Friday, January 10

🚨NATION

📌 Fani Willis appeals disqualification from Trump's election interference case (AXIOS)

📌 Judge scraps Biden’s Title IX rules, reversing expansion of protections for LGBTQ+ students (AP)

📌 Senate advances Laken Riley Act to crack down on illegal immigration in bipartisan vote (NBC)

📌 Potent winter storm strengthening as it treks across the South, threatening extreme impacts (CNN)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Lebanon's US-backed army chief elected president, ending years-long stalemate and showing regional shifts (CNN)

📌 Polish president said to urge not to have Netanyahu arrested under ICC warrant if he attends Auschwitz memorial event (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 Mozambique opposition leader returns from self-imposed exile as police fire tear gas at supporters (AP)

📌 Russia's Kremlin says it's watching Trump's pursuit of Greenland closely (CNBC)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Scientists drill nearly 2 miles down to pull 1.2 million-year-old ice core from Antarctic (NBC)

📌 Drinking coffee at a certain time of day could reduce death risk, study finds (FOX)

📌 Google and Microsoft donate $1 million apiece to Trump’s inauguration (VERGE)

📌 Striking ski patrollers at the biggest US resort return to work claiming victory (AP)

📌 Gen Z is ditching booze for sober-centric hubs in NYC: ‘Shocked people are in here having fun without alcohol’ (NY POST)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Everything to know about Hoda Kotb's final Today Show today (E!)

📌 US swimmer Gary Hall Jr loses Olympic gold medals in California wildfires: ‘Something I can live without’ (FOX)

📌 Prince William celebrates 'strength' of Princess Kate in 43rd birthday post (USA TODAY)

📌 Brooke Shields accuses doctor of performing unwanted vaginal surgery on her (HUFFPOST)

📌 Allison Holker speaks out amid criticism over her decision to share personal details about her late husband Stephen “tWitch” Boss in memoir (CNN)

Thursday, January 9

🚨NATION

📌 Biden, a new great-grandfather, visits baby and firefighters in California detours (POLITICO)

📌 Biden on whether he had stamina to serve another term: "I don't know" (CBS)

📌 Trump asks the Supreme Court to block sentencing in his hush money case in New York (AP) Trump speaks with Justice Alito amid push (ABC)

📌 Garland prepares to release Jack Smith’s report on 2020 election subversion case against Trump (AXIOS)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Mexico's president claps back at Trump renaming Gulf of Mexico, suggests new name for U.S. — America Mexicana (NBC)

📌 An Italian journalist is freed from detention in Iran and returns home (AP)

📌 Two Americans arrested in Venezuela on eve of Maduro inauguration over ‘terrorism’ claims (FOX)

📌 Israeli military says hostage found dead in Gaza tunnel, ‘grave concerns’ for second captive (CNN)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Apple says it will update AI feature after inaccurate news alerts (BBC)

📌 Lucky, Eddie Bauer, Forever 21 Operator Merges With JCPenney (YAHOO)

📌 Major Florida grower to end citrus operations after years of hurricanes and tree disease (WTSP)

📌 Anthropic raising new money at $60 billion valuation (AXIOS)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 ‘Wicked’ tops SAG Awards nominations as many big names are snubbed (AP)

📌 Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet make rare appearance in Meghan Markle's tribute to dog Guy (PEOPLE)

📌 Paris Hilton, Leighton Meester, Adam Brody, Billy Crystal, Eugene Levy, Anna Faris and more celebrities lose homes in the LA fires (VARIETY)

📌 Jessica Alba and Cash Warren split, to file for divorce after 16 years of marriage (US)

Wednesday, January 8

🚨NATION

📌 House passes immigration crackdown as first act of 2025 (AXIOS)

📌 Man who exploded Tesla Cybertruck outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI, police say (AP)

📌 Biden admin finalizes rule to ban medical debt from credit reports (NPR)

📌 Two death row inmates reject Biden's commutation of their life sentences (NBC)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Iran executes over 1K prisoners in 2024, highest total in 30 years, report says (FOX)

