| Wednesday, December 19FACEBOOK HIT BY NEW DATA SCANDAL Based on internal documents and interviews with employees, former workers and business partners, a New York Times report reveals that Facebook shared vast swaths of user data with companies such as Spotify, Netflix, Apple and even Russian search giant Yandex. The report says the third-party companies could read and delete private messages, and could see who is on a message thread, and capture phone numbers, calendar entries and email addresses of users’ friends. [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]SENATE PASSES CRIMINAL REFORM BILL The Senate passed a package of justice reforms that could reduce the U.S. prison population — currently the largest in the world. Titled the First Step Act, the bill will reduce prison sentences for some federal inmates by creating a new assessment program that would grant earlier release to those unlikely to commit future crimes. It would also allow inmates currently serving time for crack-cocaine offenses to petition courts for an earlier release. The legislation now heads back to the House before landing on the president’s desk. [HuffPost]JUDGE TO FLYNN: YOU SOLD OUT YOUR COUNTRY’ A judge tore into Michael Flynn before delaying the sentencing of President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser for lying to the FBI. “I’m not hiding my disgust, my disdain for this criminal offense,” U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan in Washington told Flynn. “This crime is very serious … arguably, you sold your country out.” [HuffPost]WHITE HOUSE BACKS AWAY FROM SHUTDOWN The White House appears to be moving away from forcing a government shutdown over funding for Trump’s promised border wall, with press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders saying there are “other ways” to secure the $5 billion in funding the president demands. “At the end of the day, we don’t want to shut down the government,” Sanders said on Fox News. “We want to shut down the border from illegal immigration.” [AP]‘CHINESE HACKERS’ BREACHED EU A second Times report reveals that hackers targeted the European Union's diplomatic communications, intercepting thousands of messages on topics ranging from Donald Trump to global trade. China is suspected of carrying out the breach. [The New York Times]MIDDLE EAST PEACE DEAL ‘WILL USE TECHNOLOGY’ Outgoing U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said Trump’s plan to broker peace between Israel and the Palestinians will take “advantage of the new world of technology.” However, she gave no further details of the long-awaited proposal prepared by Jared Kushner. [Reuters] PRESS TO HUCKABEE: ‘DO YOUR JOB!’ The daily press briefings of White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders have all but ceased — and the press corps is not happy. After a rare 15-minute briefing Tuesday, one member yelled: “Do your job, Sarah!” [HuffPost]DEM LAWMAKER SLAMMED FOR ‘KILL YOURSELF’ TWEET New York state Sen. Kevin Parker (D-Brooklyn) is in hot water on for telling a Twitter user to “kill” herself after she accused him of misusing his official parking placard. [HuffPost]SOME ADVERTISERS STICK WITH TUCKER A string of advertisers have bailed on Fox News’ Tucker Carlson after he said immigrants make the country “poorer, and dirtier.” Here are the advertisers that have not. [HuffPost]SILVER STATE MAKES HISTORY Nevada will boast the first state legislature in U.S. history to have a majority of female lawmakers. [HuffPost]CNN OBTAINS TRUMP TOWER MOSCOW LETTER A newly obtained document shows Trump did sign a letter of intent to move forward with negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Russia, even though his attorney Rudy Giuliani claims the document was never signed. CNN's Chris Cuomo obtained a copy of the letter, with Trump’s signature. [CNN]U.S. HOMELESSNESS UP The number of homeless people in the United States increased slightly for the second year in a row — a setback after seven years of progress and decline. [HuffPost] Penny Marshall, the star of “Laverne & Shirley” and director of classics that include “Big” and “A League Of Their Own,” has died. She was 75. Meghan Markle visited a nursing home in Twickenham, England — a day after her father gave an interview calling the former “Suits” actress “controlling.” Enjoy these 13 quotes about motherhood from Katie Holmes. The parents of an 11-year-old Texas girl are celebrating after hearing from doctors that an inoperable brain tumor seems to have disappeared. Elon Musk's first tunnel is finished. This is what it's like to ride inside. Trump wants Americans to know his U.S.-Mexico border wall won’t be concrete. It will be see-through “artistically designed steel slats.” Is “Bull Durham” a romantic comedy? Two writers debate. A movie version of crime series “Luther” is moving forward, according to the show’s star Idris Elba. Here’s what teachers really want for the holidays. Ariana Grande’s upside-down Christmas tree is the perfect end to her year. Here are all the new things on Netflix in January. A loyal service dog named Griffin has received an honorary diploma for the “steadfast commitment” he gave his owner while she earned her master’s degree. A panel of federal judges said it is dismissing all of the 83 ethics complaints brought against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh regarding his behavior during his confirmation hearings. This is what children wanted from Santa in the 19th century. A London-based business specializing in sustainable building materials says it has paid $25,000 to name a newly discovered blind, wormlike amphibian after Trump.
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