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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Two female gymnasts file lawsuit alleging USA Gymnastics and Olympic sports watchdog failed to address sexual abuse by coach (More) | Antitrust trial against NASCAR begins, with fate of NBA star Michael Jordan's team at stake (More)

> "Zootopia 2" earns $556M internationally over Thanksgiving holiday, marking the highest-ever global opening for an animated film and the highest global opening for any film in 2025 (More)

> NFL announces Charlie Puth, Brandi Carlile, and Coco Jones as headliners for Super Bowl LX pregame show Feb. 8 (More)


Science & Technology
> China's DeepSeek debuts two new AI models challenging Google's Gemini and OpenAI's ChatGPT (More)

> Engineers create artificial tendons that allow robots to pinch with 30 times more force and three times faster than before, potentially enabling advances in surgical tools and autonomous exploratory machines (More) | Want more? Sign up for our weekly science and technology deep dives (More)

> New DNA analysis suggests humans first traveled to Australia and New Guinea about 60,000 years ago, roughly 9,000 to 13,000 years earlier than previous genetic evidence indicated (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -0.5%, Dow -0.9%, Nasdaq -0.4%) as December kicks off (More) | Bitcoin falls in largest daily drop since March (More)

> Nvidia takes $2B stake in chip-software designer Synopsys as part of expanded multiyear computing power partnership (More) | Eli Lilly cuts price for weight-loss drug Zepbound on direct-to-consumer site (More)

> Starbucks to pay over $35M to more than 15,000 New York City workers, along with over $3M in civil penalties, to settle allegations it violated labor laws (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Tennessee voters head to the polls in special election to replace Rep. Mark Green (R, TN-7), who announced his resignation earlier this year (More) | Former Trump attorney Alina Habba disqualified as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor, appeals court rules (More)

> Son of Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán pleads guilty to two drug-related charges, months after his brother enters similar plea deal (More)

> Transportation Security Administration announces $45 fee for travelers without a federally compliant driver's license or identification card, known as a REAL ID, beginning in February (More) | What is a REAL ID? (More)

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