Shooting at Navy Base, Volcano Eruption & Miss Universe Mishap

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All the news stories mentioned in today's episode are listed with links below, so you can spend as much -- or as little -- time as you want perusing the latest happenings...

Shooting at Navy Base:
The FBI says it’s investigating Friday's shooting at a naval base in Pensacola, Florida with the presumption that it was an act of terrorism. Three people were killed and eight others injured. The 21-year old shooter was from Saudi Arabia and had been in the U.S. for two years for training.
Read more: NPR, NBC News, Washington Post, AP, CNN

New Impeachment Report:
The House Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing today. Democratic lawyers will lay out their case against President Trump. Trump and his lawyers have already said they won’t participate because they call it a waste of time. Also, Democrats released a new report over the weekend breaking down why they think the Constitution backs the impeachment effort.
Read more: CNN, NYT, Fox News, The Hill, Politico

New Justice Department Report:
The Justice Department’s internal watchdog is expected to release findings today about whether the Russia investigation had political bias and whether the FBI illegally spied on the Trump campaign. Reports say the findings will likely show the FBI investigations were valid, while pointing out some missteps. The inspector general will then testify Wednesday.
Read more: AP, LA Times, USA Today, The Hill

New Zealand Volcano:
A volcano on White Island in New Zealand has erupted. Dozens of tourists were there when it happened. At least 5 people are confirmed dead and others are missing. This is a developing story.
Read more: BBC, AP

Largest Hong Kong Protest:
Hong Kong saw its biggest protest in months over the weekend with nearly one million people marching through the streets. Demonstrators were mostly peaceful as they marked six months of protests.
Read more: Reuters, WSJ

Elon Musk Wins Trial:
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was found not guilty of defaming a British cave diver who he called “pedo guy” on Twitter last year. The diver sued. During the trial, Musk apologized and said he didn’t think the diver was literally a pedophile. The jury felt there wasn’t enough evidence to prove the tweet was damaging.
Read more: CNBC, CNN, Business Insider

Highlighting Well-Lit Roads:
Google Maps is reportedly working on a new feature that would highlight well-lit streets, which might be especially useful for tourists or people not familiar with an area. Google hasn’t confirmed yet, but the feature is expected to roll out in India and then expand from there.
Read more: Engadget, Digital Trends

Snapchat Cameo:
Snapchat is adding a new feature that lets users add themselves into a video or GIF. Snapchat Cameo uses a selfie to put a face on someone else's body in a short looping video. Once the feature is live, users will be able to find Cameo by tapping the Bitmoji button in the app.
Read more: TechCrunch, USA Today

College Football Rankings:

LSU (No. 1) will play Oklahoma (No. 4) in the Peach Bowl while Ohio State and Clemson (No. 2 & 3) will face off in the Fiesta Bowl as the four compete for the College Football Playoff National Championship. Both games will be on December 28th. The winners will continue on to the championship game in January. Also, the bowl game schedule is now set. See them all here.
Read more: ESPN, CBS Sports, NCAA

Rising Rap Star Dies:
Rising rap star Juice WRLD passed away after a “medical emergency” at Chicago’s Midway Airport. Some reports have described it as a seizure, but officials haven’t released a cause of death. His debut hit “Lucid Dreams” was one of the most popular songs of 2018. Juice WRLD, whose real name is Jarad Higgins, was just 21.
Read more: LA Times, People, TMZ

Remembering Sesame Street Icon:
Fans are remembering Sesame Street icon Caroll Spinney. The original puppeteer who played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch died at home over the weekend. He was on the children’s show for 50 years. He was 85.
Read more: People, USA Today

Disney’s $10B Milestone:
Frozen 2 was at the top of the charts for the third weekend in a row. The movie has already brought in $919 million worldwide and will soon become the sixth Disney movie to cross the $1 billion mark in 2019. Disney will break its own record to become the first studio ever to bring in more than $10 billion at the worldwide box office within a year.
Read more: Variety, Hollywood Reporter

Miss Universe 2019:
Miss South Africa Zozibini Tunzi is this year’s winner of the Miss Universe pageant. Miss Puerto Rico was runner up and Miss Mexico came in third. Last night’s pageant also included the first openly gay contestant. Once again, host Steve Harvey messed up, this time by announcing the wrong winner of the national costume contest. He says the wrong name was in the teleprompter.
Read more: USA Today, People, E! Online

Money Monday - House Hacking:
House hacking: a term used to describe when someone buys a house and rents out the rest of the rooms to cover the cost of the mortgage. It allows people to live a low- or no-rent lifestyle. Though it’s still rare, the number of married couples with roommates has more than doubled in the last decade.
Read more: Money, Forbes