Ex-Pakistani Leader Convicted

Former military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf was sentenced to death in absentia by a Pakistani court yesterday on charges of high treason. Musharraf has been living in Dubai since 2016, after he was allowed to leave Pakistan on bail to seek medical treatment - he’s reportedly unlikely to travel home to face the sentence.

U.S. Spending Bills

The House passed a $1.4 trillion spending deal yesterday under a tight deadline - the bill needs to be approved by the Senate and signed by President Trump by Friday to avoid a government shutdown. Another spending bill - the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act - made news on Tuesday, as the Senate authorized a total of $738 billion in defense spending that includes the creation of a new military branch, the United States Space Force.

Jail Sentence

Rick Gates, a former Trump campaign deputy, was sentenced to 45 days of weekend jail time and three years of probation after pleading guilty to a broad financial conspiracy with former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort, as well as a separate charge for lying to investigators. Gates had previously given more than 500 hours of testimony to federal and state prosecutors in relation to the Mueller Report.

Logged in

Workplace software company LogMeIn has agreed to be sold for $4.3 billion to private equity firm Francisco Partners and Evergreen Coast Capital. The all-cash deal is expected to close in mid-2020, though LogMeIn still has a 45-day window to try to find a buyer that will offer a better price.

Daring Pairing

Scottish startup Daring Foods has announced a partnership with major U.S. food company Rastelli Foods Group to bring their plant-based meatless chicken to the United States by February. Rastelli is investing $10 million in the startup, which plans to sell to retailers, restaurants, and directly to consumers through its website.

Chairman Confined

The chairman of Samsung’s board, Lee Sang-hoon, was convicted on Tuesday of violating South Korean labor laws and sentenced to 18 months in jail. He joins 24 other current and former Samsung officials who were also found guilty of similar charges relating to the same case.

Cleaning the House

Bed Bath & Beyond’s new CEO Mark Tritton announced the departure of six senior executives in a statement released Tuesday - they will join the company’s chief brand officer, who resigned last week. Tritton assumed the top role at Bed Bath & Beyond on Nov. 4 after previously serving as Target’s chief merchandising officer.

Tackling Hunger

When LSU quarterback Joe Burrow gave his Heisman Award acceptance speech on Saturday, he was only trying to recognize the kids from his hometown. He never dreamed that his words would turn into a movement that has raised $370,000 (and counting) for a food pantry in his home county of Athens, Ohio, where 30% of residents live below the poverty line.

In the speech, Burrow stated that he wanted to inspire the children of Athens who deal with food scarcity to dream big. When a fan from Athens saw the speech, they decided to start an online fundraiser to help the same kids that Burrow was encouraging.

A Facebook post was created with the goal of raising $1,000 for the Athens County Food Pantry, an organization that serves 3,400 meals a week to those in need. After Burrow retweeted details of the fundraising efforts to his 137,000 followers, the number kept rising - the current goal is now $400,000. Burrow and Drabold’s team efforts will ensure that hundreds of children get to eat this holiday season, and it all started because a star player decided to use his winning platform as a way to encourage others to never give up.

Good Josh Hunting

You never know what good can come of sheer determination and a powerful will to try. That’s what one U.S. Army Veteran discovered during his epic journey from unqualified local school janitor to university physics student in just three short weeks.

Joshua Carroll was in high school when the 9/11 attacks occurred, which prompted him to enlist in the military upon completing his GED. After serving three tours in Iraq, Carroll returned home to Blacksburg, Virginia feeling lost and depressed. He was working as a janitor at a local school when he saw a copy of Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time in the library - right then and there, he decided to pursue his childhood dream of becoming a physicist.

Inspired and determined, Carroll began the process of teaching himself complex mathematics through YouTube videos, managing to convince the admissions staff at Radford University to let him skip the physics prerequisites if he could learn trigonometry on his own. Lo and behold, he ended up acing the test and graduated as one of the top physicists in his class. Carroll teaches us that reaching for the stars can land us among them (or studying them) and that much like space, our potential is unlimited.

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