📌 Tibet earthquake kills at least 126 people and leaves many trapped (AP)

📌 U.K.'s anti-corruption minister refers herself to ethics watchdog over links to ousted Bangladeshi PM (NBC)

📌 Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France’s far-right National Front party, dies at 96 (CNN)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Meta hosts AI chatbots imitating 'Hitler,' 'Jesus Christ' and Taylor Swift (NBC)

📌 Getty Images, Shutterstock gear up for AI challenge with $3.7 billion merger (REUTERS)

📌 Talks to avert another potentially crippling port strike set to resume (AP)

📌 2 dead bodies discovered in landing gear of JetBlue plane (FOX)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Target taps Tom Holland’s star power for Dry January (CNN)

📌 Aubrey Plaza addresses ‘unimaginable tragedy’ of losing her husband (NBC)

📌 Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck finalize divorce 20 weeks after she filed (PEOPLE)

📌 Blake Lively’s lawyers say Justin Baldoni legal battle is ‘not a feud’ over ‘It Ends With Us’ creative differences, criticize ‘more attacks’ from Baldoni’s team (VARIETY)

📌 Allison Holker reveals that she found drugs hidden by tWitch as she prepared for his funeral (TODAY)

Tuesday, January 7

🚨NATION

📌 America’s first bird flu death reported in Louisiana (CNN)

📌 Kamala Harris certifies her election loss before Congress (NBC)

📌 Biden bans new offshore drilling in most federal waters in last-minute effort to block possible action by Trump administration (PBS)

📌 Major winter storm slams mid-Atlantic, closing schools and canceling flights (ABC)

📌 Trump says he's still open to two-bill track on GOP legislative priorities (POLITICO)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 US to ease curbs on supplies to Syria but keep sanctions in place (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office (AP)

📌 Venezuela’s dissidents plot comeback after months in hiding, exile or jail ahead of Maduro’s inauguration (WSJ)

📌 Far-right leader gets his chance to form government in Austria (POLITICO)

📌 Indonesia launches free meals program to fight stunting (NPR)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel sue Biden administration for blocking their $15 billion deal (CBS)

📌 McDonald’s is the latest company to roll back diversity goals (AP)

📌 Dana White, UFC CEO and Trump ally, to join Meta's board of directors (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

📌 Sugary drinks linked to millions of new diabetes and heart disease cases (GUARDIAN)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Nikki Glaser says she was paid less than a former male host for 2025 Golden Globes but vows, 'I'll get more next year' (PEOPLE)

📌 Former Fox Sports host Skip Bayless harassed hairstylist and offered her $1.5 million for sex, lawsuit alleges (CBS)

📌 Zendaya sparks engagement speculation at Golden Globes with a sparkling ring (AP)

📌 “Wicked” director Jon M. Chu set to direct the Britney Spears biopic, shares that “she’s going to be very involved” (DEADLINE)

Monday, January 6

🚨NATION

📌 President Biden awarded the Medal of Freedom to 19 people, including Bono, Hillary Clinton, Magic Johnson, Michael J. Fox and Anna Wintour, among others (MO NEWS)

📌 Trump invites House Republicans to Mar-a-Lago ahead of inauguration (NBC)

📌 Senate panel quietly seeking more info on Pete Hegseth ahead of Defense Secretary confirmation hearings (ABC)

📌 $9 to enter Manhattan: Congestion pricing begins in NYC in a high stakes test for the model's U.S. viability (NPR)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Hamas releases proof-of-life video of Israeli hostage Liri Albag (i24) Hamas approves Israeli list of hostages for potential exchange (CNN)

📌 Greenland’s leader wants independence from Denmark as Trump expresses interest in buying island (POLITICO)

📌 Half a million suspected Nazi collaborators are named as the Netherlands reckons with WWII past (NBC)

📌 Ukraine doubles down on Kursk with new offensive into Russia (POLITICO)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Elon Musk’s Starlink to launch on United Airlines flights by spring (CNN)

