In The NEWS

Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Netflix offices in Paris and Amsterdam raided as part of a preliminary investigation into alleged tax fraud and corruption (More) | "Emilia Pérez" and "The Substance" lead all nominees at the European Film Awards with four apiece (More)

> Oregon, Ohio State, Georgia, and Miami top season's first College Football Playoff rankings; see complete Top 25 (More)

> Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" tops Billboard's Hot 100 for 16th week, tying three other songs for the second-longest run in the chart's 66-year history (More)


Science & Technology
> Canadian officials arrest man suspected of hacking internet security company Snowflake and extorting 160 companies (More)

> AI researchers conclude current large language models fail to reflect the real world, often fail on similar questions (More) | How generative AI works (More, w/video)

> Study finds immune system molecule that helps regulate the body's internal clock, affecting fat storage and internal temperature (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher in broad Election Day rally (S&P 500 +1.2%, Dow +1.0%, Nasdaq +1.4%) (More) | Palantir shares close up 23% after revealing higher-than-expected US government spending on its AI products (More) | Super Micro shares fall 16% in after-hours trading amid ongoing concerns over accounting practices (More)

> Home Depot cofounder and former CEO Bernard "Bernie" Marcus dies at age 95; since its founding in the 1970s, Home Depot has become the world's largest home improvement chain (More)

> Amazon secures Federal Aviation Administration approval for new delivery drone model, begins testing in Phoenix, Arizona (More) | OpenAI reveals investment in robotics startup Physical Intelligence, secures former Meta AR glasses lead to spearhead OpenAI robotics division (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Russia suspected of plotting to put explosive devices on commercial planes to the US (More) | Ukrainian officials say they have engaged with North Korean soldiers on the battlefield in Russia's Kursk border region; Pentagon says at least 10,000 North Korean soldiers are in Russia (More) | See war updates (More)

> Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fires Defense Minister Yoav Gallant amid clashes over approach to war in Gaza and Lebanon, announces foreign minister Israel Katz as new defense minister (More) | Israeli airstrikes kill at least 20 people in Gaza, new evacuations ordered (More) | See war updates (More)

> Iran says German-Iranian dual citizen died before his execution, reversing earlier statement he was executed last week; announcement comes amid plummeting Iran-Germany relations (More) | See previous write-up (More)

SOURCE:  1440 NEWS