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The Mez Ledger · Monthly Close November 23 – December 23, 2024 1080 stories · Vol. 24 · Catalogue 52 · Issue 358 Get it by email ↓
The month's top story

7-year-old killed in Croatia knife attack

The 15-year-old girl who police say killed a teacher and teen student in a shooting at a Christian school Wisconsin was in her first semester at the school and the attack lasted eight minutes, school officials say.

FOX · 4 sources

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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 38 stories

  1. Government shutdown averted at last minute

    NYT · 5 outlets

    President Biden’s signature, while technically coming after the midnight deadline for a shutdown, ensured that there would be no lapse in government funding.

  2. TikTok asks Supreme Court to block ban

    CBS · 2 outlets

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

    FOX · 2 outlets

  4. How Hezbollah's losses have weakened Iran's power and influence

    CBS · 1 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. Full interview: West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin

    FOX · 2 outlets

  5. Dropped From Spending Bill, Cancer Research and D.C. Stadium Measures Revived by Senate

    FOX · 2 outlets

  6. Pope Francis tells Vatican staff to stop gossiping in Christmas speech

    FOX · 2 outlets

  7. Mark Burnett, "The Apprentice" creator, tapped as special envoy to the U.K.

    FOX · 2 outlets

  8. Missouri Governor Commutes Sentence of Detective Convicted in On-Duty Killing

    NYT · 2 outlets

Business 40 stories

  1. FDIC Suspends Bonuses for Senior Officials Under Investigation for Misconduct

    WSJ · 1 outlets

    The move follows an earlier Wall Street Journal investigation that revealed a toxic and sexualized workplace culture at the bank regulator.

  2. These Are the Wildest, Weirdest Stock-Market Prices We’ve Ever Seen

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  3. The Investing Cult Fueling MicroStrategy’s Ascent: ‘Have Fun Staying Poor’

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  4. Financial Services Roundup: Market Talk

    WSJ · 1 outlets

Show 10 more

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

    · 0 outlets

  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

  5. What we know about CEO shooting suspect

    bbc.com · 1 outlets

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

    news.alvaroduran.com · 1 outlets

  7. Bankruptcy judge rejects sale of Infowars to The Onion

    nytimes.com · 1 outlets

  8. Elon Musk wanted an OpenAI for-profit

    openai.com · 1 outlets

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

    ft.com · 1 outlets

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

    cnbc.com · 1 outlets

Sports 48 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 543 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. iOS 18.2.1 coming soon for iPhone users

    9to5 · 1 outlets

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

    9to5 · 2 outlets

Show 9 more

  1. iPhone 17 Air suddenly makes a lot more sense after this new rumor

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  2. How to use AirTag sharing when travelling with family and friends

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  3. All the changes Apple has made to the Photos app since iOS 18

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  4. Apple Watch Ultra 3: Three new features are coming next year

    9to5 · 1 outlets

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

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  6. PSA: iPadOS 18.3 and macOS 15.3 betas still don’t have the redesigned Mail app

    9to5 · 1 outlets

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

    wral.com · 2 outlets

  8. Indie App Spotlight: ‘one sec’ helps you reduce screen time on your iPhone

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  9. Tim Cook says Apple ‘never talked about’ charging for AI, here’s why

    9to5 · 1 outlets

Entertainment 115 stories

  1. Breaking Down Blake Lively’s Accusations Against Justin Baldoni

    USMag · 2 outlets

  2. Zendaya and Tom Holland’s Relationship Timeline

    USMag · 2 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. Here Are The Winners Of The Recent Viral Celeb Lookalike Contests — It's Time To Decide If They Actually Deserved Their Wins

    BuzzFeed · 1 outlets

  2. Eat Some Food And I’ll Recommend You A Gracie Abrams Song To Listen To

    BuzzFeed · 1 outlets

  3. 19 Underrated Movies That Deserve All The Hype This Year

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  4. Floral Designer and Unwilted Founder Liz Carter Shares Her Holiday Party Must-Haves

    ET · 1 outlets

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

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  6. Here's How Scarlett Johansson Reacted To Her Husband Colin Jost's Jaw-Dropping Dirty Joke About Her On “Saturday Night Live”

    BuzzFeed · 1 outlets

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