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Monitor articles for December 15, 2015

• Adele concert special: How it won over critics, viewers
• Iran's October missile test violated UN sanctions, experts say
• Eating lettuce is three times worse for climate than bacon, say scientists
• Kerry in Moscow as pressure grows for US-Russia compromise on Syria
• Why are Ted Cruz and Mario Rubio disliked by some Latino voters?
• GOP debate: Five things that won't happen, but should
• Could UN climate pact work? This is one way we'd actually know.
• Four ways coworking spaces are worth it
• First LookAre police chiefs being held to a higher standard?
• The argument for cash-back cards over travel credit cards
• President Obama still pushing to close Guantánamo
• Full moon on Christmas: The first time in nearly four decades
• Chinese smartphone maker claims new phone lasts ten days between charges
• Ground Control to Major Tim: Britain's first proper astronaut blasts off
• Thai man could get 37 years in prison for insulting King's dog
• First LookAs inmate ranks swell, counties choose: Bigger jails or fewer prisoners?
• 'Dirt Meridian' and 'My Last Day at Seventeen'
• Freddie Gray trial: Baltimore on edge awaiting first verdict
• Saudi Arabia forms 34-nation Islamic alliance to fight terrorists
• The costs and benefits of agriculture
• Readers RespondReaders write: nothing wrong with a 'pause'; America's invitation to the 'huddled masses'
• Has Trump broken through his voter ceiling?
• First LookLos Angeles threat: Too dangerous to ignore?
• Why student-athlete activism is rattling cages
• How to control debt and improve credit
• Los Angeles bomb threat: Where to draw line between fear and caution?
• First LookA Windex-like ocean sloshes within Enceladus. Why are astronomers excited?
• Holiday travelers expected to total a record-breaking 100 million
• NASA examines the effects of this year's El Niño
• Clinton unveils counterterrorism strategy, takes aim at GOP
• Why Saudi Arabia's coalition against terrorists might not be all it appears
• Massachusetts teen found guilty of killing high school teacher
• Nigeria military killed hundreds of Shiites, activists say
• The Monitor's ViewThe integrity at the heart of Brazil’s anti-corruption sweep
• Holiday cheer prompts hundreds to 'pay it forward' at Fla. McDonalds
• Amid rise in homelessness in New York City, head of agency resigns
• First LookCan $7 million XPrize shift focus from 'sexy sciences' to Earth's oceans?
• 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' trailer: What the new clip set in the world of 'Harry Potter' reveals
• 4 audiobooks for nonfiction readers
• The anxious class poised to revolt
• Burundi unrest deepens as rebel groups multiply and coup trial begins
• First LookEPA's social media campaign deemed propaganda: Where's the line?
• A Christian Science PerspectiveFilling our own niches
• First LookSan Bernardino shooter posted jihadi Facebook message in 2012: How should FBI respond?
• Rent-A-Center worker finds toddler living alone with dead mother
• Avoid a false sense of cybersecurity by dodging these three pitfalls
• Interest rate hikes: Wall Street expects three more in 2016
• 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens': Fans react to its premiere
• She's paddling a kayak to help dump dwellers in Guatemala
• More gems from 2015