This Startup Founder Wants to Sell Cocaine (www.thedailybeast.com)
Oath Keepers’ son emerges from traumatic childhood to tell his own story in a long shot election bid (apnews.com)
KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — The eldest son of one of America’s most infamous seditionists is building a new life since breaking free from his father’s control — juggling work, college classes and volunteer firefighting....
Lack of buses keeps Los Angeles jail inmates from court appearances and contributes to overcrowding (abcnews.go.com)
Up to one-third of the 12,000 inmates in Los Angeles County jails can’t get to their court appearances because of a shortage of functioning buses, and county supervisors this week advanced a proposal to try and fix the problem....
Reddit Opens Up 38%, as Shares Begin Trading (www.nytimes.com)
Reddit shares opened up about 38 percent on Thursday in their first day of trading, in a sign of investor eagerness that set the stage for more tech companies to reach the stock market this year....
Cuba's president blasts 'interventionist' U.S. amid protests over shortages (www.nbcnews.com)
House passes bill that could lead to a TikTok ban; fight shifts to the Senate (www.cnbc.com)
New Orleans police evidence room overrun by rodents, officials say: "The rats are eating our marijuana" (www.cbsnews.com)
At the edge of Gaza, Israelis try to stop aid trucks | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Liberty University will pay $14 million, the largest fine ever levied under the federal Clery Act (apnews.com)
The fine is by far the largest ever levied under the Clery Act, a law that requires colleges and universities that receive federal funding to collect data on campus crime and notify students of threats. Schools must disseminate an annual security report that includes crime reports and information on efforts to improve campus...
Syphilis Is Killing Babies. The U.S. Government Is Failing to Stop the Disease From Spreading. (www.propublica.org)
Last June, Pfizer, the lone U.S. manufacturer of the injections, notified the Food and Drug Administration of an “impending stock out” that it anticipated would last a year. The company blamed “an increase in syphilis infection rates as well as competitive shortages.”...
Jury convicts first rioter to enter Capitol building during Jan. 6 attack (apnews.com)
The first rioter to enter the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack was convicted on Friday of charges that he interfered with police and obstructed Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory....
Texas battles second-biggest wildfire in US history - BBC (www.bbc.com)
Texas’s San Antonio airport will get a 420lb autonomous security robot (www.theguardian.com)
Amid Florida’s Measles Outbreak, Surgeon General Goes Against Medical Guidance - The New York Times (Free article) (www.nytimes.com)
China demands the US stop any official contact with Taiwan following a congressional visit (apnews.com)
China is responding sternly to a U.S. congressional delegation’s visit to Taiwan, demanding the U.S. stop any official contact with the self-governing island.
Judge says Texas school district can punish Black student for length of his hairstyle (www.texastribune.org)
After a short trial, a Texas judge ruled that Barbers Hill school officials are not violating a new state law prohibiting hair discrimination....
Israeli ground offensive in Rafah ‘aimed at making Gaza uninhabitable’ (www.france24.com)
Israel has announced plans to launch a full-scale offensive on the town of Rafah in the southern Gaza strip, claiming it is the only way to “completely destroy” Hamas. But according to former French military officer and author Guillaume Ancel, a large-scale military operation in the city that is now host to half of Gaza’s...
Israel and Hamas truce talks reach ‘critical phase’ | Semafor (www.semafor.com)
Truckers pour cold water on pro-Trump New York boycott: "Not happening" (www.newsweek.com)
Truckers are dispelling Donald Trump supporters amid their efforts to boycott New York following the former president’s civil fraud penalty stating it’s “not happening.”...
Capital One to buy Discover for $35 billion in deal that combines major US credit card companies - ABC News (abcnews.go.com)
Wisconsin Picks New Legislative Maps That Would End Years of GOP Gerrymandering (www.propublica.org)
Under legal pressure to address Wisconsin’s “Swiss cheese” and oddly shaped districts, the Legislature approved redrawn maps that promise to create a new dynamic in a state known for its pivotal role in national politics....
Russia attempting to develop nuclear space weapon to destroy satellites with massive energy wave, sources familiar with intel say (www.cnn.com)
Russia is trying to develop a nuclear space weapon that would destroy satellites by creating a massive energy wave when detonated, potentially crippling a vast swath of the commercial and government satellites that the world below depends on to talk on cell phones, pay bills, and surf the internet, according to three sources...
FBI informant charged with lying about Joe and Hunter Biden’s ties to Ukrainian energy company (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI informant has been charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company, a claim that is central to the Republican impeachment inquiry in Congress....
Elderly Alaska man is first reported person to die of recently discovered Alaskapox virus (www.seattletimes.com)
The man was undergoing cancer treatment and had a suppressed immune system because of the drugs, which may have contributed to the severity of his illness, the bulletin said. It described him as elderly but didn’t provide his age....