Monday, December 9

🚨NATION

📌 5 takeaways from Trump’s ‘Meet the Press’ interview (THE HILL)

📌 Daniel Penny defense may have been handed 'partial victory' with dropped charge (FOX NEWS)

📌 Trump says he can’t guarantee tariffs won’t raise U.S. prices and won’t rule out revenge prosecutions (AP)

📌 College enrollment is falling at a ‘concerning’ rate, new data reveals (GUARDIAN)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Syrians ransack Assad's private residence in Damascus after the regime's downfall (NPR)

📌 South Korea martial law fallout deepens as prosecutors close in on president, ex-defense minister (NBC)

📌 Ukrainian war dead reaches 43,000, Zelensky says in rare update (BBC)

📌 Romania election results thrown out after Russian interference claims (PBS)

📌 Australia synagogue fire condemned as clear act of antisemitism as police search for suspects (CNN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Federal court upholds Tiktok ban/forced sale ahead of January deadline (AP)

📌 USDA orders testing across nation's milk supply amid rising bird flu cases (NPR)

📌 FDA may ban artificial red dye from beverages, candy and other foods (NBC)

📌 Bezos vs. Musk: Space tycoons with dueling visions for humanity's survival (AXIOS)

📌 Trump says he doesn’t plan to remove Fed chairman Jerome Powell (CNN)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 College Football Playoff bracket revealed: Oregon No. 1 overall, SMU gets in over Alabama (AP)

📌 Largest contract in sports history: Juan Soto to sign 15-year, $765 million contract with New York Mets (NBC)

📌 Stolen ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ are auctioned for $28 million (AP)

📌 ‘Moana 2’ cruises to another record weekend and $600 million globally (ABC)

📌 Former Real Housewife Brandi Glanville says doctors believe facial disfigurement could be from a parasite that ‘jumps around’ her face (PAGE SIX)

Friday, December 6

🚨NATION

📌 Blowing snow, blustery winds, bitter cold: Gnarly winter weather grips swath of nation (USA TODAY)

📌 Father of victim in NYC subway chokehold case sues defendant Daniel Penny (ABC)

📌 After meeting with Pete Hegseth, key Senate Republican says she's not ready to support him (GMA)

📌 7.0 earthquake off Northern California prompts brief tsunami warning (AP)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Syrian rebels capture second major city as army withdraws from Hama (CNN)

📌 France's toppled government adds to the European Union's bigger political problems (NPR)

📌 Amnesty International accuses Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians (NPR)

📌 South Korean president fights impeachment as he’s investigated for insurrection (NBC)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield halts anesthesia payment policy after backlash (NBC NEWS)

📌 University of Michigan ends required diversity statements (GUARDIAN)

📌 Boeing plea deal related to Max crashes rejected by judge (CNN)

📌 Daily dose of dark chocolate may lower diabetes risk, study finds (ABC)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 ‘Harry Potter’ HBO series to film in summer 2025 after 32,000 kids auditioned for lead roles (VARIETY)

📌 Pregnant Kylie Kelce admits she had a 'full heaving cry for 30 Minutes' after finding out daughter Elliotte was a girl (PEOPLE)

📌 Jamie Foxx declares ‘I’m back’ in trailer for new Netflix special chronicling 2023 hospitalization (CNN)

📌 Amber Heard, 38, is expecting her second child after welcoming daughter Oonagh three years ago (DAILY MAIL)

Thursday, December 5

🚨NATION

📌 US Supreme Court leaning towards letting youth transgender care ban stand in Tennessee (NPR)

📌 Biden White House is discussing preemptive pardons for Fauci, Cheney and Schiff (POLITICO)

📌 California Democrat flips seat in the last House race to be called (NBC)

📌 Peter Navarro served prison time related to Jan. 6. Now Trump is bringing him back as an adviser (AP)

📌 Dangerous, blinding snow squalls from a potent, fast-moving winter storm threaten travel in the Northeast (CNN)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 South Korea’s opposition parties move to impeach president over sudden declaration of martial law (AP)

📌 French government is toppled in no-confidence vote (NBC)

