- — Trump chooses Bessent for treasury secretary, Vought for budget director
- President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced hedge fund manager Scott Bessent as his choice for treasury secretary and first-term official Russell Vought to head the Office of Management and Budget.
- — Defense rests in Daniel Penny trial after testimony contradicting 'chokehold' charge
- Attorneys for Daniel Penny, accused of manslaughter in last year's death of a Black homeless man on the New York City subway, rested their case Friday after disputing his chokehold actually caused the man's death.
- — Watch: NBC reveals 'Suits: L.A.' cast, office in teaser
- NBC released the teaser for "Suits: L.A." on Friday. The show premieres Feb. 23.
- — 2 men guilty in case of migrant family freezing to death at U.S.-Canada border
- A federal jury in Minnesota on Friday found two men guilty of human smuggling in a case in which a family from India froze to death along the Canada-U. S. border in 2022.
- — Developing nations, climate groups oppose COP29 $250B-a-year offer from rich countries
- A draft finance deal Friday at the U.N. COP29 climate and environment talks proposes wealthy nations give $250 billion a year to poorer nations in climate funding. Developing countries want more money.
- — Look: Hawk swoops toward chicken coop, gets caught in netting
- A hungry hawk swooped toward a Connecticut homeowner's chicken coop and became stuck in the surrounding netting.
- — Actor Jonathan Majors, ex-girlfriend settle abuse and defamation lawsuit
- Actor Jonathan Majors and ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari have jointly asked a New York federal judge to dismiss her assault and defamation claims against the actor, Jabbari's attorney said Friday.
- — Watch: Cat rescued after five days stranded in Washington tree
- Animal rescuers in Washington brought a cat back down to earth after the feline spent five days stranded in a tree.
- — Maryland woman wins her second lottery jackpot in two months
- A Maryland woman won $100,000 from a scratch-off lottery ticket just one month after winning $50,000 from another game.
- — Health inequalities create '10 Americas' with different life expectancies
- How long Americans can expect to live varies dramatically -- and the gap continues to widen. A new report says health inequalities have, in essence, created 10 Americas.
- — Texas State Board of Education approves Bible-infused curriculum
- A majority of the Texas State Board of Education gave final approval Friday to a state-authored curriculum under intense scrutiny in recent months for its heavy inclusion of biblical teachings.
- — COPD patient receives world's first robotic double lung transplant
- A 57-year-old woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has received the world's first fully robotic double lung transplant.
- — 'Fly Me to the Moon' to start streaming Dec. 6 on Apple TV+
- "Fly Me to the Moon," a romantic comedy starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, is coming to Apple TV+ in December.
- — Israel hits Lebanon with widespread bombing and shelling, killing at least 47
- Israel Friday continued widespread bombing attacks in southern and eastern Lebanon in a series of air strikes near Beirut and Tyre, killing at least 47 and wounding 22 in the Baalbek district northeast of Beirut.
- — Jon Hamm series 'Your Friends & Neighbors' gets Season 2 renewal
- Apple TV+ has signed off on "Your Friends & Neighbors" Season 2, even though Season 1 doesn't premiere until April.
- — How Trump's return puzzles North Korea's elite
- As news of Donald Trump's re-election begins to ripple through North Korea's top echelons, surprise and curiosity are inevitable reactions among its high-ranking officials.
- — Japan Cup takes center stage in weekend horse racing
- Sunday's Japan Cup highlights weekend horse racing,with the Hong Kong International Races looming just over the horizon.
- — 'Speak No Evil' to stream Dec. 6 on Peacock
- "Speak No Evil," a psychological horror movie starring James McAvoy and Mackenzie Davis, will stream on Peacock.
- — Jury orders fighter Conor McGregor to pay $258,996.93 to woman in assault case
- An Irish jury on Friday ordered mixed martial arts fighting star Conor McGregor to pay a woman who accused him of raping her six years ago nearly $259,000 in civil damages.
- — Hungary's Orban invites Israeli PM to visit, won't enforce ICC arrest warrant
- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday invited Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu to visit his country and confirmed he will not honor an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court.
- — NYC committee approves 'historic' rezoning allowing 80,000 new housing units
- A "historic" rezoning plan in New York City that would open the way for 80,000 new housing units has been approved by an important City Council committee.
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