How much CO2 is emitted by manufacturing batteries? | MIT Climate Portal (climate.mit.edu)
Lauren Boebert's Beetlejuice companion owns pro-LGBT bar that hosted a drag show: report (www.rawstory.com)
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is getting some heat after video footage showed her in close contact with a male companion at a Beetlejuice musical from which she was booted after allegedly vaping in front of a pregnant woman. That companion is reportedly the owner of a pro-LGBT bar that has hosted a dra...
USATODAY: Group of friends take over Nashville hotel for hours after no employees were found (www.usatoday.com)
No increase in local rice price, assures PM Anwar (www.malaymail.com)
Vape stores opening near Australian schools to ‘recruit new generation to nicotine’, Mark Butler says (www.theguardian.com)
Companies skirting regulations by labelling e-cigarettes as ‘nicotine-free’ despite them containing the drug.
‘How am I in this war?’: New Musk biography offers fresh details about the billionaire’s Ukraine dilemma (edition.cnn.com)
(CNN) — Elon Musk secretly ordered his engineers to turn off his company’s Starlink satellite communications network near the Crimean coast last year to disrupt a Ukrainian sneak attack on the Russian naval fleet, according to an excerpt adapted from Walter Isaacson’s new biography of the eccentric billionaire titled...
Five Americans back on US soil after release from Iranian detention (www.cnn.com)
Five Americans freed from Iranian detention this week returned to US soil early Tuesday following an initial stop in Doha, Qatar, two US officials told CNN....
California targets smash-and-grabs with $267 million program aimed at ‘brazen’ store thefts (apnews.com)
California will spend $267 million to help dozens of local law enforcement agencies increase patrols, buy surveillance equipment and conduct other activities aimed at cracking down on smash-and-grab robberies happening around the state....
Varda Space puts off orbital factory reentry pending Air Force and FAA green light (techcrunch.com)
Hunter Biden, the son of the president, is indicted on federal gun charges (www.nbcnews.com)
The Christian home-schooler who made ‘parental rights’ a GOP rallying cry (www.washingtonpost.com)
On a private call with Christian millionaires, home-schooling pioneer Michael Farris pushed for a strategy aimed at siphoning billions of tax dollars from public schools...
Inside ShadowDragon, The Tool That Lets ICE Monitor Pregnancy Tracking Sites and Fortnite Players (www.404media.co)
ShadowDragon tracks BabyCenter, a website for people expecting children, as well as social media sites specifically for Black people, bodybuilders, and the fetish community.
War crimes tribunal ICC says it has been hacked (www.reuters.com)
The International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Tuesday its computer system had been hacked, a breach at one of the world's most high-profile international institutions and one that handles highly sensitive information about war crimes....
Abortion rights have won in every election since Roe v. Wade was overturned (www.nbcnews.com)
Abortion has been on the ballot in seven states since June 2022. In each instance, anti-abortion groups have lost.
[1 kilogram of] Fentanyl Found Near Nap Mats at Day Care Where Boy Died, Police Say (www.nytimes.com)
A kilogram of fentanyl was found near mats that children used for napping at a Bronx day care site where one toddler died and three other children were hospitalized last week, the police said on Monday night....
Residents asked to stay indoors after escaped Pennsylvania killer is spotted again, and police say he is armed (www.cnn.com)
A Monday night sighting of the convicted killer who escaped from an eastern Pennsylvania prison nearly two weeks ago jolted the surrounding community into high alert and prompted school closures Tuesday, after police warned the inmate now has a weapon.
State House Candidate in Virginia Condemns Leak of Sex Tapes (www.nytimes.com)
Susanna Gibson, a Democrat running in one of seven tossup House seats in the closely divided legislature, denounced the “illegal invasion of my privacy.”...
Illinois becomes first state in nation to eliminate cash bail: Here’s how it will work (chicago.suntimes.com)
Illinois became the first state in the nation Monday to completely remove cash bail as a condition to be released ahead of a criminal trial....
New Mexico governor issues order suspending the right to carry firearms in public across Albuquerque (apnews.com)
BBC News - Trump abortion backlash spotlights a Republican balancing act (www.bbc.co.uk)
WSJ News Exclusive | China’s Former Foreign Minister Ousted After Alleged Affair, Senior Officials Told (www.wsj.com)
Senior Chinese officials have been told that an investigation found Qin Gang to have engaged in an extramarital affair....
1,000 Met Police officers suspended or on restricted duties (www.bbc.com)
England: The crackdown follows a string of scandals, but a senior officer warns it'll take years to root out corruption.
One of America’s First Women’s Colleges Is Accused of Paying Men More (www.nytimes.com)
Vassar has maintained a gender-based pay gap for two decades, current and former female professors say in a recently filed lawsuit.
Rolling Stone Founder: Women, Black Musicians Not ‘Articulate Enough’ on ‘Intellectual Level’ to Feature in New Book (www.nationalreview.com)
1-Year-Old Dead and Man in Custody After Opioid Exposure at Bronx Day Care (www.nytimes.com)
The call came in Friday afternoon: Three children at a tiny, ground-floor day care in the Bronx could not wake up from nap time....
