Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll over $83 million in defamation damages, jury rules (www.nbcnews.com)
Police identify suspect killed in fatal officer-involved shooting in DC: officials (www.fox5dc.com)
MPD officials stated during a press conference that they arrived in Northwest, D.C. on January 24, Tuesday, around 9:45 a.m. in response to the report of a shooting....
Schools are using surveillance tech to catch students vaping, snaring some with harsh punishments (apnews.com)
When Aaliyah Iglesias was caught vaping at a Texas high school, she didn’t realize how much could be taken from her....
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to ask lawmakers to make community college free for all high school graduates (apnews.com)
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer plans to urge state lawmakers to pass legislation that would provide free community college tuition for all high school graduates during her sixth State of the State speech on Wednesday....
‘Every noise makes you jumpy’: US election workers confront threats and abuse with resilience training (www.theguardian.com)
Nearly half of all officials have been insulted, a third harassed, and nearly one in five threatened, according to CivicPulse
Oklahoma proposal would make watching porn a felony, ban sexting outside marriage (nypost.com)
this country is so fucking cool
Elon Musk Is Spreading Election Misinformation, but X’s Fact Checkers Are Long Gone (www.nytimes.com)
In the spring of 2020, when President Donald J. Trump wrote messages on Twitter warning that increased reliance on mail-in ballots would lead to a “rigged election,” the platform ran a corrective, debunking his claims....
Tesla recalling nearly 200,000 vehicles because software glitch can cause backup camera to go dark (apnews.com)
The recall covers certain Models Y, S and X from the 2023 model year. All are equipped with “Full Self-Driving” computer 4.0 and run software version 2023.44.30 through 2023.44.30.6 or 2023.44.100....
More than one-third of Americans believe Israel is committing genocide, poll shows (www.theguardian.com)
US 'planning to move nuclear weapons to Suffolk RAF base' (news.sky.com)
Nancy Pelosi Made $500,000 From Her Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) Bet, Doubling Her Annual Government Salary In Just 2 Months (finance.yahoo.com)
Alabama calls nitrogen execution method 'painless' and 'humane,' but critics raise doubts (apnews.com)
Alabama, unless stopped by the courts, intends to strap Kenneth Eugene Smith to a gurney Thursday and use a gas mask to replace breathable air with nitrogen, depriving him of oxygen, in the nation’s first execution attempt with the method....
Religious 'Nones' are now the largest single group in the U.S. (www.npr.org)
Top Gun Mentality Among Drone Operators Led to Slaughter of Civilians (covertactionmagazine.com)
Japan: Man sentenced to death for Kyoto anime fire which killed 36 (www.bbc.com)
The arson attack in a revered Kyoto animation studio killed 36 people and injured dozens more.
Iranian media reports unknown gunmen kill 9 foreigners near Pakistan border (www.trtworld.com)
Ukraine says it has no evidence for Russia's claim that dozens of POWs died in a shot down plane (apnews.com)
Officials in Ukraine say Russia has provided no credible evidence to back its claims that their own forces shot down a military transport plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war who were to be swapped for Russian POWs.
Chipotle wants to hire 19,000 workers ahead of 'burrito season', adds new benefits (finance.yahoo.com)
A dairy farm is accused of stealing $3 million in wages. But was there a crime? (minnesotareformer.com)
Over the past three years, dairy farmers Keith Schaefer and his daughter Megan Hill stole at least $3 million from hundreds of their workers across central Minnesota, according to a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Keith Ellison earlier this month....
Far-Right Extremists Are Organizing an Armed Convoy to the Texas Border (www.wired.com)
N.S.A. Buys Americans’ Internet Data Without Warrants, Letter Says (www.nytimes.com)
The disclosure comes amid congressional scrutiny and a Federal Trade Commission crackdown on commercial data brokers....
Babies born in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ record lower birth weight, preterm births – report (www.theguardian.com)
New report shows babies born in notorious industrial corridor experience low birth weight at three times the national average...
First female LA Times editor in newspaper’s 142-year history talks layoffs, losing journalists of color (www.nbcnews.com)
Musk brain implant company violated US hazardous material transport rules -documents (news.yahoo.com)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink was fined for violating U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) rules regarding the movement of hazardous materials, according to records from the federal agency reviewed by Reuters....
Iowa promised $75 million for school safety. Two shootings later, the money is largely unspent (apnews.com)
The June 2022 announcement was addressed to parents horrified by the massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas: Iowa would spend $75 million in federal pandemic relief funds to improve school building security....
