1. CDC approves major child vaccine change, rejects controversial one  The Washington Post
2. CDC ends recommendation for all US newborns to receive hepatitis B vaccine  The Guardian
3. CDC adopts advisers’ recommendation against universal hepatitis B vaccines for babies  CNN
4. RFK Jr. has turned the CDC into ‘a zombie organization’  thehill.com
5. CDC drops hepatitis B shot recommendation for some infants  Axios

1. Trump orders blockade of sanctioned oil tankers leaving, entering Venezuela  Reuters
2. Trump Live Updates: Oil Tanker Blockade, Travel Ban Expansion and Boat Strikes  The New York Times
3. Trump orders ‘total and complete blockade’ of sanctioned oil tankers coming to and leaving Venezuela  CNN
4. Trump declares 'Venezuelan regime' a foreign terrorist organization, orders oil tanker blockade  Fox News
5. Trump orders blockade of 'sanctioned oil tankers' entering Venezuela and leaving the South American country  NBC News

1. Tesla’s (TSLA) Sales in California Set to Be Suspended, DMV Says  Bloomberg.com
2. California regulator puts on hold an order to suspend Tesla sales  The Guardian
3. California Says Tesla Deceived Consumers With Its Self-Driving Claims  Forbes
4. California judge rules that Tesla engaged in deceptive marketing around Autopilot  CNBC
5. Calif. DMV ready to block Tesla sales if 'Autopilot' issue not solved  SFGATE

1. Strong new evidence weakens claims that 3I/ATLAS is alien-made  Chron
2. Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS makes its closest approach to Earth on Dec. 19: Here's what you need to know  Space
3. XMM-Newton sees comet 3I/ATLAS in X-ray light  European Space Agency
4. Comet 3I/ATLAS is getting greener and brighter as it approaches Earth, new images reveal  Live Science
5. Alien Comet 3I/ATLAS Is Just About to Make Its Closest Approach to Earth  ScienceAlert

1. Nick Reiner charged with murder in killing of parents  The Washington Post
2. Rob and Michele Reiner’s son charged with murder in their deaths  CNN
3. Why Nick Reiner Could Face the Death Penalty  The New York Times
4. I Sat Down to Dinner With Rob, Michele and Nick Reiner. It Was Heartwarming and Jarring.  The Hollywood Reporter
5. Reiners' son made guests uneasy at party day before his parents were found dead, sources say  NBC News

1. Stock futures slip as traders absorb shaky U.S. economic data: Live updates  CNBC
2. Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500 slip, Nasdaq snaps three-day losing streak as Tesla climbs to record  Yahoo Finance
3. Wall St ends mixed, healthcare and energy stocks weigh on S&P  Reuters
4. Dow Falls After Jobs Data Shows Rising Unemployment Rate  The Wall Street Journal
5. Stock Market Today: Dow Slides, Nasdaq Positive After Jobs Data; Nvidia Rises (Live Coverage)  Investor's Business Daily

1. Brown University shooting person of interest spotted in new images  Fox News
2. FBI releases photos of suspect as search for Brown University shooter enters fourth day - live updates  CNN
3. Brown University, attorney general address 'doxxing' of community member  WJAR
4. Live updates: Enhanced video, timeline released in search for Brown shooter  NBC Boston
5. Brown, USC agree to cancel game after shooting  ESPN

1. Fossilized Bee Nests Inside Skeletons Are Unlike Anything We’ve Seen Before  Gizmodo
2. When the Bones Were Good, These Bees Buried Their Babies  The New York Times
3. Ancient Bee Nests Hiding in Regurgitated, Fossilized Bones  Yahoo
4. Ancient Bones Hid a Buzzing Secret  Scientific American
5. Ancient bees laid eggs inside bones  Popular Science

1. Fitzpatrick declines to turn off ACA discharge petition as amendment talks drag on  Politico
2. House won't vote on health care tax credit extension, angering GOP moderates  CBS News
3. Johnson Casts Doubt on Allowing House to Vote to Extend Health Subsidies  The New York Times
4. House Republican leaders ditch vote on ACA funding, all but ensuring premiums will rise  NBC News
5. House GOP will not allow amendment vote to extend ObamaCare subsidies  thehill.com

