After Seeing Controversial Contract-for-Deed Home Sales Affect Constituents, Minnesota Lawmakers Propose Reforms (www.propublica.org)
Usher Marries Jennifer Goicoechea After the Super Bowl (www.nytimes.com)
Joe Biden criticises snack makers for ‘shrinkflation rip-off’ (www.theguardian.com)
Trump wants to install new RNC leadership, including his daughter-in-law as co-chair (apnews.com)
Current RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel says she has no plans to leave the committee until at least after South Carolina’s Feb. 24 primary election....
Wreck of ship that sank in 1940 found in Lake Superior (apnews.com)
Shipwreck hunters have discovered a merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1940, taking its captain with it, during a storm off Michigan’s Upper Peninsula....
Who killed Daniel Williams? A tale of terror in Alabama prisons (www.al.com)
Inmate X had 18 disciplinary charges between 2012 and 2018, but despite the above incidents he has not faced a formal disciplinary charge since July 9, 2018, when he was cited for possession of a weapon. So he did not face restrictions that would limit his movement or put him under more observation.
US Senate lurches toward possible early passage of Ukraine aid bill (www.reuters.com)
The Democratic-led U.S. Senate moved towards the final passage of a $95.34 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan on Monday, amid growing doubts about the legislation’s fate in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives....
A death sentence: Native Americans have least access to liver transplant system (themarkup.org)
Despite being more likely to die of liver disease, Native Americans are far less likely to make the transplant list than White people...
Federal judge tosses PhRMA lawsuit challenging Medicare drug negotiations (thehill.com)
A Texas federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s Medicare drug price negotiations filed by the pharmaceutical industry lobbying group PhRMA....
American Express, Visa, Mastercard move ahead with code to track gun store purchases in California (www.cbsnews.com)
Major credit card companies are moving to make a merchant code available for firearm and ammunition retailers in order to comply with a new California law that will allow banks to potentially track suspicious gun purchases and report them to law enforcement, CBS News has learned....
With Western military aid increasingly uncertain, Ukraine builds its own weapons (text.npr.org)
By Joanna Kakissis, Polina Lytvynova...
Connecticut church pastor accused of selling meth out of rectory (apnews.com)
A Connecticut pastor has been arrested on allegations that he sold crystal meth out of his church’s rectory, police said....
It’s spring in the Midwest. The only problem? It’s midwinter (www.cnn.com)
Winter has gone missing across the Midwest and Great Lakes, and time is running out to find it. Dozens of cities are on track for one of the warmest winters on record, making snow and ice rare commodities....
Uber, Lyft, DoorDash drivers in the U.S. to strike on Valentine’s Day for fair pay (www.nbcnews.com)
Gaza war: What we know about Israel's Rafah hostage rescue raid (www.bbc.com)
Details have begun to emerge of an overnight Israeli military operation which freed two Israeli-Argentine hostages held captive by Hamas in the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip....
Ohio blocked from implementing law restricting children’s use of Instagram, TikTok (nypost.com)
Judge blocks Omaha's ban on guns in public places while lawsuit challenging it moves forward (apnews.com)
Nebraska’s largest city won’t be able to enforce its ban on guns on all public property, including parks and sidewalks, while a lawsuit challenging that restriction moves forward....
Trump seeks Supreme Court pause in 2020 election case (www.bbc.com)
Ex-US President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to suspend a lower court ruling that he does not have presidential immunity from prosecution.
As Biden presses on hostage deal, Israel may skip latest talks: US officials (www.msn.com)
This small New York village made guns for 200 years. What happens when Remington leaves? (apnews.com)
Remington began here two centuries ago and generations of workers have turned out rifles and shotguns at the massive firearms factory in the middle of this blue-collar village in the heart of New York’s Mohawk Valley....
Al Jazeera journalist, cameraman wounded in Israeli strike on Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
The two journalists were hit by an Israeli drone strike in Miraj, north of Rafah city. They were documenting the condition of displaced Palestinians crammed into the area as Israel intensifies its attacks by land, sea and air across the besieged enclave, killing more than 28,000 people....
Jerry Lewis' Most Controversial Film May Finally See the Light of Day This Year (movieweb.com)
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Biden campaign decision to join TikTok raises national security concerns (www.theguardian.com)
New Jan. 6 footage appears to show rioter firing a gun in the air during Capitol attack (www.nbcnews.com)
G.O.P. Officials, Once Critical, Stand by Trump After NATO Comments (www.nytimes.com)
Defending Donald Trump or deflecting his statements, some top G.O.P. officials reflected the trajectory of a party that the former president has largely bent to his will....
