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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Actor and filmmaker John Krasinski named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2024 (More)

> Timothy West, British stage and screen actor, dies at age 90 (More) | "Full House" actor Dave Coulier reveals stage 3 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma cancer diagnosis (More)

> Disney settles class-action lawsuit with 9,000 female workers alleging they were paid less than their male counterparts in comparable roles (More)


Science & Technology
> Researchers use data from millions of smartphones across the globe to map Earth's ionosphere, the layer of charged particles in the upper atmosphere (More)

> Scientists identify the gene controlling tomato sweetness, genetically modify the plant to control sugar levels without affecting size (More)

> Well-preserved fossil allows scientists to reconstruct the brain of a bird living 80 million years ago, during the Mesozoic era; discovery sheds light on the evolution of avian intelligence (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close near flatline (S&P 500 +0.0%, Dow +0.1%, Nasdaq -0.3%) after consumer price index rose 2.6% year-over-year in October, in line with expectations (More) | Netherlands-based Just Eat Takeaway sells Grubhub for $650M four years after buying it for $7.3B (More)

> Spirit Airlines shares close down 59% on reports company is preparing to file for bankruptcy after failed merger talks with Frontier Airlines (More) | Rivian shares close up nearly 14% after Volkswagen boosts investment in the EV company to $5.8B as part of new joint venture (More)

> Swedish payments giant Klarna files for US initial public offering, though number of shares and price range of offering are yet to be determined; analysts value Klarna around $15B (More) | Want to learn about IPOs, and tons of other topics? Join 1440 Business & Finance (Sign up here)


Politics & World Affairs
> CIA official Asif William Rahman is arrested in Cambodia, charged with violating the Espionage Act by leaking top-secret classified documents on Israel's retaliation plans against Iran last month (More)

> Pakistan reveals plans to add hospital beds to treat the nearly 70,000 people suffering respiratory issues on average each day amid record levels of smog in eastern Punjab province (More) | See photos of smog, visible from space (More)

> National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration releases US snowfall predictions, expected to be lower this year due to La Niña weather pattern, with some northwestern and Great Lakes states experiencing higher snowfall (More)

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