4 law officers serving warrant are killed, 4 wounded in shootout at North Carolina home, police say (apnews.com)
Schools Were Just Supposed To Block Porn. Instead They Sabotaged Homework and Censored Suicide Prevention Sites (themarkup.org)
Tennessee passes 'chemtrail' bill banning airborne chemicals (www.bbc.com)
S&P 500 is 'bizarrely overvalued' and could crash 49% as recession sets in, elite strategist says (markets.businessinsider.com)
Nearly half of young adults have 'money dysmorphia,' survey finds (www.cnbc.com)
The economy is fine! We just have… money dysmorphia. /s...
Investigators say they confirmed pilots' account of a rudder-control failure on a Boeing Max jet (apnews.com)
United Airlines pilots said pedals that control rudder movement on the plane were stuck as they tried to keep the plane in the center of the runway during the Feb. 6 landing....
US to set up temporary port on Gaza coast for aid delivery (www.bbc.com)
U.S. military aircraft airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza in emergency humanitarian aid operation (www.cbsnews.com)
“Three U.S. C-130 cargo planes dropped 66 total bundles, equating to about 38,000 pork-free meals, into the territory on Saturday morning. The bundles were split between three planes, the official said.”...
US military pulls the trigger, uses AI to target air strikes (www.theregister.com)
The US Department of Defense has deployed machine learning algorithms to identify targets in over 85 air strikes on targets in Iraq and Syria this year....
You aren’t imagining things — drivers are more distracted by their phones than ever (www.vox.com)
During the pandemic, distracted driving increased, and it hasn’t gone down since....
'YOLO spenders' have created a 'super-duper' credit bubble in the US economy, top economist David Rosenberg says (www.businessinsider.com)
Cargo train locomotive derails in Colorado, spilling 100s of gallons of diesel (apnews.com)
The locomotive of a cargo train derailed in northern Colorado early Wednesday, spilling hundreds of gallons of diesel, authorities said....
U.S. launches retaliatory strikes in Iraq and Syria in response to Jordan drone attack (www.nbcnews.com)
Americans rack up $19 billion in credit card debt in one month (www.newsweek.com)
Elon Musk says he's 'Jewish by association' after Auschwitz visit, sees 'almost no antisemitism' (www.nbcnews.com)
“I’m aspirationally Jewish,” Musk said. “So I was like, ‘What are people talking about with this antisemitism?’ Because I never hear it at dinner conversations."...
Panera founder says employees today aren't motivated by the idea of making money for shareholders: 'Nobody cares' (www.businessinsider.in)
Texas judge grants pregnant woman permission to get an abortion despite state’s ban (apnews.com)
America’s Far Right Is Calling for Civil War in Ireland (www.wired.com)
Several more children sickened by fruit pouches tainted with lead, FDA says (apnews.com)
More children were apparently sickened by apple puree pouches recently recalled due to dangerous lead contamination, the Food and Drug Administration said....
Mike Johnson to publicly release 44,000 hours of sensitive January 6 footage (www.theguardian.com)
US House speaker to make good on promise to far-right Republicans including Matt Gaetz and Donald Trump
Approval of divisive Alaska oil project upheld in blow to US climate goals (www.theguardian.com)
One Palestinian child in Gaza killed every 15 minutes by Israeli forces (www.dci-palestine.org)
DCI-Palestine.org ( if this isn’t an acceptable submission I can remove it)
The opioid crisis has gotten much, much worse despite Congress’ efforts to stop it (www.politico.com)
America’s drug overdose crisis is out of control. Washington, despite a bipartisan desire to combat it, is finding its addiction-fighting programs are failing....
In Louisiana, Police Reform Led Directly to a “Torture Warehouse” (slate.com)
A new lawsuit filed in federal court last month alleges that the Baton Rouge Police Department ran a “torture warehouse” where members of its Street Crimes Unit strip searched, beat, and otherwise humiliated people and then released them, often without their being charged with a crime. Soon after the lawsuit was filed, the...
Texas private company paid $75 million in 1 year to bus migrants out of state, report shows (abc13.com)
Texas reportedly paid a private company $75.5 million in the span of a year to transport migrants to sanctuary cities across the U.S....
