‘Some guy just kidnapped this little girl': Alert 11-year-old boy averts tragedy; On 4th anniversary of Sandy Hook shootings, Colo. school district votes to allow staff to carry firearms; Pinball — once a source of ‘vice and immorality’ — now legal in Kokomo, Ind., after 61-year ban; A New Jersey trooper targeted women at traffic stops to ask them out on dates, officials say; In Texas, a religious liberty battle rages at one school over quote from ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’; His dying wish was to marry her. A hospital sprang into action to make it happen.; Male walruses have giant ones, but human men not at all: How we lost the penis bone; 73-year-old Calif. man with dementia fatally shot by police was carrying crucifix, not gun; People were acting ‘a little weird.’ Off-duty firefighter, sensing the reason, saves packed restaurant from lethal gas; Video shows officer dragging woman from Delta flight after boarding incident;   Stories from All Over   She claimed she was attacked by men who yelled ‘Trump’ and grabbed her hijab. Police say she lied. Yasmin Seweid claimed three drunk men attacked her because of her faith. Police investigated and people rallied to support her. But it may have all been a fabrication. By Derek Hawkins  •  Read more » ‘Some guy just kidnapped this little girl': Alert 11-year-old boy averts tragedy The 11-year-old Texas boy and another neighbor chased the man, holding him until police arrived. The man was arrested for aggravated kidnapping and told detectives he wanted to have sex with the girl. By Samantha Schmidt  •  Read more »   On 4th anniversary of Sandy Hook shootings, Colo. school district votes to allow staff to carry firearms "We are authorizing teachers to pull a weapon and kill a human being, and I cannot support that,” said the school board president. By Travis M. Andrews  •  Read more »   Pinball — once a source of ‘vice and immorality’ — now legal in Kokomo, Ind., after 61-year ban Pinball games were "against peace and good order," the city of Kokomo declared in 1955. By Ben Guarino  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   A New Jersey trooper targeted women at traffic stops to ask them out on dates, officials say The state trooper's attorney told local media that his client intends to plead not guilty to charges relating to falsifying or tampering with records or information. By Katie Mettler  •  Read more »   In Texas, a religious liberty battle rages at one school over quote from ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ State and local officials are interpreting Texas's Merry Christmas Law differently. By Katie Mettler  •  Read more »   His dying wish was to marry her. A hospital sprang into action to make it happen. “I know that there is some concern that you have had about will you be remembered,” the chaplain said during the service. “You will always been in Yvonne’s heart, in the heart of your children and family. That will never change.” By Travis M. Andrews  •  Read more »   Male walruses have giant ones, but human men not at all: How we lost the penis bone For primates, the best predictor for whether the male had a penis bone were if acts of penetration lasted longer than three minutes. By Ben Guarino  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   73-year-old Calif. man with dementia fatally shot by police was carrying crucifix, not gun The family of Francisco Serna held a vigil in his memory in Bakersfield, Calif., on Tuesday night. On the same day, the head of the local police department said Serna "was not armed at the time of the shooting. No firearm has been recovered." By Travis M. Andrews  •  Read more »   People were acting ‘a little weird.’ Off-duty firefighter, sensing the reason, saves packed restaurant from lethal gas The gas hospitalized more than a dozen people who were transported to area medical centers in an ambulance bus. By Ben Guarino  •  Read more »   Video shows officer dragging woman from Delta flight after boarding incident Video shows an officer dragging the unidentified woman by her wrists down the airplane's center aisle. Delta said she refused to comply with baggage and boarding procedures. By Derek Hawkins  •  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