📌 One year after Boeing's door plug crisis, a 'fundamental cultural shift at Boeing' is needed, FAA Administrator says (FOX)

📌 Flu emergency room visits now "very high" nationwide, CDC says (CBS)

📌 HMPV virus is on the rise among kids in China — what is it? (LIVE SCIENCE)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Filmmaker and husband to Aubrey Plaza, Jeff Baena, dies by suicide (KTLA)

📌 A Melania Trump documentary from director Brett Ratner will be released by Amazon (AP)

📌 Golden Globes 2025 winners and losers (NBC)

📌 ‘Mufasa’ nears $500M global as ‘Moana 2’ sets course for $1B (DEADLINE)

Friday, January 3

🚨NATION

📌 2 dead, 18 injured in Southern California plane crash (AP)

📌 Biden awards Liz Cheney a presidential medal for Jan 6 committee(NPR)

📌 House Ethics panel recommends further review of campaign finance allegations against two lawmakers (THE HILL)

📌 Biden's net neutrality rules struck down by appeals court (AXIOS)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 South Korean investigators head to Seoul in attempt to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol (AP)

📌 Islamist changes to Syria’s school curriculum spark online outrage (CNN)

📌 Ukraine blocks transit of Russian gas to Europe, prompting price hike (VOA)

📌 Biden discussed plans to strike Iran nuclear sites if Tehran speeds toward bomb (AXIOS)

📌 China targets dozens of U.S. companies ahead of anticipated Trump tariffs (CBS)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Apple agrees to $95 million settlement for people who were spied on by Siri (VERGE)

📌 Novel test can detect different types of asthma via nasal swab (NBC)

📌 These airlines were the most on time in 2024 (CNBC)

📌 Treasury department hack said to involve agency leaders’ computers (BLOOMBERG)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Diddy’s bodyguard, intern and producer speak out in new Peacock doc trailer: ‘I didn’t want to be around him unless there was cameras’ (VARIETY)

📌 Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser and the show’s producers roll out the red carpet ahead of the ceremony on Sunday (DAILY MAIL)

📌 The Osmond Brothers founding member Wayne Osmond dead at 73 (FOX)

📌 Meghan Markle's Netflix series, ‘With Love, Meghan,’ set to premiere in January (PEOPLE)

Monday, January 2

🚨NATION

📌 2 men stabbed in New Year’s Day attacks on the rails as NYC transit violence continues: cops (NEW YORK POST)

📌 Trump says he would make calls to help Mike Johnson win speakership again (POLITICO)

📌 Jimmy Carter’s Jan. 9 funeral plans, full schedule in D.C. and Georgia (WASHINGTON POST)

📌 Eggs, guns, gym memberships: Which new laws are going into effect in 2025? (USA TODAY)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Why did Ukraine halt the flow of Russia’s natural gas to Europe? (NEW YORK TIMES)

📌 South Korea plane crash investigation underway, with Jeju Air jet's cockpit voice recorder heading to U.S. (CBS)

📌 What to know about string of US hacks blamed on China (BBC)

📌 Xi says no one can stop China’s ‘reunification’ with Taiwan (CNBC)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Drugmakers to raise US prices on over 250 medicines starting Jan. 1 (REUTERS)

📌 Stocks end strong year with a whimper as yields apply pressure (YAHOO FINANCE)

📌 Look up! Here's what's to watch for in space in 2025 (NPR)

📌 Norovirus cases are surging. A doctor explains what to look for (CNN)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Diplo admits to being high on LSD during CNN New Year’s appearance (VARIETY)

📌 The best new movies and TV streaming in January 2025, and where to watch them (GIZMODO)

📌 Meghan Markle returns to social media after five-year hiatus (FOX NEWS)

📌 Gypsy-Rose Blanchard's daughter was born on the 1-year anniversary of her release from prison (PEOPLE)

Happy Holidays

📌 How much do you remember about 2024? What does 2025 hold? Find out in the quiz (NPR)

📌 The 2024 faces quiz (NY TIMES)

📌 The biggest news stories of 2024 (WSJ)

