A Kansas police officer “fabricated” a story that a McDonald’s employee wrote an expletive on his coffee cup over the weekend, Herington Police Chief Brian Hornaday said Monday. Hornaday said the officer no longer works for the department. Source

“…It will now be a Christmas to remember! 2019- The Christmas the lawn lit on fire,” the boy’s mother wrote on Facebook. Source

Within six days, 20 horses were found fatally shot along U.S. 23 in eastern Kentucky. Source

A man accused in a Hanukkah stabbing attack in New York has been hit with five hate crime charges. Prosecutors said evidence found in the suspect’s home includes anti-Semitic journals. Don Dahler reports. Source

Authorities have identified the man who killed two parishioners in a Texas church shooting as Keith Thomas Kinnunen. The volunteer security guard who took him down is being hailed as a hero. Mireya Villarreal joined CBSN to share the latest details that have emerged from the shooting.    Source

“This was completely and solely fabricated by a Herington police office who is no longer employed with our agency,” Herington Police Chief Brian Hornaday said Monday at a press conference. Source

The Tennessee Titans (9-7) travel to New England this week to face the AFC East champion Patriots (12-4) in an AFC wild card playoff game. Kickoff at Gillette Stadium (capacity 65,878) is scheduled for 7:15 p.m. CT. Source

Carley McCord was one of five people killed in a small plane crash in Louisiana over the weekend Source

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu handily defeated a primary challenger to remain leader of the ruling right-wing Likud party. Several skiers were buried by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps. And a rapidly-moving dust cloud engulfed the Argentinian city of Mendoza. Cindy Pom rounds up the headlines from London. Source

The Tennessee Titans (9-7) travel to New England this week to face the AFC East champion Patriots (12-4) in an AFC wild card playoff game Saturday at Gillette Stadium (7:15 p.m. CST). Source