1. The Last King of Hollywood: Inside the War Over Warner Bros.  The Hollywood Reporter
2. The Future of Hollywood Is Arriving Faster Than Ever  The Hollywood Reporter
3. Opinion | It Will Soon Be Curtains for the Movie Theater  The Wall Street Journal
4. Save the Theaters. Go On a Movie Date.  Cosmopolitan
5. Commentary: Signs of the regulatory apocalypse  bendbulletin.com

1. Report: T.J. Watt is unlikely to play Monday  NBC Sports
2. Steelers' Watt has surgery for collapsed lung  ESPN
3. NFL news roundup: Steelers' T.J. Watt (lung) unlikely to play vs. Dolphins; Jets' Fields, Taylor ruled out  NFL.com
4. Tomlin provides an update on T.J. Watt  Steelers.com
5. NFLPA is aware of T.J. Watt situation, and has been in contact with him  NBC Sports

1. Atomic Josephson contacts: How Bose-Einstein condensates replicate Shapiro steps  Phys.org
2. Stepwise Quantum Tunneling Seen in Ultracold Atoms  American Physical Society

1. Record Flooding Forces Rescues Across Western Washington  The New York Times
2. Northwest floods offer sneak peek of hotter climate's toll  KUOW
3. Mount Vernon floodwall holding as crest of flood passes  The Seattle Times
4. Here are the areas under evacuation in western Washington  KING5.com
5. In photos: Flooding in Western Washington state forces thousands to evacuate  NPR

1. Oracle’s $300 Billion AI Bet Has Fast Become a Bubble Barometer  Bloomberg.com
2. Tech stocks tumble amid renewed AI worries on Wall Street  NBC News
3. Tech giants fall from grace as AI debt mounts: "The 1998 moment"  Axios
4. Oracle's Plunge Is A Gift (NYSE:ORCL)  Seeking Alpha
5. Oracle shares tank 11%, dragging down Nvidia, CoreWeave, Micron  CNBC

1. Oracle’s $300 Billion AI Bet Has Fast Become a Bubble Barometer  Bloomberg.com
2. Oracle made a $300 billion bet on OpenAI. It's paying the price.  Yahoo Finance
3. Oracle Debt Trades Like Junk as Bond, CDS Spreads Flare  Bloomberg.com
4. Tech stocks tumble amid renewed AI worries on Wall Street  NBC News
5. Oracle plummets 11% on weak revenue, pushing down AI stocks like Nvidia and CoreWeave  CNBC

1. Oracle’s $300 Billion AI Bet Has Fast Become a Bubble Barometer  Bloomberg.com
2. Oracle made a $300 billion bet on OpenAI. It's paying the price.  Yahoo Finance
3. Oracle Bonds Trade Like Junk as Spreads Widen, Debt Risk Flares  Bloomberg.com
4. Tech stocks tumble amid renewed AI worries on Wall Street  NBC News
5. Oracle's Plunge Is A Gift (NYSE:ORCL)  Seeking Alpha

1. Oracle made a $300 billion bet on OpenAI. It's paying the price.  Yahoo Finance
2. Oracle Bonds Trade Like Junk as Spreads Widen, Debt Risk Flares  Bloomberg.com
3. Tech stocks tumble amid renewed AI worries on Wall Street  NBC News
4. Oracle's Plunge Is A Gift (NYSE:ORCL)  Seeking Alpha
5. Oracle Runs Into More Trouble as Bonds Looks Like Junk  Bloomberg.com

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1. Historic floods have washed away homes and stranded families in Washington state  PBS
2. Washington Residents Return Home to Extensive Flood Damage  The New York Times
3. After WA floods, residents scramble for help, insurance to cover costs  The Seattle Times
4. Arctic temperatures, snow and flooding sweep across the U.S.  NBC News
5. Atmospheric rivers – what to know about the storms inundating the Pacific north-west  The Guardian

