7 O'Clock News / Silent Night

(Silent night, holy night)
(All is calm, all is bright)

The settlement enables the company to continue making OxyContin (Round, young virgin)
According to the terms of the agreement, the Sackler family, owners of Purdue (mother and child)
Will not be required to admit any wrongdoing (Holy infant)
In other news today, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch completed the first all-female spacewalk (so tender and mild)
When they ventured outside of the International Space Station to replace a power controller (Sleep in heavenly peace)

In Dallas, Texas, Amber Guyger has been found guilty of murder

Guyger, a white off-duty police officer, claims she mistakenly entered the apartment of her upstairs neighbor, Botham Jean (Sleep in heavenly peace)

Because she was distracted by her sexting with a fellow officer

Guyger claimed that upon entering the apartment, she felt fearful for her safety (Silent night)
And felt justified in drawing her service revolver and shooting Jean dead (Holy night)
Guyger has been sentenced to ten years in prison (All is calm)
The Supreme Court is reviewing a Louisiana law that would effectively end women's access to abortion (All is bright)

The law, seen as a first step by evangelical conservatives toward the possible reversing of Roe vs. Wade (Round, young virgin)
Flies in the face of public opinion (Mother and child)
The health and safety of women across the nation, particularly those in lower-income homes are especially vulnerable (Holy infant, so tender and mild)
Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House Chief of Staff
Threw the Trump administration's defence against impeachment into disarray on Thursday (Sleep in heavenly peace)
When he said that the White House withheld nearly $400 million in military aid
To Ukraine to further President Trump's political interests (Sleep in heavenly peace)

And that is the seven o' clock news



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