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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani and New York Yankees' Aaron Judge both unanimously win MLB's 2024 NL and AL MVP award (More) | UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma becomes NCAA's all-time leader in coaching victories with 1,217 wins (More)

> "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett's December 2021 conviction for an alleged hate crime hoax is overturned by Illinois Supreme Court (More)

> Percival Everett's novel "James" among five winners of the National Book Awards (More) | Morgan Wallen wins top prize of entertainer of the year at Country Music Association Awards (More)


Science & Technology
> NASA begins stacking the first stage of the Artemis II Space Launch System; mission is the second step in returning humans to the moon, target launch window is late 2025 (More) | Astronomers capture highest-detailed image of a star outside the Milky Way (More)

> Researchers demonstrate genetically altered version of malaria-causing bacteria, potentially paving the way for mosquitoes to spread vaccination against malaria via bites (More)

> Scientists create the world's thinnest spaghetti, roughly 400 nanometers in diameter; demonstration validates a technique to create tiny fibers with use in medical and electronic applications (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.5%, Dow +1.0%, Nasdaq +0.0%) (More) | Bitcoin notches another record intraday, reaches $99K (More) | Gary Gensler, chair of Securities and Exchange Commission, to step down Jan. 20 (More)

> Alphabet shares close down over 4% after Justice Department asks judge overseeing Google antitrust case to force the tech giant to divest its Chrome browser (More)

> Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI raises $5B in funding round, valuing the company at $50B (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Brazilian police indict former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 others for an alleged coup attempt on Jan. 8, 2023, following Bolsonaro's election loss in 2022 (More) | Russia strikes Ukraine with new intermediate-range missile in response to Ukraine sending US-supplied short-range ballistic missiles into Russia (More)

> Parts of eastern US and Great Lakes region see this winter's first snowfall, with more than 23 million people under winter weather advisories; up to a foot of snow expected in some areas (More)

> Father of 14-year-old suspect in September mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, pleads not guilty to charges including second-degree murder (More) | See previous write-up (More)

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