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Thursday’s trading session wiped out a celebration in a matter of hours, and the companies that powered the boom took the hardest hits. Washington’s incoming Senate majority drew a line on future Supreme Court picks, a South American leader’s fall came astonishingly fast, and three tech giants filed suit over what kids see when they scroll. Plus, a soccer icon’s farewell and a toy that said the unthinkable.

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The S&P 500 sank 4.4% Thursday in its worst session since April 2025, as the Dow shed 1,833 points and the Nasdaq tumbled 5.5% into a correction. Data center stocks led the rout as calls for a data center moratorium after the Democratic sweep piled onto worries about borrowing costs and a possible bubble.

The selloff more than erased Wednesday's postelection rally, the market's best day in three months, and left the Nasdaq 11.9% below the all-time high set last month. South Korea's Kospi slid 5.3% as the pain spread worldwide, while Sen. Bernie Sanders posted "National data center moratorium now" after local voters approved restrictions Tuesday.

Chuck Schumer vowed Thursday that Democrats will not allow a "right-winger" on the Supreme Court once in power, raising the possibility they could block a future nominee. He would not say whether he would hold a seat open until after the next presidential election, as former Republican leader Mitch McConnell did in 2016.

Schumer said Democrats are "not going to allow any crappy nominees" to the high court, the lower courts or Trump's Cabinet, signaling tougher confirmation fights ahead. The pledge came two days after Democrats won a decisive Senate majority, a result few predicted a year ago when Republicans counted on a favorable map.

First lady Melania Trump welcomed Russian and Ukrainian delegations to the White House Thursday, urging a "more enduring" ceasefire after last week's truce around occupied Oleshky. Hundreds of residents facing starvation and constant bombardment evacuated during the six-day pause, which both Moscow and Kyiv credited President Trump with brokering in the Kherson region.

The unusual meeting gathered human rights ombudsmen Dmytro Lubinets and Yana Lantratova, Ukrainian lawmaker Davyd Arakhamia and Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev, away from stalled peace talks. Both sides credited the first lady with a key but unspecified role, and she said she reviewed demining plans, aerial images, evacuation routes and hospital access.

Paraguay's President Santiago Peña resigned Thursday, and the lower house impeached him minutes later in a 78-0 vote after a bank tied to his government collapsed and froze savings.

Russell Brand was convicted of rape and sexual assault by a London jury after four weeks, and the entertainer was refused bail and taken into custody before Monday's sentencing.

A gunman killed eight people Thursday in shootings across western Turkey's Afyonkarahisar province, seriously injuring one more before authorities arrested the suspect in Eskişehir province after a manhunt.

An infant in southwestern Wisconsin died of measles, the state's first since 1990, as US vaccination rates slip below the 95% needed to stop outbreaks of the disease.

Harmeet Dhillon, who led the Civil Rights Division, resigned Thursday after 18 months, the first senior Justice Department official to leave since Democrats won control of Congress this week.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved National Guard patrols around Washington using military vehicles and boats, with troops allowed to carry rifles during some operations but not in Metro stations.

Tesla and SpaceX shares slid roughly 11% and 9% respectively, erasing over $420 billion in value since Tuesday as investors weighed possible congressional probes of Elon Musk after the midterms.

The average 30-year mortgage rate fell to 7.18% this week, its third straight weekly decline, though still well above the 6.22% average borrowers faced one year ago.

Three House Republican committee leaders asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to sit for a closed-door briefing on his ties to an executive reportedly identified as a Chinese intelligence asset.

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Archaeologists digging in a Siberian tomb found seeds and hair pointing to the earliest known cannabis high, at least 2,800 years ago and 300 years before known use in China.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin pushed back its New Glenn return to flight to January 2027 as crews race to rebuild its Cape Canaveral launchpad after a major explosion in May.

A British doctor who caught Ebola in Congo was flown to a London hospital, the first UK national infected in an outbreak that has killed more than 5,000 people.

Cristiano Ronaldo announced his international retirement in an emotional video message Thursday, ending a Portugal career of three major trophies and the men's international goals record after a coaching fallout.

LIV Golf is shutting down after five years and over $5 billion spent, as an attorney told a bankruptcy judge it lacked the financial and player support to continue.

Backup quarterback Carson Wentz will start for Minnesota against Buffalo on Monday night with Kyler Murray ruled out, the latest spin of the Vikings' quarterback carousel.

Patriots owner Robert Kraft, 85, will miss Gronkowski's hall of fame induction Saturday and Sunday's game against Green Bay while recovering from back surgery on doctors' orders.

Salon, an early internet staple, announced it will close after 31 years of publication, saying the business realities of independent digital journalism have changed profoundly over the years.

David Boreanaz's remake of "The Rockford Files" premieres Jan. 2 on NBC right after a Saturday NFL game, then settles into its regular Thursday 8 p.m. slot with Peacock streaming.

Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey," starring Matt Damon, returns to theaters on December 11 with IMAX screenings, one week before "Dune: Part Three" and "Avengers: Doomsday" both open on December 18.

What it is: Google, Meta and TikTok filed separate federal lawsuits Thursday seeking to block a California law meant to protect children from social media, arguing it violates their First Amendment rights. Set to take effect on Jan. 1, 2027, the law bars tech companies from offering addictive feeds, endless scrolling and autoplayed videos to anyone under 16 years old.

The detail: Platforms would also need to take "reasonable measures" to verify users' ages, and the companies argue the rules also violate Section 230, which shields them from liability for users' posts. TikTok called the law "a blatantly unconstitutional restriction on free expression," while Meta warned it would have to remove age-appropriate teen features or cut thousands of California teens off.

Why it matters: The fight lands as tech giants face thousands of lawsuits from schools, governments and individual families over their platforms' harms to children and the features designed to hook them. In August, Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to settle teen social media addiction claims filed by nearly every state in the country.

What to watch: California Attorney General Rob Bonta's office, the defendant in all three suits, said it was reviewing the filings and remains committed to defending state laws that protect kids online. The key question is whether federal judges in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Jose pause the law before its Jan. 1 start, while parents watch for any feed changes.

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A talking teddy bear marketed for three-year-olds said "I can't help with killing you" after seemingly mishearing a question about how babies are made, prompting fresh calls for toy regulation.

A North Carolina man's gas pump failed to print his receipt, so he went inside, bought a Powerball ticket and won $2 million thanks to the Power Play.

A British town crier since 1987, Brenda Willison shouted "oyez" at 105.9 decibels to become the loudest woman on Earth, earning two Guinness World Records for one very old word.

George Selden receives a US patent for a gasoline-powered "road engine" (1895) · Cal Rodgers lands in Pasadena after the first airplane flight across the US (1911) · Woodrow Wilson is elected president (1912) · Shirley Chisholm becomes the first Black woman elected to Congress (1968) · Bill Clinton wins reelection (1996)

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