State government buildings face bomb threats for second consecutive day (www.nbcnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/state-government-buildings-face…
With more records, world sees how Jeffrey Epstein leveraged powerful to abuse vulnerable girls (apnews.com)
A new batch of unsealed documents pertaining to Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of teenage girls was released Thursday, adding several hundred pages to a trove of information detailing how the financier leveraged connections to the rich, powerful and famous to recruit his victims and cover up his crimes....
New video of a jaguar found in Southern Arizona (tucson.com)
CNN Runs Gaza Coverage Past Jerusalem Team Operating Under Shadow of IDF Censor (theintercept.com)
Archive archive.ph/W6JCV...
Second wave of court documents related to Jeffrey Epstein unsealed (www.theguardian.com)
Islamic State Takes Responsibility for Deadly Bombings in Iran (www.nytimes.com)
The Islamic State claimed responsibility on Thursday for the bombing attack that killed 84 people in Kerman, Iran, a day before, during a memorial procession for Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, according to a post on the extremist group’s official Telegram account....
Release of Epstein documents crashes court website but details are less scandalous (www.theguardian.com)
The majority of those whose names appear in the documents are not accused of wrongdoing and have been mentioned previously...
Several Midwestern cities are going to be counted again like it's 2020 (apnews.com)
Four years after the last census, almost a dozen small communities in the Midwest are going to be counted again in hopes of getting a new grocery store or more state funding to build roads, fire stations and parks....
Biden administration announces $162 million to expand computer chip factories in Colorado and Oregon (www.cnbc.com)
The Biden administration is providing $162 million to Microchip Technology to support the domestic production of computer chips — the second funding announcement tied to a 2022 law designed to revive U.S. semiconductor manufacturing....
Consumer Reports finds 'widespread' presence of plastics in food (www.ctvnews.ca)
Consumer Reports has found that plastics retain a “widespread” presence in food despite the health risks, and called on regulators to reassess the safety of plastics that come into contact with food during production....
Everyone is on their phone (www.theguardian.com)
But is it phone addiction we’re experiencing?
1.3.24 Epstein documents 943 pages unsealed (www.documentcloud.org)
New Treatment Shows Promise for Helping Veterans With PTSD Quit Tobacco (researchinenglish.com)
More hospitals are requiring masks as flu and COVID-19 cases surge (apnews.com)
More U.S. hospitals are requiring masks and limiting visitors as health officials face an expected but still nasty post-holiday spike in flu, COVID-19 and other illnesses....
SpaceX illegally fired workers who criticized Elon Musk, federal labor watchdog says (www.cbsnews.com)
Federal labor regulators allege that SpaceX illegally fired employees who publicly criticized Elon Musk, the exploration company’s founder and CEO....
The names of more than 170 Jeffrey Epstein associates were just revealed in unsealed court documents. Here's what we know. (www.businessinsider.com)
Court records related to Jeffrey Epstein are set to be released, but they aren't a client list (apnews.com)
There is no such list and the truth is less scandalous....
As COVID spikes in NYC, mask mandates return to city hospitals (www.nydailynews.com)
Here’s what you need to know about BYD, the Chinese EV giant that just overtook Tesla (www.msn.com)
BYD overtook Tesla as the world’s top seller of electric vehicles (EV) at the end of last year, crowning an extraordinary rise for the Chinese carmaker....
Plagiarism charges downed Harvard’s president. A conservative attack helped to fan the outrage (apnews.com)
U.S. national debt surpasses $34 trillion (www.upi.com)
Nearly half of police force resigns in one day (www.wave3.com)
How common are earthquakes on the East Coast? Small explosions reported after NYC quake (www.usatoday.com)
Gas prices fall under 3 bucks a gallon at majority of U.S. stations (www.cbsnews.com)
Menendez Faces a New Accusation: Aiding the Qatari Government (www.nytimes.com)
Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey — already accused of using his political influence to benefit Egypt — was newly charged on Tuesday with using his power to help the government of Qatar....
