Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Wicked" set to be released for rent or purchase on streaming platforms Dec. 31 (More) | "Mufasa" ($15M) tops "Nosferatu" ($11.6M) and "Sonic 3" ($10.7M) to lead Christmas Day box office (More)
> Baltimore Ravens' Lamar Jackson breaks NFL record for most career rushing yards (6,110) by a quarterback, topping the record previously held by Michael Vick (More)
> Richard Parsons, former CEO of Time Warner and Citigroup chairman, dies of bone cancer at 76 (More) | Bill Bergey, five-time NFL Pro Bowl linebacker, dies of cancer at 79 (More) | Hudson Meek, child actor known for role in "Baby Driver," dies at 16 after falling from moving vehicle (More)
Science & Technology
> UK patient successfully receives country's first double lung transplant using "lung in a box" device; technology reconditions organs from donors that may have been damaged (More)
> Archaeologists uncover 535-million-year-old fossilized embryos of roundworm-like creatures; discovery sheds light on the evolution of ancient organisms during the Cambrian period (More)
> Chimpanzee study shows individuals vary in their ability to crack open nuts using stones, suggesting a wide degree of cognitive ability within the same group (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 -0.0%, Dow +0.1%, Nasdaq -0.1%) in thin holiday trading (More) | Apple stock notches all-time high in intraday trading as it nears $4T market cap (More)
> US holiday retail sales from Nov. 1 through Dec. 24 rose 3.8% year-over-year, up from 3.1% last year, per preliminary data from Mastercard (More)
> Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and South Korean retailer E-mart to form online shopping joint venture in 2025, with entity valued at roughly $4B (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Israel strikes multiple targets in Yemen, including the country's international airport, where the World Health Organization director was present, reportedly killing six people and wounding 11 more; attacks come after Houthi militants struck a Tel Aviv playground last week (More) | See war updates (More)
> India's former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh dies at age 92; the first Sikh to hold the country's highest office, Singh was known for liberalizing India's economy during his tenure from 2004 to 2014 (More)
> World marks 20 years since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami killed an estimated 230,000 people across a dozen countries, the deadliest tsunami in history (More) | See photos from the disaster (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
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