A Doctor at Cigna Said Her Bosses Pressured Her to Review Patients’ Cases Too Quickly. Cigna Threatened to Fire Her. (www.propublica.org)
TikTok’s Pro-China Tilt (www.nytimes.com)
The times dives into an intelligence report on how TikTok’s political algorithm anomalies align with the CCP’s Geostrategic Objectives networkcontagion.us/…/A-Tik-Tok-ing-Timebomb_12.2…...
Advocacy groups say Texas inmates are 'being cooked to death' in state prisons without air conditioning (www.usatoday.com)
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Bill to allow arming Tennessee teachers with guns heads to the governor's desk (www.newschannel5.com)
A bill that would allow some Tennessee teachers to carry a gun at school is heading to Gov. Bill Lee’s desk....
Takeaways from AP report on how the search for the coronavirus origins turned toxic (apnews.com)
The Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite publicly declaring it supported an open scientific inquiry, an Associated Press investigation has found....
2 children dead, 15 people injured after vehicle crashes into building holding child's birthday party (abcnews.go.com)
A 66-year-old suspect was arrested at the scene, police said....
Man who set himself on fire outside Trump trial identified as ‘researcher’ who posted conspiracy-laden manifesto moments earlier (www.independent.co.uk)
Louisiana lawmakers vote to remove lunch breaks for child workers, cut unemployment benefits (www.nola.com)
A Louisiana House committee voted Thursday to repeal a law requiring employers to give child workers lunch breaks and to cut unemployment benefits — part of a push by Republicans to remove constraints on employers and reduce aid for injured and unemployed workers....
Weedkiller manufacturer seeks lawmakers' help to squelch claims it failed to warn about cancer (apnews.com)
Stung by paying billions of dollars for settlements and trials, chemical giant Bayer has been lobbying lawmakers in three states to pass bills providing it a legal shield from lawsuits that claim its popular weedkiller Roundup causes cancer....
Ukraine war: Russian double-tap strikes hit civilians then rescuers too (www.bbc.com)
The country’s second-largest city has been targeted almost incessantly since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion....
Want to visit Brazil? From next year, US travelers will need to share their bank statements first (www.cnn.com)
2024 is shaping up to be the year of travel reprieves....
Senate Republicans furious over Trump trying to derail FISA bill (thehill.com)
Senate Republicans vented their frustration after former President Trump helped derail a compromise House bill to extend Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) authority, sending lawmakers scrambling to find a Plan B to keep the nation’s intelligence agencies from losing their ability to spy on adversaries and...
Biden criticizes Netanyahu’s approach to war with Hamas as mistake (www.cnn.com)
Israel sacks two officers after finding grave errors in strike on aid workers (www.reuters.com)
An Israeli inquiry into the killing of seven aid workers in an air strike in Gaza this week found serious errors and breaches of procedure by the military, with the result that two officers have been dismissed and senior commanders formally reprimanded....
New York AG questions whether California company can handle Trump's $175M bond (abcnews.go.com)
Letitia James asked the firm to show it’s capable of paying the bond if needed....
Spain to recognize Palestinian statehood by July (www.politico.eu)
How Smartphones Are Hurting Our Kids’ Mental Health: ‘There’s Massive Evidence of Harm‘ (people.com)
Video shows California police fatally shooting teenager who was reported kidnapped (www.theguardian.com)
A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It's finally changing (apnews.com)
At issue is a once widely used test that overestimated how well Black people’s kidneys were functioning, making them look healthier than they really were — all because of an automated formula that calculated results for Black and non-Black patients differently. That race-based equation could delay diagnosis of organ failure...
Meta is the world’s ‘single largest marketplace for paedophiles’, says New Mexico attorney general (www.theguardian.com)
Wife of Judge on Mifepristone Case Was Paid by Anti-Abortion Group (www.thedailybeast.com)
The fate of the abortion pill mifepristone is now before the Supreme Court, after a fifth-circuit appeals panel of three judges ruled against its distribution last summer....
Feds raid Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ properties in Los Angeles, Miami (www.nbclosangeles.com)
Germany legalises possession of cannabis for personal use (www.theguardian.com)
After long discussion and frequent delays, the legalisation is finally here to stay.
North Carolina appeals court upholds ruling that kept Confederate monument in place (apnews.com)
A North Carolina appeals court ruled Tuesday that local leaders who refused calls to remove a Confederate monument from outside a county courthouse acted in a constitutional manner and kept in place the statue at its longtime location in accordance with state law....
