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☆ 5 takeaways from the unveiling of the 12-team College Football Playoff field
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —The field is set, the games are scheduled, and college football fans have an absolutely scrumptious holiday buffet of playoff games set out in front of them. The College Football Playoff Selection Committee unveiled its final rankings and the bracket for the first-ever field of 12 teams competing for a national title in the expanded playoff format later on this month. Here are five takeaways from the reveal of the College Football Playoff tournament on Sunday. We get to take a little bit of a break and get ready for the College Football Playoff. The Fighting Irish are one of the winningest college football teams in history and will enter the game as the favorite, but Indiana’s season has been one of the biggest stories of college football this year.

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For more on the GOP agenda in the new Congress, watch CNN’s “Inside Politics Sunday with Manu Raju” this Sunday at 8 a.m. Typically, any senator can filibuster legislation, which would require 60 votes to overcome in a Senate where Republicans will hold a 53-47 majority. We know how to work with a small majority.”With the razor-thin majority, House Republicans may have an unusual amount of leverage in the typically Senate-driven process of crafting a filibuster-proof legislative package. A group of House GOP chairmen first sat down in May to plot this massive package under a potential Trump presidency, according to a person familiar with the discussions. But even some veteran Senate Republicans warned that passing two reconciliation bills will be a tall order.

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☆ Guyana considers making Jonestown a tourist attraction
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Story Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Georgetown, Guyana — AP —Guyana is revisiting a dark history nearly half a century after U.S. Rev. Vilchez, 67, said Guyana has every right to profit from any plans related to Jonestown. Stringer/APThe tour would ferry visitors to the far-flung village of Port Kaituma nestled in the lush jungles of northern Guyana. Stringer/APAn offering to the landUntil now, most visitors to Jonestown have been reporters and family members of those who died. When Vilchez returned to Guyana in 2018 for the first time since the mass suicide-murder, she made an offering to the land when she arrived in Jonestown.

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☆ Analysis: How Marco Rubio could raise the stakes for Cuba if he becomes secretary of state
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Patrick Oppmann | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Havana, Cuba CNN —For more than 60 years Cuba has buckled under US economic sanctions and its own government’s missteps. The son of Cuban exiles, Rubio has long made it his mission to ramp up the US trade embargo on Cuba. If confirmed, Secretary of State Rubio will face far more pressing issues like Russia’s war in Ukraine, conflict in the Middle East and countering growing Chinese influence in the world, particularly in Latin America. As secretary of state, Rubio could run point on devising additional economic sanctions on Cuba, increasing funding for dissidents and pro-democracy programs that Havana considers tantamount to regime change, and further restricting US travel to Cuba. During the first Trump administration, “Rubio called the shots on Cuba,” a US diplomat who did want to be quoted by name told CNN.

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☆ Want to set yourself up for career success in 2025? What you should 'always, always, always' do, from an ex-Nvidia recruiter
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Only about 13% say their job search is going well, according to ZipRecruiter's recent Jobseeker Confidence Survey, while 43% say it's going poorly. Whether you're experiencing challenges looking for work or you're simply looking for ways to build your career in 2025, here are Fackrell's best three tips to set yourself up for success. "Problem-solving, project management, communication," says Fackrell, "I think you should always be trying to refine those and improve those, no matter where you are in your career journey." If you're building a mentor-mentee relationship, Fackrell recommends checking in once a month. The point is, "the relationship that you started cultivating and building last August," she says, "that might be fruitful next March."

Persons: Stefanie Fackrell, who's, Slack, Fackrell Organizations: Nvidia, Google

☆ Taylor Swift's 'Eras Tour Book' sells more than 800,000 copies in first weekend
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Kaitlyn Schwanemann | Kaitlyn Schwanemann Is An Intern For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

According to Circana, Swift’s “Eras Tour Book” sold 814,000 copies over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Swift also brought the three-hour “Eras Tour” concert film to movie theaters independently. Even some Swifties took issue with the book release — dubbing it “The Errors Tour Book” — after they spotted an abundance of grammar mistakes, typos, graphic design mishaps and blurry or low-quality photos. With her “Eras Tour Book” in hand, she asked, “If you’re paying $40 for a book, wouldn’t you expect it to not have this many errors?”Neither Target nor Swift’s team responded to requests for comment. The book is also “the highest-selling book in the Music category since Circana began tracking 20 years ago,” according to the press release.

