Evening Edition: ISIS claims Berlin attack as search for suspects resumes

Berlin attack: How the events unfolded; An assassination and a gunman's final words put Turkey on edge; Donald Trump embraces the risky 'Madman Theory' on foreign policy; How Ed Schultz transformed from MSNBC lefty to the American face of Moscow media; President Obama bans oil drilling in large areas of Atlantic and Arctic oceans; Emails between Clinton and top aide, but little else, spurred FBI to resume controversial probe; Tech giants pledge to keep children out of cobalt mines that supply smartphone and electric car batteries; A mom couldn't afford Christmas gifts for her kids. She turned to Craigslist for help. ; Who was the worst candidate of 2016?; North Pole is expected to be 50 degrees above normal this week, near the melting point; Syrian troops threaten to enter last sliver of Aleppo's rebel-held territory; In a breakthrough experiment, scientists shine a light on antimatter; Airports have discovered how to make people happier about waiting for their planes;   The day's most important stories   ISIS claims Berlin attack as search for suspects resumes Germany was on high alert as authorities searched for the suspects in the attack that left 12 dead and dozens injured when a truck plowed into a Christmas market in Berlin. Earlier today, officials released a man because of insufficient evidence. By Anthony Faiola, Souad Mekhennet and Stephanie Kirchner  •  Read more » Berlin attack: How the events unfolded A timeline of the Christmas market truck assault. By Julie Vitkovskaya and Jennifer Hassan  •  Read more »   An assassination and a gunman's final words put Turkey on edge The shooting of Ambassador Andrei Karlov was among the most brazen retaliatory attacks yet on Russia since Moscow entered the war in Syria on the side of President Bashar al-Assad. By David Filipov, Kareem Fahim and Adam Entous  •  Read more »   Donald Trump embraces the risky 'Madman Theory' on foreign policy The president-elect thinks he can use his reputation for unpredictability and lack of respect for long-standing international norms to unnerve and then intimidate America's adversaries into making concessions that they would not otherwise make. By James Hohmann  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   How Ed Schultz transformed from MSNBC lefty to the American face of Moscow media The former liberal host who once called Donald Trump "a racist" for his birther views has become the lead news anchor for RT America, the global media organization funded by the Russian government. By Paul Farhi  •  Read more »   President Obama bans oil drilling in large areas of Atlantic and Arctic oceans The president used a little-known law called the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, which gives presidents the ability to guard federal waters from future oil industry leases and drilling. By Darryl Fears and Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   Emails between Clinton and top aide, but little else, spurred FBI to resume controversial probe The bureau cited correspondence it found between Hillary Clinton and Huma Abedin in a search warrant request for a computer belonging to Abedin's husband, Anthony Weiner. By Matt Zapotosky  •  Read more »   Tech giants pledge to keep children out of cobalt mines that supply smartphone and electric car batteries Children are mining the mineral that may be in your smartphone, computer or electric car. Now tech giants say they want to do something about it. By Peter Whoriskey and Todd C. Frankel  •  Read more »   A mom couldn't afford Christmas gifts for her kids. She turned to Craigslist for help. The site, which is normally used to find free furniture and cheap services, reveals the pressure the holidays put on poor and working-class parents, including Tyshika Britten, a mother of six. By Theresa Vargas  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Who was the worst candidate of 2016? Candidates matter. We learned that lesson for the umpteenth time over the past two years as races — from the presidential on down — turned on the quality of the candidates.  By Chris Cillizza  •  Read more »   North Pole is expected to be 50 degrees above normal this week, near the melting point It's not normal, and it's happening again. Scientists said the depleted ice cover of the Nordic Sea is helping create a passage for warm air to surge north uninhibited. By Jason Samenow  •  Read more »   Syrian troops threaten to enter last sliver of Aleppo's rebel-held territory According to a report from those supporting President Bashar al-Assad, Syrian troops have issued their last call for people to leave an area that remains in the hands of opposition forces. By Hugh Naylor  •  Read more »   In a breakthrough experiment, scientists shine a light on antimatter Researchers at CERN were able to create antimatter versions of hydrogen atoms, which reacted to a laser the same way as a regular hydrogen atom, confirming Einstein's theory of special relativity. By Sarah Kaplan  •  Read more »   Airports have discovered how to make people happier about waiting for their planes As amenities on planes have been taken away, the airports themselves have gotten more luxurious. By Thomas Heath  •  Read more »           Share Evening Edition:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Headlines. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. 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