Trump taps Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead key Medicare and Medicaid agency
CBS News · 22h ago · Dr. Mehmet Oz unsuccessfully ran for Senate in 2022.
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CBS News · 22h ago · Dr. Mehmet Oz unsuccessfully ran for Senate in 2022.
· NPR · 23h ago · In announcing his pick, Trump said Oz will work closely with RFK, Jr. "to take on the illness industrial complex." Oz, a celebrity physician, ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 2022.
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Washington Post · 46m ago · Whitaker has little to no experience in security or foreign policy, both of which are central to the NATO role.
CBS News · 56m ago · The panel has faced growing pressure to release the potentially damaging report after Donald Trump tapped former Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney general.
Washington Post · 1h ago · A holistic look — down to the state legislative level — reinforces that early Trump and GOP claims to a huge “mandate” were overblown.
CBS News · 1h ago · Four men chosen by President-elect Donald Trump for top positions have been accused of varying degrees of sexual misconduct.
Bloomberg · 1h ago · The Texas Land Commissioner offered 1,402 acres of land in Starr County to be used to construct deportation facilities for the US, an early indicator of how the state will seek to help President-elect Donald Trump carry out his promised mass crackdown against undocumented immigrants.
The Guardian · 1h ago · Vice-president-elect makes rounds as ethics committee weighs releasing report on Gaetz over sexual misconduct claimsUS politics live – latest updatesJD Vance has said Donald Trump “deserves a cabinet that is loyal” as he pleaded with senators o
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NBC News · 2h ago · Voters in California have narrowly rejected a ballot measure that would have gradually increased the minimum wage in the state to $18 per hour, NBC News projects.
ABC News · 13h ago · A major storm was sweeping across the northwest U.S., battering the region with strong winds and rain and causing widespread power outages and downed trees that killed at least one person
NBC News · 20h ago · Two people were killed and a third was injured after a house in an Ohio village exploded and caught fire Tuesday morning, officials said.
· CBS News · 21h ago · Two people were killed and a third was injured when a house exploded outside Cincinnati, Ohio, on Tuesday. Carter Evans reports.
NBC News · 50m ago · Four students were arrested on felony charges after buildings at the University of Rochester in New York were defaced with "wanted" posters targeting several Jewish faculty members, officials said.
ABC News · 58m ago · A judge has ruled that Virginia can’t withdraw from a multistate initiative designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions unless the Legislature agrees to it
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NBC News · 1h ago · A Utah judge has dismissed a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit brought by the parents of Gabby Petito, who was killed in August 2021 after she disappeared on a cross country trip with her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie.
ABC News · 2h ago · Philadelphia’s mass transit system has reached a tentative contract deal with its largest workers union
NPR | Podcast | 1A · 2h ago · This week marks 1,000 days since the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. A lot has happened in that time.This morning, the U.S. shuttered its embassy in Kyiv due to specific information about a possible air attack.Recently, Ukraine fired American-made ballistic missiles into Russia.
The Economist · 2h ago · RFK junior, Dr Oz and co. have the potential to do harm, but also some good
NBC News · 2h ago · Susan Smith, the young mom who shocked the nation 30 years ago when she rolled her car into a lake with her two sons inside and watched them drown, was XXX parole Wednesday.
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Financial Times · 11h ago · Japanese subway operator is part of consortium that will take over from Hong Kong’s MTR
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CNBC · 37m ago · The company's outlook was not overly concerning given its proclivity to under-promise and over-deliver.
CNBC · 38m ago · Both discounters are contending with price-conscious shoppers, but Walmart reported improving trends with discretionary merchandise.
CNBC · 42m ago · American plans to roll out the new technology to 100 airports across the country.
New Yorker · 45m ago · On the occasion of his new memoir, the “Dune” actor reflects on some of his formative reading experiences.