Persons: Circana, ”, Swift, “, ‘ Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift, ” Rick Gomez Organizations: Target, Disney, Poets Department

For the past four years, Texas has made itself an adversary of the White House on immigration. “We’re actively looking at the properties we have around the state and seeing if it works for the Trump administration,” Buckingham told NBC News. Buckingham also said that Texas would look to help guide the incoming administration’s policies on border security. Scott Stephen Ball for The Washington Post via Getty Images fileThe Trump administration is listening. But legal experts, including Su, are watching to see if Trump’s Department of Justice backs off from that and other legal challenges on Texas’ immigration policies that were undertaken by the Biden administration.

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Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad did not seize an opportunity to reconcile his relationship with the Syrian people during a period when the country’s civil war had quietened, according to Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. “We didn’t see any serious movement on the return of the refugees or reconciling with his people,” Al Thani said. Rebel forces in Syria are currently advancing quickly to capture cities previously controlled by Assad in both the north and south of the country. “Our worries (are) that this will bring us back to the old cycles of internal violence and civil war, which would threaten the territorial integrity of the state of Syria,” he said. “Honestly it’s going to damage and destroy what’s left if there’s no sense of urgency to start putting a political framework to what’s happening over there.”

Persons: Bashar al, Assad, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman, ” Al Thani, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, ”, what’s Organizations: Qatari Locations: Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Doha, Qatar’s, Syria

Syrian rebels claimed to have seized a key southwestern city close to the border with Jordan as on Saturday they pressed on with a lightning-fast offensive that threatens to further destabilize a region already convulsed by war. "Once they get Homs, then really Damascus is cut off and they'll all be centered around Damascus and Latakia on the coast." But Hellyer said there was not yet a definitive outcome to the conflict despite the rebels' rapid advance. The collapse of government control in Daraa and the threat to Homs signals a growing vulnerability in Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s hold on power. The observatory says more than 820 people, including 111 civilians, have been killed across the country since the rebels began their offensive.

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☆ Is Red No. 3, the artificial food dye, safe? FDA may finally move to ban it
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Kaitlin Sullivan | Kaitlin Sullivan Is A Contributor For Nbcnews.Com Who Has Worked With Nbc News Investigations. She Reports On Health | Science | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +12 min

The Food and Drug Administration may finally move to ban artificial red food dye, the coloring found in beverages, snacks, cereals and candies. This means that thousands of products that contain this chemical can remain on the market.”Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for health secretary, has claimed food dyes cause cancer, but has not said what he would do if confirmed to the Cabinet post — if anything — about artificial food dyes in American food. The European Union requires a warning label on products that contain three artificial food dyes approved in the U.S.:Yellow No. “All the colors listed have recently undergone assessments for safety in food by the JECFA and were found to be safe for use in food under current use conditions.”States already banning the artificial food dyesStates are already putting pressure on manufacturers to remove artificial dyes from food and beverages. The law will ban six of the nine FDA-approved artificial food dyes –– Red No.

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Jupiter on Saturday will shine at its brightest for the year, as Earth’s orbit swings our planet between Jupiter and the sun. As night falls, Jupiter will rise in the east-northeast, among the stars that make up the constellation of Taurus, according to NASA. These stars can be seen all season long and often feature prominently in the winter sky. To spot the Winter Triangle, first look for the three stars that make up Orion’s belt. Slightly lower and to the left of the belt will be Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky.

Persons: Galileo Galilei, Procyon Organizations: NASA, Sirius, Orion, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere Locations: Northern

☆ Democrats and Republicans in Congress worried that Gabbard might leak information to Syria
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Dan De Luce | Dan De Luce Is A Reporter For The Nbc News Investigative Unit. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +15 min

The aides were concerned Gabbard might leak the name of the defector, who had hidden his identity out of fear of reprisals from the Assad regime. In the past, Caesar had spoken privately to members of Congress without his face covered when Gabbard was not present. The Assad regime brutally crushed peaceful political protests in 2011, firing on unarmed demonstrators and carrying out mass arrests and torture. As the war intensified, Gabbard’s sympathetic statements about the Russian-backed Assad regime raised eyebrows and alarmed her colleagues. “She basically completely adopted the Assad regime propaganda, where she suggested falsely that the U.S. was supporting terrorist extremists in Syria, and didn’t mention that the Assad regime had been slaughtering fellow Syrians there,” the former official said.

