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The month's top story

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

President-elect Donald Trump says he’s planning to attend the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter

ABC · 5 sources

Also covering this CBS12/31: CBS Evening News NYTTrump Says He Plans to Attend Carter’s Funeral FOXJimmy Carter carried out this travel ritual 'every time' he boarded a flight
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What dominated January

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Sports

    Barkley at peace with sitting out on cusp of mark

    4 of 30 days · 5 articles

  2. Technology

    Orion – From idea to launch in 45 days

    4 of 30 days · 5 articles

  3. Top Stories

    William Labov, Who Studied How Society Shapes Language, Dies at 97

    4 of 30 days · 4 articles

Top Stories 408 stories

  1. What to know about returning unwanted holiday gifts

    ABC · 5 outlets

    An 18-year-old girl dreaming of becoming a nurse, a single mother, a father of two and a football star suffered fatal injuries when the driver of a white pickup truck sped onto Bourbon Street, packed…

  2. Hottest mugshots of 2024

    CBS · 4 outlets

  3. Mega Millions $1.22 Billion Winning Ticket Sold in California

    CBS · 3 outlets

  4. One Dead After Cybertruck Explodes Outside Trump Hotel in Las Vegas

    CBS · 4 outlets

Show 8 more

  1. William Labov, Who Studied How Society Shapes Language, Dies at 97

    FOX · 4 outlets

  2. 'Baby Driver' actor Hudson Meek dead at 16 after falling from moving vehicle

    FOX · 4 outlets

  3. 12/29: The Takeout: Comedian Matt Friend

    CBS · 3 outlets

  4. Regrets? Biden May Have a Few.

    CBS · 3 outlets

  5. TikTok asks Supreme Court to block ban

    NYT · 5 outlets

  6. Trump says he hasn\'t "ceded the presidency" to Elon Musk

    WSJ · 4 outlets

  7. Severe Weekend Weather Disrupts Holiday Travel

    NYT · 3 outlets

  8. 20 Big Cats Die From Bird Flu at a Washington Sanctuary

    FOX · 3 outlets

Business 193 stories

  1. Stocks on Pace for Best Two Years in a Quarter-Century

    MKTW · 3 outlets

    At the end of a second consecutive year during which the S&P 500 has risen more than 20%, two things investors need to remember are that time tends to smooth out performance and that the index is…

  2. U.S. Natural Gas Futures Soar on Coming Cold Blast

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  3. Richard Parsons, former Time Warner CEO, dies at age 76

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  4. Oil Rises; Prices Could Recover This Year

    WSJ · 1 outlets

Show 10 more

  1. Why 2025 Could Be a Great Year for Big Banks

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  2. The U.S. Needs a Productivity Miracle. It Might Just Get One.

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  3. These restaurant chains closed locations in 2024

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  4. Holiday spending rose 3.8%, with apparel and restaurants strong, Mastercard says

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  5. Treasury yields fall as final trading week of 2024 kicks off

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  6. Warren Buffett stocks for your IRA in 2025

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  7. What we know about CEO shooting suspect

    CNBC · 4 outlets

  8. 'Noctourism' is expected to be a big travel trend in 2025

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  9. Financial Services Roundup: Market Talk

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  10. The Financial Regrets and Wisdom of Americans Over 80

    MKTW · 2 outlets

Sports 222 stories

  1. Wash. State Cougars vs. LMU Lions: How to watch live stream, TV channel, NCAA Basketball start time

    CBS · 1 outlets

  2. Ovechkin returns to lineup after missing 5 weeks

    CBS · 4 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. Georgia QB Beck declares for 2025 NFL draft

    CBS · 4 outlets

  2. College football bowl games, expanded playoff dates and times

    FOX · 3 outlets

  3. PFT's Week 17 2024 NFL results and recap

    CBS · 3 outlets

  4. How Team USA's U20 team picked its goal celebration song

    FOX · 3 outlets

  5. Lions-49ers was most-watched Monday night game of the season

    PFT · 4 outlets

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

    CBS · 1 outlets

Technology 428 stories

  1. The Road to Halide Mark III

    9to5 · 5 outlets

    <div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/01/Tim-Cook-Apple-shareholders.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1500" /></div><p>Apple has a reputation for c…

  2. Apple honors Jimmy Carter

    9to5 · 3 outlets

  3. Quordle today – my hints and answers for Thursday, January 2 (game #1074)

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

Show 9 more

  1. Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses could get a display next year

    9to5 · 3 outlets

  2. AI hallucinations: Why LLMs make things up (and how to fix it)

    9to5 · 3 outlets

  3. Malicious Microsoft VSCode extensions target devs, crypto community

    Bleeping · 1 outlets

  4. Four advantages iPhone 17 Air will have over the iPhone 17 Pro

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  5. These three improvements will make AirTag 2 far more useful: coming next year

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  6. Dioxus 0.6 – Crossplatform apps with Rust

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  7. Loads of fresh content is coming to Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 in 2025

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  8. Hidden fees banned from hotel and concert apps & websites

    TechRadar · 3 outlets

  9. PSA: ChatGPT is currently down for some users

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

Entertainment 192 stories

  1. Show HN: Cut the crap – remove AI bullshit from websites

    BuzzFeed · 3 outlets

  2. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s Ups and Downs Through the Years

    USMag · 2 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. Celebrity Weddings of 2024: Stars Who Got Married This Year

    USMag · 2 outlets

  2. The Biggest Feuds Between Movie Directors and Stars

    USMag · 2 outlets

  3. People Have A Lot To Say About The Obama's 2024 Christmas Photo

    USMag · 2 outlets

  4. Renee Zellweger Seemingly Laughs in Ant Anstead Sweet Video With Son

    USMag · 1 outlets

  5. Susie Evans Says She And Justin Glaze Are ‘Working on Things’ After Split

    USMag · 2 outlets

  6. Zendaya and Tom Holland’s Relationship Timeline

    USMag · 1 outlets

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