📌 Georgian opposition politician beaten unconscious by police, party says, as government crackdown intensifies (CNN)

📌 Global investigation exposes alleged billion-dollar Russian money-laundering network (GUARDIAN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Bitcoin hits $100,000 for first time (CNBC)

📌 Google's new AI weather model beats most accurate forecast system (AXIOS)

📌 Trump nominates cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins as SEC chair (AP)

📌 Voyager 1 is back online 15 billion miles away in interstellar space. But the end could be near (CNN)

📌 A new phone scanner that detects spyware has already found 7 Pegasus infections (WIRED)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Prince Harry addresses speculation about marriage with Meghan Markle: 'we've apparently divorced 10 times' (PEOPLE)

📌 Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Pete Davidson and more 'Saturday Night Live' stars reveal what they spent their first paychecks on (MSNBC)

📌 Japan's famous sake joins UNESCO's cultural heritage list, a boost to brewers and enthusiasts (ABC)

📌 College football signing day winners and losers include Texas, Florida and LSU (USA TODAY)

Wednesday, December 4

🚨NATION

📌 Pete Hegseth Defense Secretary nomination on the rocks; Trump team considering Ron DeSantis, others as possible replacements (ABC NEWS) Trump DEA nominee withdraws after being nominee for three days (AP)

📌 Trump team signs agreement to allow Justice to conduct background checks on nominees (AP)

📌 NYC Mayor Adams looking to cooperate with Trump administration on deporting criminal illegal migrants (NY POST)

📌 Incoming Senate Majority Leader plans sweeping bill on the border, defense and energy in Trump’s first 30 days (POLITICO)

📌 Missing Hawaiian woman crossed freely into Mexico, Los Angeles police say (ABC)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Chinese hack of global telecom providers is ‘ongoing,’ U.S. officials warn and recommend using encrypted apps (NBC)

📌 The Princess of Wales returns to official duties in first state visit after cancer treatment (YAHOO)

📌 Why protests in the country of Georgia matter (VOX)

📌 US jets attack Iranian militias in Syria (TELEGRAPH)

📌 Putin's planes took Ukrainian kids into 'coerced' Russian adoption, a Yale report says (NPR)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Frontier Airlines introducing ‘first class-style’ seats (CNBC)

📌 Trump vows to block Japanese steelmaker from buying US Steel, pledges tax incentives and tariffs (AP)

📌 Cucumber recall: Two more brands included as feds investigate salmonella outbreak (USA TODAY)

📌 Cyber Monday was the biggest US online shopping day ever (CNN)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Last 2 defendants in Atlanta’s Young Thug trial are acquitted of murder and gang charges (AP)

📌 Eminem's mother, Debbie Nelson, dies at 69 (NBC)

📌 Kendrick Lamar and SZA taking 'GNX' collaborations on the road for Grand National Tour (USA TODAY)

📌 Mattel sued over ‘Wicked’ dolls that included link to porn website on packaging (VARIETY)

Tuesday, December 3

🚨NATION

📌 Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth was forced out of veterans’ advocacy groups over drinking, sexual misconduct allegations (CNN)

📌 Trump suggests Canada become 51st state during dinner with PM Justin Trudeau (FOX NEWS)

📌 TSA screened more than 3 million travelers at U.S. airports Sunday, breaking record (PBS)

📌 Police officer became ‘double agent’ for Proud Boys, prosecutor says (AP)

📌 Supreme Court grapples with FDA's refusal to approve flavored vapes (NBC)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Pro-Putin leader backs harsh crackdown as over 40 people hospitalized amid protests in Georgia (FOX)

📌 French government teeters after PM Barnier forces through budget (BBC)

📌 President Biden makes long awaited trip to Africa (NPR)

📌 German leader Scholz vows more Ukraine aid and defends his phone call with Putin (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Fresh organic eggs distributed to Costco recalled due to salmonella concerns (ABC)

📌 Intel CEO abruptly out as company falls behind in AI transition (VERGE)

📌 Oil companies blocked plan to stop plastic pollution; Efforts start again (VERGE)

