It's Academic: Dec. 15, 2012

• North Texas monks' 15-week 'Walk for Peace' ends in Washington, D.C.

  

• Heat hasn't worked in weeks at Northeast Philly senior housing, residents say

  

• Unlicensed 15-year-old driver hits motorcyclist during student walkout in Menifee

  

• Illinois lawmakers close to Bears stadium deal in Arlington Heights, sources say

  

• California to ban blackjack-style games from cardrooms by April

  

• Georgia man sentenced to more than 3 years for threatening to kill Trump on TikTok Live

  

• Mayor Bass signs executive directive prohibiting the use of city property for ICE staging

  

• Judge: Colorado woman's neglect at hands of her son, his girlfriend, "so horrible, so tortuous"