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Also in today's Digest: a deadly shooting in Poland (Need To Know), "Godzilla Minus Zero" debuts in theaters (Sports, Ent., & Cult.), could UFC's Dana White be the next press secretary? (Pol. & World Affairs), the TSA's itsy bitsy spider (Etc.), and much more.
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Ukraine-Russia Negotiations Resume |
Representatives from the US, Ukraine, and Russia will meet in Abu Dhabi tomorrow for a new round of talks. The two-day meeting is the fourth round of US-brokered trilateral negotiations organized by the Trump administration and the first since February.
President Donald Trump predicted an agreement could be produced soon, potentially involving all of Europe, after meeting with a Russian envoy at the White House last week. Special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to participate in the US delegation, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggesting progress has already been made on what postwar security infrastructure could look like. France said yesterday Europe will be represented, although it is not clear to what extent it will be involved in negotiations.
Kyiv and Moscow continued engaging in attacks over the weekend, including through drone strikes and ballistic missiles. See the latest war updates here. |
Polish prosecutors opened a terrorism investigation yesterday into a mass shooting in Krakow’s main market square that killed at least six people and wounded 15 others. It marks Poland’s deadliest shooting since the post-communism era began in 1989.
Around 3 pm local time Saturday, a 24-year-old Polish man opened fire from his car by Rynek Główny, a historic plaza that attracts more than 40,000 visitors daily. He used an automatic weapon to shoot randomly (see video—warning, sensitive). Police later searched the suspect’s home about 93 miles northeast of Krakow and found the bodies of his father, mother, and younger sister. The gunman is in critical condition as of this writing after being shot by police. Authorities described him as having ultranationalistic views.
Roughly 1% of Poland’s approximately 37 million people hold gun permits. Approximately 32% of US adults say they own a gun. See how gun ownership policies and homicide rates differ across several countries here. |
The Rockefeller Christmas tree arrived in New York City Saturday, kicking off a tourist season that will see up to an estimated 750,000 people visit daily.
The tradition dates back to 1931, when construction workers at what would become Rockefeller Plaza pooled resources to buy a 20-foot balsam fir tree (see more via YouTube). Since then, the tradition has involved larger trees, typically a Norway spruce lit with more than 50,000 LED lights and topped with a roughly 900-pound Swarovski-crystal star. This year’s tree is a 76-foot-tall, 11-ton Norway spruce from West Edmeston, New York, planted around 75 years ago. The tree will be lit from Dec. 2 to Jan. 9, after which the wood will be donated to Habitat for Humanity.
See an interview with Erik Pauze, the gardener who selects the tree each year, here (w/video). |
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🫶 Humankind: High school students fill entire football field, end zone to end zone, with more than 250,000 pounds of food to donate to local food banks (w/photo). |
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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture |
> "Godzilla Minus Zero" notches $31.6M debut in North America, the largest opening for a foreign-produced, non-English language movie since Chinese film "Hero" set the record with $17.8M in 2002 (More) | How to watch all 36 live-action Godzilla movies (More) |
> North Carolina State is reportedly finalizing a deal to hire former NFL quarterback and alumnus Philip Rivers as next football coach (More) | Lando Norris wins Formula 1 São Paulo Grand Prix (More) |
> "The Bachelor" will return March 21, 2027, marking the first new season of the dating competition in nearly two years (More) |
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> The US surpasses 5,000 measles cases with infections confirmed in 45 states; around 96% of cases are among unvaccinated people or people whose vaccination status is unknown (More) | Track cases and outbreaks (More, scroll for map) |
> NASA opens astronaut applications for the first time since 2024, seeking new recruits who would help expand the Artemis program (More) | What are the requirements to become an astronaut? (More) |
> Siberian burial site findings suggest humans used cannabis for psychoactive purposes around 2,800 years ago, at least 300 years earlier than previously documented (More) |
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> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 +0.3%, Dow -0.5%, Nasdaq +1.1%) as chip stocks rebound from post-Election Day selloff (More) |
> Nvidia's board says it will investigate CEO Jensen Huang's relationship with an alleged Chinese spy after Huang wrote in a message to staff yesterday they engaged in a romantic relationship (More) | See previous write-up (More) |
> Poppi founders launch Jetty, a hydration drink and electrolyte mix company competing with PepsiCo's Gatorade; Poppi's founders sold their soda company to PepsiCo for nearly $2B in 2025 (More) | Revisit Poppi on "Shark Tank" (More via YouTube) |
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> UFC CEO Dana White will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House today after Trump says he was "kidding" about offering him the role of press secretary (More) | See White's reaction to being asked about it (More) |
> Israel's president tasks opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot with the first opportunity to form a government following Oct. 27 elections (More) | Hundreds of protesters and counterprotesters turn out in Philadelphia amid boycott of several Jewish-owned businesses characterized as pro-Israel (More) |
> Iran executes three men who participated in anti-government protests this year, accusing them of violent unrest, supporting US and Israel (More) | Iran led known death penalty use in 2025, per report (More, scroll for chart and map) |
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November roughly marks the start of "stroke season"—when cold weather leads to increased risk of the cardiovascular emergency. |
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Historybook: Napoleon Bonaparte leads coup and becomes dictator of France (1799); American poet and Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Sexton born (1928); Astronomer Carl Sagan born (1934); First issue of Rolling Stone published (1967).
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