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🇺🇦 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed Congress in a moving speech yesterday. His visit to the US is his first international trip since Russia invaded in February. "Against all odds and doom and gloom scenarios, Ukraine didn't fall. Ukraine is alive and kicking,” he said.
🌌🚀 NASA ended its InSight mission on Mars after the lander stopped responding to communications from Earth. Dust accumulated on the lander's solar panels and slowly drained its energy over the last two years. Click here to see the final photo the InSight lander sent before dying after four years studying Mars quakes, dust devils, and meteor impacts.
✈️🌨 The National Weather Service has warned of a strong winter storm expected to affect holiday travel. Two-thirds of flights are likely to be affected today and tomorrow, according to AccuWeather.
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How a young Ghanaian football player went from unexpected construction worker to labor leader and worker advocate in Qatar.
The Club Q and Robb Elementary shootings renewed discussion about the idea of a "good guy with a gun." Very few shootings are stopped by armed bystanders or even police — most end when a shooter flees.
Stephen "tWitch" Boss died by suicide yesterday, according to People. He was a dancer and DJ best known for being on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." Here’s a look at his life in pictures.
An Iranian soccer player has been sentenced to death after protesting against the death of Mahsa Amini, according to Iran Wire. Amir Nasr-Azadani was arrested in November in relation to the killing of a police colonel. He has been accused of "waging war against God."
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🏀 The WNBA star Brittney Griner was released from Russian detainment today. The US government executed a prisoner exchange with Russia to free her. The Biden administration agreed to release the Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, per reports.
🇷🇺 Russia wants a pause in Ukraine fighting to prepare for a bigger attack next year, NATO's head, Jens Stoltenberg, said. Russia would then try to "launch a bigger offensive next spring," he said.
⚾ An Insider investigation, based on research by astrophysicist Dr. Meredith Wills, found evidence that three distinct sets of balls were in circulation during MLB games this season.
👑 Three episodes of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's docuseries on Netflix were released today. The series delves into Meghan's media treatment, including tabloid reports with racial undertones. Harry said the royal family told him it was a "rite of passage" that their own wives had faced.
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The was "probably massive amounts of evidence" left at the off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho, where four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death, a police expert told Insider, but no arrests have been made yet.
💅In a new interview with the BBC, Billie Eilish spoke candidly about her relationship with fashion, saying she feels the most herself when she's presenting as masculine overall, and that it goes beyond style.
🤝In an interview for Cosmopolitan's December issue with Patrice Peck, the "Abbott Elementary" creator, Quinta Brunson said that Mindy Kaling "doesn't get enough credit" for her hit TV shows.
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‼️Balenciaga's creative director has apologized for the fashion brands now-pulled holiday ad campaign. The recent controversial campaign was accused of sexualizing children. Designer Demna Gvasalia said it was the "wrong artistic choice" in an Instagram post.
‼️Alex Jones filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Texas court on Friday. Jones owes families of the Sandy Hook shooting nearly $1.4 billion after two trials this year. In the bankruptcy filing, Jones said he has just $1 million to $10 million in assets.
Katherine Heigl, 44, says there's a delicateness in Hollywood that didn't use to exist. The Emmy-winning actor says it's easier to speak up for yourself without being labeled as difficult. She said "Firefly Lane" gave freedom to actors and showrunners and helped her focus her career.
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🇨🇳 People are pouring into the streets of major Chinese cities to protest COVID lockdowns. Anger has been simmering for months over China's zero-COVID rules. Experts say the protests aren't at the scale of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
🛍 Kim Kardashian tweeted that she was "outraged" following Balenciaga's holiday advertisement. Balenciaga had to apologize and pull its ads after being accused of sexualizing children. Fans had implored Kardashian to make a statement following the backlash.
🇧🇪 Videos show riots erupted in Brussels on Sunday after Belgium defeated Morocco 2-0 in the World Cup. Riot police deployed tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowds. Violence also sparked off in neighbouring Netherlands.
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😢🕷Joe Jonas says he felt 'destroyed' when he lost 'Amazing Spider-Man' role to Andrew Garfield.
😬😮Jesse Eisenberg says meeting Claire Danes was the 'greatest day of my life' but she has no recollection of the moment. Eisenberg said on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" Wednesday that they had met 15 years prior to working with each other.
✊🏽'Wakanda Forever' writer says Winston Duke and Lupita Nyong'o were considered for new Black Panther.