1. Jared Kushner's firm backs out of Paramount's Warner Bros. bid  Axios
2. Warner Bros. Plans to Reject Paramount Bid on Funding, Terms  Bloomberg.com
3. Jared Kushner no longer part of hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery  CBC
4. Netflix CEOs Seek to Reassure Staff About Warner Bros. Deal  Yahoo Finance
5. Trump turns on CBS, Kushner pulls out and Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. shows signs of collapse  Fortune

1. Samsung’s 2026 Micro RGB LED TVs can actually fit in your living room  The Verge
2. LG's Micro RGB TV Promises 'Significant Step Forward' in Picture Quality  CNET
3. LG will debut its first Micro RGB television at CES  Engadget
4. LG Micro RGB evo: LG's Most Advanced LCD TV Powered by the Precision of OLED's AI Processor  lgnewsroom.com
5. Smaller Screens, Bigger Colors: Samsung Previews Micro RGB TVs Ahead of CES 2026  PCMag

1. Measles outbreaks worsen in South Carolina, Arizona and Utah  CBS News
2. South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine  NBC News
3. SC measles outbreak could soon reach Charlotte, health director warns  Charlotte Observer
4. South Carolina measles response puts personal choice over orders  Axios
5. Upstate measles outbreak putting babies at risk  WYFF News 4

1. ‘Extremely demoralizing’: Republicans respond to the bombastic Wiles interview  Politico
2. Susie Wiles Talks About the First Year of Trump’s Second Term (Part 1 of 2)  Vanity Fair
3. Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles says president ‘has an alcoholic’s personality’ and much more in candid interviews  CNN
4. Susie Wiles, Trump’s Chief of Staff, Criticizes Bondi and Vance in Candid Interviews  The New York Times
5. What to know from Susie Wiles' interviews with 'Vanity Fair,' according to the writer  NPR

1. Bondi Beach attack casts a shadow on Hanukkah celebrations in Israel  NPR
2. Opinion | Australia Can’t Recover From This  The New York Times
3. New dashcam video shows couple confronting Bondi Beach gunman before deadly rampage  CNN
4. Grief, tears and anger as funerals for people slain in Australian antisemitic mass shooting begin  thehill.com
5. Trump Slams Radical Islamic Terrorism At Hanukkah Event After Sydney Shooting  NDTV

1. The $4.3 billion space telescope Trump tried to cancel is now complete  Ars Technica
2. NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Observe Thousands of Newfound Cosmic Voids  NASA (.gov)
3. Roman telescope construction complete, moving into final testing ahead of 2027 launch  NASASpaceFlight.com -
4. NASA announces plan to map Milky Way with Roman Space Telescope  Phys.org
5. Why NASA’s New $4 Billion Telescope Will Stare at Absolutely Nothing  Gizmodo

1. Sen. Mark Kelly clashes with Hegseth over Pentagon’s investigation into him  ABC News
2. Pentagon launches new phase of probe into Sen. Mark Kelly over ‘illegal orders’ video  CNN
3. If tried by court-martial, senator accused of ‘seditious behavior’ would be deprived of several constitutional rights  The Conversation
4. Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly has lawyers ready if the DoD takes action against him  Arizona Mirror
5. Hegseth’s office ‘escalating’ probe of Sen. Mark Kelly, Pentagon says  The Washington Post

1. ACC Announces 2026 League Opponents as Move to Nine-Game Conference Schedule Begins  Atlantic Coast Conference
2. ACC unveils 'transition' 2026 conference schedule  ESPN
3. ACC to change football tiebreaker for 2026, announces which teams will play 9 league games  WRAL
4. Updates to 2026 Schedule  Stanford Cardinal
5. ACC pledges fix to tiebreakers after title game fiasco, announces 2026 opponents for new nine-game schedule  CBS Sports

1. Nuno Loureiro, professor and director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, dies at 47  MIT News
2. M.I.T. Professor Is Fatally Shot in His Home  The New York Times
3. MIT professor fatally shot at his Brookline home, officials say  The Boston Globe
4. MIT professor from Portugal shot at home dies, police say  BBC
5. MIT professor fatally shot on Gibbs Street  Brookline.News

