At Trump's Press Conference, a Telling Line (Newser Morning 8)

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December 17, 2024     "From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow." —Aeschylus   1 Wisconsin School Shooter Identified as 15-Year-Old Girl Police have identified the shooter who killed a student and a teacher at a private school in Wisconsin as Natalie Rupnow, who went by "Samantha" and was a student at the school herself. Keep reading   2 At Trump's Press Conference, a Telling Line President-elect Trump gave a wide-ranging news conference on Monday at Mar-a-Lago, and one line in particular has caught the attention of outlets including Axios. Keep reading   From our sponsors Here's How Much a 1-Day Walk in Shower Costs in Your City HGTV Remodeling Star Christina Hall Loves This One Tip To Save Thousands On A Bathroom Remodel KEEP READING   At a Glance Former members of Bashar al-Assad's army line up to register with Syrian rebels as part of an "identification and reconciliation process" at an army compound in Latakia, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Keep reading   3 Ukraine Takes Out Russian 'War Criminal' on His Home Turf Ukraine says it assassinated a top Russian general responsible for the use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops on Tuesday. Keep reading   4 Maybe It's Not Time to Chuck Black Spatulas A study that led to warnings about the dangers of black plastic utensils may have caused countless spatulas to be thrown away unnecessarily, according to Joe Schwarcz at McGill University. Keep reading   5 Dirty Dancing Now in the National Film Registry Each year, the librarian of Congress picks 25 movies that are at least a decade old and "culturally, historically, or aesthetically" significant to enter the National Film Registry. Keep reading   6 'Bombshell' Resignation Could Spell the End for Trudeau Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces the biggest test of his political career after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, long one of his most powerful and loyal ministers, announced Monday that she was resigning from the Cabinet. Keep reading     7 'Freed Prisoner' Found by CNN Reporter May Be Syria Torturer In a dramatic viral video, CNN correspondent Clarissa Ward, looking for signs of captured US journalist Austin Tice in a Syrian prison, instead found a man huddled under a blanket who claimed he'd been imprisoned for months and had no idea President Bashar al-Assad's regime had collapsed. Keep reading   8 Hannah Kobayashi: I'm 'Still Processing It All' After being located in Mexico, Hannah Kobayashi, the Hawaii woman whose disappearance prompted a massive search, is back in the United States. Keep reading   Today From Newser.AI Ex-Cartel Leader Returned to Mexico, Re-Arrested See more stories from our human + machine experiment here.   This Day in History On Dec. 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton, Ohio, conducted the first successful manned, powered airplane flights near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, using their experimental craft, the Wright Flyer. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2014: Obama: Time for 'New Chapter' With Cuba   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 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved