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Jack Dorsey
personTwitter shares fell about 1% after news that CEO Jack Dorsey is stepping down. Merck shares slid 4.5% after Citi downgraded Merck to neutral from buy. eBay lost more than 2% after announcing it's acquiring Sneaker Con Digital. Twitter's chief technical officer Parag Agrawal will replace Dorsey in the top post.
Virgil Abloh
personThe designer was hailed as the Karl Lagerfeld of his generation. Abloh's death was announced on Instagram Sunday with a lengthy caption revealing he battled cardiac angiosarcoma for two years.
Gabriel Martinelli
personGabriel Martinelli came off the bench to score in Arsenal's 2-0 win. Martin Keown says Martinelli put himself 'firmly in the mind' of Mikel Arteta. Victory moves Arsenal level on points with fourth-placed West Ham United.
Diogo Jota
personDiogo Jota scores twice as Liverpool beat Southampton 4-0. Thiago Alcantara, Virgil van Dijk and Mario Balotelli also on target. Liverpool move up to second in Premier League standings.
Amazon
organizationRetailer has slashed prices on thousands of items across its site. There's still time to score up to 73 per cent off top-rated hair tools. Some products are at their lowest price yet, with Apple AirPods and Oral-B electric toothbrushes.
Best Buy
organizationBest Buy is offering weekly and daily deals and sales on everything. Amazon's early Black Friday sale, featuring what the company is calling "epic deals," is on now. Many stores closed on Thanksgiving 2021, and are steering shoppers to Black Friday deals on their websites.
Emmanuel Macron
personFrench fishing boats this morning encircled the British flag-bearing Normandy Trader outside Saint-Malo. The fisherman say the blockade is a protest at what they claim are moves by authorities in London and Jersey to withhold licences to fish in British waters.
Ilhan Omar
personRepublican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado is being accused of Islamophobia. She told a story implying that Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar was a terrorist. Omar responded to the story on Twitter, calling Boebert a "buffoon" and a liar.
Lauren Boebert
personRepublican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado is being accused of Islamophobia. She told a story implying that Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota was a terrorist. The Council on American-Islamic Relations condemned Boebert's remarks.
Manasseh Sogavare
personA plane carrying Australian police and diplomats arrived late Thursday in Honiara, where they will help local police. Up to 50 more police as well 43 defense force personnel with a navy patrol boat are scheduled to arrive on Friday. Australia is not assisting in the protection of the National Parliament and the executive buildings.
Ralf Rangnick
personRalf Rangnick will take over at Manchester United until the end of the season. The 63-year-old German is set to leave his position as head of sports and development at Russian outfit Lokomotiv Moscow. He will replace Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who was sacked on Sunday. United are currently eighth in the Premier League table with 17 points.
Priti Patel
personFrance withdraws invitation to UK Home Secretary Priti Patel for meeting in Calais. Move follows publication of letter by UK PM Boris Johnson to French president. Johnson called for joint maritime patrols to prevent migrant crossings of the Channel.
Apple
organizationApple's AirPods Pro with the MagSafe case are on sale for $159 at Walmart and $169 at Amazon. B&H is selling the Wi-Fi version of the latest 12.9-inch iPad Pro with 256GB of storage for its lowest price to date. Save on the best headphones from Samsung, Jabra, Sony, and Apple.
Manasseh Sogavare
personAustralia will send a peacekeeping force of more than 100 federal police and defense personnel to the Solomon Islands. The Pacific island nation has witnessed massive rioting on the second day of protests. Protesters have burned buildings including a police station and breached the national parliament.
Ralf Rangnick
personRalf Rangnick is set to be appointed as Manchester United's interim manager. The 63-year-old has agreed a six-month deal until the end of May. He could then stay on in a two-year consultancy role at Old Trafford. Michael Carrick is expected to remain in the United backroom team.
Richard Madeley
personGood Morning Britain presenter, 65, was taken to hospital on Thursday November 25. ITV confirmed he was no longer able to take part in the rest of the series.
Magdalena Andersson
personAndersson was tapped to replace Stefan Lofven as party leader and prime minister. The development marked a milestone for Sweden, viewed for decades as one of Europe’s most progressive countries when it comes to gender relations.
Greg McMichael
personGreg McMichael, his son Travis McMichael and their neighbor William ‘Roddie’ Bryan were convicted of murder in the February 2020 death of Ahmaud Arbery. Arbery was chased and fatally shot while running through their coastal Georgia neighborhood in an attack that became part of the larger national reckoning on racial injustice.
Stella Creasy
personWalthamstow MP Stella Creasy regularly takes her three-month-old son into the Commons chamber. Speaker Lindsay Hoyle has asked the Commons Procedure Committee to look at the rules around bringing babies into the House. Current rules stipulate that MPs should not take a seat in the Chamber when accompanied by a child.
Gregory McMichael
personTravis McMichael found guilty on all nine counts, including malice murder. Gregory McMichael was found not guilty of malice murder but guilty of felony murder. William "Roddie" Bryan found guilty of three counts felony murder, one count aggravated assault. Ahmaud Arbery, 25, shot and killed while on a jog in February 2020. Video footage of the murder was viewed by millions of people in May 2020.