📌 Tesla CEO Elon Musk loses bid to get $56 billion pay package reinstated (CNBC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 ‘Moana 2’ sails higher with $389M worldwide opening; biggest ever for an animated movie (DEADLINE)

📌 Harvey Weinstein taken back to hospital in New York City, lawyer says (ABC)

📌 Chris Martin and daughter Apple share a sweet slow dance during her society debut in Paris (PEOPLE)

📌 Village People singer defends Trump's use of 'Y.M.C.A.,' says song isn't a 'gay anthem' (NBC)

Monday, December 2

🚨NATION

📌 4 million under winter storm alerts as snow buries Buffalo, rest of Great Lakes region (ABC)

📌 Pete Hegseth's mom called him 'abuser of women' during his 2018 divorce, NYT reports (MSNBC)

📌 Ken Martin emerges as early front-runner in race to lead Democrats as DNC chair (POLITICO)

📌 Trump threatens 100% tariff on BRICS countries if they pursue creating new currency (NBC)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Justin Trudeau dines with Trump at Mar-a-Lago after tariff threat (AP)

📌 UN says it is halting aid through main Gaza crossing because route is too dangerous (NPR)

📌 Zelenskyy says NATO offer for Ukraine-controlled territory could end ‘hot stage’ of war (AP)

📌 Unprecedented protests sweep Georgia after government scraps EU bid (POLITICO)

📌 A new Belgium law gives sex workers contracts, benefits and safety protection (AP) 

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Volkswagen’s woes mount as workers prepare to strike across Germany (CNN)

📌 Atlantic hurricane season races to finish within range of predicted number of named storms (NOAA)

📌 Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares steps down as carmaker continues struggle with slumping sales (AP)

📌 Inside your body, aging unfolds at remarkably different rates (WASHINGTON POST)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Thanksgiving box office record: ‘Moana 2’ scores dazzling $221 million debut, ‘Wicked’ adds huge $117 million (VARIETY)

📌 Brawl ensues after Michigan deals stunning upset loss to rival Ohio State (CNN)

📌 Eddie Murphy's son is marrying Martin Lawrence's daughter: 'A love that feels like destiny' (USA TODAY)

📌 ‘Wicked’ star Marissa Bode speaks out against ‘harmful’ ableist comments made about her character (TODAY)

LESS CONTROVERSIAL NEWS TOPICS FOR THE THANKSGIVING TABLE

📌 Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade 2024: 6 new balloons, range of performers including Kylie Minogue, Temptations (NEWSDAY)

📌 Grandma of 12 sets new world record with 1,575 pushups, he second record (ABC)

📌 Grandma and man she accidentally texted will have Thanksgiving together again (ABC)

📌 Snoop Dog discusses his plans to spend the holiday with his 9-12 grandchildren (PEOPLE)

📌 Two couples in California discover their embryos were mixed-up after their daughters were born, see what they chose to do (NY TIMES)

📌 ‘Moana 2’ box office predicted to beat ‘Wicked’ & ‘Gladiator 2’ openings (YAHOO)

📌 The last mercury retrograde of 2024 is upon us. What it means (USA TODAY)

📌 'Demure' is Dictionary.com's word of the year (NPR)

📌 NASA radar picks up frozen, buried Cold War base Camp Century (POPSCI)

📌 China’s hottest new tourist attraction is 5,000 feet in the air (CNN)

📌 Ocean explorers hoped they photographed Amelia Earhart's plane. Turns out it's a rock (NPR)

📌 Inside the world of competitive ‘tablescaping’ (NY TIMES)

Tuesday, November 26

🚨NATION

📌 Illegal border crossings on track to reach new Biden-era low (CBS)

📌 Child care cost as much as rent for many families at inflation's peak, new data shows (NBC)

📌 Couple charged for allegedly stealing $1 million from Lululemon in convoluted retail theft scheme (CNN)

📌 Harris is telling her advisers and allies to keep her political options open (POLITICO)

📌 Judge delays resentencing hearing for Menendez brothers (PBS)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Kushner, Ivanka Trump mourn murdered Rabbi, donate $1M to UAE Jewish community (J POST)

📌 Russia reportedly captures a Briton fighting for Ukraine as Russian troops advance (USA TODAY)

📌 DHL cargo plane crashes and skids into a house in Lithuania, killing a Spanish crew member (AP)

📌 Egyptian authorities say 16 people missing after tourist boat sinks in Red Sea (CNN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Macy's says an employee hid as much as $154 million in expenses (NPR)

📌 Microsoft’s massive Outlook and Teams outage has gone on for hours (CNN)

📌 Eggs are getting scarcer and pricier ahead of the holidays (CBS)

📌 Wall Street launches new ways to bet on bitcoin (NBC)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Drake claims Universal Music and Spotify ‘artificially inflated’ Kendrick Lamar’s numbers for ‘not like us’ diss track (VARIETY)

📌 Alec Baldwin won’t watch his film, ‘Rust,’ after he fatally shot Halyna Hutchins: My wife Hilaria has been ‘very traumatized from this’ (NY POST)

📌 Elton John 'floored' after losing eyesight in right eye: 'I can't see anything' (USA TODAY)

📌 Tom Sandoval to shutter LA bar Schwartz & Sandy’s after two years (THE WRAP)

Monday, November 25

🚨NATION

📌 Trump team barred from agencies amid legal standoff (POLITICO)

📌 Forecasts warn of possible winter storms across US during Thanksgiving week (AP)

📌 Musk’s DOGE commission considering mobile tax filing app (NEWS NATION)

📌 NYC congestion pricing plan gets federal approval, set to begin January 5 (FOX 5)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Israel says rabbi found dead in U.A.E. was abducted and killed (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 Ukraine to analyze fragments of missile fired by Russia capable of carrying nuclear warheads (FOX)

📌 Uruguay’s once-dull election has become a dead heat in the presidential runoff (AP)

📌 Pakistan government mediators seek ceasefire as 68 killed in sectarian violence (NBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Why airline passenger walks to the terminal gate may get a little longer (NBC LA)

📌 Thanksgiving dinner is historically affordable this year (CNBC)

📌 72,000 pounds of ready-to-eat meat, poultry recalled amid deadly listeria outbreak (CNN)

📌 Earth bids farewell to temporary 'mini moon' that's possibly a chunk of actual moon (ABC)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 ‘Wicked’ opens to $114M, ‘Gladiator II’ conquers $55.5M (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

📌 Adele ends Vegas residency with heartfelt goodbye & thanks for “second chance” (VARIETY)

📌 Jason Kelce epically sings ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ at Appalachian State tailgate (PEOPLE)

📌 Chuck Woolery, game show host of 'Love Connection' and 'Scrabble,' dies at 83 (NPR)

Friday, November 22

🚨NATION

📌 Police report reveals new details from sexual assault allegation against Trump’s defense secretary nominee (CNN)

📌 House passes bill that would allow Treasury to target nonprofits it deems to support terrorism (AP)

📌 Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy float ending remote work for federal employees and 'large-scale firings' (NBC)

📌 The FBI and DHS leaders won’t testify publicly about national security threats before the Senate (AXIOS)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Putin warns West as Russia hits Ukraine with new missile (BBC)

📌 Brazilian police indict former President Bolsonaro and aides over alleged 2022 coup attempt (AP)

📌 American among 5 tourists dead amid concerns over alcohol tainted with methanol in Laos (USA TODAY)

📌 At least 42 killed as gunmen open fire on vehicles carrying Shiites in northwest Pakistan (ABC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Man who spent $6.2 million on banana duct-taped to wall says he's going to eat it (CNBC)

📌 Newly identified chemical in drinking water is likely present in many homes and could be toxic, study finds (NBC)

📌 Ground beef recalled due to possible E. coli contamination (CNN)

📌 NBCUniversal shakeup ends a turf war and puts Donna Langley in the driver’s seat (VARIETY)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Jussie Smollett’s conviction overturned in alleged hate crime hoax (VARIETY)

📌 NFL issues alert to teams about crime ring targeting players (FOX)

📌 Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi moving to England after Trump’s election win, “never coming back” to the US (THE WRAP)

