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Pizza Hut laying off thousands of California workers before minimum wage hike
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A major winter storm, slamming parts of the U.S. with heavy snow, blizzard conditions and dangerous icing, is making holiday travel increasingly difficult across the country. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener.
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FBI investigates threats against Colorado judges
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Apple appeals import ban on new Apple Watch
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FBI investigates threats against Colorado judges
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Pregnant Texas teen found dead
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Michigan Supreme Court rejects bid to keep Trump off 2024 ballot
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Eiffel Tower closes as staff strikes, union says landmark "headed for disaster"
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Michigan Supreme Court rejects bid to keep Trump off 2024 ballot
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Eiffel Tower closes as staff strikes, union says landmark "headed for disaster"
Around 800 employees work at the tower every day, and 6,000,000 people visit each year, making it the most visited ticketed monument in the world.
Day after Ukraine hits Russian warship, Russian attacks knock out power in Kherson
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"Parasite" actor Lee Sun-kyun found dead in South Korea, officials say
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On Christmas Day 2021 the James Webb Space Telescope was blasted into orbit. In the two years since the telescope has performed like a champ, capturing phenomenal images of the heavens and collecting data about distant planets. Correspondent David Pogue reports on the spectacular findings we continue to receive from this remarkable eye on the universe.
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An international collaboration of researchers, led by Smithsonian scientists, identified five new species of soft-furred hedgehogs.
Octopus DNA reveals collapse of Antarctic ice sheet is "close"
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Ruby Franke agreed to testify against Jodi Hildebrandt, her business partner, as part of a guilty plea to child abuse charges.
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An argument over Christmas gifts turned deadly in Florida after a 14-year-old boy allegedly fatally shot his older sister.
TSA stops a woman from bringing a loaded gun onto a Christmas Eve flight at Reagan National Airport
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Sources: Teen tourists stabbed in Grand Central Terminal in apparently random Christmas Day attack
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Missing pregnant teen and boyfriend found dead, family says
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"Christmas tree cluster" found glowing green in space
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FBI investigates threats against Colorado judges
The FBI is investigating a series of online threats made against state justices in Colorado, who recently ruled to disqualify former President Trump from the state's 2024 primary election ballot. An FBI official tells CBS News the agency will "vigorously pursue investigations of any threat or use of violence." Scott MacFarlane reports from Washington.
Pregnant Texas teen found dead
Law enforecement and family members are searhching for answers after pregnant Texas teen Savanah Nicole Soto was found dead along with her boyfriend in his car. She had been missing since Friday, the day before she was to be incuded to give birth. Lilia Luciano reports.