The Tennessee Aquarium is lighting its Christmas tree using an unusual power source: an electric eel. The eel, known as Miguel Wattson, releases low-voltage bursts of electricity while searching for food, aquarist Kimberly Hurt said.

How does it work? A special system connects the eel’s tank to a strand of blinking lights on a nearby Christmas tree. Miguel emits higher voltage shocks, powering brighter flashes, when he is eating or excited.

Roughly 688,000 fewer people will receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, or food stamps, under new regulations. U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced plans Wednesday that will limit the employment requirement exemptions states can give to adults who can work. The change could save around $5.5 billion over five years, the Agriculture Department estimated.

Philip Pattison credits the longevity of his family’s relationship with the California welfare system to their babysitter. Their second foster child was especially difficult—a 7-year-old girl who had suffered abuse and regularly acted out by hitting and kicking people and breaking things around the house. Hiring a teenager to look after her wasn’t an option.

There’s no need to start rationing French fries yet. Despite headlines warning of a possible shortage, concerns about the effect of low potato crop yields on the favorite salty side item are likely overblown, The New York Times reported.

Pope Francis on Wednesday accepted the resignation of Bishop Richard Malone, whose diocese in Buffalo, N.Y., faces more than 220 lawsuits filed by people claiming priests sexually abused them. The Vatican named Bishop Edward Scharfenberger of Albany, N.Y., to head the diocese temporarily.

John Richards, 96, is closing down his society to protect the correct use of the apostrophe. The organization began sending notes of correction in 2001 to people who publicly misused the punctuation mark.

President Donald Trump traded barbs with other NATO leaders ahead of a meeting scheduled to begin later on Tuesday in London. The leaders are aiming to issue a joint declaration about their commitment to mutual defense.