📌 Chris Stapleton wins big at country music awards (BBC)

Thursday, November 21

🚨NATION

📌 Illegal migrant found guilty of murder in the killing of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, sentenced to life in prison (MO NEWS)

📌 New threat emerges as atmospheric river combines with once-in-a-decade bomb cyclone on the West Coast (CNN)

📌 House Speaker will not allow transgender women to access women’s bathrooms on the House side of the US Capitol complex (MO NEWS)

📌 Susan Smith, who killed her 2 young children 30 years ago, denied parole (CBS)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 US Embassy in Kyiv closes over anticipated ‘significant’ air attack (POLITICO) Biden approves Ukraine’s use of anti-personnel mines (AXIOS)

📌 Hong Kong hears from jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai for the first time in four years at his trial (CNN)

📌 US vetoes UN resolution demanding a cease-fire in Gaza (TIME)

📌 Ugandan opposition leader who was ‘kidnapped’ in Kenya turns up in court (BBC)

📌 Accident or sabotage? American and European officials disagree as key undersea cables are cut (CNN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 US businesses stockpile imported goods ahead of Trump’s China tariffs (MO NEWS)

📌 Murdoch family retains majority control of News Corp after shareholder vote (GUARDIAN)

📌 Tom's of Maine toothpaste contained bacteria-contaminated water, FDA says (NBC)

📌 Radical Jaguar rebrand and new logo sparks ire online (AP)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Alec Baldwin film ‘Rust’ has world premiere with dedication to cinematographer killed on set (AP)

📌 One Direction stars mourn Liam Payne at funeral (BBC)

📌 Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces five new lawsuits (CNN)

📌 Matthew McConaughey ditched Hollywood for Texas, turned down $14.5M offer after being dubbed ‘rom-com dude’ (FOX)

Wednesday, November 20

🚨NATION

📌 Hacker accesses sealed testimony of woman alleging Matt Gaetz had sex with her when she was 17 (NBC)

📌 Trump picks Wall Street investor Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary (NPR)

📌 Linda McMahon nominated for Secretary of Education (AP)

📌 Oklahoma official under fire for bibles in public schools mandate (MO NEWS)

📌 Manhattan DA agrees to postpone Donald Trump’s sentencing in hush money case but opposes dismissal (CNBC)

📌 Republican introduces anti-transgender bathroom resolution at Capitol after first transgender woman elected to Congress (CNN)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 US envoy says Lebanon ceasefire ‘within grasp’ as soldier killed in drone strike (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 Tens of thousands crowd New Zealand’s Parliament grounds in support of Māori rights (AP)

📌 Finland urges NATO, EU to shield critical networks after undersea cables damaged (POLITICO)

📌 Residents in Haiti’s capital stand with police in a battle to repel the latest gang attack (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 As Trump, Elon Musk watch, as SpaceX launches largest rocket ever (WASHINGTON POST)

📌 Boeing set to lay off more than 2,000 workers amid plans to cut 10% of workforce (CNBC)

📌 As Americans bargain shop, six-figure earners flock to Walmart (CNN)

📌 Comcast spins off cable channels like USA, CNBC, MSNBC as cord-cutting quickens (VARIETY)

📌 Microsoft pitches AI ‘agents’ that can perform tasks on their own at Ignite 2024 (AP)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight scores over 108 million viewers worldwide, Netflix says, becomes the most-watched global sporting event (THE WRAP)

📌 Cher’s memoir includes new details about her divorce from Sonny Bono (CNN)

📌 NBA legend and motivational speaker, Bob Love, who overcame a significant stutter, dies at 81 (NBC)

📌 John Stamos shows solidarity after Dave Coulier’s cancer diagnosis with bald cap — not all fans are pleased (TODAY)

Tuesday, November 19

🚨NATION

📌 Trump confirms plan to declare national emergency, use military for mass deportations (AXIOS)

📌 Trump nominates former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy for Secretary of Transportation (FOX NEWS)

📌 Lawyer says his 2 clients told House Ethics Committee that Gaetz paid them for sex (ABC)

