NTSB: Airline worker ‘ingested into’ plane engine at Texas airport (www.wfsb.com)
Trump heard on CNN tape discussing secret documents (www.bbc.com)
An audio recording in which Donald Trump appears to acknowledge keeping a classified document after leaving the White House has been obtained by US media....
Co-creator of lithium-ion battery and the oldest Nobel winner dies at age 100 (12ft.io)
Oil spill from Shell pipeline fouls farms and a river in a long-polluted part of Nigeria (apnews.com)
Moderation / Rules of "news" community?
I can’t seem to find anything in a sidebar or sticky thread that talks about the moderation / rules of the news community. I’m very interested in coming to this community to learn about news, but right now it seems whats being posted tends to be relatively low (lower?) quality....
Billionaires ‘disappointed’ after superyachts banned from Naples port (12ft.io)
Nearly half of US honeybee colonies died last year. Struggling beekeepers stabilize population (apnews.com)
Young Saudi woman sentenced to more than 30 years in prison over tweets on human rights (web.archive.org)
Fatima al-Shawarbi, who is from Al-Ahsa province and believed to be under 30, reported to have used her anonymous Twitter account to highlight the plight of the Howeitat – a tribe whose members have been forcibly displaced for the Neom megaproject – women’s rights, and calling for a constitutional monarchy.
Social media giants to face multimillion-dollar fines for spreading fake news (12ft.io)
MEGATHREAD: whatever the hell is going on in Russia right now
please post any subsequent updates here unless they're huge happenings. i just woke up and half our news front page is updates which is nice but also A Lot and most of these don't have to be their own thread
US says Wagner coup is ‘real’ and ‘serious’ as White House consults allies (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Joe Biden has been briefed on the chaotic situation in Russia with US officials describing it as “serious”....
Video update on Russia with context (youtu.be)
Beau of the Fifth Column talking about what’s going on in Russia
Leader of Wagner mercenaries says forces entered Russian city of Rostov facing no resistance (www.pbs.org)
Rostov holds the HQ of the Russian ministry of defense, and is also a major logistics hub.
Wagner leader calls for rebellion against Russian defense chief, Kremlin orders his arrest (apnews.com)
LexisNexis Is Selling Your Personal Data to ICE So It Can Try to Predict Crimes (theintercept.com)
The legal research and public records data broker LexisNexis is providing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with tools to target people who may potentially commit a crime – before any actual crime takes place, according to a contract document obtained by The Intercept. LexisNexis then allows ICE to track the purported...
New research underscores benefits of gender-affirming hormones, rebutting anti-trans claims (www.statnews.com)
Actual evidence from actual scientists....
Elon Musk Silences Critics By Deactivating Accounts And Reaching Out To Their Employers (finance.yahoo.com)
Meteorologist resigns, citing PTSD from threats over climate change coverage (www.washingtonpost.com)
Who had this on their bingo card?
U.S. Navy Heard What It Believed Was Titan Implosion Days Ago (archive.ph)
Original: wsj.com/…/u-s-navy-detected-titan-sub-implosion-d…
British woman claims Etihad Airways employee sent her unsolicited private messages after searching her data in the airline's system (nitter.net)
“Terrifying experience travelling alone”, she tweets.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says Russia Acted In 'Good Faith' In Ukraine Invasion (news.yahoo.com)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday he believes Russia acted in “good faith” amid the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, adding the U.S., in fact, bore heavy responsibility for the ongoing war.
Ohio Prison System Bans Java Computer Manual, But Allows Hitler’s Mein Kampf (www.themarshallproject.org)
[Texas] Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes bill that would give people with disabilities new option to vote by mail (www.texastribune.org)
Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have expanded vote-by-mail access for people with disabilities — specifically people who are blind or paralyzed and need assistance marking their ballot.