The Supreme Court is skeptical of restricting the White House from talking to social media platforms (www.theverge.com)
Netanyahu snaps back against growing US criticism after being accused of losing his way on Gaza (apnews.com)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu railed Sunday against growing criticism from top ally the United States against his leadership amid the devastating war with Hamas, describing calls for a new election as “wholly inappropriate.”...
Israel Gaza: US reports death of senior Hamas military leader Marwan Issa (www.bbc.com) Indonesian
Details are also released of President Biden's high-stakes call to Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu.
"Shame must change sides": a Belgian model warns about deepnudes (www.euronews.com)
Julia, 21, has received fake nude photos of herself generated by artificial intelligence. The phenomenon is exploding....
UAW seeks breakthrough as it files union vote at Volkswagen’s Tennessee plant (www.cnn.com)
Missouri law bars divorce during pregnancy – even in cases of violence (www.theguardian.com)
The statute, which can lead to reproductive coercion in a state that has banned abortion, has recently gained nationwide attention...
Social media influencer is charged with joining the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol (apnews.com)
A conservative social media influencer has been charged with storming the U.S. Capitol and passing a stolen table out of a broken window, allowing other rioters to use it as a weapon against police, according to court recordsunsealed on Monday....
Massachusetts town grapples with sea rise after sand barrier fails (www.theguardian.com)
A $500,000 sand dune collapsed in days after being erected, and residents are looking for help to protect their homes...
NAACP to Black student-athletes: Take your talents elsewhere amid Florida anti-DEI efforts (www.oregonlive.com)
Earlier this month, the University of Florida closed its Office of the Chief Diversity Officer, eliminating 13 full-time DEI positions and 15 administrative appointments. This came after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill called the Stop Woke Act last year, which prohibits the use of state funds for any DEI programs.
UAW wants vote to unionize Volkswagen plant in Tennessee (www.axios.com)
As More States Target Disavowed ‘Excited Delirium’ Diagnosis, Police Groups Push Back (kffhealthnews.org)
Following a pivotal year in the movement to discard the term “excited delirium,” momentum is building in several states to ban the discredited medical diagnosis from death certificates, law enforcement training, police incident reports, and civil court testimony....
COVID backlash could leave the U.S. less ready for the next pandemic (www.axios.com)
Boeing: How much trouble is the company in? (www.bbc.co.uk)
“It’s as if I’m watching a troubled child” is how Captain Dennis Tajer describes flying a Boeing 737 Max....
State Medicaid offices target dead people’s homes to recoup their health care costs (apnews.com)
As Salvatore LoGrande fought cancer and all the pain that came with it, his daughters promised to keep him in the white, pitched roof house he worked so hard to buy all those decades ago....
Florida is seeing an increase in homelessness. A Republican bill could make it worse (www.theguardian.com)
‘Inhumane’ legislation on governor Ron DeSantis’ desk will require cash-strapped counties to build remote camps...
Idaho is becoming an OBGYN desert, threatening the lives of mothers and infants (www.salon.com)
A man is suing three women for wrongful death, alleging they helped his now ex-wife end her pregnancy...
Rule of law declining across EU, report warns (www.theguardian.com)
Civil liberties network says in states where far-right parties influence power, rule-of-law deterioration risks becoming systemic...
Conservatives Plan to Ban Abortion and Cut LGBT Rights Starting Next January (newrepublic.com)
Project 2025’s 180-Day Playbook is a remarkably detailed guide to turning the United States into a fascist’s paradise.
"Women of Distinction" award named for Ruth Bader Ginsberg goes to Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, Sly Stallone (www.wonkette.com)
What in the name of all the Earth and its domains and the heavens above is this asshattery?...
United plane apparently loses external panel mid-flight after taking off from SFO, officials say (abc7news.com)
A United Airlines flight that took off from San Francisco International Airport Friday morning landed in Oregon with a missing external panel, according to officials....
Putin bromance has US intelligence officials fearing second Trump term (www.theguardian.com)
Ex-president’s support for the Russian strongman has experts fretting over American interests and security sources overseas...
An Expert Who Has Testified in Foster Care Cases Across Colorado Admits Her Evaluations Are Unscientific (www.propublica.org)
Diane Baird labeled her method for assessing families the “Kempe Protocol” after the renowned University of Colorado institute where she worked for decades. The school has yet to publicly disavow it....
“It Feels Impossible to Stay”: The U.S. Needs Wildland Firefighters More Than Ever, but the Federal Government Is Losing Them (www.propublica.org)
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NASA astronaut Tom Stafford, famed for U.S.-Soviet orbital handshake, has died at 93 (www.npr.org)
Boeing whistleblower John Barnett, who raised alarm over plane quality, is found dead (www.npr.org)
