Tuesday, January 21

🚨NATION

📌 Biden pardons his family on his way out of office (AP NEWS)

📌 Trump, Vance wave as Biden departs Washington (MO NEWS)

📌 Senate confirms Marco Rubio as secretary of state in first Trump Cabinet post approval (CBS)

📌 Los Angeles under dangerous red flag warnings for extreme fire risk again this week (NBC)

📌 First lawsuits against Trump admin target DOGE (POLITICO) Ramaswamy will leave DOGE (POLITICO)

📌 Polar vortex-driven Arctic blast to yield historic southern snow (AXIOS)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Yemen’s Houthis signal they’ll now limit their attacks in the Red Sea corridor to Israeli ships (AP)

📌 At least 80 people killed in northeast Colombia as peace talks fail, official says (NPR)

📌 Viagra-laced ‘erectile honey’ is flooding into France, officials warn (POLITICO)

📌 X, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube sign EU pledge to tackle hate speech (VERGE)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Costco's unionized workers vote to authorize nationwide strike (ABC)

📌 GOP senators prep hardline approach to Trump's stance on China, TikTok: 'Shut it down' (FOX)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Melania's hat, shorts in winter and other eye-catching looks at the inauguration (BBC)

📌 Carrie Underwood performs a cappella at Trump’s inauguration after tech issues with music (MO NEWS)

📌 Taylor Swift and Caitlin Clark hang At Chiefs game (BILLBOARD)

📌 Bob Dylan's draft lyrics for Mr Tambourine Man sell for $500k (BBC)

Monday, January 20

🚨NATION

📌 Biden pardons the late Black nationalist Marcus Garvey as well as 4 others and commutes 2 sentences (AP)

📌 Most Democrats think their party needs major change, while the GOP coalesces around Trump (CNN)

📌 Biden says Equal Rights Amendment is ratified, kicking off expected legal battle as he pushes through final executive actions (NPR)

📌 DeWine names Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to fill Senate seat vacated by Vance (NBC)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 At least 80 dead, several kidnapped in Colombia after failed peace talks, official says (CBS)

📌 Protesters storm South Korean court after it extends President Yoon’s detention (CNN)

📌 Right-wing Israeli party leaves government over approval of hostage-ceasefire deal (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 Hidden tunnel on US-Mexico border to be sealed (BBC)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Trump promotes new meme coin before taking office on pro-crypto agenda (AP)

📌 Wine sales drying up as Americans turn elsewhere (NBC)

📌 U.S. pays $590 million to Moderna to speed up development of bird flu vaccine (NPR)

📌 Same day as TikTok ban, Instagram announces Edits, a new video editing app (USA TODAY)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 ‘Mufasa’ leads muted MLK box office weekend with $15.5 Million (THE WRAP)

📌 Gwen Stefani reuniting No Doubt for ‘FireAid’ benefit concert for California wildfire relief (DEADLINE)

📌 Taylor Swift and Caitlin Clark share hugs, high fives at Chiefs game (BILLBOARD)

📌 Bob Dylan's draft lyrics for Mr Tambourine Man sell for $500k (BBC)

Friday, January 17

🚨NATION

📌 Trump nominees Burgum, Bessent, Zeldin face confirmation hearings as witnesses support Bondi (FOX)

📌 Rudy Giuliani avoids trial by settling with Georgia election workers he defamed (CNN)

📌 Altadena's Christmas Tree Lane survives. Volunteers hope to turn the lights on again (YAHOO)

📌 Ron DeSantis picks Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to fill Marco Rubio's Senate seat (NBC)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 UK leader Starmer signs ‘100-year partnership’ agreement with Ukraine during trip to Kyiv (BBC)

📌 Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police’s ‘smoke them out’ tactics (AP)

📌 Pope Francis injures arm after falling at the Vatican (CNN)

📌 U.K. announces new inquiries into decade-old cases of child sexual grooming after pressure sparked by Elon Musk tweet (CBS)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches massive New Glenn rocket into orbit on 1st flight (SPACE)

📌 American Express to pay $230 million to settle DOJ fraud probe, deceptive marketing claim (CNBC)

📌 FDA officially authorizes Zyn nicotine pouches for sale following health review (NBC)

📌 Cancer deaths are declining, but diagnoses are rising especially among younger women (NPR)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 ‘The Bachelor’ stars Matt James and Rachael Kirkconnell split after 4 years of dating (PEOPLE)

📌 Justin Baldoni sues Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds for $400 million, alleges they sought to ‘destroy’ him (VARIETY)

📌 Barbie doll of Aaliyah sells out on late R&B star's birthday (NBC)

📌 Jessica Alba confirms split from Cash Warren after nearly 17 years of marriage: ‘New chapter of growth’ (PAGE SIX)

Thursday, January 16

🚨NATION

📌 Trump cabinet picks Pam Bondi, Marco Rubio, others faced a full day of questions from senators (FOX)

📌 Temperatures to plummet from polar vortex-related Arctic blast (AXIOS)

📌 Winds, arsonists complicate fight against LA-area wildfires as crews report progress (AP)

📌 Supreme Court seems ready to back Texas law limiting access to Pornography (VOX)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Polish leader vows to use EU presidency to speed up Ukraine’s membership quest (AP)

📌 International underwater cable attacks by Russia, China are no ‘mere coincidence’ warns EU’s top diplomat (FOX)

📌 South Korean law enforcement officers detain impeached President Yoon (NPR)

📌 Saudi Arabia vows to be ‘fast and furious’ in mining as it reveals $100 billion investment (CNBC)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 TikTok prepares for complete U.S. shutdown ahead of ban on Sunday (YAHOO)

