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Common Sense Brief 5 stories in a minute

  1. Wholesale prices up 6.5% from a year ago: what October's producer price report means for your walletThe Producer Price Index rose 0.3% in October after 1.4% in September; over 12 months it's up 6.5%, faster than September's 6.3%.
  2. FDA adds eye-condition warning to Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and other GLP-1 drugs: what to knowOn Nov. 9 the FDA required all GLP-1 drug labels, including Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound, to warn of a potential increased risk of NAION.
  3. Good News Friday: Teen with autism found alive after six days lost in the Australian bushWilliam, 17, who has autism, went missing Nov. 6 near Walhalla, Victoria, after walking back from camp to fetch gear, with no food, water or phone.
  4. Trump says "we don't need a deal with Iran" and pulls Vance off the talks; oil jumpsOn Nov. 12 Trump wrote "We don't need a deal with Iran" and asked Vice President Vance to focus on crime and corruption in Democrat-run cities instead.
  5. Congress presses Jensen Huang and Commerce Secretary Lutnick to testify over chips in ChinaHouse GOP chairmen asked former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to a closed-door interview Dec. 1 or face a subpoena; Sen. Tim Scott asked Huang and Commerce Secretary Lutnick to testify in December.

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  1. North AmericaWholesale prices up 6.5% from a year ago: what October's producer price report means for your wallet
  2. North AmericaFDA adds eye-condition warning to Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and other GLP-1 drugs: what to know
  3. WorldGood News Friday: Teen with autism found alive after six days lost in the Australian bush
  4. Middle EastTrump says "we don't need a deal with Iran" and pulls Vance off the talks; oil jumps
  5. North AmericaCongress presses Jensen Huang and Commerce Secretary Lutnick to testify over chips in China
  6. North AmericaNvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns: what it means for markets and your 401(k)
  7. North AmericaWhite House warns Democrats their planned probes could cross into "blatant criminality"
  8. North America3 women killed as minivan hits crowd outside North Hollywood Metro station; driver arrested
  9. North AmericaBrooklyn building collapse: 8 dead, 18 hurt as search continues in Flatbush
  10. North AmericaTom Emmer keeps the No. 2 House GOP job, beating August Pfluger 103-76
  11. EuropeNATO jets scrambled as at least four drones stray into Baltic airspace
  12. WorldRussia's ambassador to the U.S., Alexander Darchiev, dies at 66
  13. EuropeFour EU countries push back on Germany's Merz over Ukraine money in the EU budget
  14. North AmericaBernie Sanders says he won't back Chuck Schumer for Senate Democratic leader
  15. EuropeSpain's first general strike in 14 years: millions walk out over housing costs
  16. North AmericaVeterans Day 2026: what's open and closed today, plus free meals for veterans
  17. North AmericaRepublicans pick their leaders after midterm losses: Thune stays, Jordan beats Scalise
  18. Middle EastIran says two more tankers are burning near Hormuz as Trump calls the war "effectively over"
  19. North AmericaU.S. gas falls to $3.98, the lowest since July, but still about 90 cents above last year
  20. North AmericaSenate votes 73-25 to take up big permitting reform bill: what's in it
  21. North AmericaCalifornia voters reject Prop 40, the one-time 5% billionaire wealth tax
  22. North AmericaU.S. inflation runs hotter than expected in October; December rate hike looks likely
  23. North AmericaSupreme Court lets border wall work resume in Texas' Big Bend region
  24. North AmericaHouse shelves Massie's Hegseth impeachment in 211-204 vote
  25. North AmericaB.C. braces for 250 mm of rain as third storm hits the coast
  26. WorldOil falls below $90 for the first time since August
  27. EuropeFrance's protests: thousands arrested as anger over prices grows
  28. EuropeKraków shooting: six killed in the city's Main Square
  29. EuropeFrance raises the minimum wage by €24 a month; unions say it's not enough
  30. Middle EastSteel plant explosion in western Turkey kills 17 workers
  31. Middle EastTrump meets Qatar's leader on Iran talks, but no deal yet
  32. EuropeRussia, Ukraine and U.S. end Abu Dhabi talks with a prisoner swap deal, but no breakthrough
  33. North AmericaAlaska Senate race still undecided as both sides go to court
  34. North AmericaCanada lost 4,700 jobs in October; unemployment rises to 6.7%
  35. WorldOil drops on hopes of a U.S.-Iran deal: what it means at the pump