New Tennessee law allows officials to refuse to perform same-sex marriages (www.nbcnews.com)
Biden announces more than 500 sanctions on Russia after Navalny's death (www.nbcnews.com)
The sanctions target those connected to opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s imprisonment, as well as Russia’s financial sector, defense industrial base and procurement networks....
Biden administration cancels student loans of more than 150,000 borrowers under new plan (www.nbcnews.com)
Hunter Biden's lawyers say prosecutors confused a picture of sawdust with cocaine (www.nbcnews.com)
The mix-up "sounds more like a storyline from one of the 1980’s Police Academy comedies than what should be expected in a high-profile prosecution,” Biden’s attorney wrote....
Two Alabama clinics pauses IVF services after court rules that embryos are children (www.nbcnews.com)
Privately built lunar lander makes history with successful moon touchdown (www.nbcnews.com)
AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile customers hit by widespread cellular outages in U.S. (www.nbcnews.com)
Over 50,000 AT&T outages were reported at about 7 a.m. ET Thursday, with most issues reported in Houston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Atlanta, according to tracking site Downdetector....
Police called to investigate alleged LGBTQ propaganda at Russian ‘My Little Pony’ convention (www.nbcnews.com)
The Russian Supreme Court banned what the government called the LGBTQ “movement” in Russia in November, labeling it an extremist organization....
TikTok, Facebook and YouTube sued by New York City for alleged harm to kids’ mental health (www.nbcnews.com)
TikTok, Facebook and YouTube sued by New York City for alleged harm to kids’ mental health ::New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday that his administration has filed a lawsuit against the parent companies of TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube, alleging that their services are damaging to the mental health...
Russian troops raped and tortured children in Ukraine, U.N. panel says (www.nbcnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/12263119...
Yale to resume requiring standardized test scores for applicants (www.nbcnews.com)
The Ivy League university said testing can “highlight an applicant’s areas of academic strength” and can help add diversity in the classroom....
Police called to investigate alleged LGBTQ propaganda at Russian ‘My Little Pony’ convention (www.nbcnews.com)
American woman goes missing in Madrid after helmeted man disables cameras (www.nbcnews.com)
Police in Madrid and Fort Lauderdale were notified, launching investigations on each side of the Atlantic....
Hunter Biden asks judge to dismiss tax charges, arguing that prosecutors bowed to political pressure (www.nbcnews.com)
this whole investigation was a textbook definition of a witch hunt. and now it’s come to light that the entire basis of investigating hunter was from an fbi informant with close ties to russian counterintel. the same people who talked with rudy and the laptop....
Young adults are getting used to living on a financial cliff (www.nbcnews.com)
Ruby Franke sentenced in child abuse case (www.nbcnews.com)
Science fiction authors were excluded from awards for fear of offending China (www.nbcnews.com)
Leaked emails show organizers of the prestigious Hugo Awards vetted writers’ work and comments with regard to China, where last year’s awards were held....
Young adults are getting used to living on a financial cliff (www.nbcnews.com)
Uber, Lyft, DoorDash drivers in the U.S. to strike on Valentine’s Day for fair pay (www.nbcnews.com)
Utah official censured for falsely suggesting teenage girl is transgender (www.nbcnews.com)
Utah Board of Education member Natalie Cline will be stripped of her committee assignments and prohibited from attending some board meetings....
Judge fines Trump more than $300 million, bars from running businesses in New York for three years (www.nbcnews.com)
CBP's top doctor tried to order fentanyl lollipops for UN meeting, whistleblowers say (www.nbcnews.com)
The whistleblowers also allege Dr. Alexander Eastman was already under investigation for trying to procure narcotics for a friend who worked as a chopper pilot for the border agency.
After inheriting ancestral land, these Black families are defying the odds to keep it (www.nbcnews.com)
Predatory developers often target Black families whose generational land lacks clear ownership. Now, more families are securing deeds to keep their land and create real wealth....
New wave of bills targeting libraries is ‘a threat to our democracy,’ American Library Association warns (www.nbcnews.com)
The association, founded in 1876, condemned legislation that would threaten librarians and other educators with criminal prosecution for possessing “obscene” material.
Palestinian doctor flees hospital stormed by IDF only to go back to work in overcrowded Rafah (www.nbcnews.com)
Israeli soldiers stormed Nasser Hospital overnight, forcing patients and staff to evacuate the last major functional medical facility in southern Gaza. Dr. Mohammad Harara, whom NBC News has been following at Nasser since December, joined an estimated 1 million displaced Gazans crammed in the southern border town of Rafah. But...
