North Korea’s Kim gifted car by Russia’s Putin, state media says - Aljazeera (www.aljazeera.com)
Big, dead satellite will crash back to Earth next week (earthsky.org)
Netanyahu dismisses election calls as thousands protest in Tel Aviv (ca.news.yahoo.com)
Netanyahu has seen his popularity plummet in opinion polls since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack that sparked the devastating war in Gaza....
Federal judge blocks Houston from citing Food Not Bombs volunteers (www.chron.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/houston-food-not-bombs-18669182…
Republican warning of 'national security threat' is about Russia wanting nuke in space: Sources (abcnews.go.com)
Trader Joe’s Appeals Dismissal Of Its Bullshit Trademark Suit Against Its Employees’ Union (www.techdirt.com)
Elderly Alaska man is first reported person to die of recently discovered Alaskapox virus (apnews.com)
Alaska state health officials say an elderly man has died from Alaskapox. It's the first known fatality from the recently discovered virus.
Paramount Global Laying Off 800 Employees as CEO Bakish Cites Need to Cut Costs (variety.com)
Paramount Global, amid a swirl of M&A discussions, is laying off about 800 employees worldwide — an estimated 3% of its headcount — as it looks to trim costs....
The US now has an 85% chance of recession in 2024, the highest probability since the Great Financial Crisis, economist David Rosenberg says (www.businessinsider.com)
Donna Summer Estate Says Kanye West Used ‘I Feel Love’ Without Permission on ‘Vultures 1’ Track (www.billboard.com)
Pro Sports in Las Vegas Aren’t Cheered by Everyone: The Super Bowl will be played at Allegiant Stadium, which received $750 million in public subsidies (www.nytimes.com)
The Super Bowl will be played at Allegiant Stadium, which received $750 million in public subsidies even as the city’s schools and other services have gone wanting....
Next-Generation Spaceplanes Are the Cutting-Edge Evolution of the Space Shuttle Dream (gizmodo.com)
Some college students find it harder to vote under new Republican laws: In Ohio, new election legislation championed by the GOP as a way to deter fraud has caused confusion on campuses (www.washingtonpost.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/college-student-voting-campuses…
Summer Has Long Stressed Electric Grids. Now Winter Does, Too. (www.nytimes.com)
Electric utilities, which designed their system to meet peak demand in sizzling weather, are straining to keep up during the cold....
Outrage over Bigotry, Islamophobia in Wall Street Journal and New York Times (www.commondreams.org)
The nation’s leading newspapers were under fire this weekend after publishing opinion pieces seen as “Bigoted,” “Islamophobic,” “Racist,” and “Reckless.”...
‘If Instagram didn’t exist, it wouldn’t have happened’: a mother’s search for her trafficked daughter (www.theguardian.com)
Four years after Robyn Cory’s daughter was groomed at 15 on Meta’s platform and sold for sex by a gang, she is still missing...
Mayorkas is driven by his own understanding of the immigrant experience. Many in GOP want him gone (www.independent.co.uk)
Supporters of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says he brings a prosecutor’s tenacity and a personal understanding of the immigrant experience in America to the job of running the sprawling agency...
South Dakota tribe bans governor from reservation over US-Mexico border remarks (apnews.com)
“Due to the safety of the Oyate, effective immediately, you are hereby Banished from the homelands of the Oglala Sioux Tribe!” Tribe President Frank Star Comes Out said in a Friday statement addressed to Noem. “Oyate” is a word for people or nation....
Doctors fighting US opioid epidemic say insurance barrier impedes treatment (www.theguardian.com)
Prior authorization requires permission to be sought before prescribing critical drugs, which could cost lives, doctors say...
Biden says he has decided US response to Jordan drone attack (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden has said he has decided how to respond to a drone strike in northern Jordan which killed three American soldiers and wounded dozens more, as the Iran-backed militia that Washington blamed for the attack said it had suspended anti-US operations....
Palestinians are eating grass and drinking polluted water as famine looms across Gaza (www.cnn.com)
A city of 710,000 struggles to cope with 40,000 migrant arrivals (www.nbcnews.com)
Starting Feb. 5, Denver will start limiting the number of days migrants can stay in shelters and sending those who exceed their stay out onto the streets....
Tesla recalling nearly 200,000 vehicles because software glitch can cause backup camera to go dark (apnews.com)
The recall covers certain Models Y, S and X from the 2023 model year. All are equipped with “Full Self-Driving” computer 4.0 and run software version 2023.44.30 through 2023.44.30.6 or 2023.44.100....
Texas continues to block federal officials from border town park (youtu.be)
Who invented butter chicken? Indian judge to rule in dispute over global favorite (www.nbcnews.com)
Two Indian restaurant chains are battling it out in court over claims to the dish’s origins....
