Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Taylor Swift releases first trailer for docuseries airing Dec. 12 (More) | NBCUniversal to launch cable sports channel next week, including live NBA, WNBA, MLB, Premier League, and college football broadcasts (More)
> Arkansas athletic director Hunter Yurachek tapped as College Football Playoff chair after Baylor's Mack Rhoades resigns amid university probe (More) | New Jersey officials arrest 14 people tied to alleged sports betting ring involving Mafia and student-athletes (More)
> New York Yankees' Aaron Judge and Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani win MLB's American League and National League awards for second year in a row; Judge edges Seattle Mariners' Cal Raleigh for the honor (More)
Science & Technology
> Anthropic says Chinese hackers used its Claude chatbot to target roughly 30 companies and government agencies in first documented cyberattack largely executed with artificial intelligence (More)
> Aerial imaging reveals bird flu decimated roughly 47% of South Georgia's breeding female elephant seals between 2022 and 2024; research suggests virus continues to spread among birds and mammals in the Antarctic (More)
> Researchers find bacterium causing Lyme disease becomes vulnerable when starved of or overloaded with manganese, a discovery that could inspire new disease treatments (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -1.7%, Dow -1.7%, Nasdaq -2.3%); all three indexes suffer worst day since Oct. 10, weighed down by tech losses and concerns over Federal Reserve potentially pausing rate cuts (More)
> Verizon to cut roughly 15,000 jobs, or 15% of its workforce, representing the largest layoffs in the company's history (More)
> IRS raises limits for 401(k) and other retirement plans, increases catch-up contributions for people aged 50 and up (More) | The best resources we've found on 401(k) plans (1440 Topics) | ... and on individual retirement accounts (1440 Topics)
Politics & World Affairs
> Senior officials present President Donald Trump with military options against Venezuela, including land strikes, after the US conducted its 20th strike against alleged narcotrafficking boats (More)
> Justice Department sues California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) over redrawn congressional districts, alleges racial gerrymandering to favor Hispanic communities (More)
> Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson is hospitalized with a rare neurodegenerative disorder (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
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