(AP News) Atlanta rethinks clearing homeless camps after a man is crushed inside his tent

(Wall Street Journal) CVS Wants to Help You Spend Less Time in CVS

(The Guardian, NY Times) Google has confirmed it will rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America on Google Maps in the US, after an executive order from Donald Trump

(Fast Company) Expository dialogue, often viewed as cringe, may be Netflix’s new engagement strategy: the streamer has reportedly been telling screenwriters to have characters announce what they’re doing so that viewers can follow along while scrolling TikTok and folding laundry.

Meta pulls fake AI accounts from Facebook and Instagram after public backlash, and more

- Jimmy Carter, America’s longest-living former president, dies at 100 Former President Jimmy Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and the longest-living chief executive in U.S. history, has died (AP NEWS)

- The mother of an OpenAI whistleblower demanded an FBI investigation into her son’s death, calling it a “cold-blooded murder declared by authorities as suicide (AP NEWS)

- Aristotle becomes latest casualty in China’s narrative war with the West as scholar questions philosopher’s existence (SCMP)

- GOP congresswoman Kay Granger’s quiet move to retirement facility sparks social media frenzy (NYPOST)

- Fact Check: AI-generated image mistaken as Luigi Mangione’s mugshot

- Alabama profits off prisoners who work at McDonald’s but deems them too dangerous for parole

- Vivek Ramaswamy Roasted for ‘Truly Amazing Non-Understanding’ of ’90s Television After ‘Boy Meets World’ Complaints

Ex-OpenAI engineer who raised legal concerns about the technology he helped build has died (AP NEWS)

Suspect in German Christmas market attack railed against Islam (AP NEWS)

(NYTIMES) George Santos, Disgraced Former Congressman, Still Wants Your Attention - After his lies and expulsion from Congress, and before his sentencing in February, George Santos chases the limelight with a party and a podcast.

(MULTIPLE SOUCES - FOX, NYTIMES) Paris Hilton, politician and lobbyist, sells political merch and advocaates against child abuse

(HOLLYWOOD REPORTER) Billionaires’ Survivalist Bunkers Go Absolutely Bonkers With Fiery Moats and Water Cannons

Prisoner CNN helped free from Syrian prison was actually notorious Assad regime torturer

Suspect in UnitedHealthcare’s CEO killing charged with murder as an act of terrorism

- Sen. Chuck Schumer yesterday called for new technology to help local officials "determine what the heck is going on" with these drones reported over New York and New Jersey.

- With fewer than 50% of New York City elementary and middle schoolers scoring proficient in reading on the most recent state tests, teachers said they want more training and other resources to help boost those numbers.

- Texas officials are suing a New York doctor they accuse of illegally mailing abortion pills to a 20-year-old woman residing in their state.