Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> 2026 FIFA World Cup final draw begins at noon ET in Washington, DC's Kennedy Center; live coverage begins at 11:30 am ET on Fox (More) | Ralph Lauren unveils Team USA uniforms for 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics and Paralympics (More)
> Public broadcasters from Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland, and Slovenia announce they will boycott 2026 Eurovision Song Contest over Israel's participation (More)
> New "Men in Black" film in development at Sony Pictures, with "Bad Boys for Life" Chris Bremner set to write the script (More)
Science & Technology
> CDC vaccine advisory panel to vote today on hepatitis B vaccines after yesterday's scheduled vote was postponed; vote originally delayed in September (More)
> Scientists identify previously unknown organization patterns in a brain region critical to learning and memory, offering insights into why some cells are more vulnerable to conditions like Alzheimer’s and epilepsy (More)
> Researchers discover a robust population of critically endangered Sumatran tigers in Indonesian forest, signaling that habitat conservation efforts are working (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 +0.1%, Dow -0.1%, Nasdaq +0.2%) as investors await latest inflation data today (More)
> US weekly jobless claims fall to 191,000 for week ending Nov. 29, the lowest since September 2022 (More) | Layoffs top 1.1 million for the year so far, the most since 2020, new report finds (More) | World's billionaires rise to record 2,919 people, with collective wealth of nearly $16T; 91 became billionaires through inheritance (More)
> Legal AI startup Harvey raises $160M at $8B valuation, more than double its valuation in February (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> The Supreme Court clears the way for Texas to use newly redistricted map for the 2026 midterm elections as litigation continues in the lower courts; new map could potentially deliver as many as five seats to Republican candidates (More)
> Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo sign US-mediated peace deal despite ongoing clashes in eastern Congo (More)
> Vatican commission finds women should not be ordained as deacons—ministers who can preside over weddings, baptisms, and funerals (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
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