📌 Brendan Carr wrote the FCC chapter in ‘Project 2025.’ Now he’s Trump’s pick for the agency (CNN)

📌 The one agency that might have the muscle to oppose Elon Musk (POLITICO)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Trump allies warn Biden risking 'World War III' by authorizing long-range missiles for Ukraine (FOX NEWS)

📌 Almost 100 Gaza food aid trucks violently looted, UN agency says (BBC)

📌 Two undersea cables in Baltic Sea disrupted, sparking warnings of possible ‘hybrid warfare’ (CNN)

📌 French farmers escalate protests against an EU-Mercosur trade deal and fear unfair competition (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 The world's most commonly used password of the year is "123456" (AXIOS)

📌 Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy amid growing losses and debt (NBC)

📌 A.I. chatbots defeated doctors at diagnosing illness (NY TIMES)

📌 Ben & Jerry’s lawsuit accuses parent company of censorship over Gaza (AP)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Netflix announces Beyoncé will perform at Christmas NFL game in Houston (VERGE)

📌 Adidas signs first NIL deal with girls' high school basketball player (NBC)

📌 The USPS will honor Betty White with her own stamp in 2025 (NPR)

📌 Diddy broke prison rules and called witnesses behind bars, prosecutors say (BBC)

Monday, November 18

🚨NATION

📌 Biden marks his climate legacy during Amazon visit, asserting 'nobody' can reverse it (NPR)

📌 Trump’s team skips FBI background checks for some Cabinet picks (CNN)

📌 Top pollster Ann Selzer to retire after her Iowa poll ended in huge miss by 16 points (CNN)

📌 Masked group marches through Ohio neighborhood with swastika flags (ABC)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Biden authorized Ukraine to strike Russia with US-supplied long-range missiles (NBC)

📌 Hezbollah media chief killed in Israeli strike in Beirut (BBC)

📌 Pope Francis calls for probe to determine if Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute ‘genocide’ (TIMES OF ISAEL)

📌 Eight killed and 17 wounded in second mass attack in China in a week (NBC)

📌 Philippines evacuates half a million people as Super Typhoon Man-yi makes landfall (CNN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 What is Bluesky, the fast-growing social platform welcoming fleeing X users? (AP)

📌 First US case of deadlier mpox virus strain reported in California — risk remains low (ABC)

📌 E. coli outbreak linked to organic carrots leaves 1 dead and dozens sickened across the US (CNN)

📌 A $12,000 surgery to change eye color is surging in popularity (WSJ)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Denmark’s Victoria Kjær Theilvig wins Miss Universe 2024 (CNN)

📌 ‘The Voice’ winner Sundance Head recovers at home after being accidentally shot on his Texas ranch (AP)

📌 Charli XCX calls Martha Stewart’s feud with The Post journalist ‘extremely brat’ in ‘SNL’ monologue (NY POST)

📌 A gold pocket watch given to the captain who rescued Titanic survivors sells for record price (AP)

📌 Staten Islanders line up in droves to support NYC bakery criticized by Whoopi Goldberg (POLITICS NY)

Friday, November 15

🚨NATION

📌 FBI arrests Houston man who allegedly wanted to commit a ‘9/11’ style attack in the US (CNN)

📌 Black and Latino families displaced from Palm Springs neighborhood reach tentative settlement (AP)

📌 National Hurricane Center tells Floridians to monitor soon-to-be Tropical Storm Sara (CNN)

📌 New Pentagon report on UFOs marks new incidents, but no evidence of aliens (AP)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 President Biden begins final international summit in Peru (AP)

📌 Explosives and timer found on suspect’s body after attack on Brazil’s top court (CNN)

📌 Israel-Lebanon ceasefire deal getting closer (REUTERS)

📌 Meet the New Zealand's parliamentarian who has gone viral for her Māori Haka dance in Parliament (MSN)

📌 Delhi shuts all primary schools as hazardous smog worsens (BBC)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 FBI raids Polymarket CEO’s home, seizing phone, electronics (CNBC)

📌 The Onion wins Alex Jones' Infowars in bankruptcy auction (NBC)

