Pentagon official overseeing federal schools arrested in Georgia human-trafficking sting (nypost.com)
Iowa rights groups sue over law banning LGBTQ+ books and discussion in school (www.theguardian.com)
Suit by several families and organizations seek to have law declared as violation of students’ and teachers’ free speech
Boy held by Hamas ‘forced to watch videos of 7 October attacks’ (www.theguardian.com)
“Every time a child cried, they would threaten him with a weapon to shut him up.”...
Evansville fixes Christmas tree after 1st attempt drew complaints, ridicule (www.wishtv.com)
This is what small towns really care about.
Berkshire Hathaway adviser Charlie Munger dies at 99 (www.axios.com)
André 3000 Surpasses Tool For Longest [song length] Hot 100 Hit Of All Time (www.stereogum.com)
André 3000 has surpassed Tool for the longest Hot 100 hit of all time. As Billboard reports, his track “I Swear, I Really Wanted To Make A ‘Rap’ Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time” charted at #90 on the Hot 100 this week — it’s the first song on his new instrumental album New Blue Sun. It...
Google’s new geothermal energy project is up and running (www.theverge.com)
A new kind of geothermal plant will feed the power grid that serves two Google data centers in Nevada
Alex Murdaugh sentenced to 27 years in state prison for financial crimes (abcnews.go.com)
Cyber Monday sales reach $12.4B driven by 'Buy Now, Pay Later' (www.foxbusiness.com)
Donald Trump says he never swore oath "to support the Constitution" (www.newsweek.com)
A mysterious illness is sickening dogs in several states. Some are dying. (www.washingtonpost.com)
Health care system "collapse": Doctors, experts sound alarm over Puerto Rico's medical system (www.cbsnews.com)
“The collapse is caused mainly by debt and the economic crisis in Puerto Rico and historic privatization of the health care system there. Our research shows patients are waiting for six to eight months to get an appointment with a specialist. If that’s not a sign of collapse, I don’t know what is,” said Varas-Diaz.
First long-haul flight fully powered by sustainable aviation fuel takes off (www.nbcnews.com)
Nikki Haley wins backing from powerful Koch network as she aims to take on Trump (apnews.com)
Americans for Prosperity, the political arm of the powerful Koch network, formally endorsed Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign on Tuesday, promising to commit its nationwide army of activists — and virtually unlimited funds — to helping Haley defeat former President Donald Trump in the GOP primary contest....
Alex Murdaugh, already convicted of murder, will be sentenced for stealing from 18 clients (apnews.com)
For years, South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh looked his anguished clients in the eyes and promised to help them with their medical bills, their suffering or simply to survive. Then he stole some, if not all, of what he won for many of them....
South Korean Farmers Threaten to Release 2 Million Dogs in Protest of Dog Meat Ban (time.com)
Indian rescuers pull out all 41 workers who were trapped in a tunnel for 17 days, minister says (apnews.com)
UTTARKASHI, India (AP) — All 41 construction workers who were trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in northern India for more than two weeks were pulled out on Tuesday, bringing an end to a drawn-out rescue mission that had grabbed the country’s attention for days.
Irish ambassador meets Israeli official over Varadkar comments (www.bbc.com)
https://www.vidlii.com/watch?v=njL4HaoY8lW
Niger coup leaders repeal law against migrant smuggling (www.bbc.com)
Cyberattack on US hospital owner diverts ambulances from emergency rooms in multiple states (www.cnn.com)
Spain ready to sign post-Brexit Gibraltar deal, says foreign minister (www.theguardian.com)
Rescuers successfully drill through to trapped men in Himalayan tunnel in breakthrough for perilous operation (www.cnn.com)
New Delhi, India CNN — Rescuers on Tuesday successfully drilled through to 41 men trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan tunnel, as a weekslong evacuation effort fraught with uncertainty enters its final stretch....
Diplomas for sale, no classes required. Inside one of Louisiana’s unapproved schools (abcnews.go.com)
Nearly 9,000 schools in Louisiana don’t need state approval to grant degrees....
Tensions are bubbling up at thirsty Arizona alfalfa farms as foreign firms exploit unregulated water (apnews.com)
A blanket of bright green alfalfa spreads across western Arizona’s McMullen Valley, ringed by rolling mountains and warmed by the hot desert sun....
