1. House panel was told Gaetz paid two women $10,000, in part for sex  The Washington Post
  2. Republicans on ethics panel vote to block Gaetz report  CNN
  3. Thursday Briefing  The New York Times
  4. Matt Gaetz allegedly paid an adult woman for sex in 2017, attorney says  NBC News
  5. Gaetz sent over $10K in Venmo payments to 2 women who testified in House probe, records suggest  ABC News
  1. How a powerful bomb cyclone ravaged the Northwest  The Seattle Times
  2. New threat emerges as atmospheric river combines with once-in-a-decade bomb cyclone on the West Coast  CNN
  3. Washington cities are recovering from the bomb cyclone. Is another storm on the way?  KING5.com
  4. Strong Atmospheric River A West Flood Danger  The Weather Channel
  5. Power Outages Affect 600,000 in Washington State as Storm Kills at Least 1  The New York Times
  1. Absences by Trump’s Senate pals help Democrats confirm Biden judges  CNN
  2. Trump rages at Republicans over Biden's successful judicial confirmations  MSNBC
  3. Trump Tells Republican Senators to ‘Hold the Line’ After DA Agrees to Postpone His Sentencing  Yahoo! Voices
  4. Republicans fume as GOP absences help Democrats move judicial nominees  The Hill
  5. Trump rages as absent Senate Republicans help confirm Biden judges  Axios
  1. Trump seeks dismissal of hush money conviction on immunity grounds  ABC News
  2. Trump lawyers demand Bragg case be 'immediately dismissed,' say election 'supersedes' political 'motivations'  Fox News
  3. 'Crazy law school hypothetical': Honig reacts to latest in Trump's hush money case  CNN
  4. Manhattan D.A. Suggests Freezing Trump Hush-Money Case While He Is President  The New York Times
  5. Donald Trump starts push to dismiss hush money convictions due to election win  USA TODAY
  1. Musk, Ramaswamy float ‘large-scale firings,’ ending remote work for federal employees  NBC News
  2. Remote work crackdown: How Trump’s DOGE could push federal workers to quit  CNN
  3. Musk, Ramaswamy lay out plans for ‘mass’ federal layoffs, rule rollbacks under Trump  The Hill
  4. 'DOGE' meets Congress: GOP lawmaker launches caucus to help Musk take on 'Crazytown’  Fox News
  5. 10 programs that could be on the ‘government efficiency’ chopping block  The Washington Post
  1. Dr. Oz Has a Checkered Health Care Record: What to Know About Key Issues  The New York Times
  2. Fetterman would be willing to confirm Dr. Oz — on one condition  Fox News
  3. How Dr. Oz could change Medicare under President Trump  Fortune
  4. Who has Trump picked for his Cabinet so far? Dr. Mehmet Oz among latest picks  USA TODAY
  5. Could changes be coming to Medicare, Medicaid with Dr. Oz leading CMS?  ABC News
  1. ‘What’s left for Bob?’ Lutnick pick raises questions about Lighthizer’s future influence  POLITICO
  2. Lutnick's China ties draw fire after Trump taps him to lead US in trade, tariffs  Reuters.com
  3. Trump’s Commerce secretary pick is a crypto booster with ties to one of the industry’s most controversial players  CNN
  4. Trump’s Treasury Search Gains Steam With Fresh Meetings  Bloomberg
  5. ‘The Most Hated Guy On Wall Street’: The Unspoken Story Around Howard Lutnick, Trump’s Pick For Commerce Secretary  Forbes
  1. Bryan Kohbherger can face death penalty if convicted in trial of slain Idaho college students, judge rules  CBS News
  2. Idaho college murders: Prosecutors can seek death penalty against man charged with killing 4 students  NBC News
  3. Bryan Kohberger can face death penalty if convicted in Idaho college slayings  Fox News
  4. Judge rules on defense effort to drop death penalty in Bryan Kohberger’s Idaho murder case  Idaho Statesman
  5. Bryan Kohberger defense filings describe chaotic scene at arrest  NewsNation Now
  1. Speaker Johnson declares support for banning Sarah McBride's access to women's restrooms  The Associated Press
  2. Speaker Mike Johnson Says He Will Ban Transgender Women From Capitol Bathrooms  The New York Times
  3. Trans congresswoman Sarah McBride responds to Capitol Hill bathroom ban  The Guardian US
  4. Opinion | The GOP is setting a trap on trans rights. Sarah McBride has an answer.  The Washington Post
  5. Speaker Johnson announces new Capitol bathroom policy in response to controversy over trans House member  Fox News
