The 7 things you need to know for Thursday, December 28 - The Washington Post

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1

Donald Trump is set to appear on Michigan’s 2024 primary ballot.

2

Israel’s war in Gaza is threatening to spill into Lebanon and beyond.

• What to know: Escalating strikes and counterstrikes along the border between Israel and Lebanon are raising fears of a wider war with Iran-backed groups like Hezbollah.
• In Gaza: Trucks delivering supplies to Gazan hospitals are being stopped by hungry people searching for food, the World Health Organization said yesterday.

3

The New York Times is suing tech companies for using its articles to train AI.

• Which ones? Microsoft and OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT. The suit, filed yesterday, alleges the companies used “millions” of copyrighted Times articles to build their lucrative tech.
• Zooming out: The lawsuit is part of a growing wave of opposition to the tech industry’s use of creative work without paying for it or getting permission.

4

A massive winter storm has caused post-Christmas travel chaos.

• What to know: Nebraska, South Dakota, Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming faced the worst of the storm this week. More than 7,500 U.S. flights were delayed Tuesday.
• The latest: The storm was moving into the Mid-Atlantic yesterday. Flood advisories and warnings were in place across New York, Massachusetts and Maryland.
• Looking ahead: Wintry weather could hit the East Coast in mid-January. (See other 2024 predictions here.)

5

Tom Smothers, half of the Smothers Brothers comedy duo, has died.

• His legacy: He and his brother, Dick, had a hit CBS variety show in the late 1960s. It was canceled in 1969 after censors cut sketches that took aim at politics and the Vietnam War.
• What we know: Smothers died Tuesday at his home in Santa Rosa, Calif. He had been receiving treatment for cancer. He was 86.

6

Amazon’s Prime Video is getting ads next month.

7

Miners unearthed a mammoth tusk in a pile of debris in North Dakota.

• What you’re looking at: An intact mammoth tusk that, until May, had been buried since the Ice Age. An eagle-eyed bulldozer operator spotted it among some excavated dirt.
• And that’s not all: More than 20 additional bones were found nearby, making it one of the largest discoveries of mammoth remains in the state, officials said this month.

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