Tuesday, December 19

🚨NATION

📌 Appeals court says Mark Meadows can’t move Georgia election case charges to federal court (AP)

📌 GOP Gov. Abbott signs border bill that makes entering Texas illegally a state crime (CNN)

📌 Rudy Giuliani sued again by ex-Georgia election workers (AXIOS)

📌 A judge halted the removal of a Confederate memorial at Arlington National Cemetery (NPR)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Volcano erupts on Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula (CNN)

📌 U.S. launches Operation Prosperity Guardian to defend Red Sea shipping lanes from Houthi attacks (CNBC)

📌 Mahmoud Abbas says willing to reform PA so it can rule Gaza, but Israeli policies ‘the problem’ (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 Pope approves blessings for same-sex couples that must not resemble marriage (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Japan's Nippon Steel to acquire U.S. Steel for $14.9 billion (REUTERS)

📌 Apple halting sales of Series 9, Ultra 2 smartwatch over patent dispute (FOX BUSINESS)

📌 Southwest Airlines fined record $140 million by DOT over 2022 holiday travel meltdown (ABC NEWS)

📌 Apes recognize friends they haven’t seen for decades, new research finds (CNN)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Jonathan Majors dropped by Marvel after split guilty verdict in assault trial (PEOPLE)

📌 This very ’80s evening gown worn by Princess Diana just set an auction record (CNN)

📌 Stephen Curry’s three-pointer streak ends at 268 games in Warriors’ win (GUARDIAN)

📌 Parenting advice YouTuber Ruby Franke pleads guilty to 4 counts of child abuse (CBS NEWS)