Republican presidential candidate proposes border wall with Canada (www.cbc.ca)
A wall with Canada? The idea came up during a Republican presidential debate, from a candidate insisting his party’s border policies aren’t tough enough....
Poverty in the State of Palestine set to soar by more than a third if war continues for a second month | United Nations Development Programme (www.undp.org)
If the war in Gaza continues for a second month the poverty rate in the State of Palestine will soar by 34 percent, thrusting nearly half a million additional people into poverty, as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) plummets by 8.4 percent—a loss of US$1.7 billion—according to initial estimates by the United Nations...
Big Ten suspends Michigan's [College Football Coach] Harbaugh through end of regular season (theathletic.com)
Reminds me of the Astros… Just a tiny slap on the wrist...
An Auto Loan Debt Crisis Looks Imminent (www.automoblog.net)
'They're clearing out the homeless people': San Francisco gets ready for arrival of world leaders (www.yahoo.com)
In South America's Andes, a shrinking Lake Titicaca rings climate alarm bell (www.reuters.com)
Support for Israel and verbal sparring propel fiery third Republican debate (www.theguardian.com)
“I will be telling Bibi [Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu] to finish the job once and for all with these butchers Hamas. They’re terrorists. They’re massacring innocent people. They would wipe every Jew off the globe if they could,” Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor, said. Haley, a former ambassador to the...
Apollo 8 Commander Frank Borman dies aged 95 (www.independent.co.uk)
Sweden’s schools minister declares charter school ‘system failure’ (www.theguardian.com)
It has been a disaster from the start, but it got worse and worse with time. I remember reading that the schools would give the children iPads and other things just so they would sign up for that school. Basically they would bribe the children to get the parents to send them so that they could make more money. And that’s only...
Despite being filled with irreligious, many still visit shrines in japan. (www.dailysabah.com)
Georgia sheriff's candidate fired after hidden camera catches him sneaking into rival's locked office (news.yahoo.com)
Capt. Dale Dillow was fired after a hidden camera caught him using his master key to get into the office of a rival for Jackson County sheriff.
No bar exam required to practice law in Oregon starting next year (www.reuters.com)
Deaths in Pa. jails are undercounted. Our investigation found dozens of hidden cases (www.pennlive.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/deaths-in-pa-jails-are-undercou…
Minnesota trial to remove Trump from 2024 election ballot begins (www.nbcnews.com)
The trial over an effort in Minnesota to keep former President Donald Trump off of the 2024 ballot began Thursday at the state Supreme Court as a similar case continued in Colorado....
Utah Therapist Arrested for Allegedly Sexually Abusing Patients During Sessions (www.propublica.org)
Jan. 6 suspect Gregory Yetman surrenders to police after widespread manhunt, FBI says (abcnews.go.com)
Right turn on red? With pedestrian deaths rising, US cities are considering bans (apnews.com)
Former Indiana legislator agrees to plead guilty to fraud in casino corruption scheme (apnews.com)
Federal prosecutors say a former Indiana lawmaker has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge alleging that he accepted promises of compensation from a casino company during his time in public office.
Drone, explosive attacks target US forces across Iraq (www.reuters.com)
Biden stresses support for unions and meets with UAW president after strike (www.nbcnews.com)
President Joe Biden on Thursday emphasized his support for unions during a trip to Illinois and celebrated the reopening of a Stellantis plant after tentative deals were recently struck between the United Auto Workers and three major U.S. automakers following a strike that lasted weeks....
Pressure grows for Sunak to sack Braverman (www.theguardian.com)
Suella Braverman appears set to remain as home secretary over a weekend of remembrance ceremonies and protests, although her fate is still deeply uncertain after Jeremy Hunt joined the ministerial voices distancing themselves from her views....
Hamas tried to send fighters to Egypt in ambulances for wounded Gazans — US official (www.timesofisrael.com)
Judge declines to push back Trump's classified documents trial but postpones other deadlines (apnews.com)
A federal judge in Florida on Friday declined to delay Donald Trump’s classified documents trial, calling a request by the former president’s defense lawyers to postpone the date “premature.” But she postponed other deadlines in the case and signaled that she would revisit the trial date later....
‘Acts of terrorism’ across Washington as 4 election offices get white powder in mail (www.kiro7.com)
The powder sent to both King and Spokane counties tested positive for traces of fentanyl.
