Tuesday's Morning Email: Inside The 'Trial Of Tamir Rice'

A grand jury in Cleveland declined to indict two officers in the shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice Monday, capping off over a year-long investigation. The officers had fatally shot the boy while he played with a toy gun. [Daniel Marans, HuffPost]

"Even as the Obama administration scrambles to confront the Islamic State and resurgent Taliban, an old enemy seems to be reappearing in Afghanistan: Qaeda training camps are sprouting up there, forcing the Pentagon and American intelligence agencies to assess whether they could again become a breeding ground for attacks on the United States." [NYT]

The World Health Organization has declared the country free of the deadly virus. [Michael McLaughlin, HuffPost]

Here are the cities expected to be hit the hardest with the flu. [Kate Bratskeir, HuffPost]

"The federal government is trying to get taxpayers off the hook for billions of dollars of potential losses if another mortgage crisis arrives -- and in the process, it is quietly giving birth to a new asset class." [WSJ | Paywall]

Inside the race to stake claims on Antarctica's fresh water supply. [NYT]

"Islamic State theologians have issued an extremely detailed ruling on when 'owners' of women enslaved by the extremist group can have sex with them, in an apparent bid to curb what they called violations in the treatment of captured females." [Reuters]

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WHAT’S BREWING

The British heavy metal rockstar Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister died of an aggressive cancer. [HuffPost]

Sorry folks, that's another Facebook hoax for you. [HuffPost]

Let's see if this version is actually successful. [Ars Technica]

Another instance of the scary world of antibiotic resistance. [WaPo]

For the text fourth year in a row. Here are some pictures of Bran all grown up to tide you over till April. [HuffPost]

From Mars to World War II, saving him is rather expensive. [HuffPost]

If you sleep on your left side. Or watch horror movies, but that's neither here nor there. [HuffPost]

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WHAT'S WORKING

"'It's when we are going to start seeing change at the supermarkets,' David Coman-Hidy, executive director at the animal welfare nonprofit The Humane League, told The Huffington Post by phone on Sunday. 'The final frontier is for retailers to catch up to consumer sentiment.'" [HuffPost]

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ON THE BLOG

Check out "five super relaxed NYE party alternatives for anyone looking to have an exciting night in." [HuffPost]

BEFORE YOU GO

~ This couple paid $100,000 to clone their dead dog.

~ Jeb Bush has challenged Donald Trump to a one-on-one debate.

~ Heart, be still: President Barack Obama has invited Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to a White House State Dinner.

~ The "affluenza" teen who was on the run has been detained in Mexico.

~ How China's aggression is pushing Vietnam back to the U.S.

~ The number of deaths from marijuana overdoses.

~ Taylor Swift's cats definitely had a better year than you.

~ Brace yourselves, Cumberbitches -- here's the first look at Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Strange.

~ It'd cost you a cool $400 to ring in New Year's Eve in Times Square's Olive Garden. Hey, unlimited breadsticks?

~ The CNN anchor who passed out on live TV has been cleared by her doctors.

~ Miranda Lambert has found herself a new country singer squeeze.

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