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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Dame Helen Mirren, British actress whose career spans over six decades, to receive Golden Globes' lifetime achievement award; previous recipients include Walt Disney, Elizabeth Taylor, Meryl Streep, and Tom Hanks (More)

> FIFA announces new peace prize, with inaugural award to be presented Dec. 5 during 2026 World Cup draw in Washington, DC (More)

> Tennis great Venus Williams, 45, to play 33rd straight season on the Women's Tennis Association Tour, starting with January tournament in New Zealand (More)


Science & Technology
> Google introduces Gemini AI chatbot to Maps, enabling users to have voice conversations about businesses, landmarks, and hazards along routes (More)

> Three Chinese astronauts' return to Earth is delayed after spacecraft possibly hit by debris (More) | What will it take to clean up space trash? (1440 Topics)

> Researchers create injectable microscopic chips capable of delivering targeted electrical stimulation to the brain, offering potential alternative to surgery (More) | Scientists complete first maps of mammalian brain development, revealing insights into the origins of brain disorders (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close up (S&P 500 +0.4%, Dow +0.5%, Nasdaq +0.7%) (More) | Want to learn how markets work, and much more? Sign up for 1440 Business & Finance (More)

> Snap shares rise over 14% in after-hours trading on news of Perplexity AI paying the social media company $400M over one year to integrate the AI-powered search engine into Snapchat (More)

> Supreme Court justices appear skeptical about the legality of sweeping tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump under a 1977 federal law (More) | See previous write-up (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Department of Homeland Security ends deportation protections for South Sudanese nationals; announcement comes as Temporary Protected Status lapsed earlier this week and despite UN warnings of renewed conflict (More)

> President Donald Trump renominates billionaire Jared Isaacman to lead NASA after pulling the nomination months ago (More) | See previous write-up on Isaacman's spacewalk last year (More)

> Driver rams vehicle into crowd of pedestrians on France's western island of Oleron, wounding at least nine people; French police have arrested a suspect and have not publicly identified a motive as of this writing (More)

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