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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Cookie Dough Oreos to make a comeback

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Man finds dead ball python under hood of his car

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Actor and noted Hollywood conservative James Woods fought back tears in paying tribute to Rob Reiner on Monday night, calling out the "infuriating and distasteful" insults being hurled at the slain director

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Two sources told NBC News that Nick Reiner, 32, had been disruptive at a party, which was hosted by Conan O'Brien, he had attended with parents Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner on Saturday.

1. Officials to give update on deaths of Hollywood director Rob Reiner and wife after son Nick's arrest  BBC
2. Live updates: Rob and Michele Reiner homicide case to be turned over to prosecutors today as son is held without bail  CNN
3. Rob Reiner’s Son Nick Hires High-Profile Defense Attorney Alan Jackson After Arrest for Parents’ Murders  The Hollywood Reporter
4. Opinion | Stephen King on Rob Reiner’s ‘Stand by Me’  The New York Times
5. Rob Reiner's son Nick made guests uneasy at party day before parents found dead, sources say  NBC News

Diplomats told E.U. officials that the bloc’s law on methane, a potent greenhouse gas, would hurt American oil and gas companies.

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A survey finds that 56% of psychologists are trying out artificial intelligence tools at work, mainly for administrative tasks. A majority also are concerned about harms of AI on patients and society.

A yearly checkup on the region documents a warmer, rainier Arctic and 200 Alaskan rivers “rusting” as melting tundra leaches minerals from the soil into waterways.

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Trekking across Malaysia, her adopted country, she found more than 150 unrecorded plant species. “She’s one of the greatest botanists who ever lived,” a colleague said.

A New Eating Disorder, Orthorexia, Is On The Rise, According To Therapists  AOL.com

1. Leaked debug kit suggests Apple is testing a new “iMac Pro,” among many other Macs  Ars Technica
2. Apple Developing iMac Pro With M5 Max Chip  MacRumors
3. iMac Pro may return in 2026 with M5 Max chip  AppleInsider
4. An M5 Max iMac Pro reportedly exists–but we may never be able to buy it  Macworld
5. Is the iMac Pro coming back?  Six Colors

The American Heart Association report runs contrary to recent studies — and the group’s own guidelines — that found any amount of alcohol to be harmful.

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1. Hunt for Brown University gunman starts anew as tension rises  The Washington Post
2. Brown, USC agree to cancel game after shooting  ESPN
3. New photo released of unidentified suspect in Brown U. shooting  WPRI.com
4. Live updates: Manhunt for Brown shooter intensifies, new image released  NBC Boston
5. FBI Director Kash Patel, Eager for Spotlight, Casts Aside Caution in Social Media Posts  The New York Times

1. Meta’s AI glasses can now help you hear conversations better  TechCrunch
2. Updates to Meta AI Glasses: Conversation Focus, Spotify Integration, and More  Meta Store
3. Meta rolls out AI glasses update with conversation boosting feature  The Verge
4. Meta Platforms’ (META) AI Glasses Add Spotify Music and Podcasts  TipRanks
5. Meta's Glasses Can Focus in on Your Conversations With a New Update  CNET

Barbara Rose Johns was 16 when she led a walkout at her high school, credited with helping end school segregation. Her statue replaces Robert E. Lee's, which was removed in 2020.

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1. Europe backtracks on ban of new combustion engine cars, in setback to tackling climate change  CNN
2. EU waters down plans to end new petrol and diesel car sales by 2035  BBC
3. Europe May Roll Back Combustion Engine Ban  The New York Times
4. EU drops 2035 combustion engine ban as global EV shift faces reset  Reuters
5. EU alters 2035 zero-emission target, extending life of combustion engines in Europe  Automotive News

1. House permitting vote at risk over offshore wind backlash  Politico
2. House hardliners get on board to advance infrastructure bill after winning concession  thehill.com
3. E&E News: Offshore wind foes vow to block permitting bill  POLITICO Pro
4. Defenders Slams SPEED Act as it Speeds Toward Habitat Destruction  Defenders of Wildlife
5. Wright says Congress has momentum for permitting overhaul  E&E News by POLITICO

1. Hegseth says he won't publicly release video of boat strike that killed survivors in the Caribbean  PBS
2. Trump Live Updates: Boat Strikes, BBC Lawsuit and More  The New York Times
3. Graham: Hegseth should release full video of Sept. 2 strike on survivors  thehill.com
4. Live updates: Trump administration news on health care, boat strikes and Epstein files | CNN Politics  CNN
5. Public won't see Venezuela second strike video: Hegseth  Axios

1. Why NASA’s New $4 Billion Telescope Will Stare at Absolutely Nothing  Gizmodo
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. The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope Is Complete!  Universe Today
5. NASA Announces Plan to Map Milky Way With Roman Space Telescope  NASA (.gov)

