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 * Massive Russian strikes across Ukraine trigger blackouts and kill at least five people

 * ‘He’s the best football player in the country’: Running back Ashton Jeanty makes history as he continues excellent season

 * Top pollster Ann Selzer to retire after bombshell Iowa poll ended in huge miss

 * At least 50 people killed in Israeli airstrikes on northern Gaza, health ministry says

 * Doctors say RFK Jr.’s anti-Ozempic stance perpetuates stigma and misrepresents evidence

 * Syracuse officials insist drinking water is clean as residents call for a state of emergency

 * ‘Just sad,’ ‘wasn’t a good one’ and ‘trash’: Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul fight leaves spectators disappointed

 * Small businesses are hurting at the worst possible time

 * Court orders South Africa police to end standoff with illegal miners

 * AP photographer captures moment bomb hits apartment building in Lebanon

 * How different a commander in chief will Trump be?

 * Jon Jones retains UFC heavyweight title with spinning kick to stop Stipe Miocic, celebrates with President-elect Donald Trump

 * The crypto industry plowed tens of millions into the election. Now, it’s looking for a return on that investment

 * Laken Riley went for a morning jog. Less than 30 minutes later, she was dead. What we know about her final moments

 * 2024 NFL Week 11: Sunday’s standout games and what to look out for

 * Philippines evacuates half a million people as Super Typhoon Man-yi makes landfall

 * Wreck of US Navy’s heroic ‘dancing mouse’ WWII warship found off Australia

 * Trump’s defense secretary nominee paid accuser but denies sexual assault, attorney says

 * The UK thinks weight loss drugs could ease unemployment. Experts say that’s a fantasy

 * Eight killed and 17 injured in mass stabbing in eastern China

 * WBD to settle NBA broadcast rights suit, move ‘Inside the NBA’ to ESPN and ABC

 * Denmark’s Victoria Kjær Theilvig wins Miss Universe 2024

 * Bela Karolyi, the polarizing coach who helped launch gymnasts to Olympic stardom, dies at 82

 * Duterte returns as Philippines’ political clans wage ‘a fight to the death’

 * Trump is determined to see Gaetz confirmed as AG despite controversies

 * Trump looms over Biden’s final meeting with Xi in Peru

 * Hundreds of illegal miners holed up in disused shaft in South Africa. Here’s what we know

 * Bad news mounts for Ukraine across the frontlines. But Russia is under pressure too

 * Zelensky says Ukraine war will end ‘faster’ under Trump presidency

 * ‘Blame yourself’: Trump’s election hasn’t dampened pro-Palestinian activists’ anger at Democrats

 * 7 weeks after Helene, this North Carolina city could get safe drinking water next week

 * Elon Musk wants Trump to disrupt Wall Street with his Treasury pick

 * Trump picks fracking company CEO Chris Wright as next Department of Energy secretary

 * Zoe Saldaña’s Spanish-speaking role in ‘Emilia Pérez’ was a long time coming, says the star

 * Trump made a lot of tax promises. Can he keep them?

 * Venezuela frees dozens of prisoners arrested after Maduro’s election victory

 * Prosecutors share how a smartwatch left clues in the killing of Laken Riley. Here are the key trial takeaways so far

 * Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is trying to ‘corruptly influence witness testimony’ and taint the jury pool from jail, prosecutors say

 * US Post Office to honor Betty White with her own stamp next year

 * Barnes & Noble is making a comeback

 * United States’ first known case of more severe strain of mpox confirmed in California

 * New Charles Manson docuseries reveals the murderous cult leader admitted to more killings in jail

 * Evidence in trial of man accused of killing Laken Riley will show the Georgia student ‘fought for her life,’ prosecutors say

 * PBS Kids’ ‘Carl the Collector’ breaks new ground with first lead character on the autism spectrum

 * Mass detention and returning migrants to Mexico: Donald Trump’s plans on immigration are coming into focus

 * Iran ‘categorically denies’ UN envoy met Elon Musk

 * Lebanon ceasefire talks intensify as Hezbollah considers new US-Israeli proposal

 * DOJ opens civil rights investigation of Illinois sheriff’s office after shooting of Sonya Massey

 * Israeli troops make deepest incursion so far into southern Lebanon as Hezbollah considers fresh ceasefire proposal