📌 Events to shake, or gently rattle, the world in 2025 (NY TIMES)

📌 These global stories were very, very, very popular in 2024 (NPR)

📌 Top 25 destinations to add to your travel bucket list in 2025, plus trends for flights, hotel stays and more (ABC)

📌 7 workplace challenges for 2025 (GALLUP)

📌 The biggest science stories that lit up our world in 2024 (PBS)

📌 Science in 2025: the events to watch for in the coming year (NATURE)

📌 2024 in review: 25 stories that shaped the sporting year (SPORTSPRO)

📌 The 5 biggest fashion trends we predict will take over in 2025 (COSMO)

📌 The 26 best dishes we ate across the U.S. in 2024 (NY TIMES)

📌 The 41 most anticipated movies of 2025 (TIME)

📌 The best movies and TV of 2024 (NPR)

Monday, December 30

🚨NATION

📌 Biden reportedly regrets ending re-election campaign and says he could have beat Trump (GUARDIAN)

📌 Trump urges Supreme Court to hit pause on a law that could ban TikTok in the U.S. next month (NBC)

📌 At least 3 people have died as severe weather threat moves east after tornado-spawning storms pummeled Texas and Mississippi (CNN)

📌 Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says U.S. could hit debt limit in weeks (NPR)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Mexico creating app for migrants to send alerts if detained in US (AXIOS)

📌 US to send $1.25 billion in weapons to Ukraine, pushing to get aid out before Biden leaves office (AP)

📌 Musk causes uproar for backing Germany’s far-right party ahead of key elections (PBS)

📌 Interim South Korean president impeached just 2 weeks after former leader ousted (NBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 A 9th telecoms firm has been hit by a massive Chinese espionage campaign, the White House says (AP)

📌 NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survives historic closest-ever flyby to sun (NY POST)

📌 2024 was alarmingly hot all over the world (AXIOS)

📌 Bird flu virus likely mutated within Louisiana patient who became severely ill, CDC says (PBS)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Netflix smashes records with NFL doubleheader on Christmas Day (ESPN)

📌 Judge blasts Jay-Z’s lawyer in decision to deny dismissal of child rape suit and allow accuser to remain anonymous for now (CBS)

📌 Lively-Baldoni conflict takes another turn as director “prepares to fight back with counter-suit” (DEADLINE)

📌 Actress and model Dayle Haddon dies from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at actor Marc Blucas' home (NBC)

📌 The world’s best chess player quits chess championship after refusing to change out of jeans (NPR)

Happy Holidays

📌 How much do you remember about 2024? What does 2025 hold? Find out in the quiz (NPR)

📌 The 2024 faces quiz (NY TIMES)

📌 The biggest news stories of 2024 (WSJ)

📌 Events to shake, or gently rattle, the world in 2025 (NY TIMES)

📌 These global stories were very, very, very popular in 2024 (NPR)

📌 Top 25 destinations to add to your travel bucket list in 2025, plus trends for flights, hotel stays and more (ABC)

📌 7 workplace challenges for 2025 (GALLUP)

📌 The biggest science stories that lit up our world in 2024 (PBS)

📌 Science in 2025: the events to watch for in the coming year (NATURE)

📌 2024 in review: 25 stories that shaped the sporting year (SPORTSPRO)

📌 The 5 biggest fashion trends we predict will take over in 2025 (COSMO)

📌 The 26 best dishes we ate across the U.S. in 2024 (NY TIMES)

📌 The 41 most anticipated movies of 2025 (TIME)

📌 The best movies and TV of 2024 (NPR)

Monday, December 23

🚨NATION

📌 Trump threatens to retake control of Panama Canal (AP)

📌 Senate confirms Biden's 235th judge, beating Trump's record (NBC)

📌 ‘Missing’ GOP congresswoman not seen for six months finally found living at dementia care home (GATEWAY)

📌 Top-ranking NYPD officer abruptly resigns amid sexual misconduct allegations (AP)