  1. Venezuelan Migrant Found Guilty of Killing Laken Riley in Georgia  The New York Times
  2. Laken Riley murder trial: Jose Ibarra found guilty of killing nursing student, sentenced to life in prison without parole  Yahoo! Voices
  3. Lefty Georgia DA in Laken Riley case faces outrage after killer migrant avoids death penalty  New York Post
  4. A mother’s agony: What Allyson Phillips has endured during the trial of the man accused of killing her daughter, Laken Riley  CNN
  5. Laken Riley's death opens larger discussion about immigration, deportation  FOX 5 Atlanta
  1. Ukrainian Bombers Fire 10 Bunker-Busting Storm Shadow Cruise Missiles At Russian Commanders  Forbes
  2. Maxay yihiin gantaallada Storm Shadow ee Ukraine ay ku garaacday Ruushka?  BBC.com
  3. Ukraine fires UK-made missiles into Russia for first time  The Guardian
  4. Ukraine Fires Long-Range Storm Shadow Missiles Into Russia  The New York Times
  5. Ukraine launches UK cruise missiles into Russia, a day after using US ATACMS  Reuters
  1. American and Australian tourists die, raising toll to 4 in Laos alcohol poisoning incident  The Associated Press
  2. Laos poisoning: Australian teenager the fourth tourist to die  BBC.com
  3. Four dead and more in hospital with methanol poisoning after drinking 'free shots' in Laos  Sky News
  4. U.S. citizen dies in Laos amid reports that several tourists suffered alcohol poisoning  CBS News
  1. Biden approves anti-personnel mines for Ukraine, US official says  Reuters
  2. Biden makes another Ukraine policy shift with approval of sending anti-personnel mines  Fox News
  3. The US is sending antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine. Here’s what it means  The Associated Press
  4. Biden Approves Anti-Personnel Mines for Ukraine  The Wall Street Journal
  5. US approves landmine shipment for Ukraine after refusing for years  Al Jazeera English
  1. Accident or sabotage? American and European officials disagree as key undersea cables are cut  CNN
  2. Chinese-Registered Ship Is Held in Baltic Sea Sabotage Investigation  The Wall Street Journal
  3. Finnish authorities open probe into ruptured undersea cable between Finland and Germany  The Associated Press
  4. US allies accuse Russia of 'escalating hybrid activities' against NATO, EU nations after data cables severed  Fox News
  5. Resilient Internet connectivity in Europe mitigates impact from multiple cable cuts  The Cloudflare Blog
  1. Billionaire Gautam Adani indicted in New York on bribery charges  CNN
  2. Gautam Adani indicted in US Live Updates: Congress, BJP spar over US bribery charge on Adani  The Times of India
  3. Adani’s Fortune Sinks By $12.3 Billion As U.S. Indictment Triggers Stock Selloff  Forbes
  4. Billionaire Gautam Adani charged in New York with massive fraud, bribery scheme  CNBC
  5. Adani dollar bonds tumble after US bribery charges  Reuters
  1. DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopoly  The Verge
  2. U.S. Proposes Breakup of Google to Fix Search Monopoly  The New York Times
  3. Google Should Be Forced to Sell Chrome Browser, Justice Department Says  The Wall Street Journal
  4. DOJ pushes for Google to break off Chrome browser after antitrust case  CNBC
  5. The Department of Justice asks court to force Google to spin off Chrome  CNN
  1. After Comcast Cable Spinoff, NBCUniversal Will Have To Develop Some New Sports Muscles  Deadline
  2. MSNBC Faces Potential for Big Changes in Comcast Cable Spin-Off  Variety
  3. What will happen to CNBC and MSNBC when they no longer have a corporate connection to NBC News?  The Associated Press
  4. MSNBC staffers 'in a panic' as NBC-parent Comcast plans to spin off channel -- and possibly change its name  New York Post
  5. Comcast Greenlights $7 Billion Spinoff of NBCUniversal Cable Channels  The Wall Street Journal
  1. Nvidia’s earnings cleared our lofty bar. Here’s our new price target on the AI chip king  CNBC
  2. Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500 eke out gains ahead of Nvidia earnings  Yahoo Finance
  3. Nvidia nearly doubles revenue on strong AI demand  CNBC
  4. NVIDIA Announces Financial Results for Third Quarter Fiscal 2025  NVIDIA Blog
  5. Nvidia Doubles Profit as A.I. Chip Sales Soar  The New York Times
  1. Delayed by war, Ukraine’s long-awaited 'S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2' surges to the top of video game purchases  Kyiv Independent
  2. STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl Review in Progress  IGN
  3. DLSS 3 Accelerates Performance In S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl & Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 This Week  NVIDIA Daily News Report
  4. Stalker 2 PC performance testing and settings analysis — another demanding game that uses frame generation and upscaling as a crutch  Tom's Hardware
  5. Stalker 2 release time – the countdown to the horror-soaked FPS is finally on after 14 years  Gamesradar
  1. Android phones see major battery life improvements with Snapdragon 8 Elite in early tests  9to5Google
  2. Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro Edition Review  PCMag
  3. The Back of this Gaming Phone Turns Into a Mini-LED Retro Arcade  CNET
  4. ASUS Officially Unveils The ROG Phone 9 And ROG Phone 9 Pro With A Snapdragon 8 Elite, Up To 185Hz Refresh Rate Displays, Beefy Batteries & More  Wccftech
  5. Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro review: the most powerful phone around  TechRadar
  1. Apple Urges Mac Users to Update After Hackers Exploit Zero-Day Vulnerabilities  CNET
  2. iOS 18.1.1—Update Now Warning Issued To All iPhone Users  Forbes
  3. Apple Confirms Zero-Day Attacks Hitting macOS Systems  SecurityWeek
  4. Apple Releases Urgent Updates to Patch Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerabilities  The Hacker News
  5. Apple Issues Emergency Security Update for Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities  Infosecurity Magazine
  1. More than 200 companies already support passkeys in their apps and websites  9to5Mac
  2. Stop Using Your Passwords—1Password And Google Warn  Forbes
  3. Android seeks to solve the password problem once and for all  PhoneArena
  4. 1Password passkey integration balloons to the millions in just over a year  Android Police
  5. The End of Passwords? A Look at the Future of Authentication  Privacy News Online
  1. Maurizio Cattelan’s duct-taped banana artwork fetches US$5.2m at New York auction  The Guardian
  2. Viral banana artwork has sold again — this time for $6.24 million  CNN
  3. Duct-tape banana artwork sold for $6 mn, buyer is crypto entrepreneur who will have to ‘replace rotting banana himself’  Hindustan Times
  4. Who’s Laughing Now? Banana-as-Art Sells for $6.2 Million at Sotheby’s  The New York Times
  5. Duct-taped banana sells for $6.2 million at art auction  The Associated Press
  1. Ellen DeGeneres & Portia de Rossi Move to England After Trump Election Win  TMZ
  2. Ellen DeGeneres Has Moved to Great Britain, Lists Montecito Estate: ‘Never Coming Back’ to the United States | Exclusive  Yahoo Entertainment
  3. Ellen DeGeneres Flees America Before Trump Can Take Office  The Daily Beast
  4. Collin Rugg  X
  5. Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi relocate to England ahead of Donald Trump's presidency; netizens spec  TOI Etimes
  1. 2024 CMA Awards: The Complete Winners List  Rolling Stone
  2. CMA Awards: 2024 Winners | LIST  WKRN News 2
  3. CMA Awards live blog: Updates as country music's biggest night is in full swing in Nashville  Tennessean
  4. Jeff Bridges, Don Johnson, Little Big Town, Carly Pearce and More to Present at 'The 58th Annual CMA Awards'  ABC
  5. 2024 CMA Awards red carpet: Kacey Musgraves, Lainey Wilson, Luke Bryan and more step out in style to celebrate country music's biggest night  Yahoo Entertainment
  1. Lavish parties, brutal rapes described in new suits against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs  The Washington Post
  2. Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces five new lawsuits  CNN
  3. Sexual assault lawsuit against Sean 'Diddy' Combs by then-39-year-old man dismissed  ABC News
  4. Diddy accuser claims he was orally sodomized, taunted by rapper's pal after being raped at video casting  Page Six
  5. Anonymous Celeb Sues Lawyer Representing Diddy Accusers  The Daily Beast
  1. UConn coach Geno Auriemma breaks NCAA all-time wins record as Azzi Fudd returns from injury  Yahoo Sports
  2. Geno soaks in wins record with UConn greats, goat  ESPN
  3. No. 2 UConn women's basketball vs. Fairleigh Dickinson: Time, TV, and what you need to know  CT Insider
  4. Why associate head coach Chris Dailey has stayed with UConn women’s basketball, Geno Auriemma for 40 years  Hartford Courant
  5. U-Conn.’s Geno Auriemma sets all-time wins record and shares the love  The Washington Post
  1. Fantasy Football Week 12 Start 'Em & Sit 'Em Wide Receivers: Jauan Jennings must start, plus sleepers  CBS Sports
  2. Matthew Berry’s Fantasy Football Rankings for Week 12 of 2024 season  NBC Sports
  3. Data Dump Wednesday: 10 stats to know for Week 12 + 2 players to stash on your bench | Yahoo Fantasy Forecast  Yahoo Sports
  4. Shadow Report: Your weekly guide to WR/CB matchups  ESPN
  5. Fantasy football rankings Week 12: Sleepers, projections, starts, Bo Nix, Rome Odunze and more - The Athletic  The New York Times
  1. Pitching Triple Crown winner Chris Sale takes National League Cy Young Award  BBWAA
  2. Braves' Sale, Tigers' Skubal win Cy Young Awards  ESPN
  3. Here are the Cy Young Award vote totals  MLB.com
  4. The Braves’ Chris Sale tops the Phillies’ Zack Wheeler to win NL Cy Young Award  The Philadelphia Inquirer
  5. Which Detroit Tigers have won the AL Cy Young award, along with Tarik Skubal?  Detroit Free Press
  1. Unrivaled rosters revealed: Full teams, coaches, TV information for upstart women’s league  The Athletic
  2. Caitlin Clark won't play in Unrivaled league, source says  ESPN
  3. Unrivaled basketball league reveals rosters: See full team breakdown  USA TODAY
  4. The million-dollar Caitlin Clark mystery lingers after Unrivaled’s draft  New York Post
  5. Unrivaled rosters 2024: Complete draft results, team-by-team picks for new basketball league  Sporting News
  1. NASA's Curiosity rover captures 360-degree view of Mars — and finds strange sulfur stones  Space.com
  2. NASA's Curiosity rover heads to new puzzling Martian destination  Yahoo Life
  3. NASA's Curiosity Rover About To Enter “Spiderweb” Region Of Mars' Mount Sharp  IFLScience
  4. Strange Mars Sulfur Stones Star In Stunning NASA Rover Panorama  Forbes
  5. Sols 4366–4367: One of Those Days on Mars (Sulfate-Bearing Unit to the West of Upper Gediz Vallis)  WebWire
Findings by dark energy researchers back Einstein's conception of gravity  Yahoo! VoicesView Full Coverage on Google News
  1. NASA wants SpaceX and Blue Origin to deliver cargo to the moon  The Verge
  2. NASA, SpaceX Illustrate Key Moments of Artemis Lunar Lander Mission  NASA
  3. NASA to Assign Lunar Delivery Missions to SpaceX and Blue Origin  The Wall Street Journal
  4. Here’s what NASA plans to do with its shiny new SpaceX spacecraft  MSN
  5. NASA Taps SpaceX, Blue Origin for Lunar Habitat and Rover Delivery  Newsweek
  1. New full Sun views show sunspots, fields and restless plasma  European Space Agency
  2. Solar Orbiter captures the highest-resolution images of the sun’s surface yet  CNN
  3. Solar Orbiter spacecraft captures sharpest views yet of sun's surface (images)  Space.com
  4. See the sun revealed in stunning glory by Solar Orbiter pictures  New Scientist
  5. Highest-Resolution Images Of The Sun's Surface Ever Revealed – And They're Breathtaking  IFLScience
  1. Human Cases of Bird Flu Confirmed to Be Occurring Undetected in The US  ScienceAlert
  2. Opinion | The U.S. Response to Bird Flu Is Not Reassuring the World  The New York Times
  3. Health officials announce highly contagious bird flu detected in Whatcom County flock  Bellingham Herald
  4. California agriculture faces significant losses as avian flu outbreak spreads. ‘It’s a mess’  Fresno Bee
  5. Bird flu surges in several US states with reports of new outbreaks: 'Getting worse'  Fox News
Most say they probably won’t get updated COVID vaccine: Survey  The HillView Full Coverage on Google News
It's a virus you may not have heard of. Here's why scientists are worried about it  NPRView Full Coverage on Google News
  1. Arkansas sees fivefold surge in whooping cough cases, affecting children and teens  4029tv
  2. San Diego County has the most pertussis cases in California: What are the symptoms?  FOX 5 San Diego
  3. Missouri, Arkansas health leaders report spread of whooping cough  KY3
  4. The US states where a Victorian-era disease is spreading causing worrisome school outbreaks  Daily Mail
  5. More than 200 cases of whooping cough reported in Arkansas  KARK