Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Sean "Diddy" Combs accused of multiple allegations of rape and sexually assaulting a minor as six new lawsuits filed against him (More)
> Lilly Ledbetter, social activist who fought for equal pay for women, dies at age 86 (More) | Ka, independent rapper and producer who was also a firefighter and 9/11 first responder, dies at age 52 (More)
> Kansas, Alabama, and two-time defending champions Connecticut lead men's college basketball preseason AP Top 25 poll (More)
Science & Technology
> Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences awarded to trio of economists for their work on why some postcolonial countries flourished while others floundered (More) | Selection caps the 2024 Nobel Prizes; see recap here (More)
> Adobe launches AI video generator that can extend existing footage by up to a few seconds; platform includes text-to-video and image-to-video capabilities (More) | Generative AI explained (More, w/video)
> Paleontologists discover the oldest-known animal to display left-right asymmetry in its body; the over 500-million-year-old fossil sheds light on the evolution of single-cell organisms into complex animals (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.8%, Dow +0.5%, Nasdaq +0.9%); S&P 500, Dow notch fresh record highs (More) | Nvidia shares close at record high, with AI chipmaker's market cap approaching $3.4T (More)
> Elliott Investment Management formally calls for Dec. 10 special meeting at Southwest Airlines; Elliot has an 11% stake in Southwest and has been pushing for the ouster of CEO Bob Jordan amid board shake-up (More) | True Value files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, plans to sell most of itself to rival Do It Best (More)
> Tom Donohue, former US Chamber of Commerce CEO, dies at age 86; he led the business lobbying giant for more than two decades before retiring in 2021 (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Trial begins against Delphi, Indiana, man charged in 2017 murders of two eighth graders (More) | Italy's Supreme Court overturns acquittals of roughly 20 people accused of covering up late Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's underage sex scandal (More, free w/email) | Canada, India expel each other's diplomats in dispute over 2023 murder of Sikh activist in Canada (More)
> Investigation underway after federal authorities arrest Las Vegas man with unregistered firearms Saturday ahead of former President Donald Trump's rally near Coachella Valley, California; man reportedly had multiple fake IDs in his SUV (More)
> China holds large-scale sea and air military drills surrounding Taiwan; comes less than a week after Taiwan's president reiterated island's sovereignty in a speech (More) | South Korea says North Korea allegedly preparing to demolish its northern half of roads connecting the two nations (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
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