Scottish Toddler Believed Youngest Person Ever to Reach Mount Everest Base Camp (themessenger.com)
2-year-old Carter Dallas of Glasgow made the trek on a “whim” with his parents as they travel across Asia....
Texas Superintendent Defends Suspending Black Student Over Locs Hairstyle in Full-Page Ad: ‘Being American Requires Conformity' (themessenger.com)
A full-page newspaper defends the punishment high school student Darryl George has faced over his hairstyle.
Poland Is ‘Next’ After Russia Wins Ukraine War, Putin Ally Says - The Messenger (themessenger.com)
Iran Can Build 'Several' Nukes With Current Uranium Stockpiles, UN Says (themessenger.com)
Iran can likely build several atomic bombs with its current stockpiles of enriched uranium, the head of the United Nations’ nuclear agency said Thursday....
Female Hamas Hostage Who Pleaded for Life on Bike Is Forced to Reveal Fate of 2 Fellow Israeli Captives in Sick Video (themessenger.com)
Trump Must Return $7.8 Million in Foreign Payments, Democrats Demand (themessenger.com)
Trump Attorney Tells Judges Presidential Immunity Would Even Cover Assassinating Rivals, Selling Pardons (themessenger.com)
U.S. presidents cannot be prosecuted for selling pardons or assassinating political rivals through SEAL Team Six, personal Trump lawyer John Sauer argued Tuesday.
Trump attorney tells judges presidential immunity would even cover assassinating rivals, selling pardons (themessenger.com)
US presidents cannot be prosecuted for selling pardons or assassinating political rivals through SEAL Team Six, personal Trump lawyer John Sauer argued Tuesday...
No One Shows Up for Dean Phillips Event in New Hampshire (themessenger.com)
Illinois Apartment Buildings Board Up Units Over ‘Imminent Safety Risk’ — With People Still Inside, Tenants Claim (themessenger.com)
Jeffrey Epstein Invoked Stephen Hawking in Bid to Disprove Claim of Underage Orgies (themessenger.com)
The late financier apparently hoped his association with the noted black hole theorist would help him battle child sex-trafficking allegations, newly unsealed records show...
mRNA vaccine use should be stopped, controversial Florida Surgeon General tells FDA, CDC (themessenger.com)
Florida’s firebrand surgeon general is calling for use of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines to be stopped....
More Than 6,700 Pounds of Ground Beef Recalled Over Possible E. Coli Contamination (themessenger.com)
Ground beef and ground beef patties affected by the recall were sent to distributors in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Michigan...
Mckinsey to pay $78 million to settle lawsuit accusing it of helping fuel the opioid epidemic (themessenger.com)
U.S. health insurers and benefit plans alleged the consulting giant’s work for drug makers prompted them to pay for opioids instead of non-addictive and cheaper drugs...
Hamas Police Officer Fatally Shoots Boy Approaching Humanitarian Aid Truck to Keep Others Away: (themessenger.com)
Trump Attorneys: Appeals Court Should Toss D.C. Indictment On 'Immunity' Grounds (themessenger.com)
Special Counsel Jack Smith is scheduled to respond by Dec. 30, after which a three-judge panel will hear oral arguments on Trump’s ‘immunity’ appeal of his D.C. indictment on Jan. 9...
Prosecutors Refuse to Drop Charges Against Texas 11-Year-Old Put in Solitary Confinement (themessenger.com)
A school district and local prosecutors in Texas are refusing to drop charges against an 11-year-old who was held in solitary confinement....
Prosecutors Refuse to Drop Charges Against Texas 11-Year-Old Put in Solitary Confinement (themessenger.com)
Timothy Murray lost his father earlier this year and had been asking his principal for counseling when she called in the police
Top Illinois NAACP Official Caught on Leaked Call Apparently Calling Migrants 'Savages' Who Have ‘Been Raping People’ (themessenger.com)
A civil rights leader in Illinois is facing calls to resign after referring to migrants as “savages” during a Zoom meeting....
Tech CEO Forced Assistant to Sign 'Sex Slave' Contract, and Tormented Her With Sadomasochistic Bondage, Lawsuit Alleges (themessenger.com)
A former Bay Area tech CEO was fired earlier this year after allegedly enslaving, torturing, and sexually abusing his assistant. He claims the pair had a consensual relationship that people would “celebrate” if it were fictitious....
New York Man Attacked By Guy Hurling Anti-Semitic Slurs on First Day of Hanukkah (themessenger.com)
A Jewish man who was outside his apartment building in New York City having a cigarette on the first night of Hanukkah says he was sucker punched, leaving him bruised and bloody....
Potentially New Deadly Mpox Strain is Appearing Overseas, CDC Warns — As Two US States Report Case Clusters (themessenger.com)
Hamas Held Some Female Hostages Fearing They Would Tell Public With What Really Happened, US Official Suggests (themessenger.com)
Hamas Leader Says He Doesn’t Know How Many Hostages Remain Alive in Gaza: ‘The Number Is Not So Important’ (themessenger.com)
Israel believes that 137 hostages remain in Gaza, though many may have been transferred to the custody of other armed groups...
Child Pneumonia Cases Surge in Europe — As Fears Rise Over Outbreak in China (themessenger.com)
The Netherlands is experiencing a bizarre uptick in pneumonia cases among children, marking the second country to report an outbreak of this type this week....
