Panera Bread has hired a crisis manager while it navigates ongoing lawsuits over its highly caffeinated Charged Lemonade and plans an initial public offering.source

Alabama A&M football player Medrick Burnett Jr. died after a suffering a head injury during a game four weeks ago, officials at the HBCU said. He was 20.source

Several of President-elect Donald Trump’s planned Cabinet nominees and administration appointees were subjected to bomb threats and “swatting” attacks.source

Three Americans were safely in U.S. custody after a rare prisoner swap between the U.S. and China. An American official said the U.S. turned over two Chinese nationals in return for the release of the detained Americans. NBC News’ Janis Mackey Frayer reports.source

In remarks at AutismOne conferences in 2013, 2017 and 2019, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likened vaccinating children to putting them in “Nazi death camps” and falsely alleged a cover-up of vaccine injuries similar to the child sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church.source

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ request to be released on bail was denied. The rapper is being held at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center awaiting trial. He is charged with racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution to which he has pleaded not guilty.source

President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday he will nominate retired Gen.source

NASA astronaut Suni Williams spoke with NBC News from the International Space Station about Thanksgiving, her health and whether she feels “stranded” in space.source

Post-election tensions are prompting some families to rethink who will be at the Thanksgiving table this year.source

Wendy Williams has become “cognitively impaired and permanently incapacitated,” according to a memo filed by her guardian’s lawyers.source