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In preparation for the 🦃Thanksgiving holiday, "Corn Kid" Tariq donated 90,000 cans of vegetables — 50,000 of which were corn — to City Harvest's new Cohen Community Food Rescue Center in New York City.
☕️ Jairo Calderon, a 19-year-old former Starbucks barista said he was fired from his store after he made a joking TikTok about customers who don't read the labels on their coffee.
🇲🇽 Footage of a woman climbing the steps of the protected Chichén Itzá pyramid in Mexico has blown up online, with many viewers accusing her of being disrespectful.
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‼️Taylor Swift is "pissed off" that Ticketmaster couldn't handle all of the Swifties who want to see her on tour. Ticketmaster canceled the general sale for her upcoming "Eras Tour," days after their website broke during the presale.
👑🇬🇧 Princess Diana's biographer Andrew Morton told Insider that she overshadowed Charles. The king found her popularity "very difficult to take," according to the author. Morton said that in comparison, Camilla is a "cheerleader" and Charles' "number two."
🏈 The NFL cracked down on kick returns because they feared they were causing too many concussions. As a result, touchdowns on kick returns have gone almost completely extinct.
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🎮 America's biggest YouTube creator MrBeast has this week broken internet history by becoming the most-followed individual YouTuber in the world. The YouTuber dethroned Swedish-British creator PewDiePie, who previously held the title of most-followed YouTuber for nine consecutive years.
😢 Miss USA contestants say they received no mental-health support during the pageant, months after a former winner died by suicide
💣💥 Poland says missile strike near Ukraine border was likely an accident caused by misfiring Ukrainian air defense
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‼️ A federal judge in Texas struck down Biden's student-loan forgiveness on Thursday. It's in response to a lawsuit filed by two student-loan borrowers who didn't qualify for the relief. This is the most serious legal setback to Biden's debt relief so far.
🏛 Matt Gaetz blasted several top GOP leaders as vote counts for the midterms draw to a close. "McCarthy. McConnell. McDaniel. McFailure," Gaetz tweeted on Thursday evening. The tweet comes after a slew of disappointing results for GOP candidates.
🏀 Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai said Kyrie Irving is not antisemitic after spending "quality time" with the star. The Nets suspended Irving for sharing a movie with antisemitic material on Twitter and not apologizing. The Nets gave Irving a list of steps, including sensitivity training and meeting with Jewish leaders, to return from suspension.
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🍳🥚 King Charles and Camilla, Queen Consort, narrowly avoided getting hit by eggs thrown at them during an official royal visit on Wednesday. The couple was on a royal walkabout in York, a city in the northeast of England, when a protester began throwing eggs at them.
🎥🎤❌ Britney Spears isn't ready for the biopic treatment just yet. Spears has seemingly shut down hopes that audiences will soon be able to catch a biopic all about her life after Millie Bobby Brown said that she would love to play the pop icon in a movie.
🍄 People with a serious form of depression who took the psychoactive chemical found in "magic" mushrooms in a trial found their symptoms improved — but experts warn that it can be risky to take "magic" mushrooms at home.
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🎤 The "Fantasy" singer spoke candidly about her experience growing up mixed-race, telling People's Jason Sheeler: "I wasn't, like, the little girl living next door, with the silky long hair and freckles."
🐸🍵 Millie Bobby Brown said that her relationship with her "Enola Holmes 2" costar Henry Cavill is different from her "Stranger Things" castmates because she and Cavill have a "real adult relationship."
💅💰 Style influencer Adrienne Reau has gone viral for buying a $1,000 micro-miniskirt from Diesel, an Italian clothing retailer.
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‼️When Russia invaded Ukraine, Putin called the conflict a "special military operation." On Thursday, he publicly acknowledged the conflict as a "war" for the first time. The apparent reversal prompted criticism from Russians who were prosecuted for calling it a war.
🇺🇸🏛 The Education Department told borrowers in an email they are not required to resume payments in January. Before Thanksgiving, the department announced another extension of the payment pause. The pause will go through June 30, 2023, or whenever litigation is resolved, whichever comes first.
✈️🌨 Nearly 4,000 flights were canceled by Friday afternoon as a bitter winter storm engulfed parts of the US. On Thursday, 2,687 flights within, into, or out of the US were canceled, per FlightAware data. Disruptions are set to continue, the National Weather Service warned.
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🗳 New Jersey Republican committeeman Tom Baio lost his re-election bid by three votes. Baio is seeking to throw out his daughter's absentee ballot, who voted Democratic. Republicans allege that several young Democrats who do not live in the state cast absentee ballots.
