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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Scottie Scheffler named PGA Tour Player of the Year, becoming the first golfer to receive the honor at least four consecutive years since Tiger Woods, who holds a record five-year streak (More)

> Mariah Carey to sing at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony (Feb. 6); she is the first international star named to perform (More)

> Anthony Geary, best known for playing Luke Spencer in the daytime drama "General Hospital," dies at age 78 (More)


Science & Technology
> Trump administration seeks roughly 1,000 early career technology specialists to modernize government systems and accelerate AI adoption—an initiative called the "US Tech Force" (More)

> Researchers build robots the size of single-celled organisms that can make decisions and act independently; devices could facilitate advances in biological research and medical diagnostics (More)

> Medical researchers discover how the human gut produces antibodies that kill pathogens; the approach could inspire new vaccines against intestinal and respiratory pathogens, such as norovirus and the flu (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -0.2%, Dow -0.1%, Nasdaq -0.6%) as investors wait for today's release of November jobs report (More)

> Roomba maker iRobot files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, with Chinese supplier taking the 35-year-old company private; iRobot shares closed down nearly 73% (More) | Ford to record more than $19B hit to profits as it scales back EV plans; figure is one of the largest impairments taken by a company (More)

> Spain fines Airbnb $75M for advertising unlicensed tourist rentals as the country grapples with a housing affordability issue (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Search continues for Brown University shooter who killed two people, wounded nine others Saturday; police release video of the alleged suspect, identify shooting victims as freshman Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, sophomore Ella Cook (More)

> The US agrees to provide Ukraine with security guarantees in exchange for reaching a peace deal to end the war with Russia (More) | President Donald Trump sues BBC for total of $10B in damages, accusing the broadcaster of defamation (More)

> Three Seattle suburbs forced to evacuate after a levee fails following a week of heavy rain (More)

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