Market Gains Come Faster Than Forecast

California Gov. Gavin Newsom surveys the damage in Pacific Palisades with CalFire's Nick Schuler and State Sen. Alex Padilla. Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty ImagesCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom is already looking ahead to an "LA 2.0" post-wildfire. He said he is "organizing a Marshall Plan" to hasten the city's recovery efforts.

A Dutch pension fund completely divested its stake in Tesla over several concerns. Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesDutch pension fund ABP sold its Tesla stake over Musk's pay and working conditions at the company. ABP disagreed with Musk's compensation package and voted against it in June. The fund called the pay package "controversial and exceptionally high."A Dutch civil service pension fund sold its entire stake in Tesla over disapproval of CEO Elon Musk's pay package and working conditions at the company.

In November, President-elect Donald Trump said that Elon Musk would co-lead a government commission called the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Brandon Bell via Getty ImagesDOGE plans to deploy its staffers to major government agencies after Donald Trump takes office. Two DOGE representatives will be embedded at each agency, The New York Times reported.

A 57th Otaman Kost Hordiienko Motorized Brigade drone operator launches a UAV in preparation for a combat mission in Kharkiv. Viacheslav Madiievskyi / Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty ImagesUkraine has been releasing excerpts of what its forces say is a North Korean soldier's diary. They include a stick-figure sketch of using a comrade as "bait" to shoot down a drone.

Microsoft has expanded Outlook over the years to absorb MSN and Hotmail, and also its Mail and Calendar applications. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesMicrosoft Outlook is an email platform with productivity features like calendar and file-sharing. Microsoft discontinued its old email platforms, MSN and Hotmail, and folded them into Outlook.

Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.