Republicans are redefining the word ‘equal’ in an Iowa anti-trans bill (www.theguardian.com)
Death cuts off dreams of man recently freed after 3 decades wrongfully in prison (www.chicagotribune.com)
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A Confederate general refused to surrender and fled to Mexico. Now the Texas park named for him is the center of another standoff (www.cnn.com)
Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, has become a staging ground for state forces, the epicenter of a standoff with the federal government and a stark symbol of dysfunction at the border....
US won't restore protections for wolves in Rockies, proposes national recovery plan (apnews.com)
Conservationists who say wolves remain imperiled after coming back from near-extinction last century blasted the decision, complaining that Idaho and Montana have approved increasingly aggressive wolf-killing measures including trapping, snaring and months-long hunting seasons....
US auto safety agency upgrades probe into Tesla power steering loss (news.yahoo.com)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators have upgraded their probe into Tesla vehicles over power steering loss to an engineering analysis - a required step before the agency could demand a potential recall....
Advertising agency for OxyContin agrees to pay $350 million rather than face lawsuits (www.pbs.org)
An advertising agency that helped develop marketing campaigns for OxyContin and other prescription painkillers has agreed to pay U.S. states $350 million rather than face the possibility of trials over its role in the opioid crisis, attorneys general said Thursday....
Grave peril of digital conspiracy theories: 'What happens when no one believes anything anymore?' (apnews.com)
Claims of “evidence” soon emerged: video footage on TikTok showing a beam of blinding white light, too straight to be lightning, zapping a residential neighborhood and sending flames and smoke into the sky. The video was shared many millions of times, amplified by neo-Nazis, anti-government radicals and supporters of the...
Grant program for Black women comes under tough questioning in key anti-DEI lawsuit (apnews.com)
A small venture capital firm faced tough questions from conservative judges Wednesday as it defended a grant program for Black women-owned businesses in a lawsuit that has become emblematic of a growing legal backlash against corporate diversity programs.
Toyota warns 50,000 US vehicle owners to stop driving, get immediate repairs (www.reuters.com)
WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor (7203.T) , opens new tab said on Monday it is urging the owners of 50,000 older U.S. vehicles to get immediate recall repairs because an air bag inflator could explode and potentially kill motorists....
CDC warns health care workers to be on alert for measles amid rising number of cases (abcnews.go.com)
There have been 23 confirmed cases of measles since December 2023....
Canadian cardinal temporarily steps down after lawsuit alleging abuse (news.yahoo.com)
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Cardinal Gerald Lacroix, one of the top Roman Catholic clergymen in Canada, on Friday stepped down temporarily after he was named in a class-action lawsuit against the church that alleged sexual assault....
Babies born in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ record lower birth weight, preterm births – report (www.theguardian.com)
New report shows babies born in notorious industrial corridor experience low birth weight at three times the national average...
Robitussin maker recalls several lots of cough syrup due to contamination (apnews.com)
The maker of Robitussin cough syrup is recalling several lots of products containing honey due to contamination that could pose a serious risk to people with weakened immune systems....
Report finds 93 US deaths after cosmetic surgery in Dominican Republic since 2009 (apnews.com)
U.S. health officials say 93 Americans have died after cosmetic surgery in the Dominican Republic since 2009, with many of the recent deaths involving a procedure known as a Brazilian butt lift....
A rare fungal infection is popping up in an unexpected part of the U.S. (www.nbcnews.com)
The infections typically occur in the upper Midwest and parts of the Southeast. A new study suggests the fungus’ range has expanded to Vermont....
Ex-Army soldier charged in Capitol riot was convicted of manslaughter for killing Iraqi man in 2004 (apnews.com)
A former U.S. Army soldier who was convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting a handcuffed civilian in Iraq was arrested Monday on charges that he attacked police officers with a baton during the U.S. Capitol riot three years ago....
Jury selection begins in trial of 2 men accused in murder of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay (abcnews.go.com)
Microsoft network breached through password-spraying by Russian-state hackers (arstechnica.com)
DC bar authorities file disciplinary charges against pro-Trump 2020 election lawyers (www.politico.com)
Washington, D.C., bar investigators have filed disciplinary charges against three lawyers who aided Donald Trump ally Sidney Powell’s campaign to mount discredited legal challenges to the 2020 election results....
Sources: Alabama death row left without heat for weeks, despite complaints (www.alreporter.com)
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Names of police who use deadly force could be shielded under proposed Florida law (www.tampabay.com)
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Prosecutors arrest flight attendant on suspicion of trying to record teen girl in airplane bathroom (apnews.com)
Police arrested an American Airlines flight attendant on Thursday on suspicion of trying to secretly record a 14-year-old female passenger using a bathroom aboard an airplane he was working on last September....
Walmart pay raise: Store managers, hourly workers to get wage increase, restructure store manager bonuses (www.axios.com)
'I’m not safe here': Schools ignore federal rules on restraint and seclusion (kffhealthnews.org)
Photos show blood splattered across a small bare-walled room in a North Carolina school where a second grader repeatedly punched himself in the face in the fall of 2019, according to the child’s mom....
Justice Department report into Uvalde school shooting expected this week (apnews.com)
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department is planning this week to release findings of an investigation into law enforcement’s response to the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 students and two teachers were killed....
