• ☝️ Cities and residents across the US celebrated Veterans Day yesterday with parades, memorial services, and acts of service.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

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• 💰 US markets rose across the board yesterday (S&P: +0.1%; Dow: +0.7%; Nasdaq: +0.1%); the S&P and Dow closed at new record highs.
• 🌯 Chipotle announced Scott Boatwright will become its new CEO effective immediately; Boatwright had been serving as interim CEO since August, when Brian Niccol left for Starbucks.
• 🇭🇹✈️ Several US airlines have suspended flights to Haiti after a Spirit Airlines plane appeared to be hit by gunfire while attempting to land in the country.

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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• ⚾ The Philadelphia Phillies raised $500 million in capital from three investors; the deal values the franchise at ~$3 billion.
• ⚽ Lionel Messi's Inter Miami was eliminated in the first round of the MLS Cup Playoffs following a 3-2 loss to Atlanta United. See the full MLS playoff picture here. | ⚽ NWSL Playoffs: The Washington Spirit, NY/NJ Gotham FC, Orlando Pride, and Kansas City Current have advanced to the semifinals
• 🏆🎶 Beyoncé leads the pack in this year's Grammy nominations, with 11 nods for Cowboy Carter; Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, Post Malone, and Charli XCX each received seven nods, followed by Taylor Swift with six. See the full list of nominations.

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

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• 🏥 An estimated 16% of US adults are thought to have diabetes (including undiagnosed cases), up from 10% in 2000, according to new CDC data.
• 💻 TSMC, the Taiwanese semiconductor giant that makes 90+% of the world’s cutting-edge computer chips, is pausing delivery of some advanced chips to China; the move comes after a TSMC chip was discovered in Huawei tech despite US sanctions.
• 🪐 Much of scientists’ knowledge of Uranus comes from a brief Voyager 2 flyby in 1986 – but that flyby may have occurred during a freak event where an exceptional increase in solar activity caused Uranus’ magnetic field to shrink, per a new study. | 🐒 At least 25 of the 43 monkeys who escaped a South Carolina research facility last week have now been captured.

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MISCELLANEOUS

• 🇺🇸🗳️ 2024 Election: Republicans drew closer to maintaining their House majority this weekend and hold a 214-204 lead as of last night, per the AP (218 is a majority); in the Senate, Republicans currently hold a 53-46 lead with one seat in Arizona yet to be called, per the AP; President-elect Trump ended with 312 electoral votes to 226 for Harris after his clean sweep of all seven battleground states was finalized this weekend. | 🏛️ President-elect Trump appointed several senior cabinet members and advisers over the holiday weekend. | ⚖️ The DOJ charged three men in alleged Iran-linked murder-for-hire plots, including targeting President-elect Trump on the campaign trail.
• 🔥 Wildfires continued to burn yesterday on America’s East and West Coasts; the Northeast US is dealing with smaller wildfires that caused at least one death, while California continues to fight a larger fire northwest of LA that’s forced thousands of evacuations. | 🌀 FEMA fired a worker who told her team to avoid houses with pro-Trump yard signs while responding to a recent Florida hurricane.
• ⛪ The bells of Notre Dame cathedral rang out on Friday for the first time since a 2019 fire devastated the world heritage landmark. | 🌍 Arab and Muslim leaders are convening in Saudi Arabia for a summit this week; topics are expected to include Israeli fighting in Gaza and Lebanon, as well as the upcoming Trump presidency.

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