Scientists are starting to learn why this moon keeps erupting with volcanoes - The Washington Post 12 Dec 2024, 9:54 pm

1. Scientists are starting to learn why this moon keeps erupting with volcanoes  The Washington Post
2. No shallow magma ocean for Jupiter's moon Io, research suggests  Phys.org
3. What causes volcanic eruptions on Jupiter's moon Io? Scientists aren't so sure anymore  Space.com
4. Major new insights into Io, Mars at AGU  Cosmos
5. Io Probably Doesn’t Have a Global Magma Ocean After All  Eos

Bronny nets career-high 30 in G League road debut - ESPN 12 Dec 2024, 9:27 pm

1. Bronny nets career-high 30 in G League road debut  ESPN
2. Bronny James Thrills NBA Fans with 30 Points Despite G League Lakers' Loss to Suns  Bleacher Report
3. Bronny James to play in first G League road game in reversal of previous setup: Source  The Athletic
4. Bronny James in Phoenix: South Bay Lakers vs Valley Suns TV, streaming, ticket information  The Arizona Republic
5. WATCH: Lakers' Bronny James goes off for 30 points in first G League road game  CBS Sports

Fall of Syrian Regime Exposes Limits of Russia’s Global Ambitions - The Wall Street Journal 12 Dec 2024, 9:05 pm

1. Fall of Syrian Regime Exposes Limits of Russia’s Global Ambitions  The Wall Street Journal
2. Assad’s fall humiliated Putin and could dent his global ambitions  The Washington Post
3. Russia Nears Deal With New Syria Leaders to Keep Army Bases  Bloomberg
4. Russia in 'direct contact' with rebel group and hopes to maintain military bases in Syria, state media says  Sky News
5. Humbled in Syria, Putin Seeks Vindication in Ukraine  The New York Times

‘Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet’ Trailer: Here’s Naughty Dog’s Next Game - Forbes 12 Dec 2024, 8:11 pm

1. ‘Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet’ Trailer: Here’s Naughty Dog’s Next Game  Forbes
2. Naughty Dog Heads to Space With Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet - The Game Awards 2024  IGN
3. Naughty Dog’s next title revealed at The Game Awards, and it’s not a Last of Us  Polygon
4. Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet Is a Return to Naughty Dog’s Roots  The New York Times
5. Naughty Dog's next game kicks off a new "franchise" with a sci-fi PS5 romp packing the studio's "wildest, most creative story" and "deepest gameplay" yet  Gamesradar

2024 Game Awards Names ‘Astro Bot’ As Game Of The Year – Complete Winners List - Deadline 12 Dec 2024, 8:11 pm

1. 2024 Game Awards Names ‘Astro Bot’ As Game Of The Year – Complete Winners List  Deadline
2. The Game Awards 2024 live coverage – all the winners, reveals, and announcements at the event  Gamesradar
3. Game Awards: Astro Bot Wins, Witcher 4 And New Naughty Dog Game Revealed  Forbes
4. FromSoftware and Bandai Namco reveal ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN  Bandai Namco
5. The Game Awards 2024 Winners: All Nominees and Winners  IGN

Thursday Night Football: Rams do enough to beat 49ers, 12-6 - NBC Sports 12 Dec 2024, 8:10 pm

1. Thursday Night Football: Rams do enough to beat 49ers, 12-6  NBC Sports
2. Rams' win field goal battle over 49ers, get closer to top of NFC West  ESPN
3. These three players got game balls from Sean McVay after Rams' win over 49ers  Yahoo Sports
4. Thursday Night Football: Rams-49ers betting preview (odds, lines, best bets)  Pro Football Focus
5. 49ers, Brock Purdy throw their season away in an embarrassing 12-6 loss to the Rams  Niners Nation

Asia stocks fall ahead of Fed meet, China shares slump as CEWC updates disappoint - Investing.com 12 Dec 2024, 7:22 pm

Amazon donating $1 mln to Trump inaugural fund, to air event on Prime Video - Reuters 12 Dec 2024, 7:22 pm

1. Amazon donating $1 mln to Trump inaugural fund, to air event on Prime Video  Reuters
2. Amazon plans to donate $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration  CNN
3. Jeff Bezos' Amazon Plans $1M Donation to Trump's Inaugural Fund: Report  Business Insider
4. Musk weighs in on Meta after Zuckerberg’s company donates $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund  POLITICO
5. Amazon the latest in Big Tech to donate $1 million to Trump inaugural fund  Axios

