Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Los Angeles Galaxy top New York Red Bulls 2-1 to win a record 6th MLS Cup (More) | Inter Miami star Lionel Messi named 2024 MLS MVP (More)
> Taylor Swift ends "Eras" tour with final performance in Vancouver, Canada (More) | The $2.2B tour was the highest-grossing of all time (More) | "Moana 2" tops $600M at global box office, surpassing original film's total haul in 10 days (More) | Steve Mensch, president of Tyler Perry Studios, dies at 62 in plane crash (More)
> The 2024 Kennedy Center Honors recognizes the Grateful Dead, director Francis Ford Coppola, jazz musician Arturo Sandoval, singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt, and New York City's Apollo Theater with artistic lifetime achievement awards (More)
Science & Technology
> New AI-powered brain scans found to be twice as effective as doctors at pinpointing when strokes occurred in patients, providing assessments on how much damage is reversible (More)
> Scientists reveal chemistry in tick saliva enabling insects to form a cement cone around their bite; the process allows them to bind to hosts for days (More)
> Engineers develop biodegradable alternative to microbeads—tiny plastic pellets that pose significant environmental and health risks—used in consumer health and beauty products (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed Friday (S&P 500 +0.3%, Dow -0.3%, Nasdaq +0.8%) after November jobs report beat expectations, unemployment rate rose slightly (More)
> Google sues to prevent the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from supervising Google Payment Corp. like a bank; CFPB says Google failed to investigate fraud in its peer-to-peer Google Pay app, meant to rival Venmo (More) | Why did Google discontinue its Google Pay app in the US? (More)
> President-elect Donald Trump names former PayPal Chief Operating Officer David Sacks as artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency advisor (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol survives impeachment vote Saturday amid boycott from members of his conservative party; opposition party can reintroduce motion to impeach Wednesday (More) | See previous write-up on the country's six hours of martial law (More)
> Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris holds its first mass in five years following 2019 fire and subsequent $1B restoration (More) | See before-and-after photos (More)
> Ghana ousts ruling party, reelects former President John Mahama; election comes amid cost-of-living crisis following 2022 default on $30B in sovereign debt (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
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