Tacoma officer’s killing a tragic reminder that there’s nothing routine about ‘domestic’ calls; The Mall of America’s first black Santa: ‘Santa comes in many different colors’; ‘Ailing’ Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, is safely evacuated from the South Pole; ‘Vectors! Vectors!’: Pilot in soccer team tragedy reported fuel emergency in moments before crash; He was fine at Thanksgiving, his sisters said. But now he is accused of dismembering their parents.; Tacoma, Wash., police officer shot dead. Suspect killed after 12-hour standoff ends in gunfire.; Sydney high school students ‘show up’ Martin Shkreli, recreating price-hiked pill for $2; He ‘just kept hitting me with the bat’: Canadian Muslim teen brutally beaten by white men; ‘Don’t need a gun to try on … jeans’: Levi’s CEO requests customers not to pack heat in stores; It’s official: 4 new elements added to periodic table have formal names; Dolly Parton is ‘heartbroken’ by the Tenn. fires. Her foundation pledges financial help for victims.; Model Emily Ratajkowski calls new book of explicit nude photos ‘a violation’; Old saint nixed: Oregon school district asks teachers to ‘refrain’ from Santa Claus images, sparking holiday brouhaha;   Stories from All Over   Merriam-Webster’s plea: There’s still time to prevent ‘fascism’ from becoming word of the year Dictionary searches for fascism were 400 percent higher in 2016 than in 2015. By Ben Guarino  •  Read more » Tacoma officer’s killing a tragic reminder that there’s nothing routine about ‘domestic’ calls His gun was holstered as Officer Reginald "Jake" Gutierrez walked upstairs at a Tacoma, Wash., home. That's when the bullets rained down on him. By Katie Mettler  •  Read more »   The Mall of America’s first black Santa: ‘Santa comes in many different colors’ "There need to be more Santas of color, because this is America, and kids need to see a Santa that looks like them," Santa Larry Jefferson said. By Samantha Schmidt  •  Read more »   ‘Ailing’ Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, is safely evacuated from the South Pole Aldrin is in stable condition at a New Zealand hospital after falling ill while visiting the South Pole with the tour group. By Travis M. Andrews and Sarah Kaplan  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   ‘Vectors! Vectors!’: Pilot in soccer team tragedy reported fuel emergency in moments before crash An audio recording of the final conversation between the pilot and an air traffic controller was leaked to Colombian press Wednesday, providing the clearest image yet of the crash that killed 71 people. By Samantha Schmidt  •  Read more »   He was fine at Thanksgiving, his sisters said. But now he is accused of dismembering their parents. Police said they found a "horrific" and "very gruesome crime scene." By Katie Mettler  •  Read more »   Tacoma, Wash., police officer shot dead. Suspect killed after 12-hour standoff ends in gunfire. “We’ve suffered a great loss and I think the community has suffered a great loss,” a Tacoma police spokeswoman said. “And I don’t know how to put that into words.” By Katie Mettler  •  Read more »   Sydney high school students ‘show up’ Martin Shkreli, recreating price-hiked pill for $2 The group of 11th grade students successfully recreated the drug Daraprim for a mere $2 a pill, according to scientists from the University of Sydney. By Samantha Schmidt  •  Read more »   He ‘just kept hitting me with the bat’: Canadian Muslim teen brutally beaten by white men Noah Rabbani, according to the family, remains in intensive care with “extensive injuries to his brain, jaw, limbs and spine.” By Fred Barbash  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   ‘Don’t need a gun to try on … jeans’: Levi’s CEO requests customers not to pack heat in stores Levi's isn't the first large company to request its customers leave their firearms at home before coming to shop. Previously, companies such as Whataburger, Chipotle, Starbucks and Panera have all made similar requests to customers. By Travis M. Andrews  •  Read more »   It’s official: 4 new elements added to periodic table have formal names The seventh row of the periodic table is now complete. By Ben Guarino  •  Read more »   Dolly Parton is ‘heartbroken’ by the Tenn. fires. Her foundation pledges financial help for victims. “I have been watching the terrible fires in the Great Smoky Mountains and I am heartbroken,” Parton said in a statement. By Travis M. Andrews  •  Read more »   Model Emily Ratajkowski calls new book of explicit nude photos ‘a violation’ She said they were intended for "an artful magazine shoot back in 2012," not a book. By Travis M. Andrews  •  Read more »   Old saint nixed: Oregon school district asks teachers to ‘refrain’ from Santa Claus images, sparking holiday brouhaha Some Santa defenders argued that the character is more folkloric than religious. By Ben Guarino  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   The Switch The day's top stories on the tech industry and tech in our lives. Sign Up »         Share Morning Mix:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Morning Mix. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. 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