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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> "Architects of AI" named Time magazine's 2025 Person of the Year; one cover photo features Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, among others (More)

> Film director Carl Rinsch convicted in $11M scheme to defraud Netflix (More) | Sherrone Moore held in jail as police investigate incident that occurred hours after he was fired as the University of Michigan's football coach Wednesday (More)

> Swiss singer Nemo returns their 2024 Eurovision winner's trophy in protest of Israel's participation in 2026 pop music competition (More)


Science & Technology
> OpenAI introduces ChatGPT-5.2, weeks after executives ordered an all-hands-on-deck effort to improve the AI model following rival releases from Anthropic and Google last month (More)

> Scientists discover enzyme responsible for a biological process enabling cancer cells to resist treatment, potentially providing a new intervention point for aggressive cancers (More)

> Marine archaeologists find a 394-foot undersea wall off the coast of France—built around 5,000 BCE and possibly the source of a local sunken city legend (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 +0.2%, Dow +1.3%, Nasdaq -0.3%), with Dow and S&P 500 notching records (More) | Rivian shares fall roughly 6% after the electric vehicle maker unveils new AI tech, chip, and robotaxi plans (More)

> Lululemon CEO Calvin McDonald to step down from role in January, will also relinquish board seat but remain an adviser through March (More)

> US weekly jobless claims rise to 236,000 for week ending Dec. 6, above economist estimates of 213,000 and the largest increase since March 2020 (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Senate fails to pass competing Republican, Democratic bills to extend enhanced, COVID-era subsidies for healthcare premiums purchased through the Affordable Care Act; subsidies are due to expire Dec. 31 (More)

> Indiana's Republican-led Senate votes against redrawing congressional map to favor their party (More) | MyPillow founder and CEO Mike Lindell announces Republican run for Minnesota governor in 2026 (More)

> Federal judge orders the immediate release of Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia from US detention; Garcia was sent to a prison in El Salvador earlier this year in defiance of a 2019 court order barring his deportation (More)

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