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U.S. may never know how many died in hostage rescue operation: Sullivan (www.axios.com)

An Arkansas Anti-Abortion Group Is Doxing Ballot Measure Organizers (www.jezebel.com)

Israel rescues four hostages taken in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, and 210 Palestinians are reported killed (www.thestar.com)

It Called Itself a Yoga School. Prosecutors Say It Was a Sex Cult. (www.nytimes.com)

Prosecutors say the organization exploited and drugged some of its female members, forcing them to sell their bodies and generating hundreds of thousands of dollars monthly from clients in Argentina and the United States. BAYS also ran an illicit clinic where some members were administered drugs to induce prolonged sleep,...

Thousands circle White House to demand Biden enforce Gaza ‘red line’ (www.washingtonpost.com)

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Black D-Day combat medic's long-denied medal tenderly laid on Omaha Beach where he bled, saved lives (apnews.com)

A medal richly deserved but long denied to an African American combat medic wounded on Omaha Beach in the D-Day landings was tenderly laid Friday on the hallowed sands where he saved lives and shed blood....

Businessman Tells Jury He Bribed Senator Menendez With a Mercedes-Benz (www.nytimes.com)

US officials are fighting against international human rights law—again (www.motherjones.com)

News and tech media mostly quiet after UN chief calls for ban on ads for oil and gas (www.theguardian.com)

The Guardian contacted 11 major organizations that run fossil-fuel ads after Wednesday speech by António Guterres...

Palestinian Authority to pay reduced salaries as Israel blocks funds (www.reuters.com)

RAMALLAH, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Palestinian Authority said on Tuesday it will pay public sector workers 60% of their December salaries this week as it grapples with the longrunning fallout of Israel’s refusal to transfer tax funds earmarked for Gaza....

Exclusive: Biden tells Muir US weapons will not be used to strike Moscow, Kremlin (abcnews.go.com)

Republicans block bill to protect contraception access as Democrats make election-year push (apnews.com)

Senate Republicans have blocked legislation designed to protect women’s access to contraception, arguing that the bill was just a political stunt as Democrats mount an election-year effort to put GOP senators on the record on reproductive rights issues,...

Israeli strike on Gaza school kills more than 30 people. Military claims it was being used by Hamas (www.nbcnewyork.com)

Wisconsin warden and 8 staff members charged following probes into inmate deaths (apnews.com)

Guards at Wisconsin’s oldest maximum-security prison failed to provide basic care for inmates who died on their watch, including one who died of dehydration and another who wasn’t found for at least 12 hours after he died of a stroke, authorities said Wednesday in announcing charges against the warden and eight members of...

Indiana lawmaker under investigation after staffers accuse her of ‘rage’ and ‘general toxicity’ (www.independent.co.uk)

Urged on by LGBTQ+ Activists, California Cities Weigh Stricter Smoking Rules (kffhealthnews.org)

Feds Closed a Prison Notorious for Abuse. Things Only Got Worse (www.rollingstone.com)

Trump's VP search accelerates (www.nbcnews.com)

Trump’s search, according to one source, is heavily concentrated on four top prospects: North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida, Tim Scott of South Carolina and JD Vance of Ohio. Another source described a three-way competition involving Burgum, Rubio and Vance.

Deepfake Laws Forget Sex Workers (www.404media.co)

In the seven years since I first wrote about deepfakes, before there was even a word for the AI-powered face-swapping technology, people have finally started to realize that sexually explicit deepfakes meant to harass, blackmail, threaten, or simply disregard women’s consent have always been the primary use of the...

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