1. DR Congo conflict: Rebels say they will withdraw from Uvira city at Trump administration's request  BBC
2. M23 says hundreds of Burundi soldiers captured in latest Congo offensive  Reuters
3. M23 Captures Uvira; Benin Coup; Rsf Captures Key Sudanese Oil Hub: Africa File, December 11, 2025  Critical Threats
4. M23 announces exit from DRC’s Uvira as US-brokered ceasefire stutters  Al Jazeera
5. DR Congo: Over 100,000 children displaced in South Kivu  Vatican News

1. Takeaways From Susie Wiles’s Vanity Fair Interviews Describing Trump World  The New York Times
2. Trump’s Inner Circle, On the Record (Part 2 of 2)  Vanity Fair
3. Trump defends Wiles' claims that he has an "alcoholic's personality"  Axios
4. 6 takeaways from Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles’ unvarnished interviews  CNN
5. Susie Wiles, Trump’s Chief of Staff, Criticizes Bondi and Vance in Candid Interviews  The New York Times

1. New report finds the Arctic continues to warm faster than the planet as a whole  NPR
2. Arctic Report Card Marks Record Temperatures and Rainfall in Arctic  The New York Times
3. Arctic endured year of record heat as climate scientists warn of ‘winter being redefined’  The Guardian
4. From record warming to rusting rivers, 2025 Arctic Report Card shows a region transforming faster than expected  The Conversation
5. The Arctic’s Annual Physical Finds an Environment That’s Breaking Down  Bloomberg.com

This year's Arctic Report Card from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finds that the northernmost part of the Earth is warming faster than the global average, leading to melting glaciers, shifting fish populations, and rivers running orange.

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"It's idiotic": House moderates fume at Johnson over inaction on ACA  AxiosView Full Coverage on Google News

A storm has battered the Gaza Strip, creating misery for displaced Palestinians and delaying the search for the body of the last Israeli hostage held by militants there.

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1. James Woods praises 'patriot' Rob Reiner, slams insults of slain director as 'infuriating'  NBC News
2. Trump’s reaction to Reiner’s murder is indefensible — but America has been here before  CNN
3. What is 'Trump derangement syndrome?' Behind Trump's Rob Reiner post  USA Today
4. Trump’s Post Attacking Rob Reiner After Stabbing Death Draws Immediate Outrage  The New York Times
5. Trump’s Inferno of Hate Is Intensifying  The Atlantic

1. Jobless rate rises, adding to Trump's economic messaging woes  Politico
2. America’s job market just got some troubling news  CNN
3. White House Dismisses Rise in Unemployment  The New York Times
4. Payrolls rose by 64,000 in November after falling by 105,000 in October, delayed jobs numbers show  CNBC
5. What the November Jobs Report Means for the Fed  The Wall Street Journal

1. ‘Absolute bulls--t’: Endangered House Republican blasts leaders over impending Obamacare lapse  Politico
2. House Republican leaders ditch vote on ACA funding, all but ensuring premiums will rise  NBC News
3. Johnson Casts Doubt on Allowing House to Vote to Extend Health Subsidies  The New York Times
4. House GOP will not allow amendment vote to extend ObamaCare subsidies  thehill.com
5. Key ACA tax credits likely to expire after House speaker blocks vote  CNBC

1. Recruiting Roundup: Sherrone Moore saga massively affecting Michigan Football recruiting  Maize n Brew
2. Interim coach says U-M's players feel 'betrayed'  ESPN
3. Jim Harbaugh says he has communicated with Sherrone Moore since arrest  Detroit Free Press
4. Biff Poggi says Michigan players feel ‘betrayed’ after Sherrone Moore firing  The New York Times
5. Former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh: Sherrone Moore scandal a 'tragedy'  The Detroit News

1. NASA’s Webb Observes Exoplanet Whose Composition Defies Explanation  NASA Science (.gov)
2. James Webb Space Telescope discovers a lemon-shaped exoplanet unlike anything seen before: 'What the heck is this?'  Space
3. "What The Heck Is This?": JWST Reveals Bizarre Exoplanet With Inexplicable Composition  IFLScience
4. NASA’s Webb telescope finds bizarre atmosphere on a lemon-shaped exoplanet  University of Chicago News
5. Lemon-shaped planet has a really weird atmosphere  futurity.org

1. Xcel likely to shut off power to many Front Range communities at noon Wednesday due to dry conditions and high winds  Colorado Public Radio
2. Xcel may shut off power to up to 500,000 customers amid dry, windy weather in Colorado  The Denver Post
3. ‘Be ready for outages’: Xcel says power shutoffs likely on Wednesday for high winds  kdvr.com
4. Xcel Energy warns of possible electricity shutoff due to Colorado wind  The Coloradoan
5. Power shutoffs likely in Colorado as ‘high impact wind event’ expected Wednesday  Denver7

