Polar bear dies from bird flu as H5N1 spreads across globe (www.theguardian.com)
A polar bear has been killed by bird flu as the highly contagious H5N1 virus spreads into the most remote parts of the planet....
NYC councilmember says Mayor Adams tried to stop police transparency bill by trading budget cuts (gothamist.com)
Mayor Eric Adams told at least one member of the City Council he would restore cuts to their favorite programs if they agreed to vote against a police transparency bill the mayor and NYPD officials vigorously opposed, according to four people familiar with conversations in the Council....
Nearly half of police force resigns in one day (www.wave3.com)
Chicago community organizers and police reform advocates question the lack of transparency surrounding the city’s new contract with the FOP (chicagoreader.com)
Full title (exceeded character limits) - “‘Not the way a transparent, democratic process should work,’ Chicago community organizers and police reform advocates question the lack of transparency surrounding the city’s new contract with the FOP and say Mayor Brandon Johnson should’ve pushed for greater accountability for...
How safety rules ‘written in blood’ saved lives in Tokyo plane crash (www.cnn.com)
Watching the footage of the Japan Airlines collision at Tokyo’s Haneda airport, it seems miraculous that anyone has emerged unscathed....
Souvenir sellers have flooded the Brooklyn Bridge. Now the city is banning them (apnews.com)
Visitors to New York City hoping to take home a souvenir from the Brooklyn Bridge will now have to settle for a photograph, as vendors are about to be banned from the iconic span....
Kim Davis must pay $260,000 legal fees over same-sex marriage license refusal (www.theguardian.com)
Kim Davis, the former county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses in Kentucky to same-sex couples, must pay a total of $260,104 in fees and expenses to attorneys who represented one couple, according to a federal judge’s ruling....
Dave Chappelle fills Netflix special with jokes about trans and disabled people (www.independent.co.uk)
Dave Chappelle has released a new Netflix special, The Dreamer, which is full of jokes about the trans community and disabled people....
Apparent Israeli strike kills senior Hamas figure in Beirut and raises fears conflict could expand (abcnews.go.com)
How common are earthquakes on the East Coast? Small explosions reported after NYC quake (www.usatoday.com)
The Fastest Growing Demographic In The Workforce? People Over Age 75 (www.forbes.com)
Gas prices fall under 3 bucks a gallon at majority of U.S. stations (www.cbsnews.com)
US women are stocking up on abortion pills, especially when there is news about restrictions (apnews.com)
Medication abortion accounts for more than half of all abortions in the U.S., and typically involves two drugs: mifepristone and misoprostol. A research letter published Tuesday in JAMA Internal Medicine looked at requests for these pills from people who weren’t pregnant and sought them through Aid Access, a European online...
The Union Density Rate Likely Increased in 2023. You Read That Right. (poweratwork.us)
More Than 6,700 Pounds of Ground Beef Recalled Over Possible E. Coli Contamination (themessenger.com)
Ground beef and ground beef patties affected by the recall were sent to distributors in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Michigan...
X Kicked Off 2024 by Screwing Up During Japan's Earthquake Emergency (www.vice.com)
As misinformation proliferated on X thanks to verified users, a massive account sharing accurate information hit its Musk-imposed posting limit.
Marine Corps veteran convicted of carrying tomahawk inside Capitol on Jan. 6 (www.wusa9.com)
New York sergeant, wife and two sons found dead in murder-suicide, police say (www.theguardian.com)
A police sergeant, his wife and their two sons – ages 10 and 12 – were found dead in a suburban home in New York in what police said was a triple murder-suicide....
North Carolina pastor arrested after police say he tried to push wife's coworker into McDonald's deep fryer (www.cbsnews.com)
BYD is set to beat Tesla for a second straight year after producing more than 3 million cars in 2023 (www.cnbc.com)
BYD said Monday it produced more than 3 million new energy vehicles in 2023, putting the Chinese electric car giant on track to surpass Tesla’s production for a second straight year....
Harvard President Claudine Gay Resigns, Shortest Tenure in University History (www.thecrimson.com)
Gay’s resignation — just six months and two days into the presidency — comes amid growing allegations of plagiarism and lasting doubts over her ability to respond to antisemitism on campus after her disastrous congressional testimony Dec. 5....
Armed man breaks into Colorado Supreme Court building, causes “significant and extensive” damage (www.denverpost.com)
A man shot through a window and broke into the Colorado Supreme Court building early Tuesday morning and caused “significant and extensive” damage in several areas of the building before surrendering to police, according to the Colorado State Patrol....