Morning Must Reads December 22
New York Mourns Slain Officers, Following the shooting of Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos in Brooklyn on Saturday, NYPD officers have been directed to only go on foot patrols in pairs, detectives have been told to go out in teams of three and sentries have been deployed outside station houses, Cop Deaths and Race Relations, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar writes that the murder of two NYPD officers should inspire nationwide mourning, but also the pursuit of a better justice system, The Interview Still to Be Distributed, Sony Pictures lawyer David Boies asserted that the studio will still distribute the controversial comedy despite pulling it from theaters, Florida State Quarterback Cleared in Code of Conduct Case, Jameis Winston, the star quarterback accused of sexual assault by a female Florida State student in December 2012, has been cleared in his Code of Conduct case at the university and will not face discipline, a judge has ruled, The Hobbit Wins Weekend Box-Office Battle, The Peter Jackson film brought in 56.2 million over the weekend and 90.6 million since its Wednesday opening, while Night at the Museum Secret of the Tomb and Annie  all films showing in more than 3,000 locations  made almost 40 million less, Western Journalist Granted Access to Islamic State Lands, Jrgen Todenhfer, the first Western journalist to be granted access to ISIS-controlled territories, has returned with a warning the terrorist group is "much stronger and much more dangerous" than its adversaries understand, Dish Network Drops Fox After Failed Contract Negotiations, Fox News Channel and Fox Business were blacked out Saturday on satellite TV provider Dish Network, after the two parties failed to agree on a new contract, in negotiations that had gone on for the last several weeks. Both sides are pointing fingers at each other, North Korea Threatens Strikes on U.S. Amid Hacking Claims, President Barack Obama is "recklessly" spreading rumors of a Pyongyang-orchestrated cyberattack of Sony Pictures, North Korea says. Its National Defense Commission warned that its 1.2 million-member army is ready to use all types of warfare against the U.S. Fast Food Could Make Children Perform Worse in School, A new study shows that American children who regularly eat fast food don't perform as well as their fellow students in school. Researchers found kids who eat the most fast food have lower test scores in science, math and reading, Saudi Arabia Keeps the Wells Pumping, Saudi Arabia will not cut oil production to boost depressed prices, reversing the kingdom's usual policy of moderating supply to control prices and sending a strong message about OPEC's strategy for dealing with a slumped oil market, Anonymous Threatens Iggy Azalea, Hacker collective Anonymous is threatening to release stills from a purported sex tape involving rapper Iggy Azalea unless she apologizes for "misappropriating black culture, insulting peaceful protesters, and making light of Eric Garner's death", Pakistan Arrests Several Suspects for School Attack, Pakistani police say they have arrested several people suspected of facilitating the attack on a school in the city of Peshawar last week, which left 148 people dead. All seven assailants were reportedly killed in the attack, which was claimed by the Pakistani Taliban, Get TIME's The Brief e-mail every morning in your inbox