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  • A massive explosion and fire rocked a port in southern Iran possibly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant.
  • It is the latest in a series of Israeli attacks against journalists covering the war in Gaza and Lebanon in the past year.
  • A jury concluded that The New York Times did not libel former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who had argued that an error in a 2017 Times editorial damaged her reputation.
  • Dramatic photos show construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, though the federal agency that oversees such projects has not approved President Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom.
  • A judge threw out a suit against Fox News by a former Trump supporter who said he got death threats when the network aired false conspiracy theories about his involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection.
  • Big Lots said Friday it will be sold to Gordon Brothers Retail Partners, a firm that specializes in distressed companies.
  • Malaysia's foreign minister Mohamad Hasan cited concerns over the lack of inclusive and free participation.
  • A federal judge in Florida wants civil rights attorneys and lawyers for the U.S. and Florida to hammer out a settlement in a lawsuit over whether detainees at an immigration center in the Everglades are getting adequate access to attorneys. At a Monday status hearing, U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell set a conference for Dec. 16-17 in her Fort Myers courtroom. The lawsuit filed by detainees over legal access is one of three federal cases challenging practices at the immigration detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz." It was built this summer by the administration of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
  • Weather experts are warning that hurricane forecasts will be severely hampered by the upcoming cutoff of key data from U.S. Department of Defense satellites. It is the latest move by the Trump administration with potential consequences for the quality of forecasting. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it would stop collecting and distributing data from three weather satellites that it jointly runs with the Defense Department. The data is used by scientists, researchers and forecasters including the National Hurricane Center. It helps peer under a regular image of a hurricane or a tropical cyclone to see what is going on inside the storm, and is especially helpful at night.
  • U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will gain access to personally identifiable information for all of the nation's 79 million Medicaid enrollees. That's according to an agreement obtained by The Associated Press. ICE officials plan to track immigrants who may not be living legally in the United States. The agreement was signed Monday between officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Homeland Security. Direct access will be given to the addresses, Social Security numbers, birth dates as well as the ethnicity and race of all Medicaid enrollees.
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