U.S. Charges Ex-Syrian Prison Official With Torture - The New York Times 12 Dec 2024, 6:07 pm

1. U.S. Charges Ex-Syrian Prison Official With Torture  The New York Times
2. US grand jury charges former Syrian prison official with torture  Reuters
3. US charges two former Syrian officials for allegedly torturing Americans and Syrian nationals  CNN International
4. US court charges former Syrian prison head Samir Ousman Alsheikh with torture  The Times of India
5. US charges former Assad regime officials with war crimes in Syria  Semafor

What Bill Belichick said about UW during UNC intro - The Seattle Times 12 Dec 2024, 5:22 pm

1. What Bill Belichick said about UW during UNC intro  The Seattle Times
2. Sickened by the politics of the NFL, Belichick aims for a college restart  ESPN
3. Belichick introduced as University of North Carolina football coach  WCVB Boston
4. Chansky’s Notebook: A Grand Plan  Chapelboro.com
5. In-state football recruits react to UNC's hiring of Bill Belichick  HighSchoolOT

California reports more illnesses in people who drank raw milk. Here are the risks, according to health experts - CNN 12 Dec 2024, 5:03 pm

1. California reports more illnesses in people who drank raw milk. Here are the risks, according to health experts  CNN
2. Cats in L.A. County die after drinking recalled raw milk  Los Angeles Times
3. 2 cats die from possible H5 bird flu in Los Angeles County  KTLA Los Angeles
4. Technical Update: Summary Analysis of the Genetic Sequence of a Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Identified in a Child in California | Bird Flu  CDC
5. California child who experienced fever and vomiting from raw milk does not have bird flu, CDC testing shows  CBS News

Unreleased Michael Jackson Tracks Discovered in Abandoned Storage Unit (Exclusive) - Hollywood Reporter 12 Dec 2024, 4:36 pm

Perseverance rover prepares to investigate the mysterious early history of Mars - CNN 12 Dec 2024, 4:20 pm

1. Perseverance rover prepares to investigate the mysterious early history of Mars  CNN
2. NASA’s Perseverance Rover Reaches Top of Jezero Crater Rim  NASA
3. NASA Mars Rover Delivers Triumphant First Photos From Crater Rim  CNET
4. NASA’s Perseverance rover found a new potential setting for Martian life  Science News Magazine
5. World shaking discovery by NASA; here's what the space agency has disclosed about the red planet Mars  The Economic Times

Back trouble and brain fog bothered suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing, his posts show - The Associated Press 12 Dec 2024, 4:16 pm

1. Back trouble and brain fog bothered suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing, his posts show  The Associated Press
2. UnitedHealthCare CEO shooting: Suspect Luigi Mangione now faces mounting evidence  CNN
3. Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO's killing didn't have health insurance with UHC, company says  Axios
4. Luigi Mangione’s manifesto reveals his hatred of insurance companies  The Economist
5. Luigi Mangione suffered from spondylolisthesis, a back condition. Experts say it can cause 'massive' pain.  Yahoo Life

Biden’s record-setting clemency act leaves allies only wanting more - POLITICO 12 Dec 2024, 4:10 pm

1. Biden’s record-setting clemency act leaves allies only wanting more  POLITICO
2. Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency  The Associated Press
3. President Joe Biden commutes sentences for two of Chicago area’s most notorious fraudsters  Yahoo! Voices
4. Biden commutes sentence for Kids-for-Cash judge  Wilkes-Barre Citizens Voice
5. Seattle paralegal among three people from WA pardoned by Biden  The Seattle Times

'Carry-On' Review: Taron Egerton And Jason Bateman In Netflix Thriller - Deadline 12 Dec 2024, 4:00 pm

1. 'Carry-On' Review: Taron Egerton And Jason Bateman In Netflix Thriller  Deadline
2. ‘Carry-On’ Review: Taron Egerton and Jason Bateman Face Off in Netflix’s Satisfyingly Tense Airport Thriller  Hollywood Reporter
3. 'Carry-On' Review: Taron Egerton Grounds Christmas Action Movie  Variety
4. 'Carry-On'; Gino at the Movies  Yahoo! Voices
5. Carry-On Review: Netflix's Clever Die Hard Clone  IGN

Yoon Suk Yeol: Contrition to defiance ahead of second impeachment vote - BBC.com 12 Dec 2024, 3:40 pm

