Mom faces charges after toddler accidentally fires gun in Walmart, police say (abcnews.go.com)
Say Goodbye to Those Absurd Side-Effects Readouts in Drug Commercials. The FDA finalized a rule that will require a drug’s side effects to be "presented in a clear, conspicuous, and neutral manner.” (gizmodo.com)
WHO asks China for details on respiratory illness outbreaks (www.reuters.com)
Jan. 6 rioter who used sovereign citizen 'gobbledygook' at trial is found guilty (www.nbcnews.com)
Big Pharma fought drug pricing reform with record $7.5M dark money donation (arstechnica.com)
Americans say money can buy happiness. Here's their price tag. (www.cbsnews.com)
Does happiness have a price? For a majority of Americans, the answer is yes — but it doesn’t come cheap....
Israeli Cabinet approves cease-fire with Hamas that includes release of some 50 hostages (apnews.com)
Israel’s Cabinet has approved a cease-fire deal with the Hamas militant group that would bring a temporary halt to a devastating war now in its seventh week. The Israeli government said that under the deal, Hamas is to free at least 50 of the roughly 240 hostages it is holding in the Gaza Strip over a four-day period.
Cost-of-living crisis fuels global appetite for instant ramen (www.theguardian.com)
Rainbow Bridge between US, Canada closed following vehicle explosion: FBI (abcnews.go.com)
French pilot sentenced for decapitating skydiver with wing of plane (www.bbc.com)
Nicolas Galy, 40, died after being struck by the aircraft he had jumped out of seconds before.
Study: Fossil Fuel Industry Is Behind a Spate of Anti-Protest Bills (www.motherjones.com)
Corporate lobbying has protected 60 percent of oil and gas operations, Greenpeace reports.
New Hampshire man died with a big secret, leaving his town millions (apnews.com)
Disgraced country star sweeps Billboard awards (www.bbc.co.uk)
Sony facing $7.9 billion mass lawsuit over PlayStation Store prices (www.reuters.com)
More Americans are working two jobs to make ends meet (www.cbsnews.com)
JFK assassination remembered 60 years later by surviving witnesses (abcnews.go.com)
Reusable packaging could cut emissions from plastics by up to 69% -study (www.reuters.com)
Secretive White House Surveillance Program Gives Cops Access to Trillions of US Phone Records (www.wired.com)
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Monsanto hit with $165 million verdict over PCBs in Seattle school (www.reuters.com)
A U.S. jury has ordered Bayer's Monsanto to pay $165 million to employees of a school northeast of Seattle who claimed chemicals made by the company called polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, leaked from light fixtures and got them sick.
EU will continue to fund the Palestinians as probe shows no money is reaching Hamas (apnews.com)
X/Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino Shares “Truth” On Antisemitic Posts Next To Ads On Platform Following Media Fallout: “Data Wins Over Manipulation Or Allegations” (deadline.com)
Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, is calling for users to stand by them after media companies pulled their ad dollars out over antisemitic posts being …
Biden declares emergency over lead in water in US Virgin Islands (apnews.com)
Dutch election: Anti-Islam populist Wilders set for victory - exit poll (www.bbc.com)
Veteran anti-Islam populist leader Geert Wilders is heading for a dramatic victory in the the Dutch general election, says an Ipsos exit poll....
Hamas had not planned to attack music festival, Israeli report says (www.aljazeera.com)
First police investigation of Supernova festival also found Israeli forces responsible for some deaths.
AI poster child Altman back at OpenAI, may have fewer checks on power (www.reuters.com)
OpenAI is bringing Altman back just days after his ouster as well as installing a revamped board that could bring sharper scrutiny to the startup at the heart of the AI boom, but strong support from investors including Microsoft (MSFT.O) may give Altman more leeway to commercialize the technology....