📌 Lara Trump withdraws name from consideration for US Senate (BBC)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Germans mourn the 5 killed and 200 injured in the attack on a Christmas market (NPR) Anti-immigrant anger rises at scene of attack (CNN)

📌 Biden approves $571M in defense support for Taiwan (FOX) China says US is ‘playing with fire’ (AP)

📌 Two US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent 'friendly fire' incident (FOX)

📌 Cyclone Chido kills 94 people in Mozambique (BBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Party City to close its stores as company files for bankruptcy (AP)

📌 FDA updates the definition of 'healthy' foods (ABC)

📌 When people finish holiday shopping (AXIOS)

📌 FDA approves weight loss drug Zepbound to treat obstructive sleep apnea (NPR)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Blake Lively accuses 'It Ends With Us' co-star Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment and retaliation (NBC)

📌 Colin Jost, Michael Che get personal with annual SNL joke swap (DEADLINE)

📌 ‘The Lion King’ prequel scores $87 million internationally, $122 million globally (VARIETY)

📌 Charlie Woods hits hole-in-one at PNC Championship in front of dad Tiger (USA TODAY)

Friday, December 20

🚨NATION

📌 U.S. files murder charge against Mangione that could bring death penalty (FOX)

📌 Georgia appeals court disqualifies Fulton County DA Fani Willis from prosecuting Trump (CNN)

📌 Wisconsin school shooting victims named as teacher Erin West and student Rubi Vergara (NBC)

📌 FAA temporarily bans drones in parts of New Jersey, notice threatens 'deadly force' for 'imminent security threat' (ABC)

📌 Top aide to Eric Adams indicted on bribery and conspiracy charges (POLITICO)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Putin says he’s ‘ready’ for potential talks with Trump during year-end news conference (PBS)

📌 French President Emmanuel Macron met with anger from Mayotte residents, days after devastating cyclone (CNN)

📌 Swedish police to go aboard Chinese ship that was seen near Baltic cable ruptures (AP)

📌 Israel strikes Houthi targets in Yemen after missile attack (BBC)

📌 An Uzbek man is charged in Moscow with killing a Russian general in a bombing claimed by Ukraine (ABC) 

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Thousands of Amazon drivers have gone on strike in the thick of the holiday package season (CNN)

📌 Frito-Lay recalls Lay's Classic Potato Chips over undisclosed ingredient (CBS)

📌 You can now talk to OpenAI’s chatbot by dialing 1-800-ChatGPT (CNN)

📌 U.S. life expectancy rose significantly last year, hitting highest level since pandemic (NBC)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Prince William and Princess Kate's Christmas card features sweet photo with their kids (USA TODAY)

📌 Lizzo breaks silence and says she was 'blindsided' by sexual harassment lawsuit (PEOPLE)

📌 Ethan Slater’s ex-wife, Lilly Jay, writes about navigating divorce ‘in the shadow’ of his relationship with Ariana Grande (YAHOO)

📌 Meet the 12 teams of the College Football Playoff (CNN)

Thursday, December 12

🚨NATION

📌 Trump joins Elon Musk in opposing House GOP’s government funding bill (CNBC) Johnson’s spending nightmare points to grueling GOP problems next year (POLITICO)

📌 Congress passes Paris Hilton-backed bill to protect kids (CNN)

📌 House Ethics Committee secretly voted to release Matt Gaetz ethics report (AP)

📌 Search for answers continues three days after teen opened fire on Wisconsin private school (CNN)

📌 Former NFL running back and US Senate candidate Herschel Walker selected by Trump to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas (USA TODAY)

📌 U.S. reports first severe human case of bird flu, in a patient hospitalized in Louisiana (NBC)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Russia says it has detained a suspect in the Moscow bombing that killed a senior general (AP)

📌 Turkey looks set to play an outsize role in shaping the new Syria after Assad (NPR)

📌 Spies foiled assassination plots during historic Iraq visit, Pope Francis says (NBC)

📌 France's ex-President Sarkozy loses corruption case appeal (BBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Bird flu spread prompts California to declare state of emergency (USA TODAY)