💔 MTG and her estranged husband, Perry Greene, moved to settle their divorce, per court documents. The filing said the pair "previously separated and remain in a bona fide state of separation." Perry Greene filed the initial petition for divorce in Floyd County, Ga., in September 2022.
💵 Only one person, ex-CFO Allen Weisselberg, is going to jail for the Trump Org. tax-fraud scheme. Ex-Manhattan financial-crimes prosecutors say he could now face more time than his five-month deal. A judge could rule Weisselberg violated the deal because jurors, by their verdict, found he lied.
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🚗 Trucks supplied by British farmers are being retrofitted in Ukraine to supply the military. The crowdfunded initiative Car4Ukraine has received more than 100 vehicles from the UK. The UK right-hand drive models confuse Russian snipers and have saved Ukrainian soldiers' lives.
📹 "Emily in Paris" star Ashley Park said she was recognized by men at the 2022 Super Bowl in LA. The actress told the Sunday Times she didn't expect anyone to know who she was. Park said she "never had more middle-aged men" ask her for videos to send to their wives.
📱 Steve Bannon criticized former President Donald Trump on his podcast on Friday, Newsweek reported. He said his old boss needs to "get off the Truth," referring to the social-media site Truth Social. "It's just not good enough right now," Bannon said, adding Trump should focus on policy battles.
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🤒🤧 People are getting sick with mystery illnesses and testing negative for COVID-19, RSV, and flu. Here's why.
🇺🇦 Ukrainian soldiers are filming TikTok-style dance videos in the snow to show “morale is high” as the war rages on.
😢🎾 Naomi Osaka says she felt “ashamed” for taking a break from tennis to manage her mental health.
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🇮🇷 Millions of Iranians have been protesting for months, calling for an end to the theocratic regime. The female-led movement has rivaled all previous displays of disruption in the authoritarian country. Four Iranians spoke to Insider about the changes sweeping their nation.
🪦 It's becoming increasingly common for far-right users to spin celebrity deaths into conspiracies. Conspiracies surrounded the deaths of the Queen, Anne Heche, Bob Saget, and most recently Coolio. People have made celebrity death theories for decades, but the impulse has sped up.
🇺🇦 Bryan Young, a US Army veteran who volunteered in Ukraine's foreign legion, died in July. His partner told Insider that she believes Young's death in Ukraine was preventable. The widow, alongside other soldiers, told Insider about mismanagement and dysfunction in the legion.
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🤔 In a newly declassified 2004 interview, then-President George W. Bush told the 9/11 Commission that he didn't know Al Qaeda had plans to strike the US homeland. The record shows otherwise.
📝 Trump boasted about "openly and transparently" moving official government records to Mar-a-Lago.
⚽️ Cristiano Ronaldo is close to signing with Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr, according to MARCA. The club is said to have offered him a two-and-a-half year deal worth $207 million annually.
🇬🇧 Prince William's spokesperson has responded to the resignation of Lady Susan Hussey: "racism has no place in our society." Hussey, godmother to William, was accused of making "unacceptable" comments to a Black guest visiting the palace.
👨⚖️ 'That 70s Show' actor Danny Masterson was not convicted on three rape charges yesterday.
Jurors couldn't come to a consensus on any of the three charges after six days of deliberations.
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👑 Season five of "The Crown" depicts in horrifying detail the deaths of the Russian royal family. The Romanovs were executed in 1918 after Bolshevik revolutionaries toppled the monarchy. Here's what the Netflix show gets right and wrong about the British royal family's involvement.
🐕 "Scooby-Doo" star Freddie Prinze Jr. told Esquire he was asked to take a pay cut for the sequel. He said that Warner Bros. asked him to take the cut after his costars asked for a raise. "My ego was so angry," Prinze Jr. said in the interview.
🎲 The "Squid Game" star Oh Yeong-Su was said to be indicted Thursday on charges of sexual misconduct. Yonhap News Agency said the actor was accused of inappropriately touching a woman. The report said the case was opened in December 2021 but the claim dated back to 2017.
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👫🤝🧍♀️ "Glee" stars Kevin McHale and Jenna Uskowitz said they have no problem with their former costar, Lea Michele, amid the backlash the Rachel Berry actor has received in recent years.
👶🤯 These record-breaking twins were born from 30 year-old frozen embryos. Their mom is only 3 years older than that.
