Disneyland performers file petition to form labor union (apnews.com)
Michigan gets 3 years of probation for football recruiting violations; case vs. Jim Harbaugh pending (apnews.com)
Mexico's president says his country is breaking diplomatic ties with Ecuador after embassy raid (apnews.com)
Mexico is breaking off diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican Embassy in Quito to arrest a former Ecuadorian vice president who has sought political asylum there after being indicted on corruption....
Airplane passenger fined in Sydney for urinating in a cup (apnews.com)
A passenger has been fined for urinating in a cup during a delay in deplaning after landing at Sydney Airport....
Cicadas are nature's weirdos. They pee stronger than us and an STD can turn them into zombies (apnews.com)
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IRS chief zeroes in on wealthy tax cheats in AP interview (apnews.com)
IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel has a message for high-wealth tax cheats who are wrongly deducting private jet travel and otherwise shorting the government on their taxes: Pay your fair share so “others aren’t shouldering the burden of funding our government.”...
An AI robot is spotting sick tulips to slow the spread of disease through Dutch bulb fields (apnews.com)
Pro-Trump Michigan attorney arrested after hearing in DC over leaking Dominion documents (apnews.com)
Authorities seize ailing alligator kept illegally in New York home's swimming pool (apnews.com)
An ailing alligator was seized from an upstate New York home where it was being kept illegally, state officials said....
Europe's world-first AI rules are set for final approval. Here's what happens next (apnews.com)
European Union lawmakers are set to give final approval to the 27-nation bloc’s artificial intelligence law Wednesday, putting the world-leading rules on track to take effect later this year....
US military aircraft airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza in emergency humanitarian aid operation (apnews.com)
West Virginia Senate OKs bill requiring schools to show anti-abortion group fetal development video (apnews.com)
West Virginia’s Republican-majority Senate greenlit a bill on Tuesday that would make a video on fetal development produced by an anti-abortion group required viewing in public schools....
Police find bodies of Sydney couple allegedly killed by jilted police lover (apnews.com)
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Police on Tuesday found the bodies of a couple allegedly shot dead by a jilted police officer lover....
United Daughters of the Confederacy would lose Virginia tax breaks, if Youngkin signs off (apnews.com)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Legislation that would end tax benefits for the United Daughters of the Confederacy — the Richmond-based women’s group that helped erect many of the country’s Confederate monuments — is on its way to Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who hasn’t said whether he supports it....
31,000 Ukrainian troops killed since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, Zelenskyy says (apnews.com)
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action in the two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion....
Jury selection begins for trial of "Rust" armorer in fatal 2021 shooting by Alec Baldwin (apnews.com)
Prosecutors in New Mexico want more accountability for the 2021 death of a cinematographer who was fatally shot by actor Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal for the Western film “Rust.”...
2 men are charged with murder in the deadly shooting at Kansas City's Super Bowl celebration (apnews.com)
Two men charged with murder in last week’s shooting after the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade were strangers who pulled out guns and began firing within seconds of starting an argument, according to court documents released Tuesday....
A ship carrying 19,000 cattle caused a big stink in the South African city of Cape Town (apnews.com)
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Elderly Alaska man is first reported person to die of recently discovered Alaskapox virus (apnews.com)
Alaska state health officials say an elderly man has died from Alaskapox. It's the first known fatality from the recently discovered virus.
South Dakota tribe bans governor from reservation over US-Mexico border remarks (apnews.com)
“Due to the safety of the Oyate, effective immediately, you are hereby Banished from the homelands of the Oglala Sioux Tribe!” Tribe President Frank Star Comes Out said in a Friday statement addressed to Noem. “Oyate” is a word for people or nation....
Israel and Lebanon are prepping for a war neither wants, but many fear it's becoming inevitable (apnews.com)
The prospect of a full-scale war between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia terrifies people on both sides of the border, but some see it as an inevitable fallout from Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza....
How Taiwan beat back disinformation and preserved the integrity of its election (apnews.com)
Taiwan has been able to effectively respond to Chinese disinformation in part because of how seriously the threat is perceived there, according to Kenton Thibaut, a senior resident fellow and expert on Chinese disinformation at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab. Instead of a piecemeal approach — focusing...
Tesla recalling nearly 200,000 vehicles because software glitch can cause backup camera to go dark (apnews.com)
The recall covers certain Models Y, S and X from the 2023 model year. All are equipped with “Full Self-Driving” computer 4.0 and run software version 2023.44.30 through 2023.44.30.6 or 2023.44.100....
German train drivers go on strike for 6 days, bringing railway traffic to a near-standstill - again (apnews.com)
Ohio is poised to become the 2nd state to restrict gender-affirming care for adults (apnews.com)
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced proposals this month that transgender advocates say could block access to gender-affirming care provided by independent clinics and general practitioners, leaving thousands of adults scrambling for treatment and facing health risks....