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A high-profile violent crime typically sets social media abuzz with tips and theories from amateur internet sleuths, hunting for the alleged perpetrator. Thompson’s targeted killing has sparked online praise from people angry over the state of U.S. health care. A Gallup poll released Friday found that Americans believe health care quality is at a 24-year low. Those polled said health care coverage is even worse, with 54% saying it’s fair or poor. At least one person who did try to help find Thompson’s killer was criticized on X, formerly known as Twitter, for doing so.

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☆ Elon Musk says DOGE can 'gut the federal government' with a recent Supreme Court ruling. Some lawyers disagree.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy said a SCOTUS ruling on federal regulations will help them cut spending through DOGE. AdvertisementThe Supreme Court might not help Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's spending cut goals as much as they might think. Holes in Musk and Ramaswamy's argumentThe Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine in June 2024 in a ruling on the case Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. The Biden administration went through that process to craft its second student-loan forgiveness plan after the Supreme Court struck down the first one. It's not clear that the Supreme Court had that in mind when it overruled Chevron."

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☆ South Korea's President Yoon survives impeachment motion after ruling party boycotts vote
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Ruxandra Iordache | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - NOVEMBER 07: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol attends a press conference on state affairs at the presidential office on Nov. 7, 2024. Beleaguered South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday survived an impeachment motion triggered by his short-lived failed attempt to impose martial law earlier this week, after his ruling party boycotted the vote, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap. The motion, tabled by opposition politicians including the leading Democratic Party, needed the support of two-thirds of South Korea's 300-member National Assembly to pass. Allied lawmakers walked out ahead of the vote on Saturday, making it impossible to meet the required quorum for the impeachment vote. South Korea is no stranger to such proceedings, with two heads of state previously impeached since the turn of the century: Roh Moo-hyun in 2004 and Park Geun-hye in 2016.

Persons: Yoon Suk, yeol, Yoon, Kim Keon Hee, Roh Moo Organizations: SOUTH, South, Democratic Party, National Assembly, Reuters Locations: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, South Korean, South Korea

☆ 4 people who bought and sold homes without a traditional real-estate agent break down how and why they did it
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Some predicted more people would forego hiring traditional real-estate agents for their deals. AdvertisementA 2023 court ruling against the country's biggest association of real-estate agents was expected to transform how Americans buy and sell homes. The majority of Americans hire a traditional real-estate broker to facilitate their transactions. Read on to hear from the four people who bought or sold homes this year via big companies or real-estate startups instead of a traditional agent. According to Kenneth Bloom, who's already sold two properties with Redy, the savings are significant compared to using a traditional real-estate agent.

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However, authorities uncovered a backpack upon a second sweep of Central Park Friday evening, which awaits forensic lab testing in Queens, a law enforcement official told CNN. Investigators are also examining whether the shooter used a specialized weapon in the killing, Kenny told reporters Friday. The suspect traveled to New York City on a Greyhound bus that began its route in Atlanta, Kenny said Friday. The law enforcement source said most people on the list have been already been dismissed by using social media searches. The mandate is to continue to build a video timeline of every day the suspect was in the city, the source said.

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☆ We left corporate jobs and a 6-figure salary to travel full-time. It took years of saving.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Haley and Shane Mahabadi left corporate jobs and a six-figure salary to travel full time. The married couple planned and saved for years before heading to Southeast Asia. Haley left her corporate job in 2023 and Shane left his this year so they could travel. Haley: After graduating college in 2019, we did a two-and-a-half month-long backpacking trip through Southeast Asia. AdvertisementHaley and Shane Mahabadi left corporate America and are traveling full time in Southeast Asia.