🙇♀️🏆 Margot Robbie says her performance in 'I, Tonya' made her realize she was a 'good actor' and inspired her to reach out to 'idol' Quentin Tarantino
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⚽️ Qatar set an unwanted record in the first game of the 2022 World Cup on Sunday. It became the first host nation in the tournament's history to lose its opening match. The disappointing performance prompted a large number of the host nation's fans to leave the stadium at the interval.
🇺🇸 Federal agencies asked the Trump White House to approve dozens of new ".gov" websites. But Trump officials rejected many of them, according to records obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. In contrast, the Biden White House has approved almost all such website requests.
🏫 Two killed University of Idaho students called an unknown man at least 10 times total, one victim's sister said. Four students were found stabbed to death in their beds on November 13, police said. Alivea Goncalves said her sister called an unknown man named "Jack" seven times the night she was slain.
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Ex-Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg said he's still on the Trump payroll. Weisselberg testified in court that Eric Trump will decide if he gets his annual $500,000 bonus. He is the prosecutors' key witness in the criminal tax-fraud trial of Donald Trump's company.
Donald Trump launched his 2024 run in front of a crowd of people in Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday. Some people tried to leave the event early — but were stopped by security, two ABC reporters said. ABC reporter Jonathan Karl said Trump's just-over-an-hour speech was "low energy."
🌎 The UN climate summit in Egypt is highlighting the need to dump fossil fuels. Yet big energy and big banks are scouring Africa for oil-and-gas deals. During the COP27 event, three oil-and-gas deals in Africa have been announced.
🍬🧸 A man in Germany found a lost check for $4.8 million made out to gummy bear maker Haribo. He destroyed the check at Haribo's behest. In return, he received a thank you gift box containing candies, which he thought was "a bit cheap."
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🧠 A brain implant reduced two patients' binge eating for at least six months. The two women said their behavior towards food changed almost without thinking about it. More research is needed, but these early results are promising, a study author said.
🇺🇦 Ukraine retook Kherson last week, depriving Russia of its biggest war prize to date. Zelenskyy visited the city after saying investigators had documented hundreds of Russian war crimes. Russia responded to Zelenskyy's visit by falsely claiming that the city is part of Russia.
💊 People say the popular weight-loss drug semaglutide makes it hard to stomach their favorite foods. Not only do they get fuller faster and for longer, but some say their taste buds have changed. Experts aren't sure what's going on, but it could involve how hormones and taste buds interact.
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🇺🇸💪 Abortion rights won big in the midterm elections nationwide. Voters supported ballot measures to protect abortion rights and backed Democratic candidates that campaigned on abortion. The issue appeared to have drowned out Republican messaging on the economy and crime.
🔴❌ The "red tsunami" Republicans were hoping for didn't happen at the midterm elections. Advocates and lawmakers are crediting youth voter turnout that helped deliver wins for Democrats. Student-loan forgiveness was a major policy that had support from the majority of young voters.
😡💢 Former President Donald Trump "is livid" and "screaming at everyone" after GOP midterm setbacks, an advisor told CNN. Trump had endorsed more than 330 GOP candidates running for both state and federal office. Despite the losses, Trump will still probably announce his 2024 White House intentions, the advisor said.
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🌕 A blood-red full moon is set to rise in the sky on the morning of Election Day, November 8, across the US. As voters cast their ballots for the general election, Earth's shadow will cast a red glow across the full moon. It's a total lunar eclipse, often called a "blood moon," and there won't be another one until 2025. After that spectacle, you have the day to cast your ballot.
🇺🇸 One of this year's most competitive House races is in Virginia's 7th district, just southwest of DC. Both Democratic and Republican voters told Insider abortion and the economy are their top issues. Some GOP voters insisted Trump won the 2020 election, while Democrats said they want younger leaders.
🚨 Aaron Carter, the former child star and singer, died on Saturday at the age of 34. Prior to his death, Carter tweeted he was selling his home to start a "new chapter" with his family.
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✍️ The Trump Organization tax-fraud trial is in its second week in a criminal courthouse in Manhattan. Jurors on Tuesday saw the first evidence linking the alleged fraud to the very top of the company.
Imran Khan, until recently the leader of Pakistan, was shot in the leg today. Khan was leading a protest march, demanding elections to unseat the new government.
The man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi told cops he had plans to target other politicians, court documents say. DePape faces both state and federal charges for last week's attack on the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
🚙✈️ Xpeng, a Chinese electric-vehicle maker that competes with Tesla, unveiled a new flying-car prototype. A video of the vehicle's maiden voyage shows it roll out of a garage and take off.
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