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The Mez Ledger · Monthly Close November 20 – December 20, 2024 970 stories · Vol. 24 · Catalogue 51 · Issue 355 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

    Orion – From idea to launch in 45 days

    4 of 30 days · 5 articles

  2. Technology

    The Luon programming language

    4 of 30 days · 4 articles

  3. Technology

    QEMU with VirtIO GPU Vulkan Support

    3 of 30 days · 4 articles

Top Stories 25 stories

  1. American Students’ Math Skills Slide Down World Rankings

    CBS · 5 outlets

    House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks to reporters about the planned vote on a new short-term government funding measure after a previous plan collapsed on Wednesday night. CBS News\' Major Garrett repor…

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

    CBS · 3 outlets

  3. TikTok asks Supreme Court to block ban

    CBS · 2 outlets

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

    FOX · 2 outlets

Show 8 more

  1. June 10, 2024 Israel-Hamas war

    FOX · 3 outlets

  2. Meet the Legal Insider Defending Luigi Mangione

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  3. Lawsuit Reveals How Colleges Really Talk About Rich Applicants

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  4. 20-year-old blind cat rescued from icy Massachusetts pond

    FOX · 2 outlets

  5. Harris gives first major speech since conceding election

    CBS · 2 outlets

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

    FOX · 2 outlets

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

    · 0 outlets

  8. Ukraine says it assassinated top Russian general

    CBS · 1 outlets

Business 35 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 54 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 578 stories

  1. Malicious Microsoft VSCode extensions target devs, crypto community

    Bleeping · 1 outlets

    Malicious Visual Studio Code extensions were discovered on the VSCode marketplace that download heavily obfuscated PowerShell payloads to target developers and cryptocurrency projects in supply chain…

  2. 9to5Mac Daily: December 18, 2024 – TikTok ban, Vision Pro content

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  3. Gemini app on iPhone update adds model picker for 2.0 Flash

    9to5 · 1 outlets

Show 9 more

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

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

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

    wral.com · 2 outlets

  3. Apple stops signing iOS 18.1.1, blocking downgrade from 18.2

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  4. Dioxus 0.6 – Crossplatform apps with Rust

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  5. Firefox removes "do not track" feature support

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  6. macOS 15.2 Sequoia backup bug(s) affecting Time Machine, CCC, and more

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  7. One in five AirTags to be made in Indonesia to resolve iPhone 16 sales ban

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  8. OpenAI whistleblower found dead in apartment

    mercurynews.com · 2 outlets

  9. QEMU with VirtIO GPU Vulkan Support

    phoronix.com · 4 outlets

Entertainment 85 stories

  1. DWTS’ Jenn Tran and Sasha Farber Are Officially Dating

    USMag · 2 outlets

  2. Here Are 15 Celebrity Children — Which Famous Parent Do You Think They Resemble More?

    BuzzFeed · 1 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. Kim Zolciak Says Life With Ex Kroy Biermann Was \'Torture\

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  2. Brandi Glanville Describes Feeling Parasite "Moving Around" in Her Face

    USMag · 2 outlets

  3. 23 Celebrities People Lost ALL Respect For

    USMag · 2 outlets

  4. Lilly Jay Broke Her Silence On Her Divorce From Ethan Slater

    USMag · 2 outlets

  5. Zendaya and Tom Holland’s Relationship Timeline

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  6. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West reach divorce settlement

    USMag · 2 outlets

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