Republicans will no longer get to handpick their judges when they sue Biden (www.vox.com)
The federal judiciary’s new rules target “judge shopping.” That’s terrible news for Matthew Kacsmaryk and other partisan judges....
House Bill 500 Takes Away Kentucky Workers’ Lunch and Rest Breaks and Cuts Their Pay (kypolicy.org)
House Bill (HB) 500, which is to be heard in the House Small Business and Information Technology Committee Wednesday, would take away Kentucky workers’ rights to lunch and rest breaks at work and would eliminate pay protections, including for time spent traveling to and from a job site during work hours. It is an assault on...
Jury finds NRA and Wayne LaPierre liable in civil corruption trial (www.nbcnews.com)
Pauses on embryo transfers out of Alabama leave IVF patients with few options (www.nbcnews.com)
Some fertility clinics and transport services are worried about shipping embryos following the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that embryos are children....
Sultan: Girl Scouts threaten legal action over troop's fundraiser for children in Gaza (www.stltoday.com)
The Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri sent an email and said members could not raise money that represents “partisan politics” and must “stay neutral.”
Fearing prosecution, UAB pauses in vitro fertilization after Alabama embryo court ruling (www.al.com)
Speaker Mike Johnson faces critical decision on Ukraine aid as international pressure grows to act (www.cnn.com)
Speaker Mike Johnson is facing international criticism over his lack of swift action on Ukraine aid, which is ratcheting up pressure to make a critical decision that will not only have massive implications for his rookie speakership but also for Ukraine’s ongoing war effort against Russia....
Young adults are getting used to living on a financial cliff (www.nbcnews.com)
Billionaire Soros to Become Biggest Stockholder in US Radio Company (www.bloomberg.com)
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US Senate advances $95 bln Ukraine, Israel aid bill after failed border deal (www.reuters.com)
A $95.34 billion bill that includes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan advanced in the U.S. Senate on Thursday after Republicans blocked compromise legislation that included a long-sought overhaul of immigration policy....
Family of Black girls handcuffed by Colorado police, held at gunpoint reach $1.9 million settlement (apnews.com)
The 6-year-old Lovely watched as her mother, Brittney Gilliam, was led to a patrol car in handcuffs after she shouted in frustration at the police, who mistakenly believed the car she was driving was stolen....
How one state is tackling homelessness by turning abandoned buildings into shelters (abcnews.go.com)
The U.S. saw a 12% increase in homelessness in 2023, a recent HUD report found....
Brianna Ghey's killers given life sentences for brutal murder (www.bbc.com)
Brianna Ghey’s killers have been given life sentences for her “brutal, planned and sadistic” murder....
UPS delivers 12,000 job cuts to white-collar management months after historic deal for unionized drivers—yet another sign the pendulum is swinging toward blue-collar workers (fortune.com)
Ohio could begin nitrogen gas executions under bill backed by state’s Republican attorney general (english.elpais.com)
E. Jean Carroll says she plans to use $83 million on 'something Donald Trump hates' (abcnews.go.com)
Florida could deploy state guard to Texas border under new bill (www.newsweek.com)
The U.S. just sold its helium stockpile. Here’s why the medical world is worried. (www.nbcnews.com)
Why China poses a growing threat to the U.S. auto industry (www.cnbc.com)
Chinese automakers pose a growing threat to their American counterparts — even without selling directly to consumers in the U.S. market....
Almost 25% of American hiring managers don’t want to advance Jewish people in hiring processes, alarming survey on workplace antisemitism finds (fortune.com)
Across American culture, politics, and even business, expressions of antisemitism have grown louder in recent years. It’s not just high profile statements made by the rapper Ye and basketball star Kyrie Irving or politicians increasingly cozying up to White supremacist groups. Incidents of antisemitic harassment, vandalism and...
Netanyahu Rebuffs U.S. Calls to Start Working Toward Palestinian Statehood (www.nytimes.com)
The Biden administration and the Israeli government diverge sharply over how Gaza should be governed when the war ends....
Frenchman handed jail sentence after wife finds him sexually assaulting a chicken (www.thelocal.fr)
A Frenchman has been given a three-month suspended prison sentence after he was caught red-handed and no doubt red-faced by his wife as he sexually assaulted one of his chickens.
Man arrested after allegedly planning to bomb Satanic Temple in Salem (www.boston.com)
According to a Jan. 12 press release by the Salem Police Department, 30-year-old Luke Isaac Terpstra was arrested and charged with possession of bombs with unlawful intent, after an investigation by the Grant Police Department in Michigan....
White teacher accused of classroom noose display claims she’s victim of racial discrimination (www.independent.co.uk)
A white New York school teacher allegedly accused of putting up a racially offensive image in a classroom claims she was a victim of racial discrimination herself....
Texas blocks federal border agents from processing migrants in Eagle Pass public park (www.cbsnews.com)
Texas state officials this week abruptly blocked federal U.S. Border Patrol agents from entering and patrolling a public area in the border town of Eagle Pass where they typically first encounter migrants who cross the Rio Grande illegally, two U.S. officials told CBS News on Thursday....
