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9:40 AM ET, December 26, 2020

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Associated Press:
AP sources: Human remains found near Nashville explosion  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two law enforcement officials tell The Associated Press that authorities have found human remains in the vicinity of the explosion that rocked downtown Nashville early Christmas morning.
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ABC News:
Human remains found at site of Nashville RV explosion described as apparent ‘intentional act’: Sources  —  The remains have not been identified.  —  FBI press conference on Nashville explosion  —  The FBI explained why they believe the RV explosion in Nashville was an “intentional attack.”
Adam Tamburin / The Tennessean:
Exclusive: Nashville explosion witness remembers chilling warning from the RV: ‘A bomb is in this vehicle’
Chris Megerian / Los Angeles Times:
Families are turning obituaries into final pleas to avoid COVID-19  —  When Pamela Caddell died of COVID-19 last month, there was no funeral — her family knew that, as a former nurse, she wouldn't want anyone else to be exposed to the disease.  —  But there was still something her husband …
Sune Engel Rasmussen / Wall Street Journal:
U.S.-Trained Afghan Fighter Pilot Is in Hiding After Being Denied Safe Passage  —  The case of a top Afghanistan pilot facing death threats from the Taliban has drawn ire from inside U.S. military ranks  —  Maj. Naiem Asadi, an Afghan pilot trained by the U.S. military …
Ashley Fetters / Politico:
Washington's Secret to the Perfect Zoom Bookshelf?  Buy It Wholesale.  —  In a place like Washington—small, interconnected, erudite, gossipy—being well-read can create certain advantages.  So, too, can seeming well-read.  The “Washington bookshelf” is almost a phenomenon in itself …
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Trump again calls for $2,000 checks as Covid aid bill remains in flux  —  President Donald Trump on Friday continued to push raising the amount of direct payments the massive Covid stimulus package should provide to Americans, but gave no indication on whether he would sign or veto the existing bill.
Sheri Fink / New York Times:
As Virus Resurges in Africa, Doctors Fear the Worst Is Yet to Come  —  The coronavirus killed far fewer people in Africa than in Europe and the Americas, leading to a widespread perception that it was a disease of the West.  Now, a tide of new cases on the continent is raising alarms.
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
How real is the threat of prosecution for Donald Trump post-presidency?  —  Legal threats range from investigations into his business dealings in New York to possible obstruction of justice charges - but all come with a political cost  —  At noon on 20 January, presuming he doesn't have to be dragged …
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
Peter S. Goodman / New York Times:
One Vaccine Side Effect: Global Economic Inequality  —  As Covid inoculations begin, the economic downturn stands to be reversed, but developing countries are at risk of being left behind.  —  LONDON — The end of the pandemic is finally in view.  So is rescue from the most traumatic global …
Discussion: Business Insider
Ana Lucia Murillo / The Daily Beast:
Trump Wants to Know: Where Are Melania's Cover Shoots?  —  I DON'T CARE, DO U?  —  Back when she was a full-time model, Melania Trump used to get the odd fashion magazine cover.  No more—and that seems have her hubby a little grouchy on Christmas.  “The greatest of all time.
New York Sun:
A Merry Brexit Christmas  —  No doubt it will go down in history as something like the “Christmas Treaty.”  It seems that Britain has finally struck a deal that will enable the country to savor the sovereignty it regained with Brexit.  It will begin its return to independence with a free-trade agreement with Europe.
Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal:
Schools Rethink Covid Rules.  'We're Over-Quarantining Kids Like Crazy.'  —  Some district administrators and parents, armed with new data and fearing more disruptions from keeping students out of class, are pushing to reconsider policies  —  Superintendent Jonathan Cooper this summer helped write …
CNN:
It's time to treat Putin's Russia like the rogue regime it is  —  Video shows Navalny on the phone with Russian spy  —  Garry Kasparov is the chairman of the Renew Democracy Initiative and the Human Rights Foundation and a former world chess champion.  The views expressed in this commentary are his own.
Discussion: KTVZ-TV
Judy Maltz / Reuters:
Netanyahu Speaks With Morocco's King Mohammed, Invites Him to Israel  —  A joint Israeli-U.S. delegation visited Rabat earlier this week, where they met with the king and signed a number of agreements, despite Morocco not viewing renewal of ties as part of Abraham Accords
Discussion: middleeastmonitor.com
 
 
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