Bronny James, Kelly Clarkson, Rita Moreno & More - 12/11/2023

A Morning News Update That Takes Into Account The News Stories You Deem 'Highly Conversational'

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Today's Rundown:
USC's Bronny James comes off bench in debut
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39083268/usc-bronny-james-come-bench-debut

Arkansas legislative auditor says review of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' $19,000 lectern purchase won't be finished in 2023
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/dec/07/arkansas-legislative-auditor-doesnt-expect-review/

Multiple dead as tornadoes tear through Tennessee: 'Sad day for our community'
https://abcnews.go.com/US/multiple-long-track-tornadoes-tear-northwest-tennessee/story?id=105524001

Texas lawmaker John Whitmire tops Sheila Jackson Lee in runoff election for Houston's next mayor
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-lawmaker-john-whitmire-tops-sheila-jackson-lee-runoff-election-houstons-next-mayor

Casey DeSantis wants out-of-state supporters to participate in Iowa caucuses
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/648152-casey-desantis-iowa/

Penn president Elizabeth Magill resigns amid backlash over congressional hearing comments
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/penn-president-elizabeth-magill-resigns/story?id=105524003

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is the first tour to gross over $1 billion, Pollstar says
https://apnews.com/article/taylor-swift-eras-tour-billion-dollar-record-52945111233438b1f2166aa19eee365f

Ryan O’Neal, Star of ‘Love Story,’ ‘What’s Up, Doc?’ and ‘Paper Moon,’ Dies at 82
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ryan-oneal-dead-love-story-paper-moon-1235730468/

'A Cowboy Christmas Romance' features the 1st sex scene in a Lifetime Christmas movie
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/a-cowboy-christmas-romance-sex-scene-lifetime-jana-kramer-172424276.html

Kelly Clarkson Says She Pees in the Shower 'Almost Every Time'
https://www.businessinsider.com/kelly-clarkson-pees-shower-almost-every-time-2023-12

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ONE DAY OLDER ON DECEMBER 11
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WHAT HAPPENED TODAY
1946: The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established.
2012: British physicist Stephen Hawking won the $3 million Fundamental Physics Prize, the most lucrative academic prize in the world.
2015: Playboy magazine published its last nude issue, featuring Pamela Anderson on the cover. It would begin publishing nude photos again in early 2017.

PLUS, TODAY WE CELBRATE: Green Monday
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/green-monday.asp#:~:text=Green%20Monday%20takes%20place%20each,Being%20Green%20(Monday).%22