Morning Edition Monday, the 22nd of December

Good morning,

At the top of the news, Federal judge to decide whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia should return to immigration custody.

Also in the digest... Whatnot, Andre Davis, and Nicki Minaj.

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- The inkl team

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Lead Stories
World
California braces for brutal storms and heavy rain forecast for Christmas week
World
Colorado immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra can be released on bond, advocates say
National
Ecuadorian court hands down max sentences to 11 soldiers in case of 4 disappeared minors
Ice
DHS Says Recording or Following Law Enforcement 'Sure Sounds Like Obstruction of Justice'
World
Australia PM apologises after antisemitic Bondi shooting as police probe attack
World
Schumer to ask Senate to back legal action over partial Epstein files release
Waymo
Waymo resumes self-driving car service after San Francisco power outage baffled vehicles
Tony McDaniel
Texas racist allegedly yells slurs, hides under the bed, after setting himself on fire during arson attack
World
What is the status of Islamic State, the group linked to the Bondi attacks?
World
Bondi Beach gunmen used ‘tennis ball bomb’ and recorded videos of their training for attack, police say
World
Academic ‘prepared to take legal action’ after gender lecture disrupted at Bristol University
Alyce Catharina Peterson
Ex-Funeral Director Accused of Decapitating Woman After Skull Found in Woods 23 Years Later
World
New details of Bondi attack released by police including use of 'tennis ball bomb'
Jeffrey Epstein
DOJ official says ‘victims’ rights groups’ behind removal of Trump photo in Epstein files, yet doesn’t believe victims were shown as image returns
World
Russia ‘ready to legally confirm it has no intention of attacking EU or Nato’ – as it happened
SpaceX
SpaceX Launch Accident: Are Commercial Flights Safe Near Launch Zones?
Don Jr
Trump threatens to ‘fire’ Don Jr as he appears by speaker phone at fractious Turning Point conference
World
James Ransone, US actor known for The Wire, dies aged 46
Business
CBS News delays 60 Minutes segment on El Salvador’s Cecot mega-prison
National
Federal judge to decide whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia should return to immigration custody