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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs Round One wraps this weekend; see preview for all the decisive Game 3 matchups (More) | ... and National Women's Soccer League quarterfinals kick off tonight (More)

> Warner Bros. Discovery streamer Max adds 7.2 million subscribers in Q3, bringing their worldwide total to 110.5 million (More) | "Moana 2" set to bring in at least $125M in Thanksgiving Day opening weekend, which would be an all-time debut record for the holiday weekend (More)

> New "Star Wars" film trilogy in the works from Lucasfilm and Disney; live-action films will be written and produced by "X-Men" writer and producer Simon Kinberg (More) | Three charged in connection with the Oct. 16 death of One Direction's Liam Payne (More)


Science & Technology
> Tech giant Palantir to partner with AI startup Anthropic, bringing Claude chatbot to US military, intelligence agencies (More)

> Brain study reveals unique activity in people with schizophrenia when introduced to contradictory information; signals could act as a diagnostic tool (More)

> Caterpillar fungus may help slow tumor development, researchers show; molecule cordycepin, used in Chinese medicine for centuries, disrupts cell signals that promote cancer growth (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 +0.7%, Dow -0.0%, Nasdaq +1.5%); S&P 500, Nasdaq close at records in postelection rally (More) | AppLovin shares close up 46% after the online gaming and advertising company reports better-than-expected earnings and revenue (More)

> Airbnb shares fall close to 5% in after-hours trading after company narrowly beats revenue estimates, underperforms analyst expectations (More) | Pinterest shares drop nearly 13% in after-hours trading after weak Q4 sales forecast (More)

> Japanese automaker Nissan to cut 9,000 jobs worldwide—roughly 6% of around 133,000 total jobs—and halve CEO pay after reporting drops in quarterly operating profit and sales (More) | Caroline Ellison, former CEO of cryptocurrency hedge fund Alameda Research, begins two-year prison sentence (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Control of US House still to be determined, with 25 races uncalled; tally as of this writing is 211-199 in favor of Republicans (More) | David McCormick (R) beats incumbent Sen. Bob Casey (D) in Pennsylvania, giving Republicans 53 Senate seats (More) | Susie Wiles to become White House's first female chief of staff (More)

> More than 10,000 people forced to evacuate after fire near Los Angeles burns for second day; Mountain Fire has burned over 20,400 acres and is 0% contained as of this writing (More) | See updates (More)

> Canada orders TikTok's offices to shut down in the country over security risks; ban doesn't affect in-country access to the video-sharing app (More)

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