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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Miss Denmark Victoria Kjaer Theilvig crowned 2024 Miss Universe; Miss Nigeria Chidimma Adetshina named first runner-up (More)

> Bela Karolyi, controversial longtime coach of Team USA gymnastics, dies at age 82 (More) | Vladimir Shklyarov, Russian ballet star, dies at age 39 after fall from fifth-floor building (More)

> US Postal Service to honor actress Betty White and musician Allen Toussaint with postage stamps in 2025 (More) | Netflix hauls in 60 million households for Friday night's Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight (More)


Science & Technology
> President-elect Donald Trump selects Chris Wright, CEO of Denver-based fracking company Liberty Energy, to lead the Department of Energy; choice faces Senate confirmation (More) | See running list of Trump appointees (More)

> Researchers create first fully mechanical qubit, the basic processing unit for quantum computers (More) | The amazing science behind quantum computers (More, w/video)

> Stress disrupts memory formation and leads to anxiety in nonthreatening situations, mouse study finds (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close lower Friday (S&P 500 -1.3%, Dow -0.7%, Nasdaq -2.2%) (More) | October retail sales rise 0.4%, beating expectations (More)

> The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly planning to investigate Microsoft's cloud computing business; allegations of anticompetitive practices include steep exit fees, other terms preventing clients from migrating data to competitors (More)

> The Exploration Company, European competitor to SpaceX, announces it has raised $160M to develop Nyx, its reusable space capsule (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> President Joe Biden approves Ukrainian use of US-made long-range weapons into Russia in policy reversal (More) | Russia launches 120 missiles, 90 drones into Ukraine in attack on country's power grid, per Ukrainian government, killing at least eight people and prompting blackouts (More) | See war updates (More)

> Israeli strike on Beirut kills Hezbollah's spokesperson (More) | Israeli strikes in northern Gaza kill dozens of people; Israel says it intercepted two rockets launched from the area (More) | See war updates (More)

> California confirms first US case of mpox variant originally identified in eastern Congo; the variant—clade I—is associated with more severe illness than the variant currently circulating at low levels in the US (More) | See overview of cases (More)

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