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1. Italy now recognizes the crime of femicide and punishes it with life in prison

   Italy's parliament on Tuesday approved a law that punishes femicide with life in prison. The vote coincided with the international day for the elimination of violence against women.

2. National Parks to raise fees by $100 for international tourists to popular U.S. parks

   The National Park Service says it is going to start charging international tourists an extra $100 to enter popular parks. They will be left out of fee-free days, reserved for American residents.

3. Trump spares turkeys — but not his political opponents — at annual pardoning ceremony

   President Trump brought grievances to the Thanksgiving pardoning ceremony on Tuesday. He joked about sending the turkeys to a prison in El Salvador, and claimed that last year's turkey pardons were invalid.

4. Louisiana's top health official, a critic of the COVID vaccine, will be CDC deputy

   Louisiana's surgeon general Dr. Ralph Abraham, who has praised Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s tenure as health secretary and called COVID vaccines "dangerous," will become the second-highest ranking official at the CDC.

5. New limits for rent algorithm that prosecutors say let landlords drive up prices

   Landlords could no longer rely on rent-pricing software to quietly track each other's moves and push rents higher using confidential data, under a settlement between RealPage Inc. and federal prosecutors.

6. How a 'sweet and shy' tortoise outlived empires and survived two world wars

   No one knows exactly when Gramma was born. But if the estimated birth year of 1884 is accurate, Chester Arthur occupied the Oval Office and there were only 39 states at the time.

7. Sen. Mark Kelly: Trump and Hegseth don't 'understand the Constitution'

   Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., and other congressional Democrats released a video last week letting service members know they can refuse illegal orders. Kelly is now being investigated for misconduct.

8. When private equity invests in youth sports facilities

   NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Luke Goldstein of The Lever, who wrote about the rise of private equity control of youth hockey facilities.

9. The case against Comey failed because of Trump's prosecutor. Who is she?

   A federal judge dismissed the Justice Department's cases against James Comey and Letitia James, saying the prosecutor who led them was unlawfully appointed. Here's what to know about her.

10. A former U.S. attorney offers 'A Manual for Keeping a Democracy'

    Joyce Vance, author of Giving Up Is Unforgivable, discusses recent impactful decisions by courts and the Justice Department, and how her son helped her understand Gen Z's view of defending democracy.