1. White House Shrugs Off Rise in Unemployment Rate  The New York Times
2. America’s job market just got some troubling news  CNN
3. Payrolls rose by 64,000 in November after falling by 105,000 in October, delayed jobs numbers show  CNBC
4. Five worrying employment trends buried in the latest jobs report  NBC News
5. Jobs report reveals cooling labor market and ‘uneven economy,’ analyst says  PBS

1. Restricting and Limiting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the Security of the United States  The White House (.gov)
2. Trump expands travel ban list to 39 countries  CNN
3. Trump Expands Travel Ban and Restrictions to 20 More Countries  The New York Times
4. Trump expands US travel ban to include Syria, Palestine  Al Jazeera
5. Trump expands travel ban to hit 5 countries with sweeping new restrictions, citing security concerns  Fox News

1. Jim Harbaugh discusses texts to Sherrone Moore after firing, Michigan coaching search  On3
2. Interim coach says U-M's players feel 'betrayed'  ESPN
3. Sherrone Moore 'Had Long History of Domestic Violence' During Affair with Staffer, Her Lawyer Claimed: Detective  People.com
4. 'It's a tragedy': Jim Harbaugh has been in touch with ex-Michigan coach Sherrone Moore since his firing  Yahoo Sports
5. Biff Poggi says Michigan players feel ‘betrayed’ after Sherrone Moore firing  The New York Times

1. Mark Chavez is second doctor sentenced in Matthew Perry overdose death  BBC
2. Former California doctor is sentenced in Matthew Perry's overdose death  NBC News
3. Doctor who helped sell ketamine to Matthew Perry avoids prison time  The Guardian
4. Doctor sentenced to house arrest for supplying ketamine used by Matthew Perry  Los Angeles Times
5. San Diego doctor charged in Matthew Perry death faces sentencing  NBC Los Angeles

1. How Patrick Mahomes’s Injury Influences the Chiefs’ Future Plans  Sports Illustrated
2. Patrick Mahomes' knee injury worse than initially thought after Monday surgery: report  Fox News
3. As NFL stars deal with season-ending injuries, let’s end the 18-game season talk  The New York Times
4. Tom Brady offers advice to Patrick Mahomes ahead of 'tough' rehab following knee surgery  NFL.com
5. Chiefs Eliminated from Playoff Contention in Loss to Chargers  Chiefs.com

More than 90% of streaming shows created by white people, study shows  The GuardianView Full Coverage on Google News

1. Norovirus cases rising across Los Angeles County, health department says  ABC7 Los Angeles
2. What's going around right now? COVID, flu, stomach bug on the rise  USA Today
3. Highly infectious ‘stomach flu’ spreads. How to disinfect after norovirus  Sacramento Bee
4. Highly contagious, hard-to-kill stomach virus spreading in Midwest, Illinois  NBC 5 Chicago
5. Notorious 'winter vomiting bug' rising in California. A new norovirus strain could make it worse  Los Angeles Times

Possible 'superkilonova' exploded not once but twice  Phys.org

1. Inside Apple’s iPhone Road Map, From Foldable Screens to Curved Glass Cases  The Information
2. Here's every new product Apple is launching in 2026  Macworld
3. Apple's 2026 and 2027 Product Roadmap: Foldable iPhone, iPhone 18 Pro, M5 Macs, and More  MacRumors
4. iPhone Fold and more: Apple could release seven iPhone models per year by 2027  AppleInsider
5. Apple Gets More Complicated  24/7 Wall St.

Controlling blood sugar cut heart disease risk in half, study says  The Seattle TimesView Full Coverage on Google News

1. Starting 5: Emirates NBA Cup Championship night is here  NBA
2. Live updates as Spurs and Knicks face off in NBA Cup final in Las Vegas  ESPN
3. Spurs vs. Knicks score, live updates: Victor Wembanyama to play on minutes restriction in NBA Cup final  Yahoo Sports
4. Where can I watch the Spurs game tonight? How to watch vs. Knicks  El Paso Times
5. Live Updates from Las Vegas: Spurs and Knicks close in the fourth  NBA

