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• Eli Lilly tops $1 trillion

• Ugandan super nurse

• Best US restaurants

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Today’s Big Story

Trump/Mamdani Meeting

• President Trump and New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani met in the Oval Office for the first time, setting aside months of personal attacks. Both men described the meeting as productive, saying they focused on shared goals rather than past rhetoric, especially lowering costs for New Yorkers.

• Trump praised Mamdani’s plans to build more housing and address food, energy, and rent pressures, saying he’d be “helping, not hurting” the incoming mayor. Mamdani emphasized affordability, crime concerns, and preserving city services, while signaling he’ll still oppose Trump on issues like immigration enforcement or cuts that he says would “hurt New Yorkers.”

• Mamdani won the Nov. 4 election despite Trump endorsing Cuomo, with NBC News exit polls showing 10% of New York City Trump voters supported the democratic socialist. Trump acknowledged 'a lot of my voters actually voted for' Mamdani and said he was 'okay with that.'

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Saturday’s Quick Hits

• The Coast Guard banned hate symbols like swastikas and nooses from all locations Thursday night, reversing course hours after reports showed it planned to call them "potentially divisive." The softer language would have replaced a 2019 policy calling such symbols "widely identified with oppression." Acting Commandant Kevin Lunday said the symbols remain prohibited. (More)

• Eli Lilly became the 10th US company to reach $1 trillion in market value on Friday, and the first healthcare company to hit that mark. Lilly's shares jumped 36% this year and over 75% since launching its obesity drug Zepbound two years ago. The company now leads the obesity drug market, beating rival Novo Nordisk, with obesity and diabetes drugs making up more than half its revenue. (More)

• Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced Friday she will resign from Congress on January 5th after breaking with President Trump. Trump called Greene a "traitor" and withdrew his endorsement after she backed releasing the Jeffrey Epstein investigation files. Greene, once a leading Trump supporter, said she refuses to be a "battered wife" and won't face a primary challenge funded by the president. (More)

• A major storm will sweep across the US next week during Thanksgiving, threatening delays for millions of travelers. Southern California sees heavy rain and flooding on Friday, then the storm moves through Arizona and into the Southern Plains. By Monday, it stretches from Texas to the Midwest with rain that could delay flights. The East Coast gets light rain on Tuesday. (More)

• Mexico's Fátima Bosch won Miss Universe 2025 in Thailand on Friday, beating Miss Thailand. The win came weeks after Thailand's pageant director called Bosch "stupid" during a livestream, causing other contestants to walk out in support. He apologized and faced heavy sanctions. Days before the pageant, a judge quit, claiming voting lacked transparency, which organizers denied. Bosch is 25 and works in humanitarian causes. (More)

• An Ohio jury found police officer Connor Grubb not guilty Friday of murdering Ta'Kiya Young, a pregnant 21-year-old shot during a shoplifting stop in 2023. Body camera footage showed Grubb shooting Young through her windshield as she drove toward him. Young was seven months pregnant, and her unborn child also died. Grubb's defense argued that her car posed deadly force. Young's family plans a civil lawsuit. (More)

• Archaeologists in Budapest found a sealed Roman sarcophagus from 1,700 years ago that was never looted. Inside was a young woman's skeleton with glass vessels, bronze figures, 140 coins, and gold fabric. The coffin was in Óbuda, once part of Roman Aquincum. The custom-made sarcophagus suggests wealth, which was rare since the Romans usually reused old coffins. (More)

Weekly Dose of Positive

• A Ugandan nurse climbs a 1,000-foot ladder to vaccinate children in areas too steep for pregnant women, kids, and sick people to reach. (More)

• Actor Gary Sinise donated $1 million to help CreatiVets, a nonprofit founded by Marine veteran Richard Casper, buy a Nashville church where veterans can heal through creative arts. (More)

• Rangers confirmed a critically endangered eastern black rhino was born in Kenya's Chyulu population, bringing the total to nine rhinos whose genetic independence is vital for the species' survival. (More)

• A British surgeon aboard a hospital ship removed a face-sized tumor from 10-month-old Memunatu's neck in Sierra Leone, saving her life after local doctors said she was too young for the surgery. (More)

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