Reading archive 2024-01-04

Mickey Mouse entered the public domain. Now he’s a horror movie villain.

Trump allies fixate on Jeffrey Epstein documents — despite few revelations: Trump partied with Epstein, but his supporters are convinced documents being released from a New York court may sully Democrats - "'Nobody who has even casually followed the story will learn a single fact from what is about to be unsealed. Not one,' attorney Brad Edwards said. 'The level of disappointment the world is about to get cannot be overstated.'"

Jimmy Kimmel slams Aaron Rodgers for suggesting Jeffrey Epstein connection

Fourteen killed in shooting at university in Prague: Authorities said the gunman was also dead, and 25 others were injured in the shootings at Charles University in central Prague

U.K. teens found guilty of murdering trans girl in brutal park stabbing

Reckless drivers in spotlight as D.C. hits 16-year high on traffic deaths: D.C. is struggling to slow carnage on the roads as it faces unmet goals in cutting traffic fatalities by next year

Kicking around a few ideas for my final column: This is the last ‘John Kelly’s Washington’

The case of al-Shifa: Investigating the assault on Gaza’s largest hospital - "None of the five buildings highlighted by the IDF appear to connect to the tunnels, and no evidence has been produced showing that the tunnels could be accessed from inside the hospital wards, as Hagari had claimed."