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1. Lightfoot fires city’s top cop for “intolerable” actions

Mayor Lori Lightfoot made a surprise announcement that she fired police Superintendent Eddie Johnson today for misleading her and the public after he was found slumped over in his car by cops in October.

Johnson originally told reporters he forgot to take his medication but later admitted to Lightfoot that he had a “couple of drinks” earlier that night.

Lightfoot said she had no choice but to fire Johnson after the city’s inspector general investigated the incident and prepared a report for the mayor. Lightfoot declined to go into detail about the report because it has not yet been publicly released, but she hinted that it would be damaging to Johnson’s family. [WBEZ]

2. Supreme Court hears first gun-rights case in a decade

The nation’s high court heard arguments today in a case from New York City, where several gun owners and the state’s National Rifle Association affiliate contend a city regulation infringed on their right to bear arms. They said the law prohibited them from carrying their handguns anywhere other than seven firing ranges within the city limits.

But as the case made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, New York repealed the law. That caused some justices to question whether the case was now moot. [New York Times]

3. Trump heads to NATO summit as House moves forward with impeachment proceedings

President Donald Trump criticized House Democrats today for scheduling hearings this week as he travels to London for a NATO gathering.

Impeachment proceedings are expected to move over to the House Judiciary Committee, which has the power to draft articles of impeachment against the president. Trump declined to appear before the committee when it meets on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the House Intelligence Committee, which so far has been in the driver’s seat for the impeachment inquiry, will vote tomorrow on whether to release a report of its findings on Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. [Washington Post]

4. United Nations begins climate talks

Representatives from 200 countries began meeting in Madrid, Spain, today to negotiate how to avoid a climate catastrophe and achieve goals laid out by the Paris accord.

The two-week summit comes after a recent U.N. report found that greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise at a dangerous pace and may require “deep and faster” cuts.

President Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Paris accord, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters in Madrid that America is still committed to the agreement. [NPR]

5. Cyber Monday shoppers expected to break record

Holiday shoppers today are on track to spend $9.4 billion, according to Adobe Analytics, which monitors sales from 80 major retailers in the U.S. Last year, Cyber Monday saw $7.9 billion in sales.

Among the top electronic products were Samsung TVs, Apple laptops and the Amazon Echo, according to Adobe. [CNBC]

Folks are increasingly shopping online instead of visiting brick-and-mortar stores. Online sales on Black Friday hit a record $7.4 billion this year. [Bloomberg]

Here’s what else is happening

• China retaliated against the U.S. after Trump signed a bill supporting Hong Kong protesters. [NPR]
• Chicago’s winter parking ban is in effect, and that means the city could sell your car. [WBEZ]
• The Common Core education model is well-established across Illinois classrooms. But has the program fallen short of its promise? [WBEZ]
• It’ll cost you $1 million to say what you thought of SNL comedian Pete Davidson’s show at Chicago’s Vic Theatre. [Chicago Tribune]

Oh, and one more thing …

Scientists are testing out a number of ways to rebuild coral reefs damaged by the effects of climate change, and British and Australian researchers have come up with a novel approach that is showing promising results: broadcast the sounds of thriving reefs into ones that are in a death spiral.

You might be asking yourself: What do healthy reefs sound like?

“Healthy coral reefs are remarkably noisy places — the crackle of snapping shrimp and the whoops and grunts of fish combine to form a dazzling biological soundscape,” said one of the researchers.

The researchers found that twice as many fish flocked to the reefs that featured their thriving-reef loudspeakers. [Washington Post]

Tell me something good …

I’m putting together a bingo card of local things to do as the winter holidays approach, and I’d love to hear from y’all.

Here’s an example from moi: Seeing the Home Alone house on the North Shore.

What are your favorite things to do during the holidays? Feel free to email at therundown@wbez.org or tweet to @whuntah.

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