Persons: Haley, Shane Mahabadi, Shane, We've, we're, Shane Mahabadi Shane, we'd, I'd, I'm, we'll, That's Organizations: Dish Network Locations: Southeast Asia, Denver, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, America, Northern Vietnam

☆ Holiday celebrations: What to do when you’re on your own
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

If you’re troubled by your situation, it’s OK to honor your feelings and keep the celebrations low-key or sit this holiday season out, experts say. This could be the holiday season in which you feel empowered to create new meaningful experiences with friends or the VIP in your life who is always there for you — yourself. Here’s how to figure out what’s best for you this holiday season. Silver encourages single people to “stop viewing your holiday season as a consolation prize.”Your holiday season isn’t insignificant, said Silver, who has been single for 17 years. Regardless of what you do, Silver said she hopes you have as happy a holiday as anyone else — and urges you to choose the holiday season plans that you have the emotional bandwidth to handle.

Persons: “, ”, Shani Silver, podcaster, Norman Rockwell, Ayanna Abrams, you’re “, Abrams, Adam Brown, Silver, Brown, you’ve, gifting, intangibles, can’t, ” Abrams Organizations: CNN, The New School for Social Research Locations: New Orleans, Atlanta, New York

☆ What the Syrian rebellion could mean for the balance of power in the Middle East
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Mostafa Salem | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Syrian rebels have made a lightning advance in the north of the country, taking two major cities: Aleppo, the second biggest city, and Hama, a strategically important city that lies on a vital supply route. For Russia, Syria’s fall could mean losing its closest Middle Eastern ally and undermining its ability to project power while it fights a war in Ukraine. In 2023, the Syrian regime was readmitted to the Arab League. Over a decade after they backed the Syrian opposition, Gulf Arab states, including Saudi Arabia and the UAE, are now siding with Assad as he once again faces a rebellion. SANA/ReutersIn Syria, Israel has consistently targeted Iranian personnel and supply routes used to transfer weapons to its proxies.

Persons: Bashar al, ” Abu Mohammad al, Assad, wouldn’t, Emiratis, ”, Parsi, “, Amiri Diwan, ” Parsi, Abbas Araghchi, Al Araby Al, Israel Israel, Israel, Hadi, Israel debilitated, ” Al Bahra, Al Sham, Abu Muhammad Al Jolani, ” Avi Melamed, Russia Assad, Vladimir Putin, ” Assad, Nicole Grajewski, Vladimir Isachenkov, Moscow hadn’t, ” Grajewski, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Galip Dalay, ” Dalay, Erdogan Organizations: CNN — Global, Al, CNN, Saudi, United Arab, Hezbollah, Arab League, Gulf, Washington DC, Quincy Institute ., Gulf Cooperation Council, Gulf Cooperation, Getty, Islamic, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Hamas, Iran's, Iranian, West, Trump, Syrian National Army, Reuters, “, Nuclear, Carnegie Endowment, International, Moscow, Chatham House, Kurdistan Workers ’ Party Locations: Syria, Aleppo, Hama, Homs, Damascus, “, Al Qaeda, Israel, Russia, Ukraine, Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, UAE, Gulf Arab, Arab, ”, Bayan, Kuwait City, Kuwait, State, Qatar, Anadolu, Iran Iran, Islamic Republic, Assad, SANA, Lebanon, Qatari, Al Araby Al Jadeed, Tehran, Turkey, Hayat, Qaeda, “ Israel, Russian, Syrian, “ Russia, ” Turkey Turkey, Ankara, London, Turkish, Kurdistan, Kurdish, Iraq

☆ How much holiday cheer is too much? Investor enthusiasm on stocks running high into year-end
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Michael Santoli | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

The trick, though, comes in trying to distinguish between a bull market feeding off rational fundamental positives and one that has grown so frisky as to be acutely risky. What's clear for sure is that we've entered the "belief" phase of this bull market, which is more than two years old yet is showing few of the telltale signs of ending very soon. Wall Street turns bullish Brokerage-house strategists as a group were far too cautious entering 2023, the S & P 500 staying ahead of the consensus target virtually all year. Yet we think there will be fewer checks when stocks are running up, creating the potential for risk appetite to turn frothy." Just normal bull market?

