Ringleader of global monkey torture network, 'The Torture King', is charged (www.bbc.co.uk)
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An Iowa woman is sentenced in a ballot box stuffing scheme that supported husband's campaign (apnews.com)
The wife of an Iowa county supervisor was sentenced Monday to four months in jail after being convicted in a scheme to stuff the ballot box to support her husband’s unsuccessful campaign for a congressional seat....
‘They are breaking the law’: inside Amazon’s bid to stall a union drive (www.theguardian.com)
Retailer doing ‘whatever it takes’ to halt organizing at warehouse in Moreno Valley, California, workers say, as Amazon faces unfair labor practice charges...
Alex Murdaugh gets 40 years in federal prison for stealing from clients and his law firm (apnews.com)
For maybe the last time, Alex Murdaugh, in a prison jumpsuit instead of the suit he used to wear, shuffled into a courtroom Monday in South Carolina and was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison....
Video shows California police fatally shooting teenager who was reported kidnapped (www.theguardian.com)
Why is there so much lead in American food? (www.vox.com)
Just Another Day at the Genocide Office (www.commondreams.org)
Photos show devastation of deadly Israeli airstrike on World Central Kitchen convoy (www.nbcnews.com)
Anthony Albanese demands accountability from Israel over death of aid worker in Gaza (www.sbs.com.au)
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the Australian government is demanding “full accountability” with a request for a call-in from the Israeli ambassador over the death of Australian aid worker Lalzawmi Frankcom in what her employers described as a “targeted” Israeli airstrike in Gaza....
Not Again: United Airlines Boeing 777 Makes Emergency Landing In Denver (simpleflying.com)
Last survivor of USS Arizona from Pearl Harbor attack dies at 102 (www.denver7.com)
Kremlin-Financed Political Influence Network in Europe Scandal Widens, 24 Officials Named (www.kyivpost.com)
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Renting will be cheaper than buying for years, especially as home prices keep setting new all-time highs (fortune.com)
More bad news for anyone who wants to ever own a home: Home prices just went up again. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index rose 6% in January, data released today shows; that’s up from a 5.6% increase in the previous month, setting the fastest annual gain since 2022. “On a seasonal adjusted basis,...
They came for Florida’s sun and sand. They got soaring costs and a culture war. (www.nbcnews.com)
Florida has seen a population boom in recent years, but many longtime residents and recent transplants say rising costs and divisive politics have them fleeing the Sunshine State....
The battle over banda music heats up on the beaches of Mazatlán Mexico as protestors fight gentrification from foreigners (mexiconewsdaily.com)
Missouri man fatally shoots his mother at home after mistaking her for intruder (www.theguardian.com)
A 25-year-old Missouri man says he mistook his mother for an intruder before shooting her to death at their home’s back door....
General Electric completes split into 3 public companies Tuesday (www.axios.com)
Paralyzed man who can walk again shows potential benefit of stem cell therapy (abcnews.go.com)
A Mayo Clinic study used a patient’s stem cells to help repair the spinal cord....
Gaza medical officials say Israeli strike kills 4 foreign aid workers, driver after delivering food (apnews.com)
An apparent Israeli airstrike killed four international aid workers with the World Central Kitchen charity and their Palestinian driver late Monday, hours after the group brought in a new shipload of food by a maritime route the United States has hoped would be an alternative lifeline for northern Gaza, isolated and pushed to...
Donald Trump has posted a $175 million bond to avert asset seizure as he appeals NY fraud penalty (apnews.com)
Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond on Monday in his New York civil fraud case, halting collection of the more than $454 million he owes and preventing the state from seizing his assets to satisfy the debt while he appeals, according to a court filing....
White House makes last-ditch push for internet subsidy program [ACP] (www.reuters.com)
England A&E [accident and emergency department] wait times led to needless deaths of up to 14,000, data suggests (www.theguardian.com)
RCEM calculates 268 people are likely to have died each week in 2023 while waiting up to 12 hours for a bed...
Judge expands Trump's gag order after ex-president's social media posts about judge's daughter (apnews.com)
The judge in Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal case on Monday declared his daughter off-limits to the former president’s rancor, expanding a gag order days after Trump assailed and made false claims about her on social media....
A Kansas paper and its publisher are suing over police raids. They say damages exceed $10M (apnews.com)
A weekly central Kansas newspaper and its publisher filed a federal lawsuit Monday over police raids last summer of its offices and the publisher’s home, accusing local officials of trying to silence the paper and causing the death of the publisher’s 98-year-old mother....
Major Russian refinery hit by Ukrainian drone 1,300 km from the front lines (www.reuters.com)
Ukraine struck one of Russia’s biggest refineries on Tuesday with a drone 1,300 km (800 miles) from the front lines in Ukraine and said it had inflicted significant damage on a military target....
