Panama to Trump: Hands Off Our Canal (Newser Morning 8)

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December 23, 2024     "There's no use doing a kindness if you do it a day too late." —Charles Kingsley   1 Biden Commutes 37 of 40 Federal Death Row Sentences President Biden announced Monday that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment mere weeks before President-elect Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office. Keep reading   2 Panama to Trump: Hands Off Our Canal The president of Panama delivered a clear message in response to a surprise threat from Donald Trump on Sunday: You can't have the canal back. Keep reading     At a Glance A shoe hangs on a portrait of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)   3 GOP Lawmaker: Elon Musk Is Like America's Prime Minister America doesn't have a prime minister, but if it did, one Republican lawmaker thinks he knows who it would be. Keep reading   4 Woman Dies After Being Set on Fire in NYC Subway New York City police announced Sunday they have in custody a "person of interest" in the early morning death of a woman who they believe may have fallen asleep on a stationary subway train before being intentionally lit on fire by a man she didn't know, the AP reports. Keep reading   5 Police ID Driver of Truck That Plowed Into Texas Mall Authorities have identified a pickup truck driver who, while fleeing police, careened through the doors of a JCPenney store at a busy Texas mall, injuring five people before he was fatally shot by officers, the AP reports. Keep reading   6 Bashar al-Assad's Wife Files for Divorce: Reports Bashar al-Assad's wife has filed to divorce the deposed Syrian president, according to Turkish and Arab reports cited by the Jerusalem Post. Keep reading     7 Blake Lively Says Co-Star's Harassment Caused Her to Miss SNL Blake Lively was scheduled to host the premiere of Saturday Night Live's 50th season this past September, but pulled out due to Justin Baldoni's alleged harassment of her, according to the actor's complaint against Baldoni and others. Keep reading   8 Lara Trump No Longer Vying for Senate Seat So much for that: Lara Trump has withdrawn her name from consideration to replace Marco Rubio when he vacates his US Senate seat to become her father-in-law's secretary of state. Keep reading   Today From Newser.AI 'Caitlin Clark Effect' Hasn't Reversed Girls' Basketball Decline See more stories from our human + machine experiment here.   This Day in History On Dec. 23, 1972, in an NFL playoff game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Oakland Raiders, Steelers running back Franco Harris scored a game-winning touchdown on a deflected pass with less than 10 seconds left in the game. The "Immaculate Reception," as the catch came to be known, is often cited as the greatest NFL play of all time. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2019: She Had a Routine Throat Swab. The Bill Was $28K   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