Biden releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from Northeast reserve in bid to lower prices at pump (abcnews.go.com)
23-year-old man accused of running $100 million online narcotics marketplace (arstechnica.com)
The NYPD's Public Relations Staff has More Than Doubled in the Past Two Years (nysfocus.com)
In a statement, Brooklyn Councilmember Lincoln Restler pointed to the contrast between the dcpi’s staffing surge and Mayor Eric Adams’s cuts to other city services, including hundreds of layoffs in the Department of Buildings. “It’s stunning to see the nypd Communications Department more than double to 86 staff while so...
I was detained at a US airport and asked about Israel and Gaza for 2 hours. Why? | Ilan Pappé (www.theguardian.com)
I was held for two hours. The first round of questions was about my views on Hamas. Then the agents wished to know whether I thought Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip amount to genocide and what I think of the slogan “Palestine should be free from the river to the sea”. I said yes, I do think Israel is committing...
Israeli officials take down AP live shot of Gaza, US urges them to reverse block (apnews.com)
Original headline “Israeli officials seize AP equipment, citing new media law”
Man who sought revenge for a stolen phone pleads guilty to fire that killed a Senegalese family of 5 (www.nbcnews.com)
Kevin Bui wrongly believed people who had recently robbed him lived in the home after using an app to track his stolen iPhone to the general area, according to prior testimony in the case....
Viral kids creator Ms. Rachel says she experienced bullying after fundraising for children in Gaza (www.nbcnews.com)
Trump Trial Judge Seals the Courtroom to Unload on MAGA Lawyer (www.thedailybeast.com)
Missouri senators, not taxpayers, will pay potential damages in Chiefs rally shooting case (apnews.com)
FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg to resign after damning workplace harassment probe (www.cnbc.com)
Allegations of widespread sexual harassment and misconduct within the agency led to calls for Gruenberg to step down....
The demise of Red Lobster is a perfect case study in how to kill a business (www.businessinsider.com)
CNN political commentator Alice Stewart dies (www.cnn.com)
Alice Stewart, a veteran political adviser and CNN political commentator who worked on several GOP presidential campaigns, has died. She was 58....
Weekly Review, by Harper’s Magazine (harpers.org)
'People got betrayed': Cardi B says she's not voting in the presidential election (www.msnbc.com)
$400 for one pineapple: The rise of luxury fruit (www.cnn.com)
Arrested. Injured. Suspended. These Six NYC university students say they'll keep protesting. (www.npr.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/pro-palestinian-protests-studen…
In Chicago's Immigration Court, One of the Largest in the US, Only One in Four Have an Attorney (www.injusticewatch.org)
Only one out of four immigrants had a lawyer among the 211,096 persons whose cases were backlogged in Chicago as of December 2023, according to TRAC....
Almost 2 months after it destroyed Baltimore’s Key Bridge, the Dali cargo ship has been moved (www.cnn.com)
OpenAI loses its voice (www.platformer.news)
The company hasn’t been the same since Sam Altman’s return — and its treatment of Scarlett Johansson should worry everyone
Teens charged with vehicle theft, criminal mischief after attempting to run away from wilderness therapy program - KRBD (www.krbd.org)
Trump floats idea of three-term presidency at NRA convention (www.theguardian.com)
Donald Trump flirted with the idea of being president for three terms – a clear violation of the US constitution – during a bombastic speech for the National Rifle Association in which he vowed to reverse gun safety measures green-lighted during the Biden administration....
US lawmakers slam ICC prosecutor’s Israel arrest warrant requests (www.aljazeera.com)
Teen who ate spicy tortilla chip died of high chile consumption and had a heart defect, autopsy says (apnews.com)
BMW, Jaguar and VW imported banned Xinjiang parts - Senate probe (www.bbc.com)
BMW, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Volkswagen (VW) used parts made by a supplier on a list of firms banned over alleged links to Chinese forced labour, a US congressional report has said....
Iranian President Raisi feared dead as helicopter wreckage found (www.yahoo.com)
(Reuters) -Hopes are fading that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister have survived a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain and icy weather, an Iranian official said on Monday after search teams located the wreckage. “President Raisi’s helicopter was completely burned in the crash … unfortunately, all...