📌 E. coli cases climb to 104 in McDonald’s outbreak tied to slivered onions (AP)

📌 Berkshire Hathaway is hoarding cash in a pattern seen before the financial crisis. Does Warren Buffett know something that we don’t? (WSJ)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Craig Melvin will replace Hoda Kotb as co-anchor of the 'TODAY' show (MO NEWS)

📌 Eva Longoria reveals she moved her family out of “dystopian” US (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

📌 Dick Van Dyke says he's glad he "won't be around" for Trump's second term (VF)

📌 Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn is ending her retirement at age 40 to make a skiing comeback (CBS)

Thursday, November 14

🚨NATION

📌 Republicans reject Trump allies' pick, elect Sen. John Thune as next Senate majority leader (USA TODAY)

📌 CIA official charged with disclosing classified documents about Israel’s military plans (MO NEWS)

📌 New York City Council approves bill shifting broker fees to landlords (NEW YORK TIMES)

📌 Trump draft executive order would create “warrior board” to purge generals (WSJ)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Biden and Xi will meet on Saturday, the third and likely final time during Biden's term (NPR)

📌 French prosecutors seek a 2-year prison sentence and ineligibility period against prominent politician Marine Le Pen (AP)

📌 Russia fires dozens of missiles and drones at Ukraine's capital as North Korean troops start fighting in Kursk (CBS)

📌 Thousands evacuated as parts of Spain hit with nearly a month’s rainfall in one hour (CNN)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Bitcoin rises above $90,000 as rally resumes on Trump optimism (USA TODAY)

📌 Inflation ticks up slightly in October, a look at what’s impacted (CNBC)

📌 Kraft Heinz stops serving controversial school-designed Lunchables because of low demand (AP)

📌 Waymo’s fully-automated robotaxis are now available to everyone in Los Angeles (VERGE)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 John Krasinski named People magazine’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ (CNN)

📌 Thailand's baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng has an official song released in 4 languages (ABC)

📌 Full House’s Dave Coulier reveals he has stage 3 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (PEOPLE)

📌 Lena Dunham to write Sam Bankman-Fried movie for Apple, A24 based on Michael Lewis book ‘Going Infinite’ (VARIETY)

📌 'Orbital' by Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize (NPR)

Wednesday, November 13

🚨NATION

📌 Judge delays decision on tossing Trump’s hush money conviction (NBC)

📌 Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years after sharing top secret docs on Discord (AP)

📌 Are no-fault divorce laws going away? (MO NEWS)

📌 Americans stockpile abortion pills and hormones ahead of ‘reproductive apocalypse’ under Trump (GUARDIAN)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Archbishop of Canterbury resigns over UK church abuse scandal (BBC)

📌 Toxic smog in Pakistan is so bad you can see it from space (CNN)

📌 Russia lawmakers pass bill banning "child-free propaganda" to try to boost birth rate (CBS)

📌 Earth’s biggest polluters aren’t sending leaders to UN climate talks in a year of weather extremes (AP)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Exxon CEO says Trump should keep U.S. involved in global effort to address climate change (CNBC)

📌 Amazon reportedly working on Echo Frames for delivery drivers (VERGE)

📌 Excessive drinking inches higher after pandemic increase (THE HILL)

📌 Standing desks may be bad for your health, new research finds (CNN)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Shaboozey’s ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy)’ logs landmark 17th week at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 (BILLBOARD)

📌 Elon Musk responds after Chloe Fineman alleges he made her 'burst into tears' on 'SNL' (USA TODAY)

📌 John Mulaney reveals Olivia Munn began randomly drug testing him during her pregnancy (PEOPLE)

📌 Patrick Mahomes & Travis Kelce's homes burglarized (TMZ)

Tuesday, November 12

🚨NATION

📌 Historic drought fuels blazes across Northeast as wildfires burn on both coasts (NBC)

📌 Most election postmortems neglect a key determinant of how people vote — where they get their news. (POLITICO)

📌 25 monkeys caught, but more still missing after escape from research facility in SC (USA TODAY)

📌 Trump warns Putin in call not to intensify war in Ukraine (AXIOS) Kremlin rejects reports of the conversation (AP)

