What the 5 Living Presidents Said About Jimmy Carter (Newser Morning 8)

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December 30, 2024     "Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley." —Theodore Roethke   1 'Shockwaves' in Hollywood Over Blake Lively Getting Those Texts Hollywood is experiencing "shockwaves," as the Los Angeles Times puts it, over the damning texts Blake Lively managed to get access to despite the fact that she's so far only filed a complaint, not a lawsuit, against her It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni. Keep reading   2 What the 5 Living Presidents Said About Jimmy Carter A moment of silence was held for Jimmy Carter at the Atlanta Falcons' game at the Washington Commanders Sunday night—a game with multiple links to the former president, a native of Georgia who led the country from 1977 to 1981 from the White House, less than eight miles from the Commanders' stadium, the AP reports. Keep reading     At a Glance Mourners watch the site of a plane crash from outside Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. Relatives initially waited in the airport for news of the Jeju Air crash that killed 179 of the 181 people on board, many bursting into tears or crying out when a victim's name was read aloud. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Keep reading   3 Bird Strike May Have Brought Down Airliner The two survivors of the airliner disaster in South Korea on Sunday have regained consciousness as investigators look for the cause of the crash that killed 179 people. Keep reading   4 Goodbye to the 'New Girl in Town' Linda Lavin, a Tony Award-winning stage actor who became a working-class icon as a paper-hat-wearing waitress on the TV sitcom Alice, has died. Keep reading   5 Gaudreau Brother's First Baby Born, 4 Months After His Death Four months after the tragic deaths of hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew, Matthew Gaudreau's widow has given birth to her late husband's first and only child. Keep reading   6 Musk Goes Further in His Support of Far-Right Party Elon Musk on Saturday endorsed Germany's far-right AfD party for the second time in little more than a week, this time going further than his initial X post backing the party, which has links to neo-Nazis. Keep reading     7 His Breakthrough Hit Was Initially Turned Down by Every Studio Charles Shyer, the Oscar-nominated writer and filmmaker known for classic comedies like Private Benjamin, Baby Boom, and Father of the Bride that he made alongside Nancy Meyers, has died. Keep reading   8 A 40-Year-Old NFL Record May Fall As far as NFL records go, it's one of the most coveted: Saquon Barkley of the Philadelphia Eagles is now just 100 yards shy of the season rushing record set by Eric Dickerson in 1984. Keep reading   Today From Newser.AI Russian LGBTQ Travel Agent Found Dead in Custody See more stories from our human + machine experiment here.   This Day in History On Dec. 30, 2006, former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging after being convicted of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi High Tribunal. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2014: CIA: All Those 1950s UFO Sightings? 'It Was Us'   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