1. Yoon Suk Yeol: Contrition to defiance ahead of second impeachment vote  BBC.com
2. 'Unimaginable situation': South Korea endures fallout from president's martial law effort  ABC News
3. Second Martial Law Impeachment Vote Looms For S. Korean President  Barron's
4. Power vacuum in South Korea, a key U.S. ally, raises security concerns  The Washington Post
5. In Defiant Speech, South Korea’s President Defends Martial Law Decree  The New York Times

A new timeline of when Neanderthals and ancient humans interbred - NBC News 12 Dec 2024, 3:17 pm

1. A new timeline of when Neanderthals and ancient humans interbred  NBC News
2. Oldest Human Genomes Reveal How a Small Group Burst Out of Africa  The New York Times
3. Scientists pinpoint when humans had babies with Neanderthals  The Washington Post
4. Mystery woman’s DNA reveals close family ties between Europe’s earliest people  Science
5. Neanderthals and Humans Mated More Recently Than Previously Thought  The Wall Street Journal

Google Gemini: Everything you need to know about the generative AI models - TechCrunch 12 Dec 2024, 2:59 pm

1. Google Gemini: Everything you need to know about the generative AI models  TechCrunch
2. Introducing Gemini 2.0: our new AI model for the agentic era  The Keyword
3. Google’s new Project Astra could be generative AI’s killer app  MIT Technology Review
4. Alphabet Stock Hits a Record High on New AI Models  Barron's
5. Developers Are Cautiously Optimistic About Google AI  The Information

Satellite images show Iran's drone carriers are nowhere near the US as New Jersey faces a mystery drone problem - Business Insider 12 Dec 2024, 2:53 pm

1. Satellite images show Iran's drone carriers are nowhere near the US as New Jersey faces a mystery drone problem  Business Insider
2. Homeland Security shares new details of mysterious drone flights over New Jersey  The Associated Press
3. White House downplays mystery drones as key lawmakers demand answers  NBC News
4. What do we know about the mysterious drones reported flying over New Jersey?  WBAL TV Baltimore
5. Lawmaker accuses Pentagon of lying about New Jersey’s mysterious drones  POLITICO

Trump offers inauguration invites to foreign leaders through calls and back channels - CNN 12 Dec 2024, 2:30 pm

1. Trump offers inauguration invites to foreign leaders through calls and back channels  CNN
2. Xi’s RSVP is a snub to Trump, but the inauguration invite is still a big deal  CNN
3. Trump’s Inauguration Won’t Have Xi Jinping Among the Guests  The Wall Street Journal
4. Gingrich: Xi attending Trump inauguration would be ‘signal to the planet’  The Hill
5. Trump invites China's Xi to next month's inauguration  NPR

Stanley Recalls More Than 2 Million Travel Mugs Over Burn Hazard - The New York Times 12 Dec 2024, 2:29 pm

1. Stanley Recalls More Than 2 Million Travel Mugs Over Burn Hazard  The New York Times
2. Stanley Recalls 2.6 Million Switchback and Trigger Action Travel Mugs Due to Burn Hazard | CPSC.gov  Consumer Product Safety Commission
3. Stanley recalls more than 2.5 million travel mugs over possible burn hazard  CNN
4. Millions Of Stanley Cups Have Been Recalled—Here’s Why  Forbes
5. 2.6 million Stanley mugs recalled after 38 people suffer burns due to faulty lids  NBC News

Trump’s Pick as Mideast Adviser, Massad Boulos, Is a Truck Salesman - The New York Times 12 Dec 2024, 2:13 pm

1. Trump’s Pick as Mideast Adviser, Massad Boulos, Is a Truck Salesman  The New York Times
2. Questions dog Trump pick for Middle East adviser with inconsistent résumé  The Guardian US
3. A New George Santos Just Dropped. His Name Is Massad Boulos.  New York Magazine
4. Tiffany Trump’s father-in-law, now Middle East adviser, is ‘small-time truck salesman,’ not billionaire: Report  The Independent
5. Trump Advisor Massad Boulos Is Not a Billionaire or Lawyer After All  Business Insider

Jimmy Butler ‘absolutely interested’ in Suns if Heat seek trade - Arizona Sports 12 Dec 2024, 1:40 pm

1. Jimmy Butler ‘absolutely interested’ in Suns if Heat seek trade  Arizona Sports
2. Sources: Suns among Butler's trade preferences  ESPN
3. Golden State Warriors Stance on Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler Confirmed  Athlon Sports
4. Jimmy Butler Trade Rumors: Heat Star's 'Preference' Is Contract Extension amid Buzz  Bleacher Report
5. All the Jimmy Butler and NBA Trade Season latest  Marc Stein | Substack

