| No Images? Click here  Friday, December 28EXPLOSION TURNS NEW YORK SKY BLUE An electrical explosion at a power plant in the New York City borough of Queens turned the sky bright blue for a few minutes — terrifying local residents. The transformer explosion came from one of the state’s dirtiest plants, casting new light on the city’s dependence on antiquated oil-burning power stations and bolstering calls for cleaner electricity. [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]NO END IN SIGHT FOR SHUTDOWN President Donald Trump remains hunkered down in the White House, firing off angry missives about the partial government shutdown he once proudly claimed to own. And chances look slim for the impasse ending any time soon. [HuffPost]GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS STIFFED Six days into the shutdown, hundreds of thousands of federal employees have been left without pay. But another group of workers has also been hit hard and may never see retroactive pay: government contractors. [HuffPost]EPA OUT OF CASH The Environmental Protection Agency is set to run out of money due to the shutdown. Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler told federal employees that the agency would begin shutdown procedures if negotiations over the spending bill remained at a standstill. [HuffPost]COHEN’S PHONE TRACED TO PRAGUE A mobile phone traced to Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen sent signals off cell towers in Prague in late summer 2016 during the presidential campaign, according to a new McClatchy report. This electronic record is said to support claims that Cohen met secretly in the Czech city with Russian officials. [McClatchy]MUELLER OBTAINED A ‘NUDE SELFIE’ A court filing revealed that a Russian company indicted early this year referred to a “nude selfie” obtained by special counsel Robert Mueller. No other details were provided, including the identity of the individual in the picture. [HuffPost] TRUMP REBRANDED This New Yorker piece looks at how TV producer Mark Burnett resurrected Trump as an "icon of American success" in “The Apprentice.” [The New Yorker]OLDEST MAN IN U.S. DIES Richard Overton, the nation’s oldest World War II veteran and the oldest living man in the United States, died Thursday in Texas. He was 112. [HuffPost]COPS CALLED ON BLACK HOTEL GUEST A black guest at an Oregon hotel accused the staff of racially profiling him after someone called the police on him as he made a phone call in the lobby. [HuffPost]ALEX JONES DIRTY LAWYER Alex Jones’ lawyer violated legal ethics by soliciting porn bribes. We look at the dirty work of Marc Randazza. [HuffPost]SAUDI SHAKEUP OVER KHASHOGGI Saudi Arabia's King Salman ordered a government reshuffle, appointing a new foreign minister and refreshing other top posts, after the global fallout over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. [CNN]NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS HACKED Almost 1,000 North Korean defectors have had their personal data leaked after a computer at a South Korean resettlement center was hacked. [Reuters]
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