Second atmospheric river hits California amid ‘life-threatening’ flooding warning (www.theguardian.com)
Communities are still reeling from last week’s lashing as weather service warns of more ‘lengthy period of heavy rain’...
How shrinking populations fuel divisive politics: A look into the future shows the importance of immigration (www.nytimes.com)
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How Ohio Republicans ignore voters – and the governor – in power grab to pass laws (www.theguardian.com)
State’s Republicans used gerrymandering to push restrictions on trans healthcare and strict voter identification laws...
EPA proposes some ‘forever chemicals’ be considered hazardous | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Massive taxidermy polar bear stolen in bizarre Canadian heist (www.bbc.com)
Under Ken Paxton, Texas’ Elite Civil Medicaid Fraud Unit Is Falling Apart (www.propublica.org)
After the chief of the attorney general’s Civil Medicaid Fraud Division was forced out last year, two-thirds of attorneys have quit the unit, leaving it at its smallest size since Paxton took office....
Judge dismisses Disney’s lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his allies | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
CIA chief says Russia's failures in the Ukraine war have sealed its fate as 'China's economic vassal' (www.businessinsider.com)
The Russia-Ukraine war has dealt multiple setbacks to Vladimir Putin, the director of the CIA says....
House Panel Approves Impeachment Charges Against Mayorkas (www.nytimes.com)
The House Homeland Security Committee approved two articles of impeachment early Wednesday against Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, over his handling of the southwestern border, as Republicans raced forward with a partisan indictment of President Biden’s immigration policies....
Norfolk Southern is 1st big freight railway to let workers use anonymous federal safety hotline (apnews.com)
About 1,000 engineers and conductors who work for Norfolk Southern will soon be able to report safety concerns anonymously through a federal system without any fear of discipline....
Anti-Muslim incidents jump in US amid Israel-Gaza war (www.reuters.com)
China Evergrande has been ordered to liquidate. The real estate giant owes over $300 billion (apnews.com)
A Hong Kong court ordered China Evergrande, the world’s most heavily indebted real estate developer, to undergo liquidation following a failed effort to restructure $300 billion owed to banks and bondholders that fueled fears about China’s rising debt burden....
Texas scheduled to execute Ivan Cantu despite new evidence, recantation of witnesses - Liberation News (www.liberationnews.org)
A snowboarder spent 15 hours trapped in a ski gondola. She rubbed her hands and feet to keep warm (apnews.com)
A snowboarder has spent 15 hours trapped overnight inside a ski lift gondola amid freezing temperatures at a Lake Tahoe resort.
The downturns, debts, and bad vibes that broke the American Dream for Millennials (www.cnn.com)
Rachael Gambino and Garrett Mazzeo planned their financial life by the book: They went to college, paid down debt, saved aggressively, got married, bought a house, started a family. The dream....
Ostrich, endangered salamander among 100 animals found hoarded at New York home (www.nbcnewyork.com)
A tip led authorities to the family home on Tuesday, where the exotic animals were allegedly found packed in cages...
Georgia's stolen children: Twins sold at birth reunited by TikTok video (www.bbc.com)
Amy and Ano are identical twins, but just after they were born they were taken from their mother and sold to separate families. Years later, they discovered each other by chance thanks to a TV talent show and a TikTok video. As they delved into their past, they realised they were among thousands of babies in Georgia stolen from...
Proud Boys member gets six years in prison for Capitol riot after insulting judge (www.theguardian.com)
Bru has been representing himself with an attorney on standby. He has spewed anti-government rhetoric that appears to be inspired by the sovereign citizen movement. At the start of the hearing, Bru demanded that the judge and a prosecutor turn over five years of their financial records....
Biden delays consideration of new natural gas export terminals. Democrat cites risk to climate (apnews.com)
The Biden administration is delaying consideration of new natural gas export terminals in the United States, even as gas shipments to Europe and Asia have soared in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine....
BJP is more dangerous than Coronavirus, says Stalin (www.thehindu.com)
Mr. Stalin said people of “Hindi-speaking States underwent untold miseries” during the pandemic as they could not get “transport facilities to return to their hometowns.” “We had shed tears for them. They walked hundreds of kilometres. Some of them were even crushed by trains. If something is more dangerous than the...
Peter Navarro: Ex-Trump adviser sentenced for contempt of Congress (www.bbc.com)
Peter Navarro, a former senior trade adviser to Donald Trump, has been sentenced to four months in prison for contempt of Congress....
Excessively Farting Passenger Reportedly Causes American Airlines Flight to Turn Around (people.com)
US oil company ExxonMobil sues to block investors’ climate proposals (www.theguardian.com)
Boeing 737-900ER: Second model to be inspected after 737 Max 9 blowout (www.bbc.com)
Checks are to be carried out on a second Boeing aircraft model following the blowout of an unused door on one of its planes earlier this month....
Quebec Man Pleads Guilty to What He Accused the Government Of: Starting Wildfires (www.nytimes.com)
A man who pleaded guilty to setting 14 fires in 2023 also shared misinformation and conspiracy theories about wildfires and climate change....
