Final NFC East standings after Eagles win over Giants, Cowboys loss to Commanders

AFP
Trump names vaccine skeptic RFK Jr. to head health dept
Donald Trump on Thursday tapped anti-vaccine activist and conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his secretary of health in the latest provocative nomination from the incoming Republican president.The nomination will meet serious opposition, given Kennedy's history of promoting medical conspiracy theories -- including the disproven claim that childhood vaccines cause autism -- and saying that the Covid-19 vaccine was deadly.
Associated Press
Seattle man faces 5 assault charges in random sidewalk stabbings
A 37-year-old Seattle man was charged Thursday with five counts of assault in the random stabbings of five people in broad daylight last week, according to prosecutors. Roland Jerome Lee is accused of stabbing five people as they stood on the sidewalk in a roughly four-block area in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District. Four of the victims were taken to Harborview Medical Center in critical condition and one victim was treated at the scene and released.
AFP
Sri Lanka president's party headed for landslide: early results
New Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's party was set for a landslide victory in snap legislative elections, initial results showed Friday.With more than half the ballots in Thursday's parliamentary elections counted, Dissanayake's National People's Power (NPP) coalition party had taken an unassailable lead with 63 percent of votes, Election Commission results showed.
CBS News
"Human … Please die:" Chatbot responds with threatening message
In an online conversation about aging adults, Google's Gemini AI chatbot responded with a threatening message, telling the user to "please die."
USA TODAY
Donald Trump picks former GOP Rep. Doug Collins for secretary of veterans affairs
Former Georgia U.S. Rep. Doug Collins is Donald Trump's pick to run the Department of Veterans Affairs.
NBC News
Every uncalled congressional race left in the 2024 election
With votes still being counted, here's a look at the key races that remain uncalled by the NBC News Decision Desk (read more on how those races are called on NBCNews.com).
AFP
Panic strikes Port-au-Prince as residents flee gang violence
A wave of fear swept through Port-au-Prince Thursday as hundreds of families attempted to flee parts of the Haitian capital after a neighborhood had been taken over by gangs, an AFP journalist saw.The unrest comes after the US Federal Aviation Administration on Monday cancelled all commercial flights to Port-au-Prince from the United States due to the recent streak of violence, a move condemned by the Haitian government. str-gma/mdz/jgc/md
Associated Press
In an AP interview, the next Los Angeles DA says he'll go after low-level nonviolent crimes
The incoming district attorney for Los Angeles County, Nathan Hochman, said in an interview with The Associated Press that his first task upon taking office is to eliminate the “pro-criminal blanket policies” of one of California’s most high-profile progressive prosecutors, George Gascón.
USA TODAY
No alien evidence in latest UFO reports, but some 'particularly interesting' cases, Pentagon says
All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) said Thursday it received 757 reports of UAP in a 13-month span.
Reuters
US man sentenced to 5 years over laundering crypto stolen from Bitfinex hack
A New York technology entrepreneur was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty last year to laundering funds stolen from Bitfinex one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, with the help of his wife. Ilya Lichtenstein, 35, hacked into Bitfinex's network in 2016, using advanced hacking tools and techniques, and stole about 120,000 bitcoin, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement. He and his wife Heather Morgan, who used the hip-hop alias "Razzklekhan" to promote her music, were arrested in February 2022.
Associated Press
Judge hears case over Montana rule blocking trans residents from changing sex on birth certificate
A state judge in Montana heard arguments Thursday over policies that block transgender people from changing the sex designation on their birth certificates and driver’s licenses. District Court Judge Mike Menahan did not immediately issue a ruling on the request for a preliminary injunction to block those prohibitions while the case moves through the courts. “We're here today challenging what amounts to the latest manifestation of these defendants' (the state's) singular obsession with singling out transgender Montanans for unequal treatment and discrimination,” said Alex Rate, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Montana.
AFP
Musk met Iran UN ambassador on defusing tension under Trump: NYT
Elon Musk, the tech billionaire closely allied with US President-elect Donald Trump, met Iran's ambassador to the United Nations in a bid to defuse tensions between Tehran and Washington, The New York Times reported Thursday. Neither the Trump transition team nor Iran's mission to the United Nations immediately confirmed the encounter, with the Iranian mission saying it had no comment.
USA TODAY
RFK Jr. posted he'll bankrupt 'packaged food companies?' No, that's satire | Fact check
The purported post from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a fabrication. No such post appears on Kennedy's X account.
Associated Press
Attorneys say accused shooter in 2022 July 4th parade shooting denied lawyer during police interview
The man accused of killing seven people at a 2022 Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago was denied his constitutional right to legal representation while being interrogated by police hours after the shooting, defense attorneys alleged Thursday in court. Authorities have said Robert Crimo III confessed to the shooting that also left dozens injured. The nearly three-hour hearing offered a glimpse of the evidence expected at the trial, including police testimony, photographs and video footage of statements Crimo made to police.
Associated Press
Trump rewards legal defense team, picks lawyer Todd Blanche as No. 2 Justice official
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Todd Blanche, an attorney who led the legal team that defended the Republican at his hush money criminal trial, to serve as the second-highest ranking Justice Department official. A former federal prosecutor, Blanche has been a key figure on Trump's defense team both in the New York case that ended in a conviction in May, and the federal cases brought by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith.
Reuters
Lenovo Q2 revenue jumps 24% on premium PC sales, AI push
BEIJING (Reuters) -Lenovo posted a 24% revenue rise in its fiscal second quarter from a year earlier, spurred partly by sales growth for computers that can handle artificial intelligence workloads as the global personal computer industry showed signs of recovery. Lenovo's global PC shipments rose 3% to 16.5 million units in the September quarter, maintaining its commanding 24% market share. Across the industry, global PC shipments fell 2.4% from a year earlier, according to research firm IDC.
TODAY
Burger King’s latest menu item might pickle your fancy
Pickle fries, Burger King’s latest menu item, is a big dill — right in time for National Pickle Day. Here's what comes with the limited-time side dish.
CNN
After suicide of nonbinary teen, DOE finds multiple Title IX violations at Oklahoma school district
After the suicide of a nonbinary student last February spurred a monthslong federal investigation, the US Department of Education found Title IX violations in an Oklahoma public school district including multiple failures to respond to notices of sexual harassment.
Politico
Trump picks Doug Collins to head the VA
The former House GOP member is also one of Trump’s former attorneys.
CNN
Trump picks his criminal defense attorney Todd Blanche for No. 2 role at Justice Department
An attorney who has represented Donald Trump in several of the criminal cases against him has been selected by the president-elect to serve as the No. 2 lawyer at the Department of Justice.

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