1. Liverpool parade attacker jailed for more than 21 years for ploughing car into fans  Reuters
2. Liverpool parade crash: Paul Doyle sentenced to 21 years and six months in jail  ESPN
3. AUDIO: Driver in UK soccer parade ramming given extensive jail term  Australian Broadcasting Corporation
4. Man Who Plowed Car Into Liverpool F.C. Parade Is Sentenced to 21 Years  The New York Times
5. Liverpool parade driver jailed for 21-and-a-half years for using car as ‘weapon’ to plow into crowds of fans  CNN

1. Jimmy Lai case shows how China is rewriting Hong Kong’s history  The Washington Post
2. Opinion | My dad is shrinking to nothing. If China fails to act, he’ll be a martyr.  The Washington Post
3. Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai’s Conviction Was Years in the Making  The New York Times
4. Trump urges Xi to free Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai  BBC
5. Tycoon troublemaker: the rise and fall of Jimmy Lai  The Economist

1. NFL Power Rankings, Week 16: Broncos, Jaguars climb; Packers head in wrong direction  NFL.com
2. Updated NFL Power Rankings: New 1-32 poll, plus who could get extended this offseason  ESPN
3. NFL power rankings Week 16: Patriots' loss, key injuries shake up top 10  USA Today
4. NFL Week 16 Power Rankings: Broncos, Bills surging, 49ers lurking as we pick team MVPs - The Athletic  The New York Times
5. B/R Experts Week 16 NFL Power Rankings  Bleacher Report

1. Ford's $19.5 billion EV writedown signals tough road ahead for legacy carmakers  Reuters
2. Opinion | Ford Learns a Brutal EV Lesson  The Wall Street Journal
3. Ford cuts electric F-150 Lightning production, takes $19.5B charge in strategic shift  Fox Business
4. Ford takes $19.5 billion hit as it pulls back on electric vehicle plans, halts F-150 Lightning production  CNN
5. Ford Follows Customers to Drive Profitable Growth; Reinvests in Trucks, Hybrids, Affordable EVs, Battery Storage; Takes EV-Related Charges  Ford From the Road

1. Bondi Beach gunman originally from India, police say  BBC
2. New dashcam video shows couple confronting Bondi Beach gunman before deadly rampage  CNN
3. Bondi Beach mass shooting suspects traveled to Philippines weeks before attack  ABC News
4. Why some of world's toughest gun laws didn't work on Bondi Beach.  USA Today
5. Bondi Beach suspects reportedly trained in the Philippines, where there's a decades-old Islamist insurgency  CBS News

1. Adobe Firefly now supports prompt-based video editing, adds more third-party models  TechCrunch
2. Adobe Firefly's New AI Editing Tools Are a Step Toward More Precise AI Video  CNET
3. Adobe Firefly improves AI video creation with new tools, new models and unlimited generations  Adobe
4. Adobe Wants to Make Editing AI Videos More Like Editing Real Videos  PetaPixel
5. Adobe Stock (ADBE) News Today: Firefly Video Editor Update, Fresh Analyst Targets, and the 2026 Outlook — December 16, 2025  ts2.tech

1. Avatar: Fire and Ash review: The latest in the sci-fi adventure series is the longest and worst yet  BBC
2. ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Review: For the First Time in His Spectacular Career, James Cameron Delivers a Movie That Feels Like Something You’ve Seen Before  IndieWire
3. Avatar: Fire and Ash First Reviews: Familiar, but Still a Spectacle to Behold  Rotten Tomatoes
4. ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Is a Ghastly, Gazillion-Dollar Bore  The Daily Beast
5. “Avatar: Fire and Ash” Mostly Treads Water  The New Yorker

1. NFL mock draft 2026: 3 QBs go in updated first-round projection, including No. 1 overall  SB Nation
2. Renner's 2026 NFL mock draft 5.0: Giants trade No. 1 pick as QBs, edge rushers take over top 10  CBS Sports
3. Jets urged to make bold NFL Draft decision on Fernando Mendoza  Yahoo Sports
4. Which teams eliminated from playoff contention have brightest 2026 NFL Draft outlooks?  The New York Times
5. 2026 NFL Mock Draft: Jets trade up for Fernando Mendoza, Vikings land Jeremiyah Love  PFF

1. BBC vows to defend itself as Trump sues for $10 billion, claiming defamation and unfair trade practice  CBS News
2. BBC declares it will fight the US President but should it?  BBC
3. BBC to fight Trump’s $10bn lawsuit, saying it should be dismissed  The Guardian
4. Trump Files $10 Billion Suit Over BBC Documentary  The New York Times
5. Trump sues the BBC for billions for defamation over editing of January 6 speech  CNN

1. Rob Reiner's son Nick arrested. And, Brown University shooting suspect image released  NPR
2. 5 things to know for Dec. 16: Rob Reiner death investigation, Bondi Beach attack, Brown University shooter, Boat strikes, BBC  CNN
3. Tuesday briefing: Hunt for the Brown University shooter; Bondi Beach gunmen; Trump’s Rob Reiner post; and more  The Washington Post
4. Morning Headlines - Monday, Dec. 15, 2025  DrydenWire.com
5. AP News Summary at 7:32 a.m. EST  hngnews.com