalinate seawater using solar power, study says (ABC NEWS)

📌 Colon cancer is rising in young Americans. It’s not clear why. (WASHINGTON POST)

📌 Honda recalling about 4.5 million vehicles worldwide over fuel pump issue (REUTERS)

📌 Rite Aid wrongfully used facial recognition to accuse customers of shoplifting, FTC says (NBC NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Jo Koy named host of the 81st Golden Globes (ABC NEWS)

📌 Vin Diesel accused of sexual battery in lawsuit brought by former assistant (CNN)

📌 Merry Christmas, Barbie! Ryan Gosling drops holiday version of ‘I’m Just Ken’ & music video (BILLBOARD)

📌 Big Ten Signing Day: Ohio State class ranked best in conference. Penn State, Michigan next in line (AP)

Thursday, December 21

🚨NATION

📌 CDC: US has not yet hit peak COVID & flu for season; Peak RSV is over (NBC NEWS)

📌 Flood threat increasing across California, with over 20 million under flood alerts, including Los Angeles and San Diego (CNN)

📌 President Biden getting frustrated that it is hard to showcase his infrastructure accomplishments (CNN)

📌 Nationwide swatting spree targeting Jewish institutions appears coordinated, coming from outside US: FBI (ABC NEWS)

📌 NYC lawmakers ban solitary confinement in its jails (NBC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 War Threat: Xi told Biden he plans to “reunify” China & Taiwan (NBC NEWS)

📌 Hamas rejects latest Israeli offer for hostage release/truce; “very serious” talks continue (MO NEWS)

📌 US, Venezuela swap prisoners: Maduro ally for 10 Americans, plus fugitive contractor 'Fat Leonard' (AP)

📌 India’s Narendra Modi breaks silence on US murder plot allegation (BBC)

📌 EU reaches ‘landmark’ agreement on asylum reform but deal still faces challenge of ratification (CNN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 HUGE MERGER: Warner Bros. Discovery in talks to merge with Paramount (AXIOS)

📌 Over a half-billion dollars in railroad freight stuck at Texas border crossings amid migrant battle (CNBC)

📌 Whiskey distillers cheer as EU, U.S. strike deal to avoid 50% tariff on exports to Europe (CNBC)

📌 AI image-generators are being trained on explicit photos of children, a study shows (AP)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Maury Povich helps Denver Zoo reveal the paternity of baby orangutan (PEOPLE)

📌 Meghan Markle kind-of returns to acting in Instagram coffee ad (HUFF POST)

📌 Influencer fined $1 million over 'misleading' charity cake campaign (BUSINESS INSIDER)

📌 Oregon State and Washington State near agreement to join West Coast Conference as affiliate members (ESPN)

Wednesday, December 20

🚨NATION

📌 Dozens of documents naming Jeffrey Epstein’s victims and associates to be made public in 2024 (CNN)

📌 New York governor signs law establishing reparations and racial justice commission (AP)

📌 Senate deal on border, Ukraine aid won't happen before end of year: Schumer (ABC NEWS)

📌 Americans less satisfied with almost every part of the health system (AXIOS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Ukraine military seeks extra 500,000 soldiers (BBC)

📌 Iceland volcano eruption, earthquakes weaken, but scientists warn of lurking danger (ABC NEWS)

📌 Gaza hospital director admits Hamas used medical complex as operational hub (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 At least 100 elephants die in drought-stricken Zimbabwe park, a grim sign of El Nino and climate change (NBS NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Drought-prone California OKs new rules for turning wastewater directly into drinking water (AP)

📌 Recalled applesauce pouches now linked to more than 200 lead poisoning cases in 33 states, CDC says (CBS NEWS)

📌 New COVID variant JN.1 is on the rise this holiday season: What symptoms to look out for (USA TODAY)

📌 Release of five wolves in the Colorado mountains begins first-of-its kind state reintroduction effort (DENVER POST)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Celine Dion's sister gives update on stiff-person syndrome, saying singer "has no control of her muscles" (CBS NEWS)

📌 Madonna experienced a medically-induced coma for 48 hours during hospitalization (FOX NEWS)

📌 Jennifer Love Hewitt hits back at claims she's 'unrecognizable': 'Aging in Hollywood is really hard' (USA TODAY)

📌 She bought a colorful vase at Goodwill for $3.99. The rare piece sold at auction for $107,000 (AP)