'Dirty Move': Pentagon Chief Ditches Plea Deals With Tortured 9/11 Defendants. (www.commondreams.org)
TIL: The largest extant feline is the Liger, hybrid of a male Lion and female Tiger (en.wikipedia.org)
U.S. sues TikTok for collecting kids’ data without parents’ permission: Justice Department calls TikTok’s age-gating methods ‘deficient in multiple ways' (www.theverge.com)
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Kremlin admits Vadim Krasikov is a Russian state assassin (www.theguardian.com)
Spokesperson hints killer exchanged in prisoner swap was linked to Putin’s personal guard...
Fully-automatic robot dentist performs world's first human procedure (newatlas.com)
When denouncing extortion gets you killed: Mexican business leaders in the crosshairs of organized crime (english.elpais.com)
Julio César Almanza Armas was murdered hours after criticizing the insecurity faced by businesses in Tamaulipas. Weeks earlier, Minerva Pérez Castro was killed for the same reason in Baja California...
T7Patch for Black Ops 3 now works on Linux! (github.com)
About a week late to post this but someone could probably use this info....
Face of British army recruitment drive wins payout for racist and sexist abuse (www.theguardian.com)
A former soldier who appeared on recruitment posters for the British army has received a settlement and an apology after taking it to an employment tribunal over the racist and sexist abuse she was subjected to during her career....
This app makes your music sound way better when you lower the volume [Giveaway] - Android Authority (www.androidauthority.com)
TL;DR...
Senate unanimously approves bill adding dozens of new federal judgeships (www.courthousenews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/senate-unanimously-approves-bil…
Rudy Giuliani agrees to deal to end his bankruptcy case, pay creditors' financial adviser $400k (apnews.com)
Rudy Giuliani has agreed to a last-minute deal to end his personal bankruptcy case and pay about $400,000 to a financial adviser hired by his creditors, avoiding a potential deep-dive into the former New York City mayor’s finances that was threatened by a federal judge....
Vance dodges vote as Senate GOP kills child tax credit expansion, despite attacks on the childless (www.salon.com)
'Unacceptable': Court Blocks Net Neutrality Rules During Legal Battle (www.commondreams.org)
Ordinary workers ‘can’t keep up’ with mortgages, rent and bills – even with multiple jobs (www.smh.com.au)
Paywall removed: archive.is/Cxz9t
Mario and Sonic Crossover Series: End of an Era | Retro Gaming News 24/7 (www.retronews.com)
The iconic collaboration between Nintendo’s Mario and SEGA’s Sonic the Hedgehog in the Olympic Games series has officially come to a close, marking the end of an era as confirmed by Lee Cocker, the former developer. The series began in 2007 with the first Olympic-themed game, bringing together these two beloved characters...
Families of Boeing crashes want company to pay higher fine, have jury trial. (www.voanews.com)
Putin Gets Ready to Swap U.S. Captives for Russian Assassin (www.thedailybeast.com)
12ft.io/…/russian-prisoner-swap-deal-a-go-after-t…
"The New Path for Bungie", 220 people, 17% of Bungie, laid off (www.bungie.net)
They are no longer going to be any form of independent from Sony/PlayStation anymore. The Final Shape’s sales were never going to be able to prevent this from happening, says Jeff Grubb on his morning news show (paraphrased).
Samsung is marketing Galaxy Z Flip phones as police bodycams (www.engadget.com)
A Nearly $3 Billion Shortfall in VA Benefits Is Looming. The Senate Has Proposed a Fix, But Time Is Running Out. | Military.com (www.military.com)
Here we go again.
This Supreme Court has redefined the meaning of corruption. (theconversation.com)
Carter Center Observers invited by Venezuela condemn election (www.bbc.com)
Archived at ghostarchive.org/archive/BMGxf
Heavy metal in most chocolates may not pose health risk, researchers say (www.reuters.com)
Concentrations of heavy metals found in single servings of some chocolates and cocoa-based products are too low in most cases to pose a health risk to consumers, research set to be published on Thursday in the journal Frontiers shows....
Israel kills Hamas leader, Hezbollah shares Fuad Shukr condition (www.newarab.com)
Israel has assassinated Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran overnight, apparently using a drone according to Iran Nour News Agency. This came hours after an Israeli drone strike on Beirut’s southern suburb targeting Hezbollah senior figure Fuad Shukr....
Israel says it targets senior Hezbollah commander in strike on Beirut (www.reuters.com)
“The IDF carried out a targeted strike in Beirut, on the commander responsible for the murder of the children in Majdal Shams and the killing of numerous additional Israeli civilians,” the Israeli Defence Forces said in a statement....