Fernando Valenzuela, the beloved Los Angeles Dodgers pitching ace who helped the team win the 1981 World Series, died of septic shock last month, according to his death certificate. Source

Control of the House has yet to be determined, but Republicans are operating as if they’ve secured the majority. Source

Whip John Thune​ of South Dakota, former Whip John Cornyn​ of Texas and Sen. Rick Scott​ of Florida are in the race for Senate Republican leader. Source

U.S. airlines are barred from flying to Haiti for a month after 3 American carriers’ planes are hit by gunfire amid relentless gang violence in the Caribbean nation. Source

President-elect Donald Trump has called the Biden administration’s student loan relief efforts a “total catastrophe.” Source

John Krasinski is People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2024. The magazine announced the actor-writer-director as its pick during “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” Source

Peanut the pet squirrel, who was a social media star before being seized by authorities in upstate New York, tested negative for rabies after being euthanized, a county official said Tuesday. Source

It’s not clear how the British Columbia teenager picked up the virus, which has been detected recently in wild birds and poultry in the province, a health official said. Source

America’s largest nonfiction film festival, featuring more than 200 features and shorts, returns to New York City theaters and streaming. Source

Trump in a statement said the two will work to “dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies.” Source