ABC News · 52m ago · Workers hired for an electric vehicle battery production complex in Kentucky have launched a campaign to join the United Auto Workers
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ABC News · 2h ago · President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to repeal President Joe Biden’s signature artificial intelligence policy when he returns to the White House for a second term
Wall Street Journal · 2h ago · The artificial intelligence startup has told investors it raised $5 billion in latest funding round.
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Deadline Hollywood · 19h ago · Blake Lively influenced the ending ofDeadpool & Wolverineafter she gave a note to her husband, Ryan Reynolds, and director Shawn Levy. Lively had a cameo in the Marvel film as Lady Deadpool, but the director’s commentary revealed that theGossip Girlalum had a more impactful role.
· Variety · 23h ago · Ryan Reynolds and Shawn Levy revealed on the “Deadpool & Wolverine” director’s commentary (via Games Radar) that the film’s ending changed thanks to a note from Blake Lively and less than two days of reshoots.
ABC News · 22h ago · A federal judge has ordered prosecutors investigating Sean “Diddy” Combs not to use papers taken from the music mogul's jail cell until he rules on defense claims that they are trial preparation materials protected by attorney-client privilege
· NBC News · 22h ago · A federal judge on Tuesday ordered prosecutors to get rid of copies of 19 pages of notes taken from Sean "Diddy" Combs' jail cell after his lawyers argued the seizure violated attorney-client privilege.
Gizmodo · 25m ago · Director Dean DeBlois hopes fans of the original films will be just as excited for his live-action remake.
Variety · 25m ago · Crown Publishing has acquired worldwide rights to an upcoming book by Tatiana Siegel, Variety’s executive editor of film and media, that covers the sweeping history of the DC film franchise.
Variety · 29m ago · At least one Netflix customer was disappointed enough over the company’s glitchy livestream of last Friday’s fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson that he’s gone to court.
Rolling Stone · 33m ago · Trump's anti-vaxxer pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services has suggested the government itself may have unleashed the disease
Rolling Stone · 34m ago · The post comes days after the president-elect dubiously touted the importance of "free, fair, and open media"
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ABC News · 51m ago · The holiday season really kicks off when the massive helium balloons start floating through New York
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· ESPN · 22h ago · Rafael Nadal's 6-4, 6-4 loss to Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands turned out to be the 22-time Grand Slam champion's farewell to professional tennis, because the Dutch eliminated the Spaniards in the quarterfinals.
CBS News · 22h ago · Both managers led their respective teams to first-place division finishes in their first seasons at the helm
· ESPN · 22h ago · The Brewers' Pat Murphy and Guardians' Stephen Vogt were named Managers of the Year on Tuesday after leading their teams to the playoffs in their first full seasons managing.
ESPN · 22h ago · The Big Ten confirmed Tuesday that the Ducks, in their inaugural season in the conference, have secured a berth in the championship game.
· CBS News · 23h ago · The Ducks are the first Power Four team to lock in a league title game spot in the 2024 season
CBS News · 23h ago · Montgomery led the Bruins to the Presidents' Trophy in 2022-23
· ABC News · Nov 19, 2024 · The Boston Bruins have fired coach Jim Montgomery after losing 12 of their first 20 games
BBC · Nov 19, 2024 · Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola agrees a one-year contract extension to take his stay at the club to 10 seasons.
· ESPN · Nov 19, 2024 · Pep Guardiola has agreed to new one-year contract to extend his stay at Manchester City, a source has confirmed to ESPN's Moises Llorens.
CBS News · 1h ago · Head coach Todd Bowles called the hamstring injury "moderate"
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ABC News · 12h ago · The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv says it will stay closed after receiving a warning of a potentially significant Russian air attack on the Ukrainian capital
· NBC News · 14h ago · The United States said Wednesday that its embassy in Ukrainian capital Kyiv closed after receiving "specific information of a potential significant air attack."
