• 👆 Rolls-Royce unveiled a conceptual design of a mini nuclear reactor that could one day power human settlements on the Moon.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

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• 💰 US markets rose across the board on Friday (S&P: +0.4%; Dow: +0.4%; Nasdaq: +0.5%); the S&P and Nasdaq closed at their highest levels since early 2022. | 💼 The US economy added 199,000 jobs in November, above analysts’ estimates of 185,000; the unemployment rate fell to 3.7% (from 3.9% in October).
• 🦷 SmileDirectClub, the US-based teeth-alignment company once valued at $8.9 billion, is shutting down.
• 📲 Beeper Mini, a startup that successfully reverse-engineered Apple’s iMessage and made it available to Android users, was shut down by Apple on Friday; however, Beeper Mini posted on X Saturday that its service was once again working with iMessage.

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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• SCOREBOARD: 🏀 NBA: The LA Lakers beat the Indiana Pacers to win the inaugural In-Season Tournament; 🏈 NFL: See a full Week 14 recap; 🏆 CFB: LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels won the 2023 Heisman Trophy.
• 🎤💰 Taylor Swift's Eras Tour is the first tour to cross the billion-dollar mark, per new data.
• 🍿 The Boy and the Heron, a movie from Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki, led the US box office with a $12.8 million gross on its opening weekend; it’s the first anime film to top the North American box office.

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

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• ⚛️ The US particle physics community announced its plan for research over the next 5-10 years; if funded, the projects could help scientists better understand the laws of nature.
• 🦖 Scientists discovered prey inside the stomach of a T-Rex skeleton for the first time.
• 🛫 The US Space Force's secretive X-37B space plane is scheduled to be launched into orbit today by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.

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MISCELLANEOUS

• ⚖️ The Texas Supreme Court paused a lower court’s ruling that would have allowed a Dallas woman to receive an emergency abortion.
• ⚖️ The Oxford, Michigan, high school shooter who killed four people and injured seven others in 2021 was sentenced to life in prison without parole; his parents face their own manslaughter trial on January 23.
• ⚖️ The Justice Department filed nine tax-related charges against Hunter Biden, including evasion of assessment, failure to file and pay taxes, and false or fraudulent tax returns.

CLICKBAIT

• 🥇🍿 Ranking the top 10 movies of 2023.