Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says 2024 is going to be a 'very good' year for the US economy (abcnews.go.com)
“I Have Lost Everything”: In Federal Court, Palestinians Accuse Biden of Complicity in Genocide (theintercept.com)
Bolstered by a momentous ICJ ruling, Palestinians, including Americans, gave three hours of testimony against the Biden administration....
What China’s E.V. City Says About the State of the Economy (www.nytimes.com)
Hefei has led the country in making electric vehicles and other tech products, but it still has not escaped a nationwide housing crisis....
Science sleuths are using technology to find fakery in published research (apnews.com)
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a Harvard Medical School affiliate, announced Jan. 22 it’s requesting retractions and corrections of scientific papers after a British blogger flagged problems in early January....
A trial in Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay's 2002 killing is starting, and testing his anti-drug image (apnews.com)
Now Jay’s case is the first of those killings to go to trial. Opening statements are set for Monday in the federal murder trial of Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington, who were arrested in 2020....
The U.S. just sold its helium stockpile. Here’s why the medical world is worried. (www.nbcnews.com)
Climate Disasters Prompt Another Home Insurance Company to Leave a State (www.scientificamerican.com)
A city of 710,000 struggles to cope with 40,000 migrant arrivals (www.nbcnews.com)
Starting Feb. 5, Denver will start limiting the number of days migrants can stay in shelters and sending those who exceed their stay out onto the streets....
Georgia's stolen children: Twins sold at birth reunited by TikTok video (www.bbc.com)
Amy and Ano are identical twins, but just after they were born they were taken from their mother and sold to separate families. Years later, they discovered each other by chance thanks to a TV talent show and a TikTok video. As they delved into their past, they realised they were among thousands of babies in Georgia stolen from...
Economists Predicted a Recession. So Far They’ve Been Wrong (www.nytimes.com)
A widely predicted recession never showed up. Now, economists are assessing what the unexpected resilience tells us about the future....
4 people die in a Los Angeles murder-suicide shooting, police say (apnews.com)
Four people are dead following what police in Los Angeles characterized as a murder-suicide in the Granada Hills area on Saturday....
In-N-Out to close first location in its 75-year history due to a wave of car break-ins and robberies (apnews.com)
In-N-Out Burger says it will close its first location in its 75-year history due to a wave of car break-ins, property damage, theft and robberies affecting customers and employees alike at its only restaurant in Oakland, California....
Hermit crabs are 'wearing' our plastic rubbish (www.bbc.com)
Hermit crabs all over the world, which scavenge shells as armour for their bodies, are turning increasingly to plastic waste instead....
Oakland California's largest employer advises employees to eat lunch on campus due to crime risk (www.nbcbayarea.com)
Vince McMahon Resigns From Endeavor-Owned Sports Group After Horrific Rape & Sex Trafficking Claims (deadline.com)
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Canadian cardinal temporarily steps down after lawsuit alleging abuse (news.yahoo.com)
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Cardinal Gerald Lacroix, one of the top Roman Catholic clergymen in Canada, on Friday stepped down temporarily after he was named in a class-action lawsuit against the church that alleged sexual assault....
Russian man who flew on Los Angeles flight without passport or ticket found guilty of being stowaway (apnews.com)
A Russian man who flew on a plane from Denmark to Los Angeles in November without a passport or ticket is guilty of being a stowaway on an aircraft, a federal jury found Friday....
Rampant extortion reveals 'corrosive' hole in Mexico security strategy (news.yahoo.com)
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - When farmers in a tiny Mexican village last month hacked to death suspected drug cartel members who were squeezing them for protection money, it shone a harsh light on one of the country’s biggest security problems: extortion....
Border standoff between Texas, feds intensifies as governor defies Supreme Court ruling (www.pbs.org)
This week, the Supreme Court sided with federal agents to remove razor wire put in place by Texas along the Rio Grande. The state is using wire and state agents to block Border Patrol from accessing a section of the border in Eagle Pass. Homeland Security is demanding access to the area by Friday, but Gov. Greg Abbott is...
Unknown persons stole $1.2 million from the plane of Putin's friend's Falcon 10 which crashed in the mountains of Afghanistan • World News (ua-stena.info)
$1.2 million stolen from Russian plane that crashed in Afghanistan...
West Virginia GOP majority pushes contentious bills arming teachers, restricting bathrooms, books (apnews.com)
West Virginia’s Republican-dominated Legislature pushed forward a slate of contentious bills Wednesday that would arm teachers, allow people to sue libraries over books that offend them and restrict where transgender kids can use the bathroom at school....
Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll over $83 million in defamation damages, jury rules (www.nbcnews.com)
Police identify suspect killed in fatal officer-involved shooting in DC: officials (www.fox5dc.com)
MPD officials stated during a press conference that they arrived in Northwest, D.C. on January 24, Tuesday, around 9:45 a.m. in response to the report of a shooting....
Schools are using surveillance tech to catch students vaping, snaring some with harsh punishments (apnews.com)
When Aaliyah Iglesias was caught vaping at a Texas high school, she didn’t realize how much could be taken from her....
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to ask lawmakers to make community college free for all high school graduates (apnews.com)
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer plans to urge state lawmakers to pass legislation that would provide free community college tuition for all high school graduates during her sixth State of the State speech on Wednesday....
