Wayne LaPierre resigns as leader of the NRA days ahead of civil trial (www.cnn.com)
Wayne LaPierre, the leader of the National Rifle Association of America who served for decades as a fierce protector of the Second Amendment, advocating for firearms owners and manufacturers, is resigning days before his civil trial is set to begin....
Former NRA executive pleads guilty to fraud, agrees to testify in New York AG trial (abcnews.go.com)
Ex-operations director Joshua Powell settled civil claims of fraud and abuse....
Ukraine war: Atesh, the group spying on Russians in occupied Crimea (www.bbc.com)
Atesh says it collects information on Russian military movements - mostly in Crimea but also in other occupied areas and even inside Russia itself....
Body found in San Diego home's freezer may be woman missing for 9 years, police say (www.nbcnews.com)
“Out-of-town” family members discovered the body in the freezer last month....
Dramatic new January 6 footage shows tense exchange between GOP congressmen and Capitol rioters (www.cnn.com)
The Justice Department has released new footage from the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol that shows a dramatic moment of rioters shouting through broken glass at two Republican lawmakers....
Nearly Half of Companies Plan to Eliminate Bachelor's Degree Requirements in 2024 (www.intelligent.com)
Americans living in their cars are finding refuge in ‘safe parking lots’ (www.theguardian.com)
Student loan borrowers face long hold times and inaccurate bills, feds find (www.cbsnews.com)
FAA grounds more than 170 Boeing 737 Max 9s after Alaska Airlines panel blows out (www.cnbc.com)
Lead-tainted applesauce pouches also contained another possible toxic substance, FDA says (apnews.com)
Recalled cinnamon applesauce pouches that were tied to lead poisoning in hundreds of U.S. children contained an additional contaminant, federal health officials said Friday....
Hyundai and Kia thefts soar more than 1000% since 2020 (edition.cnn.com)
‘Journalists see their role as helping to win’: how Israeli TV is covering Gaza war (www.theguardian.com)
To someone who made a cursory scan of the country’s TV channels and newspapers after 7 October, the reservists’ anger might be confusing – the Israeli media have rarely presented their audiences with such a uniformly patriotic vision of reality as they have over the past three months....
Surf's up, way up: Wild waves push WWII-era bomb onto California beach (eu.usatoday.com)
Neo-Nazi podcasters sent to prison on terror charges for targeting Prince Harry and his young son (www.nbcnews.com)
Christopher Gibbons and Tyrone Patten-Walsh espoused racist views and encouraged listeners commit violent acts against ethnic minorities.
As Gaza Losses Mount Under Strikes, Dignified Burials Are Another Casualty (www.nytimes.com)
It has been 13 weeks since Israel’s war in Gaza began after the attack on Israel by Hamas, which killed about 1,200 people, according to Israeli officials. Since then, the living in Gaza have been forced to inter their dead hurriedly and without ceremony or last rites, lest they risk the same fate as their loved ones....
CNN Runs Gaza Coverage Past Jerusalem Team Operating Under Shadow of IDF Censor (theintercept.com)
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OpenAI CEO says Muslim tech workers fear retaliation for speaking out (edition.cnn.com)
FBI arrests three January 6 defendants in Florida after prolonged search (www.cnn.com)
Prosecutors have accused Jonathan Pollock of punching two officers in the face, kneeing a police officer, dragging an officer down stairs, charging at law enforcement with a flag pole, grabbing an officer’s neck and pinning them to the ground and ramming a police shield into an officer’s neck....
A starring role for NASA in Biden’s push to end cancer (www.politico.com)
Thermo Fisher stops sale of DNA kits in Tibet after activists raised fears of rights abuses (www.theguardian.com)
Hezbollah Fires Rockets at Israel in Response to Assassination in Beirut (www.nytimes.com)
The Lebanese militia Hezbollah fired a volley of rockets toward a small military base in northern Israel on Saturday morning, in what the group said was an initial response to the assassination of a senior Hamas commander in Lebanon five days ago that has raised fears of a wider conflagration....
N.Y. AG calls for $370 million fine against Trump and lifetime ban from real estate industry (www.nbcnews.com)
Attorneys from James’s office requested the punishment in post-trial motions filed Friday in the Trump fraud case....
Iowa school shooter believed to have posted an ominous TikTok video before killing a 6th grader and wounding 5 other people (www.cnn.com)
Moments before a 17-year-old unleashed gunfire at Iowa’s Perry High School, killing a sixth grader and wounding five other people, the student is believed to have posted a foreboding TikTok video....
Sanctions are working. Chechen leader Kadyrov begs the US to lift sanctions on his family in exchange for the freedom of Ukrainian soldiers (ua-stena.info)
BEKadyrov handed over the list of prisoners to former US Army intelligence officer Scott Ritter, who visited Grozny....