Biden orders US investigation of national security risks posed by Chinese-made 'smart cars' (apnews.com)
Citing potential national security risks, the Biden administration says it will investigate Chinese-made “smart cars” that can gather sensitive information about Americans driving them....
‘Why are you asleep?’ Rahul Gandhi pleads with India’s low castes to vote out Modi (www.theguardian.com)
A college is removing its vending machines after a student discovered they were using facial-recognition technology (www.businessinsider.com)
The University of Waterloo is expected to remove smart vending machines from its campus....
Officials warn of environmental disaster after attack on cargo ship in Red Sea causes oil slick (www.pbs.org)
An attack by Yemeni Houthi rebels on a Belize-flagged ship earlier this month caused an 18-mile (29-kilometer) oil slick, the U.S. military said Saturday....
US should block cheap Chinese auto imports from Mexico, US makers say (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. government should block the import of low-cost Chinese autos and parts from Mexico, a U.S. manufacturing advocacy group said on Friday, warning they could threaten the viability of American car companies.
CNN reporter: Biden camp focusing on ‘crazy shit that Trump says’ (thehill.com)
A CNN reporter used profane language during a live report Tuesday about President Biden’s campaign strategy as his campaign looks ahead to a potential general election showdown with former President Trump....
The US vetoes an Arab-backed UN resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza (apnews.com)
The United States vetoed an Arab-backed U.N. resolution Tuesday demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in the embattled Gaza Strip....
A loophole got him a free New York hotel stay for five years. Then he claimed to own the building (apnews.com)
For five years, a New York City man managed to live rent-free in a landmark Manhattan hotel by exploiting an obscure local housing law....
Parents fuming after Montreal-area teacher allegedly lists students' art for sale online (montreal.ctvnews.ca)
The weirdest part of this is it isn’t even good art. It’s the sort of art you would expect from 12-year-old junior high students....
Some Americans have become saddled with credit card debt as rent and everyday prices remain high (apnews.com)
While the U.S. economy is broadly healthy, pockets of Americans have run through their savings and run up their credit card balances after battling inflation for more than two years....
Lauren Boebert brutally mocked by Republican at congressional dinner (www.newsweek.com)
Religious trauma still haunts millions of LGBTQ Americans (www.nbcnews.com)
Some mental health experts are advocating for religious trauma to be considered an official disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders....
Special monitor suggests Trump falsified disclosures over $48 million loan in what could be tax evasion, report says (www.businessinsider.com)
A court-appointed monitor in Trump’s fraud case said his company filed disclosures with "errors."...
Measles is “growing global threat,” CDC tells doctors in alert message (arstechnica.com)
Florida advances law banning children under 16 from using social media (www.theguardian.com)
Bill would prohibit teenagers from creating an account, and is now headed to the state’s Republican-controlled senate...
Suspect dead in Texas after 8 people are killed at 3 locations in Joliet, Illinois (www.cbsnews.com)
US government rejects complaint that woman was improperly denied an emergency abortion in Oklahoma (apnews.com)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says an Oklahoma hospital did not violate federal law when doctors told a woman with a nonviable pregnancy to wait in the parking lot until her condition worsened enough to qualify for an abortion under the state’s strict ban....
American Debt: Auto Loan Balances Hit Record $1.6 Trillion in Q3 2023 (www.investopedia.com)
Millions of Americans face below-zero temperatures as storms bring blast of Arctic air, snow and ice (apnews.com)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Subfreezing temperatures across much of the U.S. left millions of Americans facing dangerous cold as Arctic storms left four dead and knocked out electricity to tens of thousands in the Northwest, brought snow to the South, and walloped the Northeast with blizzard conditions that forced the postponement...
Milwaukee kindergartner left behind on school bus, found honking horn Monday night (www.jsonline.com)
Police said the student was physically unharmed.
Inmate's organs, including brain, missing from decomposing body; second case in last month (abc3340.com)
ABC 33/40 News has obtained court documents revealing another case of a deceased Alabama inmate's body found missing organs. The body of Charles Edward Singleton was returned to his family missing all organs including his brain.