The Spy War: How the CIA Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin (news.yahoo.com)
After Nonbinary Student’s Death, Schools Chief Defends Strict Gender Policies (www.nytimes.com)
Columbia Scolds Students for “Unsanctioned” Gaza Rally Where They Were Attacked With Chemicals (theintercept.com)
Texas’s San Antonio airport will get a 420lb autonomous security robot (www.theguardian.com)
After 2-year-old girl shoots self, man becomes first person charged under Michigan's gun storage law (apnews.com)
A Michigan man whose 2-year-old daughter shot herself in the head with his revolver last week pleaded not guilty after becoming the first person charged under the state’s new law requiring safe storage of guns....
First responders in a Texas town are struggling to cope with the trauma of recovering bodies from the Rio Grande (www.nbcnews.com)
After a record-breaking year of migrant crossings, Eagle Pass is applying for a grant to help pay for therapy and other mental health services....
‘Disinformation on steroids’: is the US prepared for AI’s influence on the election? (www.theguardian.com)
Robocalls of President Biden already confused primary voters in New Hampshire – but measures to curb the technology could be too little too late...
Donald Trump ranked as worst US president in history, with Joe Biden 14th (www.theguardian.com)
Survey of 154 scholars places 45th president behind even ‘historically calamitous chief executives’ linked to civil war...
Trump’s sale of D.C. hotel proved prescient as new owner defaults on loan (www.wsj.com)
Miami-based CGI purchased the lease rights from the Trumps for $375 million...
Series of recent DOJ cases show foreign operatives plotting assassinations in U.S. (www.npr.org)
It sounds like a fanciful script for a Hollywood thriller: foreign government agents plotting assassinations in the United States....
'Doom spending' takes hold among younger consumers (chicago.suntimes.com)
Trump clemency recipient Philip Esformes pleads guilty in Medicare fraud case (www.cnbc.com)
Key Points...
“This Is What Our Ruling Class Has Decided Will Be Normal” (web.archive.org)
Some Arizona customers to see monthly fees increase for rooftop solar, advocates criticize rate hike (apnews.com)
The billionaire bully who wants to turn Texas into a Christian theocracy (www.texasmonthly.com)
The state’s most powerful figure, Tim Dunn, isn’t an elected official. But behind the scenes, the West Texas oilman is lavishly financing what he regards as a holy war against public education, renewable energy, and non-Christians....
US Announces 500 New Sanctions Against Russia Following Alexei Navalny’s Death (www.forbes.com)
Seacom confirms cable outage in Red Sea (www.itweb.co.za)
Joe Biden Could Send Millions Of Artillery Shells To Ukraine, For Free, Tomorrow. And It’s Perfectly Legal. (www.forbes.com)
A housing shortage is testing Oregon's pioneering land use law. Lawmakers are poised to tweak it (apnews.com)
A severe lack of affordable housing has prompted Oregon lawmakers to consider chipping away at a 1970s law that made the state a national leader in leveraging land use policy to prevent suburban sprawl and conserve nature and agriculture....
No, electric vehicle sales aren’t dropping. Here’s what’s really going on (www.cnn.com)
You’d be forgiven for thinking the American market for EVs is collapsing. But in the last quarter of 2023, EV sales were up 40% from the same quarter a year before, according to Cox Automotive. In fact, EV sales in the United States hit a record last year, topping 1 million for the first time....
RTO doesn’t improve company value, but does make employees miserable: Study (arstechnica.com)
Overall, the analysis, released as a pre-print, found that RTO mandates did not improve a firm’s financial metrics, but they did decrease employee satisfaction....
White House, tribal leaders hail 'historic' deal to restore salmon runs in Pacific Northwest (apnews.com)
The Biden administration, leaders of four Columbia River Basin tribes and the governors of Oregon and Washington celebrated on Friday as they signed papers formally launching a $1 billion plan to help recover depleted salmon populations in the Pacific Northwest....
Unidentified balloon belongs to amateur balloonist (www.nbcnews.com)
Mexico City may be just months away from running of out water | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Chief enforcer of US gun laws fears Americans may become numb to violence with each mass shooting (apnews.com)
The head of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says he fears that a drumbeat of mass shootings and other gun violence across the United States could make Americans numb to the bloodshed, fostering apathy to finding solutions rather than galvanizing communities to act....
