Brutal arctic blast blanketing much of the US is set to deliver record-breaking low temperatures as the South braces for snow (www.cnn.com)
Three migrants drown at US border as Texas blocked their rescue (www.aljazeera.com)
Texas Military Department barred US border agents from trying to rescue the migrants in the Rio Grande, US officials say.
Eight 'suspicious' US deaths in Colombia linked to dating apps (www.bbc.com)
US citizens travelling to Colombia have been warned against using dating apps in the country after the “suspicious deaths” of eight American tourists in two months....
US wholesale inflation closes out 2023 with 1% annual rate in December (www.cnn.com)
US producer prices fell in December for the third consecutive month, bringing a closely watched gauge of inflation to a rate more in line with pre-pandemic times....
California city to pay $5m to family of Willie McCoy, who police shot 55 times (www.theguardian.com)
The 2019 killing of the 20-year-old rapper raised scrutiny of Vallejo police department, which has a history of brutality...
Montana fire chief who had refused vaccine mandate in Washington state charged in Jan. 6 riot (apnews.com)
Prosecutors say that Frank Dahlquist sprayed “an orange-colored chemical agent” directly into the face of one officer and later sprayed a second officer as supporters of former president Donald Trump attacked the Capitol building in Washington D.C., according to court documents unsealed Wednesday....
Canadians bought more than $16 billion worth of cannabis in the first five years of legalization (stratcann.com)
Uttar Pradesh: Dalit teen cooked alive for protesting against molestation (www.telegraphindia.com)
Blue-collar workers won big in 2023, defying bleak predictions (www.washingtonpost.com)
A year that started out with bleak prospects, including a widely predicted recession, shaped up to be a boon for the average American worker — and one of the most triumphant for organized labor in a generation....
America's housing shortage explained in one chart (www.axios.com)
Italian woman facing removal from UK despite ‘permanent residency’ card (www.theguardian.com)
Woman missing after going under river ice trying to save her dog in Alaska (www.nbcnews.com)
A man and a woman were on a trail by the Eagle River when one of their dogs went into the water and they went in after it. The woman went under the ice, officials said....
Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner Visit Hamas Attack Site in Israel — The Wall Street Journal (apple.news)
Why? And in what world is billionaires’ tourism “news”. Damn Ghouls enjoying some disaster tourism!
When Immigrant Dairy Farm Workers Get Hurt, Most Can’t Rely on Workers’ Compensation (www.propublica.org)
Wisconsin’s exemption for small farms is one of many federal and state carve-outs that have historically left farm workers — and dairy workers in particular — with fewer rights and protections than others....
Alabama mother with rare double womb gives birth to two babies in two days (www.bbc.co.uk)
Kelsey Hatcher, 32, delivered one daughter on Tuesday, and a second on Wednesday, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital....
Sorry California, Amazon Will No Longer Sell You Donkey Meat (www.wired.com)
Technically donkey skin. Used in health supplements. And I just don’t know anymore…
A YouTuber was accused of plagiarism. His apology highlighted a larger issue among creators. (www.nbcnews.com)
Video essayist James Somerton was among several people Harris Brewis, known as “hbomberguy” on YouTube, called out in a viral video.
These Oklahomans Needed Mental Health Care. Instead, They Died in Jail. (oklahomawatch.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/these-oklahomans-needed-mental-…
California set to become 2nd state to OK rules for turning wastewater into drinking (abcnews.go.com)
California regulators have approved new rules to let water agencies recycle wastewater and put it right back into the pipes that carry drinking water to homes, schools and businesses...
YouTube mom Ruby Franke pleads guilty in child abuse case (abcnews.go.com)
Afghanistan: 'Tea is sometimes all I have to give my hungry baby' (www.bbc.com)
Sohaila is a widow. She has six children, her youngest a 15-month-old girl named Husna Fakeeri. The tea that Sohaila refers to is what’s traditionally drunk in Afghanistan, made with green leaves and hot water, without any milk or sugar. It contains nothing that’s of any nutritional value for her baby....
Kate Cox’s ‘hellish’ experience reveals the reality of Texas’s abortion exceptions (www.independent.co.uk)
The legal fight between Kate Cox and Texas courts over her medical emergency underscores the need for states to quickly clarify their sweeping anti-abortion laws Ariana Baio and Kelly Rissman report...
Tornados left a swath of destruction in parts of Tennessee. A baby swept up in a twister was found alive on a downed tree (www.cnn.com)
By the time the tornado siren sounded one week ago, the roof of Sydney Moore’s mobile home in Clarksville, Tennessee, had been sheared off and her 4-month-old son Lord sucked up by the twister....
Ukraine councilor detonates grenades at meeting, wounding 26, in attack captured on video (www.cbsnews.com)
Encounter with humpback whales reveals potential for nonhuman intelligence communication (phys.org)
