Nepal: Twelve arrested for smuggling Nepalis into Russian army (www.bbc.com)
IDF appears to push back on ‘irresponsible’ US claim Hamas refusing to release raped hostages (www.timesofisrael.com)
The Israel Defense Forces says public discussions about the state of captives held in Gaza has moved into reckless territory, urging those responsible to knock it off....
Trump declines to rule out abusing power to seek retribution if he returns to the White House (apnews.com)
Former President Donald Trump declined to rule out abusing power if he returns to the White House after Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity asked him Tuesday to respond to growing Democratic criticism of his rhetoric....
France's parliament considers a ban on single-use e-cigarettes (apnews.com)
'Burns me to a crisp': Farmers allege link between popular herbicide paraquat and Parkinson's disease (abcnews.go.com)
Klete Keller, Olympic gold medalist swimmer, gets 6 months in home detention for Jan. 6 Capitol riot (apnews.com)
Amazon taps SpaceX for satellite launch even though Jeff Bezos has his own rocket company (www.cnn.com)
Amazon just inked a deal with chief competitor and Elon Musk-helmed SpaceX to launch internet-beaming satellites — a move that comes even as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos pursues his own space dreams with his own rocket company, Blue Origin, and as SpaceX builds its own internet constellation....
City Council in Portland, Oregon, approves $2.6M for police body cameras (apnews.com)
The City Council in Portland, Oregon, approved $2.6 million for permanent police body cameras in a unanimous vote, a crucial step toward the city no longer being among the last major U.S. police agencies without the technology....
DNC Senator Dick Durbin blocks subpoena of Epstein Flight Logs. (www.blackburn.senate.gov)
Paraguay official resigns after signing agreement with fictional country (www.theguardian.com)
A Paraguayan government official has been replaced after it was revealed that he signed a memorandum of understanding with representatives of a fugitive Indian guru’s fictional country, who also appear to have duped several other officials in the South American country....
U.S. economy was hotter than previously thought, new GDP data shows (www.axios.com)
Prosecutors charge Indian man with trying to kill sikh activist. (news.yahoo.com)
The US says it foiled an alleged plot to assassinate an American citizen in New York who advocated for a Sikh separatist state....
Tensions are bubbling up at thirsty Arizona alfalfa farms as foreign firms exploit unregulated water (apnews.com)
Indian rescuers pull out all 41 workers who were trapped in a tunnel for 17 days, minister says (apnews.com)
UTTARKASHI, India (AP) — All 41 construction workers who were trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in northern India for more than two weeks were pulled out on Tuesday, bringing an end to a drawn-out rescue mission that had grabbed the country’s attention for days.
1 student killed, 1 hospitalized in stabbing at North Carolina high school (apnews.com)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A stabbing at a North Carolina high school on Monday left one student dead and another hospitalized, officials said.
Police across Britain equipped with live facial recognition bodycams (inews.co.uk)
Court document claims Meta knowingly designed its platforms to hook kids, reports say (apnews.com)
Boston man arrested after vandalism spree that included Holocaust Memorial, Paul Revere's tombstone (www.nbcboston.com)
46-year-old Lawrence Hawkins has been charged with multiple counts of destruction of property, destruction of a place of worship and defacing a burial site, Boston police say.
Post-affirmative action, Asian American families are more stressed than ever about college admissions (www.latimes.com)
Parents who didn't grow up in the American system, and who may have moved to the U.S. in large part for their children's education, feel desperate and in-the-dark. Some shell out tens of thousands of dollars for consultants as early as junior high.
Respiratory infection clusters in China not caused by novel virus, says health ministry (www.theguardian.com)
Marty Krofft, co-creator of 'H.R. Pufnstuf' and other popular children's shows, dies at 86 (www.latimes.com)
State suspends license of former prosecutor convicted of sex crimes (iowacapitaldispatch.com)
The state of Iowa has suspended the law license of a former county prosecutor who pleaded guilty to sex crimes involving children.
The New Jersey Mayor With a Plan to End Traffic Deaths (www.bloomberg.com)
In Hoboken, Mayor Ravi Bhalla has worked to redesign city intersections, install bike lanes and slow traffic. The result? Six-plus years of no pedestrian fatalities.
Scientists detect a cosmic ray that’s almost as powerful as the ‘Oh-My-God’ particle | CNN (www.cnn.com)
The “Harvard Law Review” Refused to Run This Piece About Genocide in Gaza (www.thenation.com)
The piece was nearing publication when the journal decided against publishing it. You can read the article here.
