The Container Store files for bankruptcy, vows to keep stores operating as normal The Container Store said its 102 locations and website will continue to operate as normal during the bankruptcy process. Read more on NPR

House panel releases report on sexual misconduct allegations against Matt Gaetz The move is a reversal for the committee, which deadlocked on the issue last month. Read more on NPR

How an Israeli community helped its children heal from trauma after the Oct. 7 attack Kibbutz Be’eri was hit hard in the Hamas-led attack of Oct. 7, 2023. Survivors were evacuated to a hotel, where they worked together to create programs to help their children recover from trauma. Read more on NPR

How hopes for Myanmar’s democracy faded and why leadership is needed (again) Former U.S. Ambassador to Myanmar Derek Mitchell asks how hopes for Myanmar’s democracy faded and why leadership is needed again in restoring them. Read more on NPR

For young adults, caregiving isn’t just hard. It can shape you for life Caregiving responsibilities can cut young people off from peers and interrupt their emerging life story. And there’s been little research or support directed at this group. That’s starting to change. Read more on NPR

‘We are not California’: New Jersey dealers push back on electric truck rules Vehicle dealers are pushing back on rules that would increase the number of electric trucks sold in New Jersey. It could be a preview of a brewing fight over state rules about cars. Read more on NPR

Biden commutes 37 federal death row sentences. And, a push to understand long COVID President Biden commuted 37 of the 40 men on federal death row to life without parole this morning. Here are the factors that drove his decision. And, a push to better understand long COVID. Read more on NPR

Trauma lingers on for survivors of the deadly 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami One of modern history’s worst natural disasters, the tsunami left about 230,000 dead across a dozen countries. Read more on NPR

The fun — and confusion — of celebrating Christmas and Hanukkah on the same date Christmas and Hanukkah rarely fall on the same date, but this year they do. One mixed-faith family in Oakland, Calif., doubles down for double whammy holiday. Read more on NPR

The Refugees Trapped in a Corner of Syria, Now Free In a remote corner of southeastern Syria near the border with Jordan, some 7,000 people have been trapped in a refugee camp for more than nine years. They had fled Syrian regime forces and ISIS attacks and had nowhere else they could go. Our reporter…