Christian Science Monitor · 42m ago · U.S.-Palestinian relations under the first Trump administration ran aground over the relocation of the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, among other issues. A flurry of diplomacy is not dispelling the notion of postelection Palestinian disarray.
ABC News · 44m ago · Leaders from southern African countries have resolved to extend the mandate of a regional force fighting rebels in eastern Congo for another year
Wall Street Journal · 47m ago · A Chinese ship that sailed over two severed data cables in the Baltic Sea around the time they were cut has been stopped by the Danish navy as part of an international investigation into what police say is a possible act of sabotage.
ABC News · 1h ago · Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that his employment minister is leaving his post after weeks of questions about his past claims of Indigenous identity
Washington Post · 1h ago · The readiness of Lebanon’s army is a matter of growing urgency as the Biden administration makes a new push for an end to the war between Israel and Hezbollah.
NBC News · 1h ago · In just a few months, the world will have its first digital saint.
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NPR · 2h ago · A series of deadly attacks within China in recent weeks have killed dozens and left people uneasy. Those who carried out the attacks have been seemingly ordinary people who authorities say became disgruntled or unhappy.
Smithsonian · 1h ago · The artist's “L’empire des lumières” sold for a massive $121 million, and experts hope the large number could be a sign of renewal for a struggling art market
NPR · 1h ago · There are at least 19,000 pieces of space debris in Earth's orbit, not including active satellites, that the U.S is monitoring.
NASA · 2h ago · Media are invited to learn about a unique series of flight tests happening in Virginia in partnership between NASA and GE Aerospace that aim to help the aviation industry better understand contrails and their impact on the Earth’s climate.
Smithsonian · 2h ago · The newly described species of sea slug dwells in darkness in the ocean’s midnight zone, using a hood to capture prey with a Venus flytrap-like technique
NASA · 3h ago · Normally found only in heavy metal bands or certain post-apocalyptic films, a “flame-throwing guitar” has now been spotted moving through space. Astronomers have captured movies of this extreme cosmic object using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope.
NASA · 3h ago · The Discovery A huge planet with a long name – IRAS 04125+2902 b – is really just a baby: only 3 million years old. And because such infant worlds are usually hidden inside obscuring disks of debris, it is the youngest planet so far discovered using the dominant method of planet detection.
Smithsonian · 3h ago · Obesity leads to DNA alterations that affect gene activity and linger after weight loss, a finding that researchers say could help reduce stigma around the disease
Smithsonian · 3h ago · The copy of "Harmonia Macrocosmica" dates back to the 17th century and includes ancient theories of the universe
The Economist · 3h ago · Concerns about some of their business models are building
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Forbes · 9h ago · Many families fail to realize how much they spend on healthcare because they don’t pay out of one pocket—they pay out of four.
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Christian Science Monitor · Nov 19, 2024 · In Irish novelist Niall Williams’ “Time of the Child,” an abandoned baby changes the lives of the village doctor, his daughter, and the townspeople.
Christian Science Monitor · Nov 15, 2024 · Gorgeously illustrated children’s books provide visual worlds to explore, while the books’ hopeful messages will cheer young and old alike.
NPR · Nov 15, 2024 · Allison, who died Nov. 6, based her critically acclaimed novel on her own experience of being physically and sexually abused by her stepfather. Originally broadcast in 1992.
NPR · Nov 14, 2024 · In Price's novel, a Harlem apartment building collapses, upending the lives of its residents, including a photographer, a funeral director and a 42-year-old man who feels he has little to live for.
NPR · Nov 14, 2024 · Sometimes, the right book shows up just at the right time. Our book critic encountered two such books this week: Water, Water, by Billy Collins, and The Dog Who Followed the Moon, by James Norbury.
NPR · Nov 13, 2024 · In Pittsburgh, entire houses have been converted into individual art installations filled with unusual objects. A new house is now open.
NPR · Nov 12, 2024 · Samantha Harvey talks about her new Booker Prize-winning novel Orbital. It follows a day in the life of astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
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