Alamo Drafthouse blames ‘nationwide’ theater outage on Sony projector fail (www.theverge.com)
The news hasn’t reported the cause, but it may be due to DRM.
They Were Wrongfully Convicted. Now They’re Denied Compensation Despite Michigan Law. (www.propublica.org)
Freedom, however, was frightening. Night after night, he awoke every 15 minutes or so, wrestling with the covers, wondering if he’d hallucinated it all. He kept the television on to remind himself he wasn’t in prison anymore. Its noise broke the first complete silence he’d experienced in half a lifetime, he said, which...
BYD is set to beat Tesla for a second straight year after producing more than 3 million cars in 2023 (www.cnbc.com)
BYD said Monday it produced more than 3 million new energy vehicles in 2023, putting the Chinese electric car giant on track to surpass Tesla’s production for a second straight year....
Plane detained in France sheds light on Nicaragua’s role in US migrant crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Flight contained 303 Indians en route to Central American country whose light visa requirements have attracted US-bound travelers...
Police officer in Ohio on administrative leave after punching Miami University football player during arrest (www.cnn.com)
An Oxford, Ohio, police officer seen punching a Miami University football player during a November arrest outside a local bar has been placed on administrative leave during an investigation, police say....
China to simplify visa applications for US tourists as both countries seek to improve relations (www.scmp.com)
China will simplify the visa application process for tourists from the United States as part of its efforts to step up interactions between people from the two countries....
2024 elections are ripe targets for foes of democracy (www.npr.org)
Ohio's Republican governor vetoes trans care restriction and sports ban (www.nbcnews.com)
Gov. Mike DeWine is one of only a few Republican governors to veto a restriction on transition-related care for minors or a ban on trans student-athlete participation....
U.S. intelligence officials determined the Chinese spy balloon used a U.S. internet provider to communicate (www.nbcnews.com)
An American intelligence assessment found that the balloon used a commercially available U.S. network to communicate, primarily for navigation, U.S. officials say....
It’s “shakeout” time as losses of Netflix rivals top $5 billion. Disney, Warner, Comcast, and Paramount are contemplating cuts, possible mergers. (arstechnica.com)
The world’s largest traditional entertainment companies face a reckoning in 2024 after losing more than $5 billion in the past year from the streaming services they built to compete with Netflix....
Theatre chain AMC apologizes after civil rights leader says he was kicked out of screening (www.theguardian.com)
Movie theatre chain AMC has apologized to a North Carolina civil rights leader after he was kicked out of a screening of The Color Purple for trying to use his own chair in the disabled section....
Nikki Haley doesn't cite slavery as cause of the Civil War after question at campaign stop (abcnews.go.com)
She responded it was about “basically how the government was going to run."
Everyone in California seems to be sick with respiratory illness. Here's why (www.latimes.com)
For many migrant families at the southern US border, going back is not an option (www.cnn.com)
A mother who fled her native country with two children after one was kidnapped; a woman who was forced to strip down by thieves looking for money; an activist made unemployable by speaking out against her country’s government: These are some of the stories CNN heard outside a shelter for migrants in Eagle Pass, Texas....
‘God is under the rubble in Gaza’: Bethlehem’s subdued Christmas (www.japantimes.co.jp)
The Israel-Hamas war has cast a pall over the birthplace of Jesus.
Manuel Ellis: US jury clears police officers in death of unarmed black man (www.bbc.com)
Prosecutors accused the officers of using deadly force on Manuel Ellis during his arrest in Washington state....
Recalled applesauce pouches now linked to more than 200 lead poisoning cases in 33 states, CDC says (www.cbsnews.com)
Health authorities are now investigating at least 205 cases of lead poisonings across 33 different states linked to contaminated applesauce, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday. That’s up from 125 cases in the agency’s last weekly tally....
More than 20,000 dead in Gaza, a historic human toll (www.washingtonpost.com)
More than 20,000 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip in the war between Israel and Hamas, according to the Gaza Health Ministry....
This Agency Is Supposed to Monitor New York's Jails. Is Anyone Monitoring It? (nysfocus.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/new-york-jail-prison-correction…
A Frederick Douglass mural in his hometown in Maryland draws some divisions (www.npr.org)
A mural depicting Frederick Douglass in a chunky wristwatch, a slim-cut suit and crisp white Converse has divided the town of Easton, Md., in his birth county of Talbot.
After Dallas reporter’s sudden exit, colleagues allege ‘culture of fear’ (www.washingtonpost.com)
Dallas Morning News reporter Miles Moffeit left his job after a sarcastic email interview with D.A. John Creuzot led to a rare front-page retraction.
Anglers find 16-ton sea creature dead along NC’s Outer Banks, igniting investigation (www.newsobserver.com)
Rite Aid’s ‘reckless’ use of facial recognition got it banned from using the technology in stores for five years (www.cnn.com)
Rite Aid has agreed to a five-year ban from using facial recognition technology after the Federal Trade Commission found that the chain falsely accused customers of crimes and unfairly targeted people of color....
Ex-Proud Boys leader is sentenced to over 3 years in prison for Capitol riot plot (apnews.com)
A former leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Tuesday to more than three years behind bars for joining a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol nearly three years ago....
Utah Women Tried to Report Sexual Assaults to Police. They Say They Faced Delays and Language Barriers. (www.propublica.org)
Arredondo, who has worked with Latino victims of crimes since 2012, said this was the first time she’s involved a consulate in order to get a callback from the police....