Time names Donald Trump as person of the year for second time - BBC.com 12 Dec 2024, 1:32 pm

1. Time names Donald Trump as person of the year for second time  BBC.com
2. Trump is named Time's Person of the Year and rings the New York Stock Exchange's opening bell  The Associated Press
3. Read the Transcript of Trump's Person of the Year Interview  TIME
4. Haberman on what Trump's interview with Time tells her about his mindset  CNN
5. Column | The small asterisk next to Trump’s ‘Person of the Year’ victory  The Washington Post

Costco beats on earnings as e-commerce sales jump - CNBC 12 Dec 2024, 1:23 pm

1. Costco beats on earnings as e-commerce sales jump  CNBC
2. Costco posts another quarter of sales growth against an uncertain consumer environment  Yahoo Finance
3. Costco Stock Dips After Earnings Topped Expectations. Sales Were a Tad Soft.  Barron's
4. Costco posts another sales miss, but sees gains in wealthy shoppers and pharmacy  MarketWatch
5. Costco CEO: Digital Sales Outpacing Overall Growth on ‘Tech Journey’  PYMNTS.com

Brandi Glanville spent $70K treating facial disfigurement from suspected ‘parasite’ - Los Angeles Times 12 Dec 2024, 1:12 pm

1. Brandi Glanville spent $70K treating facial disfigurement from suspected ‘parasite’  Los Angeles Times
2. Brandi Glanville Spent $70K Treating a ‘Parasite’ That She Sees Moving in Her Face: ‘I Feel Like It’s Having Babies’  PEOPLE
3. Brandi Glanville Has Spent Over $70K on Facial Disfigurement Tests: ‘I Don’t Go Out’  Yahoo Life
4. Dr. Terry Dubrow Says Brandi Glanville Doesn’t Have a Face Parasite, Offers to Help Out  Us Weekly
5. Brandi Glanville Reveals Disfigured Face Infested With Parasites, Pics  imdb

FBI missed 'basic step' in its intelligence efforts ahead of Jan. 6 Capitol riot - NPR 12 Dec 2024, 11:54 am

1. FBI missed 'basic step' in its intelligence efforts ahead of Jan. 6 Capitol riot  NPR
2. DOJ IG reveals 26 FBI informants were present on Jan. 6  Fox News
3. No undercover FBI agents were at the January 6 US Capitol riot, watchdog reports  CNN
4. JESSE WATTERS: The Justice Department just released the bombshell report that we've been waiting for  Yahoo! Voices
5. Column | Right-wing conspiracy theories are having a bad day  The Washington Post

Syrians Celebrate the Fall of al-Assad, and Rebuild From Tragedy - The New York Times 12 Dec 2024, 11:19 am

1. Syrians Celebrate the Fall of al-Assad, and Rebuild From Tragedy  The New York Times
2. How Assad's army collapsed in Syria: demoralised conscripts, absent allies  Reuters
3. Bashar Assad's luxury car collection seen on video abandoned after ouster  ABC News
4. Video: Mystery grows over Assad’s possible whereabouts in Russia  CNN
5. After toppling Assad, can Syria’s rebels rebuild a shattered state?  The Washington Post

Israeli attacks kill dozens across Gaza, including 15 guarding aid trucks - Al Jazeera English 12 Dec 2024, 11:07 am

1. Israeli attacks kill dozens across Gaza, including 15 guarding aid trucks  Al Jazeera English
2. Israel kills at least 66 Palestinians in Gaza, strikes post office used as shelter  Reuters
3. Palestinians decry ‘barbaric’ Israel strike on Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp  Al Jazeera English
4. Israeli strike in Gaza kills 25 people as US makes new push for a ceasefire  The Associated Press
5. Hospital: More than 20 killed in Israeli attack in northern Gaza  Yahoo! Voices

This drug is the 'breakthrough of the year' — and it could mean the end of the HIV epidemic - NPR 12 Dec 2024, 11:01 am

1. This drug is the 'breakthrough of the year' — and it could mean the end of the HIV epidemic  NPR
2. Gilead to test once-a-year HIV prevention shot  STAT
3. Who's Going to Get Lenacapavir for HIV Prevention? - HIV and ID Observations  NEJM Journal Watch Medical Blogs
4. Science’s 2024 Breakthrough of the Year: Opening the door to a new era of HIV prevention  Science
5. Lenacapavir treats and prevents HIV, it does not cure infection | Fact check  USA TODAY

