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California is taking the lead in helping students get to college and stay there through multiple creative approaches.https://nbcnews.to/2ZlaLRC 

Lizzo responds to social commentator who says her popularity is due to "an obesity epidemic in America."https://nbcnews.to/34MO7Tn 

Inside America's biggest maker of voting machines: Scrutiny of the US election system, spurred by Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, has put Election Systems & Software in the spotlight.https://nbcnews.to/2siQsZ0 

Mayor Buttigieg releases immigration plan while campaigning in Iowahttps://nbcnews.to/2ZqODFO 

Pentagon officials tell military personnel not to use at-home DNA kits due to "more risk" posed to military members than regular consumers.https://nbcnews.to/34TmIz8 

A North Carolina man is accused of using eye drops to kill his wife, police sayhttps://nbcnews.to/35TLgJL 

A man charged in connection to a Chicago shooting that left 13 wounded says he found a gun and grabbed it "out of fear," police sayhttps://nbcnews.to/2EO8Bke 

Boston Celtics player Enes Kanter permitted to play in Canada on Christmas Day despite Turkey's attempts to arrest him for his criticisms of the government.https://nbcnews.to/370wYr1 

A 14-year-old Texas high school student created an Alexa Skill that can answer immigration questions in English and Spanish. https://nbcnews.to/2PT8Pgh  - @NBCLatino

A Michigan woman who made a distress call to a friend from a cabin before vanishing in October has been found dead, police say.https://nbcnews.to/3994RHS 

‘He’s not new blood.’ What to know about Boeing’s new CEO as 737 Max crisis drags onhttps://nbcnews.to/2SjGeSY 

"I refused to create a Jewish version of Christmas for my kids. Here's what I did instead." https://nbcnews.to/36ZgCi8  - @NBCNewsBETTER

A North Carolina man is accused of using eye drops to kill his wife, police sayhttps://nbcnews.to/35MY1pv 

A third of the more than 50 circuit court judges nominated by President Trump have a “demonstrated history of anti-LGBTQ bias,” a new report finds. https://nbcnews.to/2ZkMZ8k  - @NBCOUT

Another grim Christmas for kids cheated out of their childhoods by West Virginia's opioid crisis.https://nbcnews.to/2t01yT2 

Lawyers for House Judiciary Cmte. argue that additional articles of impeachment against President Trump could be brought if new testimony provided new evidence, according to a document filed to federal appeals court Monday.https://nbcnews.to/3711xgb 

Rapper Stormzy accuses the British media of intentionally "spinning" his comments about racism in the UK in a ploy to get readers.https://nbcnews.to/2PRjk3S