It’s official: 4 new elements added to periodic table have formal names; Dolly Parton ‘heartbroken’ by Tenn. fires. Her foundation pledges financial help for victims.; Model Emily Ratajokwski 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; Canadian Muslim teen brutally beaten by white men with baseball bat. His family believes it was race-related; ‘Vectors! Vectors!': Pilot in soccer team tragedy reported fuel emergency in moments before crash; ‘Ailing’ Buzz Aldrin, second man on the moon, is being medically evacuated from the South Pole; A billionaire Saudi prince says it’s ‘high time’ for Saudi women to start driving; Kellogg, citing ‘values,’ joins growing list of companies that pledged to stop advertising in Breitbart News; ‘Prepared for the worst’: Bolivians face historic drought, and global warming could intensify it; His massive ‘sextortion’ scheme snared 155 boys. Now, he’s going to prison for decades.;   Stories from All Over   Tacoma, Wash., police officer fatally shot. Suspect in standoff. “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 » It’s official: 4 new elements added to periodic table have formal names The seventh row of the periodic table was now complete. By Ben Guarino  •  Read more »   Dolly Parton ‘heartbroken’ by 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 Ratajokwski 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 »   ADVERTISEMENT   Old saint nixed: Oregon school district asks teachers to ‘refrain’ from Santa Claus images, sparking holiday brouhaha Some Santa defenders argued the character is more folkloric than religious. By Ben Guarino  •  Read more »   Canadian Muslim teen brutally beaten by white men with baseball bat. His family believes it was race-related 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 »   ‘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 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 »   ‘Ailing’ Buzz Aldrin, second man on the moon, is being medically evacuated from the South Pole The medical evacuation flight will be provided by the National Science Foundation, according to a news release on the government agency's website. The statement did not offer a reason for the evacuation, only referring to Aldrin as “ailing." By Travis M. Andrews  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   A billionaire Saudi prince says it’s ‘high time’ for Saudi women to start driving Alwaleed bin Talal, a billionaire Saudi prince, has taken a striking stance against one of his country's long-held codes: prohibiting women from driving. By Samantha Schmidt  •  Read more »   Kellogg, citing ‘values,’ joins growing list of companies that pledged to stop advertising in Breitbart News “We regularly work with our media-buying partners to ensure our ads do not appear on sites that aren’t aligned with our values as a company,” a spokeswoman for Kellogg said. By Travis M. Andrews  •  Read more »   ‘Prepared for the worst’: Bolivians face historic drought, and global warming could intensify it Bolivia is in the midst of its worst drought in 25 years, as three reservoirs that supply its largest city, La Paz, are almost entirely dried up. By Samantha Schmidt  •  Read more »   His massive ‘sextortion’ scheme snared 155 boys. Now, he’s going to prison for decades. Anton Martynenko lured teens into sending him nude pictures by posing as women on social media. When they refused requests for more or turned down sexual advances, he posted the images online. 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