Woman returns from vacation to find Atlanta home demolished (apnews.com)
A homeowner is mulling the next step after a company mistakenly demolished a home she owned in southwest Atlanta.
Liz Cheney doesn't rule out presidential bid, calls Donald Trump 'the single most dangerous threat' (www.usatoday.com)
UK government keeping files on teaching assistants’ and librarians’ internet activity (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Department for Education monitoring social media posts from England-based staff for criticism of its policies
Killings in the U.S. are dropping at a historic rate. Will anyone notice? (www.latimes.com)
Homicides went up in 2020 and 2021 and are now rapidly coming back down. Violent crime nationwide hasn't increased. But the perception of a crime wave still colors U.S. politics.
Teen raped by father for a year: The girl’s sister told police their father was responsible for the pregnancy and threatened to kill the victim if she told anyone. (indianexpress.com)
Americans' net worth surged by a record 37% from 2019-2022 (www.cnn.com)
Settlers take advantage of Gaza war to launch West Bank pogroms (www.972mag.com)
Israel-Hamas war: How attacks by settlers on Palestinians in the West Bank have risen during Gaza conflict (news.sky.com)
Alex Jones must pay $1.1 billion of Sandy Hook damages despite bankruptcy - court (www.reuters.com)
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones cannot use his personal bankruptcy to escape paying at least $1.1 billion in defamation damages stemming from his repeated lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school massacre, a U.S. bankruptcy judge ruled Thursday.
Former Florida lawmaker who sponsored 'Don't Say Gay' sentenced to prison for COVID-19 relief fraud (apnews.com)
The former Florida lawmaker who sponsored the controversial law critics call “Don’t Say Gay” was sentenced to six months in federal prison Thursday for defrauding a federal coronavirus relief loan program for small businesses....
BBC Confirm Policy Change On Describing Hamas In Meeting With Jewish Leaders (www.mediaite.com)
Following weeks of backlash the BBC will reportedly no longer refer to Hamas as “militants” opting instead to describe them as "a proscribed terrorist organisation" or simply "Hamas." This shift in policy by the public service broadcaster was announced by the Board of Deputies of British Jews in a press release on Friday,...
Most in the US see Mexico as a partner despite border problems, an AP-NORC/Pearson poll shows (apnews.com)
Most people in the U.S. see Mexico as an essential partner to stop drug trafficking and illegal border crossings, even as they express mixed views of Mexico’s government, according to a new poll....
Johnson & Johnson is trying to file for bankruptcy. They are taking it to the Supreme Court for protection against the litigation results of their products potentially causing cancer. (www.thestreet.com)
NEWSTeacher Shows the WRONG ‘Winnie the Pooh’ to Fourth Graders (ihorror.com)
Getting distracted isn’t hard to do, especially if you’re a teacher to a bunch of wiley 10-year-olds. So when a fourth-grade class asked their teacher to put on what he probably thought was a Disney movie during indoor lunch, he didn’t think twice, and not doing so undoubtedly jeopardized his job....
The Simulation Hypothesis: Exploring a Radical New Law of Physics (www.ultra-unlimited.com)
[US] House Republicans drop Jim Jordan as their nominee for speaker, falling back to square one (apnews.com)
Republicans dropped Rep. Jim Jordan on Friday as their nominee for House speaker, making the decision during a closed-door session after the hard-edged ally of Donald Trump failed badly on a third ballot for the gavel....
Federal agents found more than two dozen minors working in Ohio poultry plant (www.nbcnews.com)
Federal agents found more than two dozen minors illegally working inside a poultry plant in Kidron, Ohio, earlier this month, according to local immigration advocates who spoke to NBC News on the condition of anonymity....
Tropical parasite gains a foothold in the US, especially in Texas (www.livescience.com)
Jan. 6 defense lawyers ‘gobsmacked’ by Trump ally’s plea deal (www.politico.com)
Many rioters who stormed the Capitol received long prison sentences. Sidney Powell, an architect of the effort to subvert the election, negotiated a misdemeanor plea deal and cooperation agreement....
‘Reddit can survive without search’: company reportedly threatens to block Google (www.theverge.com)
Oil and gas emissions in Utah a threat to public health, report says (www.sltrib.com)
Fewer Californians are moving to Texas, but more are going to Florida and Arizona (apnews.com)
A Supreme Court dispute over a $15,000 IRS bill may be aimed at a never-enacted tax on billionaires (apnews.com)
Charles and Kathleen Moore are about to have their day in the Supreme Court over a $15,000 tax bill they contend is unconstitutional....
Small business owners say they're pressured to hire off-duty MPD cops for security - Minnesota Reformer (minnesotareformer.com)
Small business owners say they’re pressured to hire off-duty MPD cops for security - Minnesota Reformer
South China Sea: China coast guard hit Philippine ship, Manila says - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