1. Mounts of Mayhem challenges  Minecraft
2. Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.11  Minecraft
3. Mounts of Mayhem now available in Minecraft – News – Nintendo Official Site  Nintendo
4. Minecraft's Mounts of Mayhem drop brings a beautifully chaotic spear to the party  Polygon
5. Minecraft update today (9th December): What changes in the Mounts of Mayhem patch notes?  Radio Times

1. EU to scrap planned ban on combustion engines, EPP's Weber says  Reuters
2. EU abandons plans for 2035 combustion engine ban, senior lawmaker says  Automotive News
3. EU’s 2035 petrol and diesel car ban will be watered down, says senior MEP  The Guardian
4. Europe Gives Up On Its 2035 Internal Combustion Engine Ban  Jalopnik
5. Britain ‘will have to rethink’ ban on sale of diesel and petrol vehicles  The Times

1. EU to scrap planned ban on combustion engines, EPP's Weber says  Reuters
2. EU abandons plans for 2035 combustion engine ban, senior lawmaker says  Automotive News
3. EU’s 2035 petrol and diesel car ban will be watered down, says senior MEP  The Guardian
4. Europe Gives Up On Its 2035 Internal Combustion Engine Ban  Jalopnik
5. Britain ‘will have to rethink’ ban on sale of diesel and petrol vehicles  The Times

1. EU to scrap planned ban on combustion engines, EPP's Weber says  Reuters
2. EU abandons plans for 2035 combustion engine ban, senior lawmaker says  Automotive News
3. UK to stick with EV targets as EU looks to water down petrol ban  Financial Times
4. Britain ‘will have to rethink’ ban on sale of diesel and petrol vehicles  The Times
5. EU’s 2035 petrol and diesel car ban will be watered down, says senior MEP  The Guardian

1. EU to scrap planned ban on combustion engines, EPP's Weber says  Reuters
2. EU abandons plans for 2035 combustion engine ban, senior lawmaker says  Automotive News
3. EU’s 2035 petrol and diesel car ban will be watered down, says senior MEP  The Guardian
4. Britain ‘will have to rethink’ ban on sale of diesel and petrol vehicles  The Times
5. EU Mulls Five-Year Reprieve for Hybrid Cars From Combustion Ban  Bloomberg.com

1. There’s a testosterone crisis, the FDA says — for cisgender men  The 19th News
2. Testosterone levels have declined in men. Here's what the FDA wants to do about it  NPR
3. FDA panel calls to loosen restrictions on testosterone replacement therapy  NBC News
4. Mohit Khera, MD, recaps key takeaways from FDA panel on TRT for men  Urology Times
5. In expert panel, FDA says ‘door is open’ for testosterone labeling revisions  statnews.com

1. EU set to indefinitely freeze Russian assets, removing obstacle to Ukraine loan  Reuters
2. Russia hits back at Europe's big plan to loan Moscow's frozen cash to Ukraine  BBC
3. Belgian PM meets Starmer in London as debate continues on using frozen Russian assets for Ukraine – Europe live  The Guardian
4. Russia Sues Holder of Frozen Assets Europe Wants for Ukraine Loan  The New York Times
5. Using Russian Assets to Help Ukraine Is Looking Like Europe’s Least-Bad Option  The Wall Street Journal

1. Live updates: Rivers have crested, but Western Washington flood threat still looms  KUOW
2. Northwest floods offer sneak peek of hotter climate's toll  KUOW
3. Western WA will get a brief relief from rain, but rivers will ‘rise again’  The Seattle Times
4. Skagit River dike holds, but the worst is yet to come  KING5.com
5. City of Burlington modifies evacuation order  goSkagit

1. More photos from Epstein estate released by Democrats on House Oversight Committee  BBC
2. New photos released from Epstein’s estate showing Trump, Bannon, Bill Clinton and other high-profile people  CNN
3. Powerful men in politics and media shown in new Epstein estate images  Los Angeles Times
4. Trump, Clinton, Gates included in Epstein photo trove  Politico
5. Epstein files live updates as House Democrats release photos from new trove  CBS News