Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Julie Chrisley, star of reality series "Chrisley Knows Best," resentenced to seven years in prison on tax evasion and bank fraud charges (More)
> Netflix to produce docuseries on Sean "Diddy" Combs' sexual assault allegations spanning decades; 50 Cent-produced project first announced in December (More)
> Federal Emergency Management Agency and NFL announce agreement to allow NFL stadiums to double as disaster shelters during emergencies (More)
Science & Technology
> Large-scale chatbot study reveals advanced AI models have improved in accuracy, but are more likely to return false information instead of saying an answer couldn't be generated (More) | OpenAI's Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati to depart role, citing desire to pursue new ventures (More)
> Fossil discovery reveals the lower jaw joint in mammals—one of the few features making mammals unique among vertebrates—evolved independently in an extinct group of animals known as cynodonts (More)
> Engineers demonstrate 3D-printed human brain blood vessels, which will allow for lab testing of new brain tumor treatments; advance would replace the need for invasive study of live patients (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 -0.2%, Dow -0.7%, Nasdaq +0.0%) (More) | Weekly mortgage applications for US home purchases up 11% last week, reaching highest level since July 2022; uptick driven primarily by 20% week-over-week rise in homeowners seeking to refinance loans due to declines in interest rates (More)
> Google files antitrust complaint against Microsoft in the European Union, accusing the rival tech giant of using unfair licensing terms to lock customers into using its Azure cloud computing platform (More)
> Southwest Airlines to reduce service to and staffing in Atlanta next year as part of cost-cutting measures; comes amid pressure from Elliott Investment Management for the airline to make changes (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Hurricane Helene, a Category 1 storm as of this writing, is set to make landfall, possibly on Florida's Panhandle today as a Category 3 or 4 storm (More) | See live updates (More)
> Israel's military prepares for possible ground invasion of southern Lebanon after Hezbollah fires at intelligence headquarters in Tel Aviv; Israel said it intercepted the strike, leaving no casualties or damage (More) | See war updates (More)
> Congress passes short-term bill to fund the government at current levels through Dec. 20 in bid to avoid next week's shutdown deadline; President Joe Biden to sign (More)
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