Thursday, December 12

🚨NATION

📌 20,000 Malibu area residents face evacuation as Red Flag fire warnings persist (CNN)

📌 Only 2 in 10 Americans support Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter after promising to not do so (PBS)

📌 Kimberly Guilfoyle is the latest Trump family ally chosen for an ambassadorship. She is off to Greece (NPR)

📌 Sen. Schumer torpedoed by Manchin and Sinema on crucial labor vote (AXIOS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Suicide bombing in Kabul kills Taliban refugee minister (CBS)

📌 US scrambles to quell ISIS resurgence in Syria after fall of Assad (CNN)

📌 Ex-defense chief in South Korea tried to kill himself after being arrested over martial law (AP)

📌 Puberty blockers to be banned indefinitely for under-18s across UK (GUARDIAN) 

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Annual inflation rate accelerates to 2.7% in November, as expected (CNBC)

📌 Albertsons gives up on Kroger merger and sues the grocery chain for failing to secure deal (AP)

📌 Bankruptcy judge rejects The Onion's bid for Infowars (NPR)

📌 Elon Musk becomes the first person to reach a net worth of $400 billion (CNN)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 FIFA names Saudi Arabia as 2034 World Cup host; Spain, Portugal and Morocco to co-host 2030 edition (AP)

📌 Malibu wildfire surrounds Dick Van Dyke's home; 98-year-old star 'safely evacuated' (FOX)

📌 Joe Burrow’s home broken into during Monday Night Football in latest pro-athlete home invasion (AP)

📌 Stuck squirrel wins 2024 Comedy Wildlife Photography award (CNN)