☀️ Good morning! It’s Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. Here’s a look at your news across the nation:
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center, joined from left by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., walks to update reporters after day of delays in the vote to advance President Joe Biden’s $1.85 trillion-and-growing domestic policy package, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
FILE – Actor Alec Baldwin attends the 2019 PEN America Literary Gala at the American Museum of Natural History on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, in New York. A new lawsuit alleges that Baldwin recklessly fired a gun when it wasn’t called for in the script when he shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the New Mexico set of the film “Rust.” The lawsuit filed Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, from script supervisor Mamie Mitchell, is the second to stem from the shooting. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
📱 [Trending] this morning
This sale is just the latest in a string of recent catalog sales, which show aging artists cashing in on their life’s work and taking a fat paycheck in exchange for their love songs and diatribes, their pop hits and dark musings on the futility of life.
FILE – In this Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, file photo, Bruce Springsteen performs during ceremonies to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York. Springsteen’s most memorable artifacts including his favorite Fender guitar and stage outfits will be on display in a traveling interactive exhibit. The Grammy Museum announced Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, that Bruce Springsteen Live! will open at the Grammy Museum Experience in the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Oct. 1. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
📅 What we’re watching
🔴 Tiger Woods, son set to compete in PNC Championship.
🔴 Pope Francis celebrates 85th birthday today.
🔴 NFL sets strict new COVID-19 rules before playoff run begins.
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