1.  Bill Barr: ‘No Basis’ for Seizing Voting Machines

 SHOT DOWN 

“If I thought a special counsel at this stage was the right tool, I would name one, but I haven’t, and I don’t plan to,” Barr also said Monday.

2.  Family of Teen Jailed in Cayman Islands Asks Trump for Help

  STRANDED 

Skylar Mack, 18, is serving a four-month prison sentence for breaking quarantine protocols to see her boyfriend in a jet skiing competition.

3.  With Cases on the Rise, Make Sure You Stock Up on N95 Masks

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N95 masks remain one of the most effective face coverings for minimizing COVID exposure.

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4.  China Used Stolen Data to Expose CIA Operatives: Report

 ‘BIG-DATA PROBLEM’  

The CIA reportedly became aware in 2013 that undercover personnel flying into Africa and Europe were being identified by Chinese intelligence.

5.  U.S. Scientists Checking if Mutant COVID Can Resist Vax: CNN

 DUE DILIGENCE 

British PM Boris Johnson has said there was no evidence to suggest the English mutation will be resistant to the developed COVID-19 vaccines.

6.  Holiday Stress? This Massager Can Get Those Knots Out

 KNOT TOO BAD 

With built-in heat and three speed settings, you can get the perfect massage you’re looking for without leaving the couch.

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7.  TX Officer Fatally Shot Black Man Running Away: Body Cam

 CAUGHT ON CAMERA 

The newly released footage shows a police officer shooting Joshua Feast, 22, in the back as he runs away.

8.  Robert E. Lee Statue Removed From U.S. Capitol

 GOOD RIDDANCE 

The statue of the Confederacy’s top general had stood there since 1909.

9.  Navalny Tricks FSB Man Into Confessing Underwear Poison Plot

 ‘WELL, THE CROTCH’ 

A member of the suspected FSB poison squad described the assassination plot on a call with a man he believed to a security official—but was actually Navalny, Putin’s rival.

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10.  Journalist Quits Job, Leaves Husband for Martin Shkreli

 YOUR LOVE IS MY DRUG 

Christie Smythe has quite the fraught relationship with the jailed former Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO.

11.  DOJ Charges Alleged Bombmaker in 1988’s Pan Am 103 Attack

  FOR LOCKERBIE 

The explosion on the jetliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, killed 270 people just days before Christmas.

12.  45 People Shot in Chicago This Weekend; Six Die

 CRIME WAVE 

The victims include a 71-year-old killed when bullets crashed into her home.

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13.  Kilauea Volcano Erupts Again, Sending Ash Into Hawaii Sky

 2020 IS NOT FINISHED WITH US 

First eruption in two years sent a huge cloud of ash into the air and triggered a 4.4-magnitude earthquake.

14.  Newsom Sent Into Quarantine as COVID Rips Through His State

 BAD TIMING 

The governor’s exposure comes during an astonishingly steep surge in COVID-19 cases in California—it averaged more than 40,000 new cases a day last week.

15.  Congress Agrees on $900 Billion Second Stimulus Deal

 DEAL ME IN 

The bill is expected to include $600 stimulus checks, as well as $300 in weekly unemployment insurance.

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