TOY RECALLS: Consumer Product Safety Commission

• Nearly 2,000 products recalled over rodent contamination concerns

  

• Buckley Space Force Base says no threat after report of suspected explosives

  

• New public safety alert system launches in Kane County

  

• Chicago officials address safety concerns ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations

  

• Soldier from Pennsylvania killed in crash while driving home for Christmas

  

• Atlanta residents celebrate first night of Kwanzaa

  

• Mandolins stolen from N.J. music shop returned, with a note attached

  

• Zohran Mamdani may look to the past in inauguration speech, historian says