Monday, December 16

🚨NATION

📌 Storms across US bring heavy snow, dangerous ice and a tornado in California (AP)

📌 Luigi Mangione’s mom was contacted by police days before arrest (ABC)

📌 Biden administration auctioning off pieces of border wall (NEWSWEEK)

📌 Texas sues New York doctor for telemedicine prescription of abortion pills (NBC)

📌 Nancy Pelosi has hip replacement surgery after injury in Europe (CBS)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 U.S. asks Israel to approve urgent military aid to Palestinian security forces (AXIOS)

📌 South Korea’s parliament votes to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law order — third presidential impeachment in 20 years (AP)

📌 Blinken confirms direct contact with Syria’s rebel leaders (NBC)

📌 Israel will close its embassy in Ireland over Gaza tensions, Antisemitism accusations (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Detroit-area library says Chicago man can keep overdue baseball book — 50 years later (AP)

📌 Coffee prices climb to near 50-year highs — and it may take years for the rally to run out of steam (CNBC)

📌 Why GM scrapped its $50 billion robotaxi dream (AXIOS)

📌 Holding your pee can have dangerous health risks, experts say (CNN)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Jamie Foxx thanks his fans on Instagram after being hit with glass at his birthday party (YAHOO)

📌 Oprah Winfrey throws surprise birthday party for Gayle King (PEOPLE)

📌 Scott Disick buys mini Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon for son’s birthday 15th birthday (PAGE SIX)

📌 Woman who accuses Jay-Z of raping her at 13 shares new details about alleged assault (NPR)