Persons: we've, Todd Sohn, Donald Trump, Donald Trump's, anecdotally, David Rosenberg, Rosenberg, YTD, Stephen Suttmeier, Goldman Sachs, DocuSign, industrials Organizations: telltale, Strategas Research, Wall, Rosenberg Research, Blackrock Investment Institute, Blackrock, Bank of America, Robinhood, Cloud Computing, Trump, Big Tech, Leuthold, Fed

☆ Matan Zangauker: Mother of Israeli hostage in Hamas video calls on Netanyahu to do a deal
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Tamar Michaelis | Jennifer Hauser | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —The mother of a hostage who appears in the latest “proof of life” video released by Hamas has doubled down on her criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, making an emotional appeal for him to do a deal for the captives’ return. In the video, Zangauker describes living with spiders and rats. Know that we’re not stopping for a moment … stay strong.”Israeli hostage Matan Zangauker appears in a video released by Hamas on December 7, 2024. I heard his voice crying out for help.”Former hostages Yocheved Lifshitz and Illana Gritzewsky stand by Natalie Zangauker, sister of hostage Matan Zangauker at a Tel Aviv rally on December 7, 2024. In the video released Saturday, Zangauker appears to acknowledge his mother’s efforts.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Zangauker –, –, Zangauker, Zangauker’s, ”, Einav –, Netanyahu’s, Einav Zangauker, “ Netanyahu, Matan Zangauker, Yair Lapid, Matan, Einav, Illana Gritzewsky, Nir Oz Kibbutz –, Nir Oz, Gritzewsky, Natalie, Yocheved Lifshitz, Natalie Zangauker, Paulina Patimer, Edan Alexander, Donald Trump, ’, Netanyahu Organizations: CNN, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces Locations: Gaza, Israel, Tel Aviv, ”, Zangauker, Jerusalem

☆ Investors shouldn't be terrified about tariffs in 2025, the top minds at $2.1 trillion BNY Wealth say
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

BNY Wealth is bullish about US stocks and economic growth heading into 2025. Sinead Colton Grant, who's the chief investment officer at BNY Wealth, is once again upbeat about the US economy and stocks. "What seems to be happening across the industry is a straight read across, from 'tariffs equals higher prices equals inflation,'" Colton Grant said. One example Colton Grant cited is the US automobile industry, which struggles to compete with Chinese electric vehicles. As far as sectors are concerned, Colton Grant highlighted a trifecta of economically sensitive groups that stand out: financials, industrials, and energy.

Persons: Donald Trump's, Sinead Colton Grant, who's, Colton Grant, Trump, that's, It's Organizations: Business, Equity, Companies Locations: China, Canada, Mexico, People's Republic

A gunman fatally shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on December 4 in New York City. New York City is under constant surveillance by police and residentsAfter the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, George W. Bush's administration expanded surveillance across the country. Since then, the emphasis on surveillance and security has spread nationwide, including in New York City, where cameras are now everywhere. Amnesty International, a human rights organization, said there were over 25,500 surveillance cameras in New York City in a 2022 report. This May, New York City Mayor Eric Adams launched a pilot program focused on using technology to increase public safety.

Persons: Brian Thompson, —, Thompson, Joseph Giacolone, John Jay, it's, George W, Bush, Eric Adams, Jessica Tisch, Giacolone, I've Organizations: NYPD, Hilton, The New York Police Department, Mount Sinai, Service, Trump, CNN, John, John Jay School of Criminal, Aviation, Transportation Act, Transportation Security Administration, USA Patriot, Department of Homeland Security, Amnesty, New York City, Authorities Locations: New York City, Midtown Manhattan, New York, York City, Central

☆ Longevity doctor and yogi: I 'build my life around' these 5 daily habits—anyone can benefit from them
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

An intentional lifestyle focused on improving health outcomes and optimizing wellbeing is "what I build my life around," says Bhanote. As a longevity doctor and physician with a focus on cellular health, "which translates into the modern world of longevity ," Bhanote has plenty of knowledge about how to live a long, healthy life. That's kind of what I build my life around, what I share when I'm working with patients [and] when I'm speaking at events. There's a lot of food chemicals and additives, things that our body can't break down and it creates inflammation. Really being intentional [about] what type of movement I'm doing.

Persons: Monisha Bhanote, I've, I'm, that's, what's Organizations: CNBC, Energy Locations: Europe, Asia

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