Louisiana governor issues disaster declaration for crawfish shortage | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
North Korea showcases artillery that poses a deadly threat to the South | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Donald Trump told to pay six-figure costs of firm he sued (www.bbc.com)
Mrs Justice Steyn threw out the case against Orbis Business Intelligence, a consultancy founded by former MI6 officer Christopher Steele, last month....
Voters approve Pride flag ban in first-of-its-kind ballot measure in Huntington Beach CA (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Chinese hacking industry linked to the state through connections, alcohol, and sex, leak reveals (www.seattletimes.com)
China’s hackers-for-hire take government officials out for lavish banquets, binge drinking and late-night karaoke with young women in a bid to win favor and business, as revealed in a highly unusual leak last month of internal documents from a private contractor linked to Chinese police....
SpaceX allegedly fostered serial sexual abuse, according to this lawsuit (www.theverge.com)
A SpaceX employee says that she spent seven years working at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California enduring sexual abuse, unequal pay, discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation, in a new lawsuit against the company. But her story paints a much graver picture than those individual words can convey,...
Laughter erupts in House when Trump-tied lawyer declares 'I have no awareness of anything' (www.rawstory.com)
Rep. Jerry Nadler burst out into laughter Thursday when a legal group leader with close political ties to former President Donald Trump testified to complete ignorance on all matters.
Authorities name former GOP Congressional candidate as suspect in potential murder (thehill.com)
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department announced Wednesday that Rodimer, 45, has been identified as the suspect in a suspicious death that is now being investigated as a homicide that occurred on Oct. 29, 2023, on the Las Vegas strip.
Alabama enacts fast-tracked law to protect IVF services (www.bbc.co.uk)
Alabama lawmakers have passed a bill to protect in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) clinics and doctors from lawsuits and criminal prosecution. Last month, the state’s supreme court ruled that frozen embryos had the same rights as children, and people could be held liable for destroying them. At least three IVF clinics paused...
Bedbugs, Rats and No Heat: How One Woman Endured a Decade of Neglect in New York’s Guardianship System (www.propublica.org)
Cancer vaccine for dogs almost doubles survival rates in clinical trial (newatlas.com)
Japan household spending logs biggest drop in 35 months in January (www.reuters.com)
China's top legislators pledge to safeguard sovereignty, security interests (www.reuters.com)
Colorado grandmother awarded $3.76M after bungled SWAT raid based on Find My iPhone ping (www.nbcnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/colorado-grandmother-awarded-37…
TURKEY Turkey, minors and deaths at work: 13 in 2024, 671 in 11 years (www.asianews.it)
Israel sets Ramadan deadline for feared Rafah invasion (thehill.com)
Israeli officials appear to have set a deadline to invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah — the largest refugee camp in the coastal territory — for the Muslim holy day of Ramadan on March 10.
Biden considering executive action to close southern border, sources say (www.cnn.com)
And you all told me the blue maga border bill that Republicans rejected was 4d chess.
Ukraine ordered the forced evacuation of more than fifty localities in Kharkiv (intlmonitor.com)
Six people killed in Canadian capital in rare case of mass murder (www.reuters.com)
North Dakota police officers cleared in fatal traffic stop shooting of 17-year-old Nicholas Bruington last year (abcnews.go.com)
Archived at ghostarchive.org/archive/1OrtU
Ukraine plans a new counteroffensive (intlmonitor.com)
Kentucky GOP lawmakers override governor and undo efforts to prevent renter discrimination - KVIA (kvia.com)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A bill that will undo efforts in Kentucky’s two largest cities to ban landlords from discriminating against renters who use federal housing vouchers has been restored after Republican lawmakers quickly overrode the Democratic governor’s veto. The override votes completed work on the bill Wednesday....
First over-the-counter birth control pill in US begins shipping to stores (www.thecanadianpressnews.ca)
The planet just shattered heat records for the ninth month in a row | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
$3 for a single McDonald's hash brown? Some customers are fed up and pushing back (www.ksl.com)
“Even though we’re pushing through pricing, the consumer is tolerating it well,” he said in October analyst call....
