Kyle Nowak

🔥 It’s Monday, December 2nd – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

📰 Syrian rebels captured most of Aleppo in a surprise offensive; Elon Musk files injunction to stop OpenAI’s transition to a for-profit company; and more.

🖱📰 Click to see a list of bite-sized stories you should know for today.

“Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.”

–Laurence J. Peter (1919-1990)

🏥 The Biden admin is moving to cover obesity drugs under Medicare and Medicaid; Israel and Hezbollah have officially agreed to a ceasefire; and more.

🧑‍⚖️🏐 A federal judge rejected a request to prevent an allegedly transgender player on the San Jose State women’s volleyball team from playing, following several in-season forfeits.

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Here are five stats from this past week that made our team go “whoa.” Hopefully you will, too.

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“Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation.”

–Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727)

📸💰 Kodak is preparing to terminate its US pension plan to access the fund’s surplus, with the camera company once again arriving late to a broader trend of replacing pensions with 401(k)s.

🌍 Israel and Hezbollah are nearing a ceasefire deal; California plans to keep offering EV tax rebates if the existing federal program is cut; and more.

❓ Our question to you: In general, do you support the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency?

🔥 It’s Tuesday, November 26th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

✈️🕵️ The FBI may be one step closer to answering the only unsolved air piracy case in US history: the D.B. Cooper hijacking.

🏈 Last week, the nation’s #1 football recruit, QB Bryce Underwood, flipped his commitment from LSU to Michigan. And a billionaire’s mysterious wife may have been the deciding factor.

"The world only exists in your eyes – your conception of it. You can make it as big or as small as you want to."

–Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

📸 Countries at COP29 reached a delayed agreement on climate financing; “Glicked” powered the pre-Thanksgiving box office to its best performance in over a decade; and more.

❓ Our question to you: In general, do you think developed nations should pay more or less money to developing countries to help them fight climate change?

🏛️ President-elect Trump recently named Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). But what will it actually do?