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China restricts exports of graphite as it escalates a global tech war (www.cnn.com)

China has unveiled plans to restrict exports of graphite — a mineral crucial to the manufacture of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) — on national security grounds, the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs said Friday....

Missing Michigan toddler found in the woods asleep on family dog (www.cnn.com)

American man rescued from cave in Turkey after being trapped for days (www.cnn.com)

An American caver has been rescued by emergency workers near Anamur, in southern Turkey, after he became stranded hundreds of meters underground earlier this month....

Mar-a-Lago IT worker struck cooperation agreement with special counsel, his former lawyer says | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)

Mar-a-Lago IT worker Yuscil Taveras has struck a cooperation agreement with the special counsel’s office in the federal case over former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents, Taveras’ former defense attorney said in a new court filing.

Drugs are sold out in the open in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district. Inside the fight to curb it (www.cnn.com)

The California Highway Patrol may best be known for freeway chases and the Hollywood glamour of its motorcycle cops in television shows like “ChiPs.” But now the storied agency is patrolling the streets of San Francisco’s Tenderloin as part of a multiagency effort to crack down on rampant drug dealing that’s decimating...

US State Department orders departure of non-emergency personnel from Haiti (www.cnn.com)

The US State Department on Thursday ordered the departure of non-emergency personnel from Haiti as the security situation in the country deteriorates.

A woman is accused of attempting to drown a 3-year-old child in possible hate crime incident (www.cnn.com)

A woman in Texas has been charged with attempted capital murder and injury to a child after trying to drown a 3-year-old child at an apartment complex pool and making racial statements, according to police....

Secret Service member robbed at gunpoint during Biden’s trip to California | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)

A US Secret Service member fired their gun while being robbed at gunpoint Saturday night during President Joe Biden’s trip to California for a Hollywood fundraiser.

Michigan state trooper accused of fatally hitting a fleeing suspect with an SUV is charged with murder (www.cnn.com)

China’s military shows off rifle-toting robot dogs (www.cnn.com)

White House says attack at Rafah camp did not cross Biden’s red line over supporting Israel (www.cnn.com)

Zelensky wants China at Ukraine peace talks, cites ‘influence on Russia’ | CNN (www.cnn.com)

Two investors in Trump Media insider trading case plead guilty (www.cnn.com)

Angry Chinese take to US Embassy’s social media account to vent about plunging stock market (www.cnn.com)

Tens of thousands of people in China are flocking to an unusual venue to vent their outrage about the continuing meltdown in the country’s stock market....

The US economy added 353,000 jobs in January, starting off 2024 with a bang | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)

Judge strikes down Elon Musk’s massive, multi-billion-dollar pay package | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)

A Delaware state court judge has thrown out the 2018 pay package that helped to make Tesla CEO Elon Musk one of the richest people in the world.

Rite Aid’s ‘reckless’ use of facial recognition got it banned from using the technology in stores for five years | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)

Oregon Supreme Court won’t remove Trump from ballot for now, says it’s waiting on SCOTUS (www.cnn.com)

The Oregon Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear a bid to remove former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban,” saying it’s waiting for the US Supreme Court to rule on the issue....

Woman in her 90s pulled alive from rubble 124 hours after Japan quake (www.cnn.com)

An elderly woman in her 90s has been rescued from under the rubble of a two-story house more than five days after a powerful earthquake struck Japan....

North Korea test fires ballistic missile with potential to reach entire US, Japan says (www.cnn.com)

North Korea launched a possible intercontinental ballistic missile on Monday morning in what analysts said indicated the growing reliability of the reclusive state’s illegal weapons program....

Doritos thinks we want nacho cheese-flavored booze (www.cnn.com)

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US announces rule to slash powerful planet-warming gas by nearly 80% from fossil fuels (www.cnn.com)

The Biden administration has finalized a rule to significantly cut the US oil and gas industry’s emissions of methane, a powerful planet-warming gas that scientists and climate advocacy groups have pressed nations to rapidly reduce as global temperature soars....

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