Ella Emhoff walks runway for Proenza Schouler at New York Fashion Week for a second time

TODAY
'Squid Game' prize money: How much is really at stake?
How much are Squid Games's prizes in U.S. dollars? Including 46.5 billion, 500 million won, 1 billion Korean won and more.
AFP
Indian state funeral for former PM Manmohan Singh
Mourners in India's capital gathered Saturday to pay their respects to former prime minister Manmohan Singh ahead of a state funeral for the man key to the country's economic liberalisation.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who along with other leaders is expected to attend the funeral, called Singh one of India's "most distinguished leaders".
TODAY
Costco egg recall may cause 'serious' illness or death, FDA says as it raises risk level
An ongoing recall of Costco eggs over salmonella has been escalated by the U.S.
AFP
France asks Indonesia to transfer national on death row
France has sent Indonesia an official request for the transfer of a French death row inmate who has spent nearly 20 years in prison, an Indonesian minister told AFP on Saturday."We have received a formal letter requesting the transfer of Serge Atlaoui," senior law and human rights minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra told AFP. He said it would be studied and discussed in early January after the holidays.
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Janet Yellen says Treasury will need to take 'extraordinary measures' to avoid debt ceiling next month
The notification to Congress is the clearest sign yet that the fight to avoid default will likely take place in the early months of the new Trump administration.
CNN
Trump asks Supreme Court to pause TikTok ban, while Biden admin says app poses ‘grave’ threat
President-elect Donald Trump urged the Supreme Court to pause a controversial ban on TikTok that is set to take effect next month, telling the justices in a legal filing Friday that a delay would allow his administration to “pursue a negotiated resolution.”
CNN
We ‘have our head in the sand’: Health experts warn US isn’t reacting fast enough to threat of bird flu
The US hasn’t learned lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic that it could use to mitigate the threat of pathogens like H5N1 bird flu that keep showing signs of their own pandemic potential, health experts told CNN Friday.
CNN
Video of inmate’s fatal beating shows him handcuffed as correctional officers punch and kick him
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Friday released what she described as “shocking and disturbing” footage from body-worn cameras of correctional officers showing the fatal beating of an inmate at the Marcy Correctional Facility in upstate New York.
NBC News
Mega Millions jackpot grows to $1.22 billion ahead of Friday night drawing
Friday night's Mega Millions drawing could reveal a winning ticket for the lottery game's fifth largest jackpot: $1.22 billion.
AFP
Brazil views labor violations at BYD site as human 'trafficking'
Authorities in Brazil said Friday they were probing Chinese auto giant BYD and one of its contractors for suspected "trafficking" of Chinese workers who were building a factory in the South American country.The workers, employed by BYD contractor Jinjiang Open Engineering, were viewed as "victims of international trafficking for the purpose of labor exploitation," said the statement.
NBC News
Elon Musk accused of censoring conservatives on X who disagree with his immigration stances
The claims came after Elon Musk was involved in a public feud with some Republicans over immigration.
CBS News
Man accused of burning woman on subway indicted for murder, arson
A grand jury has indicted the man accused of setting a woman on fire aboard a Brooklyn subway train, Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez announced Friday.
TODAY
Person without ticket sneaks onto Delta flight from Seattle to Hawaii, is kicked off plane
A passenger without a ticket was kicked off a Delta flight this week after having sneaked onto a flight from Seattle to Hawaii, the airline said.
NBC News
How did unclaimed bodies end up in the hands of a major biotech company?
How Boston Scientific’s Relievant Medsystems came to use the unclaimed dead offers a window into the pressing demand for human bodies.
NBC News
Trump urges Supreme Court to hit pause on a law that could ban TikTok in the U.S. next month
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in the case on Jan. 10. The law is set to take effect on Jan. 19, one day before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in.
USA TODAY
What is a grave blanket, anyway? Everything to know about the traditional gesture
Every holiday, nurseries and flower stores advertise grave blankets. What are they? And where did they come from?
AFP
Trump asks US Supreme Court to pause law threatening TikTok ban
US President-elect Donald Trump filed a brief Friday urging the Supreme Court to pause a law that would ban TikTok the day before his January 20 inauguration if it is not sold by its Chinese owner ByteDance.- 'Unprecedented' - In the brief filed on Friday, Trump's lawyer made it clear the president-elect did not take a position on the legal merits of the current case.
CNN
Several North Korean soldiers captured by Ukraine die from injuries, Zelensky says
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that several “seriously wounded” North Korean soldiers died from their injuries after being captured by Ukrainian forces.
Politico
Yellen: US will hit debt ceiling in mid- or late-January
The debt limit has been suspended since June 2023.
CNN
Israeli forces surround northern Gaza hospital and order evacuation, says director
The Israeli military surrounded one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza, ordering patients and staff to evacuate and remove their clothing, say eyewitnesses, as concern grows for patients and health workers that remain in the facility.

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