Ramaswamy Will Remove Himself From Colorado Ballot, Too (Newser Morning 8)

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December 20, 2023     "Forgiveness is the final form of love." —Reinhold Niebuhr   1 Dad Was Christmas Shopping When Fire Killed 5 Kids While an Arizona man stepped out to go Christmas shopping Saturday, the unthinkable occurred: A fire started in his Bullhead City, Arizona, duplex, and killed five children who were inside it. Keep reading   2 Ramaswamy Will Remove Himself From Colorado Ballot, Too If Donald Trump is not on the Colorado ballot, Vivek Ramaswamy doesn't want to be, either. Keep reading   From our sponsors:   At a Glance Palestinians line up for a free meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)   3 California OKs Drinking Recycled Wastewater When a toilet is flushed in California, the water can end up in a lot of places: An ice skating rink near Disneyland, ski slopes around Lake Tahoe, farmland in the Central Valley. Keep reading   4 Doctor Who Claimed He Woke to Find Wife Dead Is Convicted The Southern California fertility doctor who was arrested in 2019, three years after his wife was found dead at their home after he said she'd fallen down the stairs, was on Tuesday convicted of her murder. Keep reading   5 Rite Aid Banned From Using Facial Recognition Tech Due to what the Federal Trade Commission calls Rite Aid's "reckless" use of facial recognition technology in hundreds of stores from 2012 to 2020, the drugstore chain is now prohibited from using it for five years. Keep reading   6 Names of Jeffrey Epstein's Associates to Be Unsealed Come the first of the year, more than 150 people named in court documents related to Jeffrey Epstein are expected to have their identities revealed publicly. Keep reading     7 Inmate Convicted on Blind Man's Eyewitness Testimony Is Freed Darien Harris is a free man, a dozen years after he was convicted of murder based largely on the eyewitness testimony of a man who'd been legally blind for more than a decade before testifying in the trial. Keep reading   8 Tuberville's 'Unusual,' Months-Long Effort Comes to Quiet End The Senate unanimously confirmed 11 top-ranking military officers late Tuesday, ending a months-long blockade staged by a single Republican, Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama. Keep reading   This Day in History On Dec. 20, 1803, the Louisiana Purchase was completed as ownership of the territory was formally transferred from France to the United States. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2015: Jimmy Carter's Grandson Takes Nap, Never Wakes Up   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2023 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved