A once-ignored community of science sleuths now has the research community on its heels (www.nbcnews.com)
TIL that a billionaire bought Lonely Planet and put an inexperienced 24 year old wedding photographer in charge (www.nbcnews.com)
Global warming is making Greenland greener (www.nbcnews.com)
A study of satellite images found that an estimated 11,000 square miles of Greenland’s ice sheet and glaciers have melted over the past 30 years, giving way...
House Intel chair warns of 'serious national security threat' ahead of planned White House briefing (www.nbcnews.com)
NYC fails controversial remote learning snow day ‘test,’ public schools chancellor says (www.nbcnews.com)
NYC fails controversial remote learning snow day ‘test,’ public schools chancellor says::New York City’s public schools chancellor said the city did not pass Tuesday’s remote-learning “test” because of technical issues.
27-year-old doctor cares for 850 patients in Gaza’s last standing hospital (www.nbcnews.com)
Instagram will no longer recommend political content to users (www.nbcnews.com)
Is politics a major buzzkill? Instagram execs seem to think so....
Migrants in Chicago are on edge as evictions from temporary shelters loom: More than 13,000 people are under pressure to find homes and work before they are mass-evicted from city-operated shelters. (www.nbcnews.com)
… in interviews last week with more than a dozen migrants, many who spoke to NBC News expressed fear that they won’t make that deadline, especially because it is nearly impossible for the newest arrivals to get rental assistance and quick access to work permits. Advocates say it’s unlikely that everyone will be able to...
Uber, Lyft, DoorDash drivers in the U.S. to strike on Valentine’s Day for fair pay (www.nbcnews.com)
New Jan. 6 footage appears to show rioter firing a gun in the air during Capitol attack (www.nbcnews.com)
Uber, Lyft, DoorDash drivers in the U.S. to strike on Valentine’s Day for fair pay (www.nbcnews.com)
Black women are six times more likely to be killed than white women, data reveals (www.nbcnews.com)
The paper included a decade’s worth of data from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention among Black women ages 25 to 44 across 30 states....
Kangaroo caught hopping around Florida apartment complex (www.nbcnews.com)
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reunited the kangaroo with its owner after its proper registration was verified....
Supreme Court justices steer clear of insurrection question in Trump ballot case (www.nbcnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/supreme-court-justices-steer-cl…
An Oklahoma judge who sent more than 500 texts during a murder trial resigns (www.nbcnews.com)
Alabama station in disbelief after 200-foot radio tower stolen (www.nbcnews.com)
Taylor Swift deepfakes on X falsely depict her engaging in election denialism — and have been viewed millions of times (www.nbcnews.com)
Taylor Swift deepfakes on X falsely depict her engaging in election denialism — and have been viewed millions of times::Taylor Swift is being targeted again by deepfakes, with supporters of Donald Trump posting manipulated media falsely showing her supporting Trump.
Russians freeze as Putin’s war and aging pipes reveal cracks at home (www.nbcnews.com)
Across Russia, creaking infrastructure and a wave of accidents have plunged households into the cold in the depth of winter, fueling rare showings of public frustration....
Why isn’t the Biden administration suing Texas for taking over the job of Border Patrol? (www.nbcnews.com)
The Biden administration has not sued. It did win a Supreme Court ruling that it could take down the razor wire that Texas has deployed in Shelby Park and elsewhere, which the administration said has led to drowning deaths among migrants. It has now cut razor wire in some sections of the border, but not in Shelby Park, which it...
Silicon Valley county becomes first in U.S. to declare loneliness a health emergency (www.nbcnews.com)
A mountain of research has linked loneliness to an increased risk of dementia, depression, anxiety, heart disease, stroke and early death....
Silicon Valley county becomes first in U.S. to declare loneliness a health emergency (www.nbcnews.com)
A mountain of research has linked loneliness to an increased risk of dementia, depression, anxiety, heart disease, stroke and early death. The Board of Supervisors of San Mateo county, which includes part of Silicon Valley, passed a resolution on Tuesday that declared loneliness a public health crisis and pledged to explore...
Chinese hackers spent 5 years waiting in U.S. infrastructure, ready to attack, agencies say (www.nbcnews.com)
The report is one of the first public indications that Chinese hackers have had years of access to U.S. infrastructure....
After Libs of TikTok posted, at least 21 bomb threats followed (www.nbcnews.com)
The FBI and local law enforcement said bomb threats across the country have tied up government resources even when they turn out to be hoaxes....
Jury foreperson in Jennifer Crumbley case says the mother failed to 'secure' the gun used in the mass shooting from her son (www.nbcnews.com)
Jennifer Crumbley, 45, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the deadly school shooting carried out by her then-15-year-old son in 2021....
Haley loses Nevada GOP primary skipped by Trump to 'none of these candidates' (www.nbcnews.com)
