--- description: Bodies Found in AirAsia Hunt Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency confirmed Tuesday that wreckage of the missing AirAsia Flight QZ 8501, and as many... title: Morning Must Reads: December 30 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Morning Must Reads](/tag/morning-must-reads/) ## Morning Must Reads Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Morning Must Reads: December 30 by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 30, 2014 2:33 PM CUT  The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC. The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC.Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 30, 2014 2:33 PM CUT [Bodies Found in AirAsia Hunt](http://time.com/3649270/airasia-qz8501-missing-plane-bodies/ "undefined") Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency confirmed Tuesday that wreckage of the missing AirAsia Flight QZ 8501, and as many as 40 bodies, had been recovered from the Java Sea. The Singapore-bound plane disappeared on Sunday with 162 people on board [Why Doctors Ask About Soda](http://time.com/3639703/soda-sugar-health/ "undefined") Details about a patient’s soda consumption are becoming standard information doctors ask for and record during health appointments [Michigan Hires Jim Harbaugh](http://time.com/3649187/michigan-hires-jim-harbaugh-as-new-head-coach/ "undefined") Michigan has hired Jim Harbaugh as its next head football coach, after Harbaugh and the San Francisco 49ers mutually agreed to part ways on Sunday [Inspector General Conducting Review After Biden Vacation](http://time.com/3649006/biden-park-service-lodge/ "undefined") The Department of Interior Inspector General’s office has taken over a review into cheap vacations taken by senior government officials, including Vice President Joe Biden, at a secluded National Park Service lodge in Wyoming [Condé Nast to Pay $5.85 Million to Interns](http://time.com/3649207/conde-nast-settlement-intern/ "undefined") Condé Nast appears likely to pay $5.85 million to thousands of former interns who have accused the magazine publisher of underpaying them for their work. Condé Nast tabled its internship program shortly after it was sued for wage violations in June 2013 [Scottish Ebola Patient Flown to London](http://time.com/3648857/ebola-glasgow-london/ "undefined") A health worker who recently returned from Sierra Leone has been flown to London after being diagnosed with Ebola in Glasgow. “I am confident that we are well prepared,” First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said in a statement [Oprah No Longer World’s Richest Black Woman](http://time.com/3649223/richest-black-woman-folorunsho-alakija-oprah-winfrey-nigeria/ "undefined") Oprah Winfrey is no longer the world’s richest black woman. That distinction now belongs to Nigerian oil baroness and fashionista Folorunsho Alakija. She’s worth at least $3.3 billion — about $300 million more than American television personality Oprah — according to reports [Republicans Face Growing Divide on Criminal Justice Reform](http://time.com/3648638/republicans-police-reform/ "undefined") Criminal justice policy may emerge as one of the GOP’s key fault lines in 2015, as conservative and libertarian leaders are embracing reform, but the base remains committed to the party’s law-and-order roots [Luise Rainer, First Actor To Win Consecutive Oscars, Dies](http://time.com/3649340/luise-rainer-oscars/ "undefined") Luise Rainer, who gained Hollywood immortality by becoming the first person to win an acting Academy Award in consecutive years, has died at the age of 104\. Rainer took the best actress prize for “The Great Ziegfeld” in 1936 in and “The Good Earth” in 1937 [Baltimore Man Wins Lottery Twice](http://time.com/3649186/maryland-lottery-winner-twice-jackpot/ "undefined") “It’s great to be back” is something not many people get to say to lottery officials while collecting their winnings. But those were the words uttered by a Baltimore truck driver last week after he won the Maryland Lottery for the second time, collecting $2.85 million [NYC Mayor Booed at Police Academy Graduation](http://time.com/3648718/de-blasio-graduation/ "undefined") New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s graduation speech to fall Police Academy graduates was met with mixed audience reactions on Monday, as de Blasio struggles to bridge relationships with New York police officers after a fatal ambush on two cops last week [Sofia Vergara Reportedly Engaged to Joe Manganiello](http://time.com/3649136/sofia-vergara-engaged-joe-manganiello/ "undefined") The _Magic Mike_ star was said to propose while on vacation in Hawaii on Christmas Day, almost six months after he and the _Modern Family_ actress began dating. 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