Quebec Man Pleads Guilty to What He Accused the Government Of: Starting Wildfires (www.nytimes.com)
A man who pleaded guilty to setting 14 fires in 2023 also shared misinformation and conspiracy theories about wildfires and climate change....
Frigid weather can cut electric vehicle range and make charging tough. Here's what you need to know (apnews.com)
For nearly a week, frigid temperatures from Chicago to northern Texas have made life painful for electric-vehicle owners, with reduced driving range and hours of waiting at charging stations....
Chicago banned unannounced migrant drop-offs. Now this Texas charter bus company is suing over the restrictions (www.cnn.com)
A charter bus company hired by the state of Texas to transport migrants to Chicago is trying to flip the script on the border crisis in a federal lawsuit against the city alleging that its ordinance banning unannounced migrant drop-offs is unconstitutional and punishes transportation companies working with Texas, court documents...
A Colorado town's newspapers were stolen after a story about rape charges at the police chief's house (apnews.com)
Nearly all the copies of a small-town Colorado newspaper were stolen from newspaper racks on the same day the Ouray County Plaindealer published a story about charges being filed over rapes alleged to have occurred at an underage drinking party at the police chief’s house while the chief was asleep, the owner and publisher...
Netanyahu Rebuffs U.S. Calls to Start Working Toward Palestinian Statehood (www.nytimes.com)
The Biden administration and the Israeli government diverge sharply over how Gaza should be governed when the war ends....
Microsoft network breached through password-spraying by Russian-state hackers (arstechnica.com)
Oregon State Police hid repeated use of racist slur by supervisor, other misconduct in field office (www.oregonlive.com)
A sergeant who repeatedly used an anti-Black racist slur on duty for years was demoted but the agency never informed the state certification department of the reason for his demotion.
Revealed: far-right figures try to create white nationalist ‘haven’ in Kentucky (www.theguardian.com)
Philadelphia measles outbreak has hospitals on alert after child was sent to day care despite quarantine instructions (www.nbcnews.com)
At least eight people have been diagnosed with measles in an outbreak that started last month in the Philadelphia area. The most recent two cases were confirmed on Monday....
The U.S. just expanded its territory by one million square kilometers (www.earth.com)
The expansion is based on internationally established definitions of the continental shelf, and comes from research and surveys conducted by various groups going back to 2003, confirming where the continental shelf actually is....
Father of American teen killed in West Bank by Israeli fire rails against US support for Israel (apnews.com)
The father of an American teen killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank has railed against Washington’s military support for Israel.
Pro-Israel lawmakers in both U.S. parties are losing confidence in Netanyahu (www.nbcnews.com)
Angst over LGBTQ+ stories led to another canceled show. But in a Wyoming town, a play was salvaged (apnews.com)
Oliver Baez spent two months rehearsing a scene for a school play in which his character confronts another student about bullying a gay student who takes his own life....
Kansas couple charged with collecting man's retirement while keeping his body in their home 6 years (apnews.com)
A Kansas couple has been charged with fraudulently collecting more than $215,000 in retirement benefits on behalf of a dead relative while they concealed his body inside their home for six years....
DC bar authorities file disciplinary charges against pro-Trump 2020 election lawyers (www.politico.com)
Washington, D.C., bar investigators have filed disciplinary charges against three lawyers who aided Donald Trump ally Sidney Powell’s campaign to mount discredited legal challenges to the 2020 election results....
The US government opens 22 million acres of federal lands to solar (electrek.co)
A 13-year-old used a ‘Help Me!’ sign to escape after being abducted. A Texas man has now pleaded guilty to kidnapping (www.cnn.com)
A Texas man who kidnapped a 13-year-old girl in San Antonio and sexually assaulted her multiple times while driving her to Southern California last year pleaded guilty to a federal kidnapping charge Friday as part of a plea agreement, the US Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said....
Thousands sign Christian petition urging bishops not to back Donald Trump (www.newsweek.com)
Mexico's one big advantage over the US right now could stall the 'Made in America' push (www.businessinsider.com)
In small-town Wisconsin, looking for the roots of the modern American conspiracy theory (apnews.com)
The decades fall away as you open the front doors....
Dive into Wellness Unveiling the Extraordinary Health Benefits of Dates, Nature’s Powerhouse (www.askinweb.com)
Prince Harry issued a serious warning following aviation honor (diceuropanew.uk)
More than 80% of tree species endemic to the Atlantic Rainforest are threatened with extinction, finds study (phys.org)
A Russian Falcon plane crashed in Afghanistan. The plane deviated from its course and crashed into Mount Tophan. Before this, the pilot reported technical problems (ua-stena.info)
Russian Falcon plane crashes in Afghanistan It became known that a passenger plane of a Russian company crashed in the mountains of Afghanistan....
What happens now that Massachusetts has banned life without parole for emerging adults? (www.wgbh.org)
Prison advocates, attorneys and state officials are gearing up to help the estimated 200 prisoners now eligible for parole since a landmark decision last week by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court raised the minimum age to 21 before people could be sentenced to life without parole....