 * Melania Trump unlikely to move to the White House full time as first lady: ‘This time is different’

 * Weddings have long been expensive. Now, guests are paying, too

 * Jake Paul defeats Mike Tyson via unanimous decision in highly anticipated fight

 * California man sentenced to life for hate crime in the killing of a gay college student

 * Trump returns to Madison Square Garden for UFC event as he builds out administration

 * Georgia election chief doused in paint as protests continue after divisive parliamentary vote

 * If you haven’t been car shopping in a while, brace yourself

 * King Arthur left an ancient trail across Britain. Experts say it offers clues about the truth behind the myth

 * Fifteen killed in Israeli strikes on Damascus, Syrian state media say

 * Lost and found: Life after Ozempic and other weight-loss drugs was just the start for these four people

 * Israel’s war conduct in Gaza ‘consistent with the characteristics of genocide,’ UN Special Committee finds

 * Look up this weekend for a celestial double feature

 * Inside the conservative hunt for partisans in the federal government before Trump takes over

 * Mexico soccer manager Javier Aguirre struck by can thrown onto the pitch from stands, left with bloodied head

 * As a young man he went on a deadly crime spree with his domineering mother. Now he’s speaking out

 * 7 ways a Trump administration could affect your finances

 * The world’s longest-range, single-aisle plane is poised to shake up transatlantic travel

 * Katie Taylor booed as she controversially beats Amanda Serrano to retain undisputed world light-welterweight champion status

 * Arrest made in connection to decades-old Massachusetts double murder case

 * Bullet strikes Southwest Airlines plane as it prepares to depart from Dallas airport

 * Hospital fire kills 10 newborn babies in northern India

 * A former NFL linebacker is charged in connection with the January 6 Capitol attack

 * Trump names campaign spokespeople to top White House communications roles

 * Woman told House Ethics Committee she saw Gaetz have sex with a minor, lawyer says

 * Rudy Giuliani turns over his 1980 Mercedes-Benz convertible, luxury watch collection and a diamond ring to women he defamed

 * Trump’s transition team caught off guard by Hegseth allegation

 * Zelensky accuses German chancellor of opening ‘Pandora’s box’ with Putin

 * Young Chinese flock to ‘academic pubs’ as space for free expression shrinks

 * Texas Supreme Court clears way for new execution date for Robert Roberson in 2-year-old daughter’s death

 * The latest pretrial developments in the Idaho student killings trial

 * Trump’s team skips FBI background checks for some Cabinet picks

 * ‘We are not Disneyland’: Outrage in Rome over Airbnb ‘gladiator’ battles at the Colosseum

 * How drought is ruining Christmas in the Northeast

 * Pittsburgh Pirates offer outrageous trade for one-of-a-kind Paul Skenes baseball card

 * World’s best cheese for 2024 is revealed

 * ‘Just pure uncertainty.’ Small businesses are hopeful and fearful ahead of Trump’s second term

 * Protesters storm parliament in breakaway Georgia region of Abkhazia over Russia deal

 * Tracking Trump’s picks for his Cabinet and administration

 * Long-lost ocean worms photobomb tiny seahorses, surprising scientists

 * A Texas death row inmate is ‘actually innocent’ of her toddler’s murder and her conviction should be overturned, judge finds

 * From Christmas content to a crime thriller, here’s what to watch this weekend

 * Minnesota man freed after 16 years behind bars for a murder prosecutors say he didn’t commit

 * McDonald’s spends $100 million to lure customers back after E. coli outbreak

 * Passengers on parked Southwest plane forced to evacuate after cell phone, airplane seat catch fire

 * Speaker Johnson says he’s going to request Ethics Committee not release Gaetz report

 * Findings from the first lunar far side samples raise new questions about the moon’s history

 * Trump allies lobby him to fire FBI director early and install loyalist Kash Patel

 * 15 Salisbury University students charged with hate crimes after they allegedly beat a man they lured to an apartment

 * More than 1 in 3 surgical patients has complications, study finds, and many are the result of medical errors

 * Climate leaders were worried Trump would derail talks. They didn’t know their host would be the wrecking ball

 * It’s not just Democrats — Republicans are working to Trump-proof their climate money

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