Yahoo! Sports
Roll Tide: Alabama Upsets Georgia
No. 8 Alabama beat No. 1 Georgia 27-24 in the SEC championship game on Saturday to break Georgia’s 29-game win streak and put Georgia’s chances of winning a third straight title in serious peril.
Headlines
December 3, 2023
BBC
Fatal Blast Hits Philippine Mass
Four people have been killed in an explosion at a Catholic Mass in the southern Philippines on Sunday morning. Forty-two others suffered mostly minor wounds, authorities said, adding the situation was "under control".
New York Times
The 9/11 Lesson Israel Needs To Learn
Urging restraint, the Friedman advises Israeli leaders to reconsider eliminating Hamas in Gaza, highlighting the risk of prolonged occupation, humanitarian crises, and damage to military credibility.
NPR
Trump Can Lock It Up Before Trials
March is shaping up to be a big month for the Republican presidential field. It's when the GOP nominee will be essentially locked down in terms of delegate votes just as the first criminal case against Trump is getting underway.
Wall Sreet Journal
Bolton: Israel Faces "Terrorist Veto"
Israel Faces Pressure to Yield to the ‘Terrorist Veto’. The strategic consequence of any pause, truce or cease-fire is to increase Hamas’s odds of survival.
AZ Central
Tough but Fair, O'Connor's Record in AZ
O'Connor carried her experiences in state government with her for the rest of her career. She was a lawyer in private practice, an Assistant Arizona Attorney General, and a state senator.
The Guardian
Ending Addiction to Consumerism
Alarmed by the rising tide of waste we are all creating, my family and I decided to try to make do with much less. But while individual behavior is important, real change will require action on a far bigger scale.
Good News Network
10 Year-Old's Idea: Postbox to Heaven
A young girl’s idea for a ‘postbox to heaven’ so she could write to her grandparents has been realized at cemeteries across the UK. 10-year-old Matilda Handy came up with the suggestion after both her grandparents died.
CBS News
Christie Might Miss Maine Ballot
Chris Christie is in danger of not appearing on Maine's primary ballot after he fell short of the minimum 2,000 signatures needed from Maine voters to qualify for the state's Republican presidential primary.
Yahoo! News
After 3-Way, Why Target Gays?
Wouldn’t it be ironic if the woman who led an ultra-conservative movement in Florida education that sought to put gays back in the closet was having a long-term lesbian relationship with a lover she shared with her husband?
New York Post
A Woman Scorned....
She really aired her dirty laundry. A Bedford-Stuyvesant woman who apparently came home to find her boyfriend in bed with another woman went berserk, tossing his clothes and other items from her sixth-floor balcony.
U.S. District Courts
Opinion: Presidents Have No Immunity
“A former President’s exposure to federal criminal liability is essential to fulfilling our constitutional promise of equal justice under the law,” Chutkan ruled.
Washington Post
The Dark Side of Home Schooling
What home schooling hides: A boy tortured and starved by his stepmom. Roman Lopez was 11 when he went missing. His years of torment were concealed by home schooling.
KTLA
Suspect Arrested in LA Homeless Deaths
A man has been arrested in connection with the murders of three homeless men, and authorities believe he is also linked to another homicide in San Dimas. LAPD identified the suspect as Jerrid Joseph Powell.
NBC News
Biden Has No Good Border Answer
No good answers for Biden as voters recoil over border crossings. President Joe Biden finds himself caught between the right and the left, searching for answers on immigration ahead of the 2024 election.
Huffington Post
Johnson Has Biden Impeachment Votes
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said that he believes Republicans have the support needed to formalize their impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden, although there is no evidence of the president’s wrongdoing.
The Wrap
Ratings Love for "The Golden Bachelor"
“The Golden Bachelor” Season 1 finale found love with viewers from Bachelor Nation and beyond with its Thursday night finale. The hit ABC reality series scored 6.07 million total viewers.
Travel Weekly
Discovering Montenegro
One&Only Portonovi made Montenegro come alive for me in ways that I do not think I could have experienced on my own. It’s the pride of the destination among the people who live there that really did it for me. I left feeling connected.
The Hill
Ranking Trump's VP Prospects
The Republican presidential primary calendar won’t officially kick off until January, but Trump’s dominant position in the polls has already sparked chatter about who could join him on a general election ticket.
Fortune
Four-Day Work Week a Reality?
Pissarides predicts that AI would enable employees to be more productive in their roles and therefore spend less time on them. With the help of a tool like ChatGPT a four-day workweek could become a widespread norm.
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