Air Force: Ukraine shoots down another Russian A-50 aircraft over Azov Sea (kyivindependent.com)
Netanyahu dismisses election calls as thousands protest in Tel Aviv (ca.news.yahoo.com)
Netanyahu has seen his popularity plummet in opinion polls since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack that sparked the devastating war in Gaza....
Judge says Mike Lindell must pay $5 million to man who won his 'Prove Mike Wrong' challenge (www.nbcnews.com)
UNRWA reaches 'breaking point' as US intel says 'low confidence' about Israeli claims (thecradle.co)
Questions continue to arise about Israeli claims that UNRWA has ‘ties to Hamas,’ an accusation that prompted over a dozen western nations to cut vital funding for the agency
US Department of Defense Plots Renewable Energy Takeover (cleantechnica.com)
The Department of Defense is investing in renewable energy with a goal of getting to 100% carbon free electricity for facilities n 14 states. As one of the largest polluters in the world, it is really great to see initiatives to move the military away from carbon polluting energy.
Feds charge Japanese Yakuza leader with nuclear materials trafficking (www.cnbc.com)
A Marketplace of Girl Influencers Managed by Moms and Stalked by Men (www.nytimes.com)
Seeking social media stardom for their underage daughters, mothers post images of them on Instagram. The accounts draw men sexually attracted to children, and they sometimes pay to see more....
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban lauds new phase with Sweden ahead of vote on its NATO bid | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Four members of the Arkansas supreme court are trying to jump to different seats on the bench, a situation that could empower the conservative governor by granting her more appointments. (boltsmag.org)
Voters are filling two supreme court seats in two separate nonpartisan elections. Neither seat’s current occupant is seeking a new term, so at first glance it may look like the cycle will add two fresh faces to the court. But of the six candidates running for these two seats, four are already sitting justices on the...
Powerful twin solar flares erupt from sun as cell phone outages spike across US (video) (www.space.com)
2 juveniles charged in mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade (apnews.com)
Two juveniles were charged with crimes connected to the mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl rally, authorities said Friday, as the city tries to recover in the aftermath of the violence....
Woman suing Texas over its abortion ban plans to move her embryos out of state (www.nbcnews.com)
Amanda Zurawski told NBC News exclusively that she finds the prospect of Texas restricting in vitro fertilization “absolutely terrifying.”...
Israel plans to build 3,300 new settlement homes. It says it's a response to a Palestinian attack (www.independent.co.uk)
Private lander makes first US moon landing in more than 50 years, but signal weak (apnews.com)
China demands the US stop any official contact with Taiwan following a congressional visit (apnews.com)
China is responding sternly to a U.S. congressional delegation’s visit to Taiwan, demanding the U.S. stop any official contact with the self-governing island.
Tennessee firm employed minors to clean meat saws, head splitters at slaughterhouses (www.nbcnews.com)
Alabama Supreme Court chief justice spreads Christian nationalist rhetoric on QAnon conspiracy theorist's show (www.mediamatters.org)
Chief Justice Tom Parker’s recent concurring opinion in a case granting rights to embryos drew criticism for invoking religious language...
Nightclubs on the brink as clean-living Gen Zs ditch scene (www.yahoo.com)
Wisconsin ethics panel recommends felony charges against Trump fundraising committee, lawmaker (www.pbs.org)
The commission alleges that Trump’s fundraising committee and state Rep. Janel Brandtjen, a Trump ally, conspired in a scheme to evade campaign finance laws to support the Republican primary challenger to [state House Speaker equivalent, Robin Vos] in 2022....
Trump hawks $399 branded shoes at 'Sneaker Con,' a day after a $355 million ruling against him (apnews.com)
As he closes in on the Republican presidential nomination, former President Donald Trump made a highly unusual stop Saturday, hawking new Trump-branded sneakers at “Sneaker Con,” a gathering that bills itself as the “The Greatest Sneaker Show on Earth.”...
Netanyahu seeks open-ended control over security and civilian affairs in Gaza in new postwar plan (apnews.com)
Couples race to move frozen embryos out of Alabama after court defines them as children (www.telegraph.co.uk)
The IRS will pursue business private jet usage in a new round of audits on high-wealth taxpayers (www.nbcnews.com)
Sultan: Girl Scouts threaten legal action over troop's fundraiser for children in Gaza (www.stltoday.com)
The Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri sent an email and said members could not raise money that represents “partisan politics” and must “stay neutral.”
WA lawmakers advance bill making it a felony to threaten election workers (www.seattletimes.com)
The Washington state Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to make harassing election workers a felony, three months after four county election offices received envelopes containing suspicious powder — including three testing positive for fentanyl — and had to be evacuated.