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Monitor articles for December 18, 2017

• First LookAmtrak train derails in Washington State on inaugural run
• First LookSouth Africa's ANC party on the verge of electing a new leader
• In push to end FGM, local women offer influential message
• 'Rooster Bar' author John Grisham sinks his teeth into a juicy target: privately owned, for-profit law schools
• First LookIn southern California, firefighters work to prevent blaze from spreading to the coast
• A Christian Science PerspectiveFinding God's presence in 'sacred solitude'
• Podcast: The Christian Science Monitor Daily Podcast The Christian Science Monitor Daily – Monday, December 18, 2017
• First LookTrump to announce 'America First' national security strategy
• First LookChina shows military strength with drill held over Sea of Japan
• First LookUS intelligence tip thwarts bomb threat in Russia
• First LookBricks-and-mortar grocery stores hope to edge out Amazon with curbside pickup
• With National Security Strategy, Trump ushers new era of statecraft
• How Trump move on Jerusalem throws a lifeline to Muslim Brotherhood
• The Monitor's ViewWhen corporations come clean on climate effects