TOP STORIESThe Morning Email will return January 3after the new year ' have a wonderful start to 2017 everyone!VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYS HELL WAIT TO SEE WHAT DONALD TRUMP DOES BEFORE DECIDING ON RETALIATORY SANCTIONSRussias foreign minister had previously announced plans to expel 35 U.S. diplomatsafter the U.S. sanctioned Russia for election meddling, which included sanctions against Russian intelligence agencies and the expulsion of 35 Russian officials and their families from the U.S.[NPR]INSIDE THE RUSSIAN COMPOUNDS BEING SHUT DOWN FOR ESPIONAGE Take a look at the Maryland and Long Island compounds that 35 Russian officials and their families are vacating.[WaPo]SYRIAN CEASE-FIRE HOLDSDespite some initial clashes. [Reuters]THE GREAT LAKES ... OF PLASTIC Over 21.8 million tons of plastic flow into the worlds largest freshwater system each year.[Kate Abbey-Lambertz, HuffPost]REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS: 2016 WAS A HORRIBLE YEAR FOR GLOBAL PRESS FREEDOMThus far in 2016, 57 journalists have been killed in connection with their work, 187 remain imprisoned and 44 are currently being held hostage, according to the organizations latestDecembertallies.[Jesselyn Cook, HuffPost]A PLANE HAS DISAPPEARED OVER LAKE ERIE Officials fear the small plane, which was carrying three adults and three children, may have crashed into the lake.[Rebecca Shapiro, HuffPost]WHATS BREWINGLOOKS LIKE WE GOT OUR CHRISTMAS WISHNetflix is hinting at new Gilmore Girls episodes with this spoiler-y tweet.[HuffPost]CONGRATS TO SERENA WILLIAMS!The tennis superstar announced that she is engaged to the co-founder of Reddit, Alexis Ohanian. [HuffPost]NO BAIL FOR ADNAN SYED OF SERIALThe subject of the hit podcast Serial now will wait to see whether or not he will be granted a new trial.[HuffPost]INSIDE THE OUTRAGE OVER THE BOOK DEAL FOR MILO YIANNOPOULOS The self-described alt-right editor at Breitbart may have been kicked off of Twitter, but now hell be in print.[HuffPost]IF YOU WOULD LIKED TO BE DISTURBED ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF ONLINE CHILDREN IN A VIRTUAL REALITY WORLDThen this gripping short story is for you.[Backchannel]THE BEST OF SCATHING RESTAURANT REVIEWSTheres something magical about the phrase zero stars. That and excellent plays on words involving the culinary arts.[Bloomberg]BEFORE YOU GO~ Check out our favorite movie gifsof the year ' it brings you back on set all over again.~ Congrats to Ellen Pompeo and husband Chris Ivery, who welcomed their third child.~ Rob Kardashian has been released from the hospital following treatment for diabetes complications.~ How the VA is failing vets addicted to opioids.~ These tweets about being single on New Years Eve could not be more on point.~ This astronaut mannequin challenge puts yours to shame.~ Why it matters to you when a celebrity dies.~ Its never not time to read a long-read on the career of Ben Affleck.~ Prepare yourselves for the New Years Eve comet, which hopefully does not signal the end of times. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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