📌 Dow tanks by 1,100 points, posts first 10-day losing streak since 1974 (CNBC)

📌 Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by quarter point in December (FOX)

📌 Astronauts who flew to space aboard Starliner face additional delay (CNN)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Famous Flat Earther travels all the way to Antarctica to put his theory to the test - only to realize our planet is very much round (DAILY MAIL)

📌 Tony Buzbee sues Jay-Z’s Roc Nation for allegedly soliciting his clients to file ‘frivolous’ lawsuits against his firm (CNN)

📌 ‘Bad Monkey’ gets $20 million tax credit to move from Florida to California (VARIETY)

📌 Disney pulls transgender storyline from ‘Win Or Lose’ Pixar series (DEADLINE)

Wednesday, December 18

🚨NATION

📌 Trump sues Des Moines Register, pollster for ‘election interference’ after pre-election poll (AP)

📌 Madison police chief says alleged motive of Wisconsin Christian school shooting suspect seemed to be ‘combination of factors’ (THE HILL)

📌 Congress scrambles to finalize a short-term bill with shutdown deadline days away (NBC)

📌 Connolly wins vote to be top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, defeating Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (POLITICO)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Israel plans an extended occupation of Syrian buffer zone (AP)

📌 Hundreds of thousands of bodies could be buried in Syrian mass graves, advocacy group says (CNN)

📌 Magnitude 7.3 earthquake causes widespread damage in Pacific island nation of Vanuatu (ABC)

📌 Filipina who won a last-minute reprieve from an Indonesian firing squad is returning home (AP)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 An Alabama woman is doing well after the latest experimental pig kidney transplant (AP)

📌 Japan's Honda and Nissan to reportedly begin merger talks (CNBC)

📌 FTC bans hidden junk fees in hotel, event ticket prices (CNN)

📌 Walmart employees testing body cameras at some stores for 'security measures' (USA TODAY)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Chance the Rapper's wife Kirsten Corley Bennett files for divorce 8 months after split (USA TODAY)

📌 Tom Cruise honored with US Navy's highest civilian award (BBC)

📌 ‘Bluey’ film in the works from Disney and BBC Studios, set to hit the big screen in 2027 (USA TODAY)

📌 With Sports gambling surging, federal regulation is discussed (NY TIMES)

Tuesday, December 17

🚨NATION

📌 Drone sightings lead to airspace shutdown at Ohio Air Force base, arrests near Boston airport (PBS)

📌 Ingrid Lewis-Martin, chief adviser to NYC Mayor Eric Adams, resigns and expects to be indicted (AP)

📌 Luigi Mangione's grandmother left family members millions, so long as they didn't commit crimes (PEOPLE)

📌 TikTok asks Supreme Court to block law that could ban popular app (NBC)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 American among 7 tourists hospitalized after drinking cocktails at 5-star Fiji resort (ABC)

📌 Germany's chancellor loses a confidence vote, triggering new elections (NPR)

📌 Trudeau in Trouble: Canada's finance minister quits over Trump tariff dispute with prime minister (BBC)

📌 Prince Andrew won't join King Charles and royal family for Christmas after latest scandal (FOX)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 SoftBank CEO and Trump announce $100 billion investment in U.S. by firm (CNBC)

📌 Starbucks CEO doubles parental leave amid turnaround effort (FOX)

📌 Amazon manipulated injury data to make warehouses appear safer, a Senate probe finds (NPR)

📌 The federal EV tax credit has an uncertain fate. What car shoppers should know (NPR)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 ‘The White Lotus’ release date revealed in first trailer for Thailand season (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

📌Jelly Roll reveals 'new goal' on weight loss journey after dropping 120 pounds (ABC)

📌 Dolphins WR DuBose update after head injury (AP)

📌 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle release 2024 Christmas card with brand-new photo of Archie and Lilibet (NY POST)

Monday, December 16

🚨NATION

📌 Storms across US bring heavy snow, dangerous ice and a tornado in California (AP)

📌 Luigi Mangione’s mom was contacted by police days before arrest (ABC)

