A pall is hanging over the holiday season in Lexington, Nebraska, where the Tyson beef plant, by far the largest employer in this small town, is set to lay off 3,200 people when the company closes its facility on Jan. 20 after three decades of operation. Tyson says it’s closing the plant to “right-size” its beef business after a historically low cattle herd in the U.S. and the company’s expected loss of $600 million on beef production next fiscal year. | AP

A pall is hanging over the holiday season in Lexington, Nebraska, where the Tyson beef plant, by far the largest employer in small town, is set to lay off 3,200 people when the company closes the facility on Jan. 20, after three decades of operation. | AP

A Russian general was killed Monday morning after an explosive device detonated underneath his car in southern Moscow, investigators said. | AP

The showdown between Fani Willis and a Republican-led Georgia state Senate committee over her conduct while prosecuting Donald Trump had loomed for months, and when it finally arrived Wednesday, Fulton County’s Democratic district attorney was ready to fight. | AP

President Donald Trump doubled down on his attacks against Rob Reiner, who was found dead in his home with his wife Michele Singer Reiner. Speaking to reporters Monday afternoon, Trump said he wasn’t a fan of Reiner's and called him "a deranged person." | AP