Violent superflares explode from sun-like stars every 100 years - Space.com 12 Dec 2024, 11:01 am

1. Violent superflares explode from sun-like stars every 100 years  Space.com
2. Our sun may be overdue for a 'superflare' stronger than billions of atomic bombs, new research warns  Livescience.com
3. Superflares Erupt From Stars Like Our Sun Once Every 100 Years  The New York Times
4. The sun may spit out giant solar flares more often than we thought  New Scientist
5. Observations suggest sun-like stars emit superflares once per century  Phys.org

Trump names Kari Lake as choice for VOA director - VOA Asia 12 Dec 2024, 11:00 am

1. Trump names Kari Lake as choice for VOA director  VOA Asia
2. Trump’s Kari Lake ‘pick’ sparks fears at Voice of America  CNN
3. ‘Now she’s the world’s problem’: Some Arizona Republicans relieved Lake is heading to Washington  POLITICO
4. Trump says Kari Lake will lead Voice of America. He attacked it during his first term  NPR
5. Trump announces more nominations, including Kari Lake as director of Voice of America broadcast  Fox News

ChatGPT's Advanced Voice Mode finally gets visual context on the 6th day of OpenAI - ZDNet 12 Dec 2024, 10:54 am

1. ChatGPT's Advanced Voice Mode finally gets visual context on the 6th day of OpenAI  ZDNet
2. OpenAI’s ChatGPT Will Respond to Video Feeds in Real Time  Bloomberg
3. Why is ChatGPT's Santa Mode only for ages 13 and up?  Mashable
4. ChatGPT now understands real-time video, seven months after OpenAI first demoed it  TechCrunch
5. ChatGPT gets screensharing and real-time video analysis, rivaling Gemini 2  VentureBeat

Thousands of wild birds are dying of bird flu in Boise area, Idaho Fish and Game says - Idaho Statesman 12 Dec 2024, 10:35 am

1. Thousands of wild birds are dying of bird flu in Boise area, Idaho Fish and Game says  Idaho Statesman
2. Missouri Conservation Department finds likely bird flu cases among snow geese  Missouri Independent
3. MDC encourages public to use caution amidst suspected avian influenza outbreak  Missouri Department of Conservation
4. Missouri sees a surge in sick and dead birds. What’s behind it?  KTVI Fox 2 St. Louis
5. As two more cases found in Nebraska, bird flu contributing to rising egg prices  KETV Omaha

ServiceTitan: A values-driven company’s path to IPO - Bessemer Venture Partners 12 Dec 2024, 9:24 am

1. ServiceTitan: A values-driven company’s path to IPO  Bessemer Venture Partners
2. ServiceTitan pops 42% in cloud software vendor’s Nasdaq debut after selling shares at $71  CNBC
3. Software firm ServiceTitan valued at nearly $9 bln as shares soar in debut  Reuters
4. ServiceTitan’s IPO growth story wins over Wall Street with huge market opportunity in building trades  MarketWatch
5. ServiceTitan IPO debut, RH Q3 results: Asking for a Trend  Yahoo Finance

The Emerging Breast-Cancer Treatment: No Surgery Required - The Wall Street Journal 12 Dec 2024, 8:42 am

1. The Emerging Breast-Cancer Treatment: No Surgery Required  The Wall Street Journal
2. Are doctors overtreating early-stage breast cancer? Is active monitoring as safe?  USA TODAY
3. Some Early Forms of Breast Cancer May Not Need Treatment, Study Says  TIME
4. Some breast cancer patients can avoid certain surgeries, studies suggest  The Associated Press
5. Active Monitoring Noninferior to Standard Surgery, RT in Low-risk DCIS  Cancer Network

Critics Choice Awards 2025 Nominations: ‘Conclave’ and ‘Wicked’ Lead with 11 Nods — See Full List - IndieWire 12 Dec 2024, 5:30 am

1. Critics Choice Awards 2025 Nominations: ‘Conclave’ and ‘Wicked’ Lead with 11 Nods — See Full List  IndieWire
2. 2025 Critics Choice Awards: Full List of Nominees  Rotten Tomatoes
3. The Critics Choice Awards Unveil Animation and VFX Nominees  Animation Magazine
4. FILM NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 30TH ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS HOSTED BY CHELSEA HANDLER – Critics Choice Awards  Critics Choice Awards
5. Critics Choice Noms Analysis: Feinberg’s 5 Biggest Takeaways  Hollywood Reporter