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The Mez Ledger · Monthly Close November 18 – December 18, 2024 907 stories · Vol. 24 · Catalogue 51 · Issue 353 Get it by email ↓
The month's top story

School shooting in Madison, Wisconsin, police say

The police in Wisconsin are working to establish a motive for the attack, which left a student and teacher dead and six others injured.

NYT · 4 sources

Also covering this CBSInvestigators still searching for motive in Wisconsin school shooting ABCDeath toll from Wisconsin school shooting rises to 5 people, including suspected shooter,… FOXMadison, Wisconsin, school shooting leaves 2 dead, 6 injured; juvenile suspect dead
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What dominated December

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Technology

    The Starlark Programming Language

    4 of 30 days · 4 articles

  2. Technology

    QEMU with VirtIO GPU Vulkan Support

    3 of 30 days · 4 articles

  3. Technology

    OpenAI Reinforcement Fine-Tuning Research Program

    3 of 30 days · 4 articles

Top Stories 25 stories

  1. Trump says Biden admin "knows what is happening" on drones

    CBS · 3 outlets

    President-elect Donald Trump was asked Monday about the mysterious drone sightings that have been reported in several states recently. Trump said, "The government knows what is happening."

  2. TikTok asks Supreme Court to block ban

    CBS · 2 outlets

  3. Trump Names Richard Grenell for "Special Missions" Role

    FOX · 2 outlets

  4. June 10, 2024 Israel-Hamas war

    FOX · 3 outlets

Show 8 more

  1. Lawsuit Reveals How Colleges Really Talk About Rich Applicants

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  2. Harris gives first major speech since conceding election

    CBS · 2 outlets

  3. Fact-Checking Trump’s First Post-Election News Conference

    FOX · 2 outlets

  4. Smoke From N.J. Fires Affects New York City Air Quality

    · 0 outlets

  5. Ukraine says it assassinated top Russian general

    CBS · 1 outlets

  6. Hunter Biden found guilty on all counts in gun case

    CNN · 2 outlets

  7. Biden Administration Agrees to Record $15 Billion Loan to PG&E

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  8. Wildfires and Drought Ravage the Northeast, in Maps

    · 0 outlets

Business 30 stories

  1. Tesla’s stock surge means even the biggest bulls are showing some restraint

    · 0 outlets

    The firm thinks Tesla is better positioned relative to its peers given the prospect of favorable regulation under the Trump administration.

  2. A Third TD Bank Employee Is Charged in Money Laundering Case

    · 0 outlets

  3. Broadcom is having its own ‘Nvidia moment’ as stock swells further

    · 0 outlets

  4. Markets: World Indexes, Futures, Bonds, Currencies, Stocks & ETFs - Yahoo Finance - Yahoo! Finance Canada

    Yahoo · 1 outlets

Show 10 more

  1. What we know about CEO shooting suspect

    bbc.com · 1 outlets

  2. Amazon to invest another $4B in Anthropic

    cnbc.com · 1 outlets

  3. Engineers do not get to make startup mistakes when they build ledgers

    news.alvaroduran.com · 1 outlets

  4. Bankruptcy judge rejects sale of Infowars to The Onion

    nytimes.com · 1 outlets

  5. Elon Musk wanted an OpenAI for-profit

    openai.com · 1 outlets

  6. Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its rivals

    ft.com · 1 outlets

  7. GM exits robotaxi market, will bring Cruise operations in house

    cnbc.com · 1 outlets

  8. TikTok divestment law upheld by federal appeals court

    cnbc.com · 2 outlets

  9. Install postmarketOS on Android phone and use Docker as a home server

    crackoverflow.com · 1 outlets

  10. Gitlab names Bill Staples as new CEO

    businesswire.com · 1 outlets

Sports 52 stories

  1. Wichita State Shockers vs. Kansas City Roos: How to watch, schedule, live stream info, start time, TV channel

    CBS · 1 outlets

  2. Monday Night Football: Falcons hold off Raiders 15-9

    PFT · 2 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. Raheem Morris on Kirk Cousins: "He\'s got to play better"

    PFT · 3 outlets

  2. 2024 NFL Draft redo: Bears take a QB at No. 1 ... but not Caleb Williams

    FOX · 1 outlets

  3. The best high school boys\' basketball teams in 2024-25

    ESPN · 3 outlets

  4. MMA 2024 awards: Alex Pereira and Max Holloway shine

    ESPN · 2 outlets

  5. Bill Belichick officially named the next head coach at UNC

    FOX · 2 outlets

  6. Cowboys hope Trevon Diggs is ready for the start of the 2025 season

    PFT · 1 outlets

Technology 596 stories

  1. Windows kernel bug now exploited in attacks to gain SYSTEM privileges

    Bleeping · 1 outlets

    CISA has warned U.S. federal agencies to secure their systems against ongoing attacks targeting a high-severity Windows kernel vulnerability.

  2. Another major US hospital hacked, data on 1.4 million patients leaked

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  3. Marshall Brain died hours after alleging retaliation at NC State

    wral.com · 2 outlets

Show 9 more

  1. OpenAI whistleblower found dead in apartment

    mercurynews.com · 2 outlets

  2. QEMU with VirtIO GPU Vulkan Support

    phoronix.com · 4 outlets

  3. Does the Internet Route Around Damage? – Baltic Sea Cable Cuts

    labs.ripe.net · 2 outlets

  4. OpenAI Reinforcement Fine-Tuning Research Program

    9to5 · 4 outlets

  5. Gurman: iOS 19 delays will cause more spread out, slow software rollout

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  6. iPhone 15 Pro Max Camera Review: Depth and Reach

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  7. United Airlines integrating Apple’s Share Item Location into its mobile app

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  8. New Android NoviSpy spyware linked to Qualcomm zero-day bugs

    · 1 outlets

  9. Apple reviving its discontinued AirPort router has never looked more likely

    9to5 · 1 outlets

Entertainment 61 stories

  1. \'Love Actually\' cast to reunite for 20th anniversary TV special

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  2. Honestly, If Anyone Gets Over 7 Of These Holiday Film Titles With A Word Missing, They\'re A Movie Genius

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. Keanu Reeves Brings Alexandra Grant to \'Sonic the Hedgehog 3\' Premiere

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  2. It Was Very Quickly Killed: 13 Onscreen Looks That Actors Either Refused To Wear Or Quit Their Jobs Over

    BuzzFeed · 1 outlets

  3. Inside the Alleged Cause of Aaron Rodgers\' Estrangement From His Parents

    USMag · 1 outlets

  4. Celebrity Splits of 2024: Stars Who Have Called It Quits This Year

    USMag · 1 outlets

  5. ConnectOnCall breach exposes health data of over 910,000 patients

    Bleeping · 1 outlets

  6. Show HN: Don't let your billion-dollar ideas die

    play.google.com · 3 outlets

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