📌 Shapiro, Newsom look toward presidential runs in 2028 (POLITICO)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Spirit Airlines flight from Florida to Haiti hit by gunfire while trying to land, diverts to Dominican Republic (CBS)

📌 ICC announces investigation into chief prosecutor (BBC)

📌 Dutch tram set on fire while tensions are high after violence targeting Israeli fans (AP) Israel tells citizens to avoid upcoming Paris soccer match & other events in Europe (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 First emperor penguin known to reach Australia found on tourist beach (AP)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Bitcoin has topped $87,000 for a new record high. What to know about crypto’s post-election rally (AP)

📌 FTX sues crypto exchange Binance and its former CEO Zhao for $1.8 billion (CNBC)

📌 Over 1.4 million Honda, Acura vehicles subject of US probe over potential engine failure (USA TODAY)

📌 LA Times owner to create a new editorial board in light of Trump presidency – and ‘the newsroom is pissed’ (THE WRAP)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Mattel faults print error for porn site listed on "Wicked" doll packaging (CBS)

📌 Megan Fox pregnant, expecting baby with Machine Gun Kelly (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

📌 Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver 'devastated' as children's book is pulled amid criticism from Indigenous Australians (PEOPLE)

📌 Blake Shelton announces new singing competition show after leaving The Voice (E!)

Thursday, November 7

🚨NATION

📌 Harris hoped to ride abortion to another post-Dobbs Democratic victory. It didn’t work. (POLITICO)

📌 Biden admin is planning to deal with a possible migrant surge before Trump takes office (NBC)

📌 Elon Musk bet big on Trump. Here’s what he stands to gain — and lose — from his win (CNN)

📌 Harris campaign and allies spent more than $1.4B on political ads in losing race against Trump, whose campaign with allies spend $1B (FOX BUSINESS)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Hurricane Rafael strengthens to powerful Category 3 storm as it hits Cuba (AP)

📌 Biden team prepares to rush last-minute aid to Ukraine (POLITICO)

📌 Germany's governing coalition is headed for collapse after Scholz fires finance chief (NPR)

📌 What’s the world saying about Trump’s win? Here are the leaders who’ve commented (TIME)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Stocks surge to record highs as Trump returns to presidency (CNN)

📌 Trump tariffs could raise prices, lead to increasing inflation (CNBC)

📌 The Fed is expected to cut interest rates again Thursday. Here's everything you need to know (CNBC)

📌 Striking NYT tech workers made a custom Connections so you don’t cross the picket line (THE VERGE)

📌 ‘Wizard of Oz’ ruby slippers up for auction for $800,000 after being stolen by mobster (VARIETY)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Raygun quits competitive breakdancing over backlash to her viral Olympics performance (NBC)

📌 Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler’s daughters discovered their ‘50 First Dates’ movie (CNN)

📌 In podcast, Travis Kelce gives support to his brother Jason Kelce after viral phone incident (SI)

Wednesday, November 6

🚨MORE ELECTION NEWS

📌 Non-credible bomb threats against Atlanta-area polling places were from Russia, secretary of state says (CNN)

📌 Sarah McBride becomes the first out transgender person elected to Congress (NBC)

📌 Florida voters reject recreational marijuana (AP)

📌 2 poll workers die after vehicle swept off highway in floodwaters (ABC)

📌 Man arrested when trying to enter U.S. Capitol with a torch and flare gun, police say (PBS)

📌 America Votes: Scenes from polling places (AXIOS)

📌 Nearly 14,000 mail-in ballots have signature issues in Nevada (KUNR)

 📱OTHER IMPORTANT HEADLINES

📌 Israel’s Netanyahu fires defense minister Gallant citing lack of trust in surprise announcement (AP)

📌 10,000 North Korean troops now in Russia's Kursk region, Pentagon says (ABC)

📌 Rafael strengthens into a hurricane in the Caribbean. The storm and its path could change drastically as it heads toward US (CNN)

📌 US warns Iraq: Don't let Iran attack from your soil or Israel could retaliate (AXIOS)