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• European leaders meet to finalize the diplomatic divorce deal known as Brexit. Under the agreement, the United Kingdom would formally dislodge from the European Union on March 29 but stay in the trading bloc through the end of 2020. Still don't get it? Read our non-Brits' guide to Brexit.
• It's Villanova vs. Florida State for men's college basketball bragging rights in Orlando in the AdvoCare Invitational.
• On the West Coast, Miami and Seton Hall face off on the court at the Wooden Legacy tournament.
• The state trial begins for James Alex Fields Jr., accused of fatally mowing down counterprotester Heather Heyer during the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally of white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia. Bags, firearms and electronic devices reportedly will be barred from the courtroom during the three-week trial. Fields has pleaded not guilty to murder and malicious wounding charges. He separately faces federal hate crimes charges.
• Can't stand hunting for parking at the mall? Don't fret. Cyber Monday is here. It's the day you can zero out your holiday shopping list while your boss's head is turned. A record $6.59 billion was spent online during Cyber Monday last year, but beware these common scams, especially on your smartphone.
• They say the only thing better than getting a gift is giving one. Giving Tuesday aims to harness the holiday spirit by raising money for those in need. The movement last year raised more than $300 million online plus countless in-kind donations and acts of kindness given in its name. You can click here or check in with CNN's Impact Your World to find ways to help those near you.
• Mississippi voters go back to the polls to elect a US Senator. After neither candidate got 50% of the vote in the November 6 election, Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat challenger Mike Espy will square off again in a runoff. The stakes are so high that President Trump will visit the state to campaign for Hyde-Smith, who has been dogged by her controversial comments and past actions related to the state's dark history of racial violence.
• The Christmas season formally kicks off, with the lighting of the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse at the White House. The Trump family will be on hand for the 96th annual event. Also debuting is New York's Rockefeller Center tree, which has a 3D, 900-pound star with 3 million crystals.
• A direct confrontation between the United States and China over trade could come when the two-day G20 summit opens in Argentina. A sideline meeting also is set for President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. And world leaders undoubtedly will touch on global concern over Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's killing and Trump's response to it.
• Whew! If you live in a US hurricane zone, take a breath -- you made it. The Atlantic and Eastern Pacific hurricane seasons end. They were doozies, with Florence devastating the Carolinas and Virginia and Michael leveling parts of the Florida Panhandle. In the Pacific, Hector, Lane and Olivia drenched Hawaii, while the remnants of Rosa lashed Phoenix.
• It's college football's conference championship weekend across the country. Some matchups, such as Alabama vs. Georgia for the SEC crown, will have a big impact on who ends up in the College Football Playoff.
• Mexico's incoming President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, gets sworn in. Known by his initials, AMLO, 65, is a blunt, pragmatic leftist whose book, "Listen, Trump," pushes back against the US President's border wall plan. López Obrador has promised Mexicans "development and better quality of life" and said he'd stop doing US "dirty work" by detaining Central American asylum-seekers en route to the United States.
• As you choose the perfect presents for the kiddos on your holiday list, remember, December is Safe Toys and Gifts Month. While a consumer advocacy group says "toys are safer than ever before," experts warn of the potential chemical hazards of slime, toys with possible choking hazards and ones that could violate children's privacy by sharing data.
• World AIDS Day turns 30. More than 30 million people worldwide live with HIV/AIDS. If you haven't gotten tested, here's where to go for help.
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