📌 Biden administration auctioning off pieces of border wall (NEWSWEEK)

📌 Texas sues New York doctor for telemedicine prescription of abortion pills (NBC)

📌 Nancy Pelosi has hip replacement surgery after injury in Europe (CBS)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 U.S. asks Israel to approve urgent military aid to Palestinian security forces (AXIOS)

📌 South Korea’s parliament votes to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law order — third presidential impeachment in 20 years (AP)

📌 Blinken confirms direct contact with Syria’s rebel leaders (NBC)

📌 Israel will close its embassy in Ireland over Gaza tensions, Antisemitism accusations (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Detroit-area library says Chicago man can keep overdue baseball book — 50 years later (AP)

📌 Coffee prices climb to near 50-year highs — and it may take years for the rally to run out of steam (CNBC)

📌 Why GM scrapped its $50 billion robotaxi dream (AXIOS)

📌 Holding your pee can have dangerous health risks, experts say (CNN)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Jamie Foxx thanks his fans on Instagram after being hit with glass at his birthday party (YAHOO)

📌 Oprah Winfrey throws surprise birthday party for Gayle King (PEOPLE)

📌 Scott Disick buys mini Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon for son’s birthday 15th birthday (PAGE SIX)

📌 Woman who accuses Jay-Z of raping her at 13 shares new details about alleged assault (NPR)

Friday, December 13

🚨NATION

📌 The FBI should have done more to collect intelligence before the Capitol riot, watchdog finds (AP)

📌 US senator says mysterious drones spotted in New Jersey should be ‘shot down, if necessary’ (AXIOS)

📌 New York City is a top mass deportation target. Its Democratic mayor is a wildcard (POLITICO)

📌 Miami luxury real estate tycoon brothers charged with sex trafficking (AXIOS)

📌 Hannah Kobayashi's family offers GoFundMe refunds to those who donated $50K to search for her after voluntary disappearance (PEOPLE)

📌 Trump invites China's Xi Jinping to inauguration; He isn’t planning to attend (WSJ)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Missing American Travis Timmerman found wandering barefoot outside Damascus (NBC)

📌 Ontario to restrict electricity exports to US and bar American-made alcohol if Trump tariffs applied (AP)

📌 EU countries double down on halt to Syrian asylum claims but won't send people back (ABC)

📌 Hamas concedes on Israeli troops in Gaza, raising hopes for hostage deal (WSJ)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Gen Z to the rescue? How malls are winning over a generation of in-person shoppers (CNBC)

📌 Meta donates $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund (AP)

📌 Stanley recalls 2.6M travel mugs due to potential burn hazard from faulty lids (FOX)

📌 YouTube TV raises Price 14%, to $83 per month, citing ‘rising cost of content’ (VARIETY)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Selena Gomez announces engagement to Benny Blanco (NBC)

📌 At 18, India's Gukesh Dommaraju becomes the youngest World Chess Champion ever (NPR)

📌 ‘Vanderpump Rules’ star James Kennedy arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor domestic violence (AP)

📌 Morgan Wallen sentenced to 7 days at DUI education center, 2 years’ probation after pleading guilty to chair-throwing incident (NY POST)

Thursday, December 12

🚨NATION

📌 20,000 Malibu area residents face evacuation as Red Flag fire warnings persist (CNN)

📌 Only 2 in 10 Americans support Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter after promising to not do so (PBS)

📌 Kimberly Guilfoyle is the latest Trump family ally chosen for an ambassadorship. She is off to Greece (NPR)

📌 Sen. Schumer torpedoed by Manchin and Sinema on crucial labor vote (AXIOS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Suicide bombing in Kabul kills Taliban refugee minister (CBS)

📌 US scrambles to quell ISIS resurgence in Syria after fall of Assad (CNN)

📌 Ex-defense chief in South Korea tried to kill himself after being arrested over martial law (AP)

📌 Puberty blockers to be banned indefinitely for under-18s across UK (GUARDIAN) 

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Annual inflation rate accelerates to 2.7% in November, as expected (CNBC)

