National News

• Hacker accessed family's Ring security camera, told 8-year-old he was Santa Claus
• Nearly $3 million in grants to fight opioid abuse awarded to SE Wisconsin
• Xbox Series X: Microsoft reveals new console at Game Awards
• Danny Aiello of 'Do The Right Thing' and 'Moonstruck' dies at 86
• Madison East High School students find recording devices in Minnesota hotel
• Craigslist ad goes viral, sparks search for "Grandma" in need of family for Christmas
• Runner who slapped a reporter's backside on live TV says he's sorry
• An octopus caught a bald eagle in a death grip; thanks to some salmon farmers, the eagle survived
• Judiciary Committee sends articles of impeachment to the floor for vote next week
• Update: Milwaukee native missing after night out with friends in Atlanta died in crash
• Topeka will pay you up to $15,000 just to move there
• A customer escaped the Jersey City attack. He says it was clear the shooters 'came to kill'
• Illinois sues Juul, alleging it targeted minors with its sleek, easily concealed e-cigarette
• Police release 911 calls from shootout with men who stole UPS truck
• Europe is sending a robot to clean up space. Why is the junk there in the first place?
• Lyft is rolling out a car rental service
• Popeyes debuts a chicken-inspired ugly Christmas sweater
• Krispy Kreme owners donate $5 million to Holocaust survivors over family's Nazi past
• The world's first 3D-printed neighborhood is being built in Mexico for families living on $3 a day
• Man rescued after shouting, 'Siri, call 911,' after his car plunged into an icy river
• Michael Vick will serve as Pro Bowl captain despite a popular petition calling for his removal
• National Security Agency inspector general says some data not being deleted quickly enough
• Geminid meteor shower peaks Friday and Saturday
• Students from Milwaukee-area schools plan walkout to protest gun violence
• Pepsi's new product has nearly twice as much caffeine as its regular soda
• Boston Marathon bomber appeals his death sentence, alleging juror bias
• Trump again mocks teen climate activist Greta Thunberg
• Officers hurt after vehicle pursuit lasts nearly 65 miles through 10 communities
• Judge blocks law that would stop 'fake meat' from marketing with 'real meat' terminology
• From Billy Porter to Baby Yoda, here's what you Googled this year
• House votes to provide a pathway to citizenship for thousands of undocumented farmworkers
• Attorneys for alleged Weinstein victim reject tentative settlement
• Jersey City shooting victims are an officer who responded and civilians in a kosher deli
• Apple's new Mac Pro could cost you more than $52,000
• Chicago salt truck slips on ice, slides into Lake Michigan
• Video shows a man rescuing neighbor's dog after its leash got stuck in elevator doors
• Oink oink, cha-ching: $3 million found in barrels of pork
• Grandmother killer whales boost calves' survival, study finds
• Teen charged with attempted murder in Oshkosh school officer attack
• Parents of girl who fell to her death sue cruise company
• A woman got sentenced to 5 years for trying to scam a wedding website twice
• Time Person of the Year: Climate crisis activist Greta Thunberg
• Growing divide between Trump and McConnell over impeachment trial
• 5th grader starts her own business to help the environment
• Trump aims to crack down on anti-Semitism on college campuses using civil rights protections
• Pigeons in tiny cowboy hats are a mystery in Las Vegas
• New Nike swimwear line includes a swim hijab
• 11 Chinese migrants were found hiding inside furniture and appliances
• Man found guilty of murder in bloody killings of engaged doctors in their Boston penthouse
• Vanna White took a spin at hosting 'Wheel of Fortune' for Pat Sajak
• Company surprises employees with $10 million in bonuses -- including 12 people in Wisconsin!
• Police officer among six dead after Jersey City standoff, officials say
• Bill Cosby's appeal of his sexual assault conviction is denied
• A teacher is on leave after asking students to 'set your price for a slave'
• At least 18 officers fired their guns in UPS hijacking shootout, union official says
• Michigan sales top $1.6M in first week of recreational pot
• Student says teacher pulled off her 'Women For Trump' pin
• Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson dead at 61
• Should tourists have been on New Zealand's volcanic White Island?
• Democrats introduce two articles of impeachment against Trump
• 'They' named as Merriam-Webster dictionary's word of the year
• New England Patriots admit to inappropriately filming the sideline and field at their next opponent's game
• Cyberattack hits city of Pensacola. Officials aren't sure if it's related to shooting at Naval Air Station
• Robot arrives on the space station to keep astronauts company
• Miss USA, Miss America, Miss Teen USA and now Miss Universe are all black women
• Soccer legend Megan Rapinoe has been named Sports Illustrated's Sportsperson of the Year
• Bystanders spring into action after a man tried steal a woman's wheelchair from beneath her
• Trump to meet with Russian foreign minister Tuesday
• Democrats and White House on brink of new trade deal with Mexico and Canada
• Charges filed against student who pointed gun at officers inside Waukesha South HS
• Pete Frates, one of the men who popularized the Ice Bucket Challenge, has died
• 8-year-old Virginia girl was strip searched during a state prison visit, authorities say
• A wildlife conservationist who was mauled by her own tigers insists they were just playing with her
• Christmas sweater with Santa and cocaine forces Walmart to apologize
• Investigation shows Pensacola shooting 'appears to be a terrorist attack,' White House official says
• Three National Guard soldiers killed in helicopter crash identified
• Democrats to lay out articles of impeachment on abuse of power and obstruction of Congress on Tuesday
• A church nativity scene depicts Jesus, Mary and Joseph as refugees separated in cages
• Deli owner collects and replies to hundreds of "letters to Santa"
• White Island volcano eruption: Five dead, others missing in New Zealand
• Monday's Google Doodle is a tribute to the Mexican game Lotería, and you can play it, too
• Sailors killed at Pensacola Navy base saved lives when they ran toward the gunman, officials say
• Performance artist eats banana duct-taped to wall that sold for $120,000
• Caroll Spinney, the Sesame Street puppeteer behind Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, has died
• NFL star Khalil Mack pays off 300 holiday layaway accounts at a Walmart in his hometown
• LSU, Ohio State, Clemson and Oklahoma will battle in the College Football Playoff
• A New Jersey bill would require schoolchildren to be taught cursive handwriting
• Elderly couple found dead buried under snow
• Cerebral palsy couldn't stop this 17-year-old from finishing the Santa Run using a walker
• He almost lost his friend to a motorcycle accident. So he created a helmet that calls 911
• A 5-year-old carried a toddler half a mile in Alaska terrain after being left home alone, police say
• A Houston police officer dies after being shot in the line of duty
• Two 4-year-olds escape deadly crash by unhooking their seats and climbing to safety
• How not to lose your AirPods: Put them on a $60 cord
• A South Carolina deputy accidentally shot a shoplifting suspect's mother
• Man in $400,000 GoFundMe scam case pleads guilty and agrees to 5-year sentence
• One of the last survivors of the USS Arizona was interred on the sunken warship