daily links: november 2023

11.1.23
NBC News—Some foreign nationals and injured civilians are being allowed to leave Gaza and enter Egypt for the first time since the Hamas attacks on Israel
CBS News—The Fed leaves interest rates unchanged
ABCnews.com—Biden signs executive order aimed at controlling the use of AI
CNN.com—Disney to acquire Comcast's 1/3 stake in Hulu for $8.6 billion, which will give Disney full ownership of the streaming service
USA Today—McDonald's and Chipotle both raise prices in response to increase in minimum wage in California
BBC News—Cornell student arrested after making violent threats against Jewish students


11.2.23
USA Today—Lyft and Uber to pay over $300 million to current and former drivers to settle wage theft claims
CNN.com—Former crypto billionaire found guilty of seven counts of fraud
ABCnews.com—MLB settles lawsuit brought by minor league teams in order to avoid a possible antitrust challenge in the courts
CBS News—CDC study finds that e-cigarette use is declining among teens
BBC News—Senate approves first female head of the US Navy
NBC News—Six Flags and Cedar Fair to merge and relocate their joint headquarters to North Carolina


11.7.23
CBS News—Ohio voters enshrine the right to an abortion in the state constitution
BBC News—New spinal implant allows man with severe Parkinson's to walk again
NBC News—Kansas will pay its basketball coach more than any other public university has paid for that role
USA Today—A pod of orcas sink a yacht after a 45 minute attack on the vessel
ABCnews.com—17 carat rare blue diamond sells for $44 million at auction
CNN.com—Heinz releases new pickle-flavored ketchup


11.8.23
CNN.com—DOJ arrests three people who ran a high-end brothel ring used by elected officials, military officers, and government contractors
ABCnews.com—FDA approves modified version of diabetes drug for weight loss
CBS News—Giant pandas who have lived at the National Zoo for the last 23 years are returning to China
USA Today—Major mall operator announces that most of its locations will be closed on Thanksgiving Day
NBC News—Philadelphia's 100th mayor is also its first woman and first Black woman to hold the office
BBC News—Sony working on live action Zelda movie


11.9.23
CBS News—Israel agrees to pause military activities for four hours each day for humanitarian purposes
CNN.com—Joe Manchin announces that he will not seek reelection, creating an opening for the GOP to flip a Senate seat in heavily red West Virginia
USA Today—Alabama intends to use nitrogen gas to execute a death row inmate, a method that has not been used in the US previously but which was requested by the inmate in lieu of lethal injection
ABCnews.com—Astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded the first Apollo mission that flew to the moon, dies at 95
BBC News—Tracy Chapman wins two CMA awards for "Fast Car", a song that she originally released 35 years ago but which was a hit on country radio this year after it was covered by Luke Combs
NBC News—Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak briefly hospitalized after minor stroke


11.14.23
ABCnews.com—House Democrats help new GOP speaker pass short term funding bill to avoid government shutdown
CNN.com—Dow climbs nearly 500 points in one day after economy shows continued signs that inflation is slowing
NBC News—New House speaker Mike Johnson doesn't believe in the separation of church and state
USA Today—Man arrested on manslaughter charges in the death of a former NHL player who was killed while playing in hockey game in England
CBS News—Wisconsin woman found guilty of murdering a friend using ingredient found in eye drops
BBC News—Iceland volcano seems likely to erupt after hundreds of earthquakes happen locally


11.15.23
CBS News—Biden and Xi meet in California
ABCnews.com—Mother of six year old who brought a gun to school and shot his teacher is sentenced to 21 months in prison on federal charges
NBC News—Lawyer for Trump co-defendant in Georgia election interference trial admits to intentionally leaking videos of witness deposition testimony to the media
BBC News—Google says that it sends a third of the ad revenue it generates on Safari to Apple
CNN.com—Plane forced to return to the airport after a horse escapes its restraints in-flight
USA Today—Passenger fined $40,000 after being disruptive on a flight


11.16.23
BBC News—IBM pulls ads from Twitter after Elon Musk endorses and boosts anti-semitic post
ABCnews.com—Con man George Santos says he won't seek reelection to Congress. Here's hoping he'll also end up in jail soon too.
CNN.com—MLB owners approve the A's move from Oakland to Las Vegas
USA Today—Supreme Court blocks enforcement of Florida's anti-drag show law
NBC News—British ultra marathoner banned from competition after admitting that she rode in a car for a portion of a 50 mile race
CBS News—Sean Diddy Combs accused by ex of rape, physical abuse, and sex trafficking


11.28.23
CBS News—Israel and Hamas extend cease fire to exchange more hostages
CNN.com—Billionaire GOP donor Charles Koch will support Nikki Haley for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination
ABCnews.com—LGBTQ+ rights group sues school over book bans
USA Today—Asylum seekers sue US over border policy
NBC News—Hunter Biden agrees to testify before GOP-led House committee, but only if the hearings are public
BBC News—Sports Illustrated accused of publishing AI-generated articles under bylines of fake humans


11.29.23
BBC News—Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo faces $1 billion class action lawsuit for his promotion of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance
CBS News—Founder of Students for Trump arrested on multiple assault charges
NBC News—Thousands of autoworkers working at US plants for Toyota and Honda move to unionize
USA Today—Man who murdered neighbor over parking spot sentenced to life in prison
ABCnews.com—Kraft starts selling dairy-free mac and cheese in the US
CNN.com—Mark Cuban to sell his majority stake in the Dallas Mavericks


11.30.23
CNN.com—NY appeals court reinstates gag order against Trump in his civil fraud trial
ABCnews.com—Mass murderer Henry Kissinger dies at 100
CBS News—Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan dies at 65
NBC News—Financial watchdog informs judge presiding over Trump's civil fraud trial that there have been $40 million in undisclosed cash transfers in violation of court orders
BBC News—GOP congressman/con man George Santos refuses to resign ahead of likely expulsion from the House
USA Today—In a move that will surely bring hesitant advertisers back to Twitter, Elon Musk tells them to go fuck themselves if they stopped buying ads because of the pro-Nazi and antisemitic content that now infests the social media site

2025
2024
december 2023
november 2023
october 2023
september 2023
august 2023
july 2023
june 2023
may 2023
april 2023
march 2023
february 2023
january 2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000

2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000

main
daily links
people
cd collection
library
bio