• The grim evidence of Trump’s airstrikes in the Caribbean has started washing ashore in Colombia — including a scorched boat, mangled bodies and packets with traces of marijuana.
• A U.S. military strike killed two more people accused by the Trump administration of trafficking narcotics in the eastern Pacific, Pentagon officials said. The death toll from U.S. strikes on boats is now at least 107.

By Adam B. Kushner

I’m the editor of this newsletter.

• Under a Red Cross program, Guantánamo Bay prisoners have been sending photos of themselves to their families, smiling or looking serene. They’re now available to the public.
• Last month, a Syrian official was indicted and charged with torture, ending a yearslong investigation that Western intelligence agencies helped him evade.
• States have more information about you than the federal government does. Trump is pushing to give the feds more data from those sensitive troves.

• “You’ll never find anybody running for health”: In Kenya, where professional running can make the difference between survival and starvation, doping is mainstream.
• The Astrodome, which has characterized Houston’s landscape for decades, now sits empty. No one’s sure what to do with it.
• Some former N.F.L. players are leaving the football field to start careers in nursing.

• Follow a group of divers hunting for fossils in the coldest inhabited place on earth.
• A British writer has reinvented ways to navigate by star. (They’ll point you south.)
• Ocean currents are changing, shifting rain belts and strengthening hurricanes. Here’s how scientists who sailed the North Atlantic are better understanding the threat.

• A construction technology company in Texas has 3-D printed hundreds of houses in a bid to solve America’s housing crisis.
• Silicon Valley is obsessed with “TBPN,” a streaming show that treats tech and business like fantasy football.
• Would you pay nearly $9,000 for a wooden puzzle? Some of these devoted hobbyists would.

• Kai Cenat, the boisterous Twitch streamer, has a record 20 million followers who watch him eat, sleep and play video games.
• A nonprofit art space obtained fallen Confederate monuments and statues and transformed them into new works of art.

• Opening a restaurant in New York City is no picnic. The Times followed a rookie owner for a full year to see what it takes.

• Some pet owners are trying to treat their animals’ medical ailments with apple cider vinegar and essential oils — while declining standard medications and vaccines.
• There is a growing literary canon of memoirs about writers’ relationships with exotic and wild animals.
• For years, food entrepreneurs have been trying to convince people to feed their pets ground-up bugs and lab-grown meats. Could it be more ethical and sustainable?

• New York City still has 15 miles of cobblestone streets. Meet the specialty bricklayers helping to preserve those quaint remnants.
• Joe Nickell was, in his own words, “the world’s only full-time professional paranormal investigator.” He dug into hundreds of mysteries, offering rational explanations for the Loch Ness monster and countless hauntings. He died this year at 80.
• These new early-evening parties wrap up before many nightclubs open. They cater to women who have things to do in the morning — and want to dance.
• More women are asking doctors to shrink their waists. Plastic surgeons have been working on a rib-fracturing procedure to make those changes permanent.

• People concerned with tackle football’s gladiatorial style should consider flag football, which is relatively safe and friendly to female athletes, Mary Pilon writes.
• To succeed in life, everyone should have a nemesis, Rachel Feintzeig writes.

• Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia congresswoman, has gone from Trump’s loudest cheerleader to his loudest Republican critic. She didn’t hold back when The Times asked her why. Read more here.

• Trump met with Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, at Mar-a-Lago. Trump said that the United States would back Israeli strikes on Iran if Iran continued with its ballistic missile and nuclear weapon program.
• New Year’s Eve concerts at the Kennedy Center were canceled. Some performing groups pulled out after the center was renamed to include President Trump.

• Russia accused Ukraine of targeting a rural residence of Vladimir Putin’s in a drone attack. It threatened to harden its stance on peace talks in response. Ukraine said there was no such attack.
• The U.S. said it would provide $2 billion next year in U.N. humanitarian aid. Doing so would likely keep the U.S. as the biggest international aid donor next year, even as the Trump administration slashes funding for foreign assistance programs.
• Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s first female prime minister, whose decades-long rivalry with another woman at the helm of a political dynasty shaped the fate of the country, died. She was believed to be 80.

• Uber has let many drivers with sexual misconduct complaints continue to drive for the company, a Times investigation found.
• For the next eight weeks, Raymond Zhong, a climate reporter, will be traveling to Antarctica alongside researchers studying some of the fastest-melting glaciers on the frozen continent. Watch the first video of his journey below, and track his progress here.