1. ‘Don’t be misled,’ Beijing tells foreign media in Hong Kong after Lai verdict  South China Morning Post
2. Opinion | My dad is shrinking to nothing. His bogus conviction is alarming.  The Washington Post
3. Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai’s Conviction Was Years in the Making  The New York Times
4. Hong Kong leader raises Jimmy Lai conviction in meeting with China's Xi  Reuters
5. Trump urges Xi to free Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai  BBC

1. iOS 26.3 Adds Notification Forwarding Option for Third-Party Wearables  MacRumors
2. First iOS 26.3 beta arrives as launch of new Siri nears  Macworld
3. Google and Apple partner on better Android-iPhone switching  9to5Google
4. New in iOS 26.3: Android transfer settings, third-party notification forwarding  AppleInsider
5. These Two New iPhone Features Are Coming to iOS 26.3  Lifehacker

1. Ukraine claims strike on Russian submarine with underwater drones  Financial Times
2. Novorossiysk: In a first, Ukraine says it struck Russian submarine in Black Sea port with underwater drones  CNN
3. Ukraine’s first underwater drone strike caught on hacked cameras  Defense News
4. Ukraine Says It Hit a Submarine With Underwater Drones  The New York Times
5. Ukrainian drones struck a Russian oil platform in the Caspian Sea for the third time in a matter of days, security source says  Business Insider

1. Scoop: White House scolded Netanyahu for violating Gaza ceasefire with strike  Axios
2. Israel Says It Killed Senior Hamas Commander, Despite Cease-Fire  The New York Times
3. Trump: US ‘looking into’ whether Israel violated Gaza truce by killing Hamas leader  The Times of Israel
4. Israel kills Hamas leader in Gaza, challenging fragile truce  The Washington Post
5. Hamas says Israel's killing of senior commander threatens ceasefire  NBC News

In Argentina, the return of pumas brought top predators back to the landscape — much to penguins’ dismay.

A cave in the Dominican Republic concealed thousands of years worth of animal bones that had been turned into nests by prehistoric bees.

The 32-year-old son of famed director Rob Reiner is being held without bail. Los Angeles authorities say the charges against him carry a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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A global effort to better understand moisture-laden rivers in the sky, like those currently battering the West Coast, will take flight in January.

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FIFA said it would sell $60 tickets to the World Cup, including for the final — but only for supporters of qualified teams. And the actual number of available tickets is limited.

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Throughout the year, Vanity Fair writer Chris Whipple interviewed some of the people closest to President Trump. We speak with Whipple about his talks with White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles.

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People of all ages had been looking forward to celebrating — especially this year, as a ceasefire in Gaza has held since October and all but one of the hostages taken by Hamas-led militants have been returned.

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Steve Kornacki breaks down the latest NBC News Decision Desk Poll and the issues that matter most to Americans. The poll was conducted Nov. 20-Dec. 8 and surveyed 20,252 adults nationwide online.

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Instead of recommending the hepatitis B vaccine for all newborns, the CDC's guidance is now to consult a health care provider about the birth dose.

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NBC News' Dan Slepian stopped by "Here's the Scoop" to talk about his interview with Dr. Bruce Levy, the former chief medical examiner of Tennessee, whose testimony put a father behind bars for life over a finding that his baby died of shaken baby syndrome. Levy says he now believes the father is innocent.

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Beachgoers observe minute’s silence for Bondi victims

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A deeper look at the federal jobs data reveals trends in teen and Black unemployment, factory jobs and lopsided sector breakdowns that could spell trouble.

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles is pushing back against a Vanity Fair profile of her, calling it a “disingenuously framed hit piece.” NBC News White House Correspondent Monica Alba reports on the wide-ranging article where Wiles speaks candidly about President Trump and top cabinet members.

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Second doctor sentenced in overdose death of Matthew Perry

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The Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman says Nick Reiner has been charged with two counts of first degree murder in the deaths of his parents, director Rob Reiner and his wife Michelle Singer Reiner. Rob Reiner, 78, a legendary actor and filmmaker, and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner were found dead in their Los Angeles-area home.

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Dr. Bruce Levy’s finding that shaken baby syndrome killed Russell Maze’s son, Alex, was critical in the Tennessee man’s murder conviction. Levy now says Maze is innocent.

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