📌 OpenAI rolls out assistant-like feature 'Tasks' to take on Alexa, Siri (USA TODAY)

📌 Core inflation rate slows to 3.2% in December, less than expected (CNBC)

📌 John Deere faces U.S. lawsuit over farmers' ability to repair tractors (NPR)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Here's everyone performing at the presidential inauguration (NPR)

📌 Drake sues Universal Music for defamation related to Kendrick Lamar diss track ‘Not Like Us’ (AP)

📌 Paris Hilton raises $800,000 for L.A. wildfire relief in 72 hours (DEADLINE)

📌 Tony Bennett's daughters accuse brother of trust 'mismanagement,' claim he paid himself $2.6 million in commissions (PEOPLE)

Wednesday, January 15

🚨NATION

📌 Millions under extreme fire weather alert as strong winds lash Southern California (AP)

📌 Trump vows to create ‘External Revenue Service’ to gather tariff income (POLITICO)

📌 Takeaways from special counsel Jack Smith’s report on January 6 and Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election (CNN) Prosecutor who investigated Hunter Biden defends probes, denounces president’s remarks in new report (ABC)

📌 Michelle Obama will skip Trump inauguration, but ex-Presidents Obama, Clinton and Bush will be there (TIME)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Biden moves to lift state sponsor of terrorism designation for Cuba, part of deal to free prisoners (AP)

📌 Spain plans 100% tax for homes bought by non-EU residents (BBC)

📌 Sydney beaches shut again over mysterious debris washed on shore (NBC)

📌 U.K.'s Princess Kate announces she is in remission from cancer (USA TODAY)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Nutrition labels may come to the front of food packages under FDA proposal (CNN)

📌 Norovirus wave now more than double last year's peak, in CDC's data (CBS)

📌 American workers' enthusiasm for their jobs falls to a 10-year low (AXIOS)

📌 Starbucks reverses its open-door policy, requiring people to make a purchase if they want to stay (AP)

📌 CFPB sues Capital One for ‘cheating’ customers out of over $2 billion in interest (CNBC)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Heidi Montag tops iTunes chart after losing house in Los Angeles wildfires (AP)

📌 Village People to perform at multiple Trump inauguration events, band says (NBC)

📌 Jessica Simpson, Eric Johnson split after 10 years of marriage (FOX)

📌 Neil Gaiman responds to sexual misconduct allegations (NPR)

Tuesday, January 14

🚨NATION

📌 Trump plans limited inauguration festivities despite massive fundraising haul (CNBC)

📌 Judge rules that DOJ can release Jack Smith's final report on his Jan. 6 case against Trump (ABC)

📌 Gavin Newsom and California Democrats reach $50M deal to Trump-proof the state (POLITICO)

📌 Supreme Court allows Hawaii climate change lawsuit to move forward (NBC)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Top ICJ judge Nawaf Salam named Lebanon’s next prime minister (VOA)

📌 Tsunami advisory lifted after 6.9 magnitude earthquake rattles southwest Japan (CNN)

📌 Zelenskyy says Ukraine ready to trade captured North Koreans for Ukrainian prisoners (USA TODAY)

📌 Millions start bathing in holy rivers at India's biggest Hindu festival (BBC)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Tesla CEO Elon Musk diverts Cybertruck deliveries to help in L.A. fire amid political feuding (YAHOO)

📌 Chuck Todd to exit NBC (SEMAFOR)

📌 Up to 4 in 10 people could develop dementia after 55. What you can do to lower your risk (AP)

📌 Jeff Bezos’ space company calls off debut launch of massive new rocket in final minutes of countdown (CNN)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Beyoncé makes $2.5 million donation to L.A. fire relief funds: ‘Los Angeles we stand with you’ (PEOPLE)

📌 Carrie Underwood to perform at Trump's inauguration (AXIOS)

📌 The NFL playoffs have delivered a quarterback showdown for the ages (WSJ)

📌 Leslie Charleson, longtime star of 'General Hospital,' dies at 79 (NBC)

Monday, January 13

🚨NATION

📌 Judge sentences President-elect Trump in hush-money case, but sentence carries no penalty (MO NEWS)

📌 Special counsel Jack Smith resigns from DOJ (CNN)

📌 JD Vance says violent Jan. 6 rioters shouldn't receive pardons (NBC)

📌 Biden admin to GOP: Immigration bill Laken Riley Act will cost more than $3 billion (POLITICO)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Netanyahu and Biden discuss progress in Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal talks (CNN) Trump envoy presses for Gaza ceasefire deal before Jan. 20 in Netanyahu meeting (AXIOS)

📌 Saudi Arabia presses top EU diplomats to lift sanctions on Syria after Assad’s fall (NBC)

📌 Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers (BBC)

📌 Populist incumbent sails to victory in Croatia presidential election (POLITICO)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Claims about a billionaire couple hurting efforts to fight the LA fires via their ‘control’ of the water supply are false (YAHOO)

📌 SpaceX will launch two private lunar landers this week, kicking off busy year for moon missions (SPACE)

📌 Biden admin delays enforcement of order blocking Nippon Steel, U.S. Steel deal, companies say (REUTERS)

📌 USDA report finds Boar's Head listeria outbreak was due to poor sanitation practices (NPR)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Ohio State to face Notre Dame in College Football Playoff National Championship Game (NFL)

📌 UFC star Khabib Nurmagomedov escorted off airplane after dispute with crew about his seat (YAHOO)

📌 Meghan Markle delays Netflix debut of with “Love, Meghan” amid Los Angeles wildfires (PEOPLE)

📌 Rory Sykes, former child star, dead at 32 from California fires (FOX)

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)