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BY ERIK SHUTE
This is Newsy Now and here are the headlines you need to know.
In business -- Sears says a disappointing holiday season will force the company to close some of its Sears and Kmart stores next year. MSNBC has the details.
“Sears says it will close between 100 and 120 Sears or K smart sales because of bad holiday sales, shutdown marginally performing stores, means job loss, haven't laid out how many stores or jobs would be cost but not good news for Sears or employees today.”
A missing Indiana girl is found dead after disappearing Friday night. CBS News reports the babysitter of 9 year-old Aliahna Lemmon was been taken into custody by police last night.
ANCHOR: “39-Year-old Mike Plumadore has been charged with killing Aliahna Lemmon. She had been missing since last Friday and her body was found yesterday...”
POLICE: “After three different interviews with one of the individuals involved, he was taken into custody tonight about and charged with murder. Aliahna's remains have been located.”
In world news - An 8-year-old American girl says she was targeted by ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel. Reports say while walking to school she was spit on and verbally attacked. Euronews explains she’s not the only one - the problem is growing.
“Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to curb harassment and discrimination after complaints over the behaviour of ultra-Orthodox Jews. The town of Beit Shemesh near Jerusalem is under the spotlight, after an eight-year-old girl complained of being threatened by ultra-Orthodox men over her dress. The graffiti reads ‘Israeli women: The Torah demands you dress modestly.’”
In Iraq -- Al Qaeda has come forward claiming responsibility for the multiple bombs detonated in its capital Baghdad last Thursday. CNN’s Arwa Damon reports on the growing political turmoil since the U.S. pulled its troops out of Iraq.
“The political instability that Iraq is going through right now is causing great waves of fear especially for those living in the capital of Baghdad. Iraq’s political instability has been brewing for a while, but boiled over after the Iraqi government issued an arrest warrant for Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi.”
A deadly helicopter crash kills all three crew members on board in Florida. The tragic situation turns worse when its discovered the helicopter was on its way to pick up precious cargo. Fox News explains.
“And a medical flight ending in tragedy when a helicopter crashes on its way to retrieve a
heart for a transplant. The chopper had just left the mayo clinic in Jacksonville, Florida and heading to Gainesville hospital but they never made it. All three people on board died
instantly and the NTSB is now investigating.”
Stay with Newsy for more analysis throughout the day. For Newsy Now, I’m Christina Hartman -- highlighting the top headlines making you smarter, faster.
