December 17, 2021: Build Back Better, Abortion pill, Jan.6 panel, Kentucky candle factory, Japan

December 17, 2021: Build Back Better, Abortion pill, Roger Stone Jan.6 panel, Kentucky candle factory, Japan blaze

1. U.S. President Joe Biden appeared to acknowledge that his Build Back Better spending bill may not pass Congress in the remaining weeks of this year, saying Democrats would seek to advance the legislation "over the days and weeks ahead.”

2. The U.S. government permanently eased some restrictions on a pill used to terminate early pregnancies, allowing the drug to be sent by mail rather than requiring it to be dispensed in person.

3. Longtime Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone will invoke the constitutional protection against self-incrimination during an interview on Friday with the committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Stone's lawyer said.

4. Workers at a Kentucky candle factory that was destroyed by a tornado last week have filed a lawsuit claiming supervisors threatened to fire employees who left work as the storm approached.

5. At least 27 people were feared dead after a fire swept through a psychiatry clinic in the Japanese city of Osaka, and police were investigating possible arson after reports a man had spilled liquid that fuelled the blaze.

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