About 10,000 Amazon workers authorize plan to strike Thursday The International Brotherhood of Teamsters said workers in Atlanta, New York City, California and Illinois plan to join the picket line. Read more on NPR

Dozens of men are found guilty of raping a woman in France who was drugged to sleep A French panel of judges found dozens of men guilty of raping a woman whose ex-husband had drugged her unconscious over the course of a decade. Read more on NPR

France’s highest court upholds corruption conviction of ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy Sarkozy, 69, faces a year in prison, but is expected to ask to be detained at home with an electronic bracelet — as is the case for any sentence of two years or less. Read more on NPR

About 3 dozen high-rise buildings in South Florida are sinking, a study finds The 35 buildings surveyed along an almost 12-mile stretch from Miami Beach to Sunny Isles Beach have sunk or settled by 0.8 to 3.1 inches, scientists found. Read more on NPR

Dozens of Prisoners Allege a Culture of Violence by Guards at Federal Facility in Virginia At a federal prison in rural Virginia, more than 50 prisoners say they’ve been abused. But when they try to file a complaint–they’re stopped, often by the same guards they say are abusing them. Read more on NPR

Why Syria’s Military Imploded So Quickly Former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad depended on his military to keep him in power for years. Then in just a matter of days, that same feared military disintegrated as rebel groups took control of the country. Our reporter in Damascus talks to former military members to understand why the…

Prisoners allege a culture of violence by guards at federal facility in Virginia At a federal prison in rural Virginia, more than 50 prisoners say they’ve been abused. But when they try to file a complaint–they’re stopped, often by the same guards they say are abusing them. Read more on NPR

Dreaming of a white Christmas? There’s hope, depending on where you live A few parts of the country may get a white Christmas in 2024, but the majority will not. And in the future, shifts in weather patterns driven by global warming may make them even less likely. Read more on NPR

The CDC has confirmed the first severe case of bird flu in a human in the U.S. A person in Louisiana has been hospitalized after becoming infected with a case of bird flu that’s been linked to wild birds and poultry. Read more on NPR

Turkey looks set to play an outsize role in shaping the new Syria after Assad As the world watches Syria grapple with the aftermath of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime and the formation of a new government, one neighbor has emerged as having great influence over the new Syria. Read more on NPR