Trump loses ‘immunity’ appeal in E Jean Carroll defamation case (www.independent.co.uk)
A trial is scheduled to begin next week. His attorneys have suggested appealing to the Supreme Court...
Multiple state Republican parties are going broke (www.newsweek.com)
Ecuador declares ‘internal armed conflict’ as gunmen take over live TV broadcast | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
SEC Twitter account hacked, promotes fake Bitcoin ETF news (fortune.com)
Supreme Court leaves California’s ban on flavored cigarettes in place (www.cnn.com)
The Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to a California law that bans the sale of flavored cigarettes, leaving the state law in place....
Chinese-origin US Navy officer jailed for selling military secrets to China (www.independent.co.uk)
Wenheng Zhao pleads guilty to transmitting secret files to Chinese spy...
The Biggest Election Year in History (www.newyorker.com)
2023 smashes record for world’s hottest year by huge margin (www.theguardian.com)
2023 “smashed” the record for the hottest year by a huge margin, providing “dramatic testimony” of how much warmer and more dangerous today’s climate is from the cooler one in which human civilisation developed....
We’ve Been Thinking About America’s Trust Collapse All Wrong (www.theatlantic.com)
TheAtlantic.com...
Judges skeptical of Trump’s immunity appeal at court hearing for 2020 election interference case (www.nbcnews.com)
The judges also questioned the attorneys about whether they should even render a decision on his claim of immunity and instead allow the case to move forward in the trial court....
Philadelphia Mayor Eliminates Degree Criteria for Certain City Positions Shortly After Inauguration (hrmjunkies.com)
According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, just roughly one-third of Philadelphians aged 25 and over hold a bachelor’s degree.
Researchers discover thousands of nanoplastic bits in bottles of drinking water (www.latimes.com)
It seems anywhere scientists look for plastic, they find it: from the ice in Antarctica, to the first bowel movement produced by newborn babies....
The shoplifting scare might not have been real — but its effects are (www.vox.com)
It turns out shoplifting isn’t spiraling out of control, but lawmakers are pushing for tougher penalties for low-level and nonviolent crimes anyway....
Where is the ice? Great Lakes ice cover is nearly non-existent and reaches 50-year record low (www.cnn.com)
A warm start to the winter season has left the Great Lakes virtually ice-free and with their lowest ice cover to kick off a new year in at least 50 years....
Arizona reopens 4 border crossings that were closed due to record number of migrants (www.npr.org)
United finds loose bolts on plug doors during 737 Max 9 inspections (theaircurrent.com)
United Airlines has found loose bolts and other parts on 737 Max 9 plug doors as it inspects its fleet of Boeing jets following the Friday rapid depressurization aboard an Alaska Airlines jet of the same make, according to three people familiar with the findings....
Gazans to IDF: Hamas steals URNWA food, kills civilians who ask for aid (m.jpost.com)
Secret Service investigating vehicle crash into gate of White House complex (www.theguardian.com)
Multiple Jan. 6 fugitives arrested at Florida ranch 3 years after Capitol attack: FBI (abcnews.go.com)
Three Jan. 6 suspects were arrested at a ranch in Florida on Saturday, the FBI said – including one who has been sought ever since the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol and two who never showed up for trial, court records show....
‘January 6 never ended’: alarm at Trump pardon pledge for Capitol insurrectionists (www.theguardian.com)
The ex-president has said he would pardon those convicted of violence, obstructing Congress and seditious conspiracy...
An Alabama woman was imprisoned for ‘endangering’ her fetus. She gave birth in a jail shower (www.theguardian.com)
Trump Voters Trust Ex-President More Than Their Family and Friends: Poll (www.newsweek.com)
Former President Donald Trump’s supporters say they hold him as a source of true information over their family, friends, and religious leaders, according to a new CBS News/YouGov poll out on Sunday.
A brutal winter storm is unleashing blizzard conditions in central US and threatening coastal areas with floods and tornadoes (www.cnn.com)
A massive winter storm system has unleashed dangerous blizzard conditions in parts of the central United States, shutting down highways and stranding drivers in frigid temperatures Monday, and it’s pummeling parts of the South with hail storms, heavy flooding and tornado threats....
A City’s Campaign Against Homelessness Brings Stories of Violence (www.nytimes.com)
archive sad to see this happening here. Roving gangs of youth harassing the homeless with support from the local government should worry everyone.
Italy urged to cancel pro-Russian events accused of spreading propaganda (www.theguardian.com)
“We need to increase our attention regarding these phenomena and dynamics, all the more so as we approach the European elections, which represent for Putin a functional junction for the destabilisation of our democracies,” wrote Pina Picierno, a vice-president of the European parliament and member of the Democratic party.