📌 Albertsons gives up on Kroger merger and sues the grocery chain for failing to secure deal (AP)

📌 Bankruptcy judge rejects The Onion's bid for Infowars (NPR)

📌 Elon Musk becomes the first person to reach a net worth of $400 billion (CNN)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 FIFA names Saudi Arabia as 2034 World Cup host; Spain, Portugal and Morocco to co-host 2030 edition (AP)

📌 Malibu wildfire surrounds Dick Van Dyke's home; 98-year-old star 'safely evacuated' (FOX)

📌 Joe Burrow’s home broken into during Monday Night Football in latest pro-athlete home invasion (AP)

📌 Stuck squirrel wins 2024 Comedy Wildlife Photography award (CNN)

Wednesday, December 11

🚨NATION

📌 Dangerous situation as fire explodes in Malibu (USA TODAY)

📌 Trump's DOJ secretly obtained phone and text message logs of 43 congressional staffers and 2 members of Congress (NBC)

📌 McConnell "fine" after falling outside Senate GOP meeting (ABC)

📌 Trump promises quick environmental permit approval for any company making $1B investment in US (AXIOS)

📌 Task force probing attempts to kill Trump urges Secret Service to limit protection of foreign leaders during election season (AP)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Israel says Syrian navy wiped out in barrage of strikes (WASHINGTON POST)

📌 From Syrian jihadist al Qaeda leader to rebel politician: How Abu Mohammed al-Jolani reinvented himself (BBC)

📌 South Korea’s ex-defense minister is formally arrested over martial law imposition (AP)

📌 Taiwan's Defense Ministry says a large Chinese military force has been detected nearby (NPR)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 A federal judge temporarily halts the proposed supermarket merger of Kroger and Albertsons (AP)

📌 Boeing restarts 737 Max production a month after strike ended, sources say (CNBC)

📌 Google says it has cracked a quantum computing challenge with new chip (CNN)

📌 The next Apple Watch Ultra could have satellite texting (VERGE)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Jamie Foxx reveals he suffered a brain bleed and a stroke, says ‘I don’t remember 20 days’ (CNN)

📌 Time names Caitlin Clark as “Athlete of the Year” (TIME)

📌 Blue Ivy attends 'Mufasa' premiere with parents Beyonce and Jay-Z (ABC)

📌 Bill Belichick has offer to coach UNC (NBC)

Tuesday, December 10

🚨NATION

📌 Lara Trump leaves RNC amid Senate chatter (POLITICO)

📌 Powerful Santa Ana wind event to bring potentially dangerous fire weather to Southern California (CNN)

📌 A Florida ‘condo cliff’ is coming (NBC)

📌 Mass. Rep. Lori Trahan says she was targeted by a bomb threat (NBC)

📌 Biden creates Native American boarding school national monument to mark era of forced assimilation (ABC)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Visiting torched synagogue, Australian PM calls for unity (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 Netanyahu is set to take the witness stand for the first time today in his corruption trial in Israel (AP)

📌 South Korea’s President Yoon is banned from traveling abroad after martial law chaos (AP)

📌 France’s first big #MeToo case goes to trial (LE MONDE)

📌 Passenger arrested after trying to divert flight in Mexico to the U.S. (CNN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Nvidia facing antitrust investigation from China (YAHOO)

📌 EPA bans two cancer-linked solvents found in some cleaners, lubricants and glues (ABC)

📌 TikTok says ban would cost U.S. small businesses, creators $1.3 billion in first month (CNBC)

📌 OpenAI launches video generator Sora (AXIOS)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Golden Globes 2025 nominations: ‘Emilia Perez’ dominates films with 10 nods; ‘The Bear’ leads TV with five (VARIETY)

📌 Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to make one-night-only Broadway debut in ‘& Juliet’, fulfilling lifelong dream (DEADLINE)

📌 Taylor Swift gifted Eras Tour performers, crew an extra $197M in bonuses in addition to their salaries (PAGE SIX)

📌 Katie Holmes refutes story about daughter Suri Cruise’s fortune (CNN)