Manhattan’s brazen bucket-of-gold thief, famous from viral video, now sought in Calif.; Minn. pastor beat boy, 12, with electrical cord because child ‘wanted to test God,’ police say; Five malnourished kids found living in car with healthy parents, police say; Ikea to settle for $50 million after its dressers tipped over, killing three young boys; Fireworks tragedy: The ‘magical’ Mexican town where pyrotechnics are life — and too often death; Even with little stumpy legs, these salamanders are made for extreme walking — up to 9 miles; Why God is a curvy, black woman in ‘The Shack’ and some Christian critics say it’s ‘heresy’; Newsweek Trump critic says he had epileptic seizure after Twitter troll purposely sent him flashing image; Tennessee’s fires brought Dolly Parton a new mission — and an apology; Man’s conviction in failure to disclose HIV-positive status to sexual partners overturned by Mo. appeals court;   Stories from All Over   Miss. black church fire was called a hate crime. Now parishioner has been arrested for it. A "Vote Trump" message left on the side of the historic church led many at the time to suspect the fire was politically or racially motivated in the final days before the presidential election last month. By Katie Mettler  •  Read more » Manhattan’s brazen bucket-of-gold thief, famous from viral video, now sought in Calif. The gold, weighing 86 pounds, is worth about $1.6 million. By Ben Guarino  •  Read more »   Minn. pastor beat boy, 12, with electrical cord because child ‘wanted to test God,’ police say Over the course of four days, in a church basement, the pastor and his son allegedly beat the boy with a two-by-four wooden plank and an electrical cord as punishment for rejecting his faith. By Samantha Schmidt  •  Read more »   Five malnourished kids found living in car with healthy parents, police say Police say the children ate only salad and bread, and hadn't seen a doctor in years. The oldest, a 14-year-old boy, reportedly weighed just 50 pounds. By Derek Hawkins  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Ikea to settle for $50 million after its dressers tipped over, killing three young boys Previously confidential documents that Ikea turned over to attorneys provided leverage for a settlement. By Ben Guarino  •  Read more »   Fireworks tragedy: The ‘magical’ Mexican town where pyrotechnics are life — and too often death It was the third time since 2005 that an explosion has plundered the market in Mexico's self-proclaimed “capital of pyrotechnics." By Samantha Schmidt  •  Read more »   Even with little stumpy legs, these salamanders are made for extreme walking — up to 9 miles Robert Denton, an Ohio State University ecologist and graduate student, likened the traveling salamanders to endurance athletes. By Ben Guarino  •  Read more »   Why God is a curvy, black woman in ‘The Shack’ and some Christian critics say it’s ‘heresy’ The controversy isn't new. Based off the New York Times best-selling book by William P. Young, the movie will feature God as a black woman, the holy spirit as an Asian woman and Jesus as a Jewish carpenter of Middle Eastern descent. By Katie Mettler  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Newsweek Trump critic says he had epileptic seizure after Twitter troll purposely sent him flashing image Kurt Eichenwald says he received the message after an appearance on Fox News in which he was asked to defend his claim that the president-elect was institutionalized in a mental hospital in 1990. By Derek Hawkins  •  Read more »   Tennessee’s fires brought Dolly Parton a new mission — and an apology "Dolly, I’m sorry I didn’t get you sooner,” wrote a blogger in Knoxville, “and I thank you for all you are, and all that you do." By Travis M. Andrews  •  Read more »   Man’s conviction in failure to disclose HIV-positive status to sexual partners overturned by Mo. appeals court The prosecution rendered the trial fundamentally unfair, a panel said, by using cellphone recordings that “were not disclosed to the defense until the morning of the first day of the trial.” 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. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071