BTS, Taco Bell, Mayim Bialik & More - 12/12/2023

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Today's Rundown:
Fort Campbell in mission essential report-status after tornado rips through region
https://taskandpurpose.com/military-life/fort-campbell-displaced-families-tornado/

BTS members RM and V start compulsory military service in South Korea. Band seeks to reunite in 2025
https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-kpop-bts-military-service-aac9d886a2fbae90712bd21c42cee299

Panera Founder: Workers Not Motivated by Shareholders
https://www.businessinsider.com/panera-founder-workers-not-motivated-making-money-shareholders-ceo-therapy-2023-12

Special counsel Jack Smith asks Supreme Court to rule quickly on whether Trump can be prosecuted
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-prosecution-immunity-f3e7206bdf169c9faa15a19084541824

Kateri Poole no longer with LSU women's basketball team
https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39086644/kateri-poole-no-longer-lsu-women-basketball-team

Iowa's Caitlin Clark reaches 3,000 career points
https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39086644/kateri-poole-no-longer-lsu-women-basketball-team

Texas woman who sought court order to get an abortion says she will leave the state for the procedure
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-woman-sought-abortion-court-order-leave-state-rcna129087

Double Decker Taco returns to Taco Bell locations nationwide
https://www.wkyc.com/article/life/food/taco-bell-double-decker-taco-returns-nationwide/95-7e0eecef-ceb4-4781-8ae6-5cd88ee41b14

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ONE DAY OLDER ON DECEMBER 12:
Dionne Warwick (83)
Regina Hall (53)
Mayim Bialik (48)

WHAT HAPPENED TODAY:
2000: A divided U.S. Supreme Court halted the presidential recount in Florida, effectively making Republican George W. Bush the winner.
2003: Keiko, the killer whale made famous by the “Free Willy” movies, died in the Norwegian fjord that he’d made his home.
2018: American Media Inc., publisher of National Enquirer, admitted to paying hush money to mistresses of Donald Trump.

PLUS, TODAY WE CLEBRATE: Sound Check Day
https://www.checkiday.com/abdf9f24d768cd4c7394bbc23e23bc81/international-sound-check-day#:~:text=So%2C%20technically%2C%20International%20Sound%20Check,is%20observed%20every%20December%2012.