Boeing 737 Max 9 planes can fly again after inspection, says FAA (www.independent.co.uk)
Boeing 737 Max 9 planes that have passed a new inspection process will be permitted to fly again, the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has announced....
Why are Israeli soldiers sharing snuff videos from their genocide in Gaza? (www.aljazeera.com)
Decades of impunity, for the Israeli regime as well as its criminal soldiers, has led us to this point....
Top hedge funds make record $67bn in profits for 2023 (www.theguardian.com)
Profits boom at top 20 funds including TCI, Citadel, Viking and Pershing Square thanks to rebound in stock markets...
More than 80% of tree species endemic to the Atlantic Rainforest are threatened with extinction, finds study (phys.org)
Organized crime is mining sand from rivers and coasts to feed demand worldwide, ruining ecosystems and communities (www.scientificamerican.com)
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Hospitals owned by private equity are harming patients, reports find (arstechnica.com)
Hospital ratings dive and medical errors rise when private equity firms are in charge....
A year after gaining freedom following wrongful conviction, Lamar Johnson sues St. Louis over his 28 years in prison (www.stlpr.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/a-year-after-gaining-freedom-la…
Johnson Casts Doubt on Border Deal to Unlock Ukraine Aid, Defying Biden (www.nytimes.com)
Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday dug in against President Biden’s efforts to revive stalled legislation to send aid to Ukraine, saying the Republican-led House would not entertain it unless Democrats agreed to a far more severe crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico border than they have been willing to consider....
Neil Gorsuch has a grudge against federal agencies. He holds their fate in his hands (www.cnn.com)
Anne Gorsuch, a former chief of the Environmental Protection Agency, cut a flamboyant, defiant figure in early 1980s Washington as she slashed air and water quality regulations....
How Gun Influencer Larry Vickers Used Small-Town Cops to Illegally Import Machine Guns (www.msn.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/web/20240117131414/…/ar-AA1mZOw5
Virginia health officials warn travelers out of Dulles and Reagan airports of potential measles exposure (www.cbsnews.com)
Health officials are asking recent travelers out of two D.C. airports to proceed with caution after they may have potentially been exposed to measles....
Trump-linked stocks jump after former president's emphatic win in Iowa Republican contest (www.reuters.com)
Shares of Digital World Acquisition (DWAC.O), the blank check firm set to take former U.S. President Donald Trump’s social media platform public, rose on Tuesday following his victory in the first Republican contest in Iowa for 2024 presidential race. The stock rose 15% to $19.76 as the win strengthened Trump’s case that his...
Ex-President Donald Trump set to face jury over sex abuse and defamation claims (apnews.com)
After a big victory in the Iowa caucus, former President Donald Trump is expected in court Tuesday to face another legal challenge: a trial to determine how much more he owes the writer E. Jean Carroll for denying that he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s and accusing her of lying about her claims....
America is retreating from global health leadership at the worst possible time (www.vox.com)
Covid politicized public health. Now, the US might give up on saving millions of lives....
ESPN returns 37 Emmys, disciplines employees after a decades-long scheme is unearthed (www.yahoo.com)
I’m not into sportsball, or the Emmys for that matter, so this has me very confused. Isn’t this a scandal for the Emmys as much as it is for ESPN? If you’re giving awards to people that don’t even exist, you clearly aren’t doing any due diligence to see if they deserve the award. And did the people getting these...
U.S. Still Recording 1,500 COVID Deaths Each Week as Cases Surge Around the Globe, Greatest Surge Since Omicron Variant (www.democracynow.org)
Ohio woman who miscarried at home won't be charged with corpse abuse, grand jury decides (apnews.com)
The Trumbull County prosecutor’s office said grand jurors declined to return an indictment for abuse of a corpse against Brittany Watts, 34, of Warren, resolving a case that had sparked national attention for its implications for pregnant women as states across the country hash out new laws governing reproductive health care...
Federal lawsuit against Florida school district that banned books can move forward, judge rules (apnews.com)
A lawsuit can move forward against a Florida Panhandle school district over its removal of books about race and LGBTQ+ identities from library shelves, a federal judge ruled Wednesday....
$100M will be left for Native Hawaiian causes from the estate of an heiress considered last princess (apnews.com)
In life, Abigail Kawānanakoa embodied the complexities of Hawaii: Many considered her a princess — a descendant of the royal family that once ruled the islands....
9 arrested, accused of digging secret tunnel at synagogue in Brooklyn (vid.puffyan.us)
SEC Twitter account hacked, promotes fake Bitcoin ETF news (fortune.com)
Minnesota doctor accused of fatally poisoning wife indicted on murder charges (www.nbcnews.com)
A medical examiner determined Betty Bowman died after being poisoned by a drug that a tipster told police her husband had researched....
UK Government Blocks Woman Of Color Joining Channel 4 Board Amid Diversity Row (deadline.com)
EXCLUSIVE: The British government has blocked a woman of color from being appointed to Channel 4’s board for a third time, raising further questions about ministers meddling in media appointm…
Missouri’s top election official threatens to remove Biden from 2024 ballot (www.independent.co.uk)
‘January 6 never ended’: alarm at Trump pardon pledge for Capitol insurrectionists (www.theguardian.com)
The ex-president has said he would pardon those convicted of violence, obstructing Congress and seditious conspiracy...
