How common are earthquakes on the East Coast? Small explosions reported after NYC quake (www.usatoday.com)
Gas prices fall under 3 bucks a gallon at majority of U.S. stations (www.cbsnews.com)
Menendez Faces a New Accusation: Aiding the Qatari Government (www.nytimes.com)
Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey — already accused of using his political influence to benefit Egypt — was newly charged on Tuesday with using his power to help the government of Qatar....
Child Care Gaps in Rural America Threaten to Undercut Small Communities (kffhealthnews.org)
Candy Murnion remembers vividly the event that pushed her to open her first day care business in Jordan, a town of fewer than 400 residents in a sea of grassland in eastern Montana....
Ex-gang leader makes his bid in Las Vegas court for house arrest before trial in Tupac Shakur case (apnews.com)
A former Los Angeles-area gang leader charged with killing hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas plans to ask a judge on Tuesday to release him to house arrest ahead of the trial in June....
December migrant surge at Southern border largest in more than two decades as mayors call for action (www.cnn.com)
A new surge of migrants at the US-Mexico border is overwhelming already-stretched resources and prompting urgent talks with Mexican officials as December border crossings reached a record monthly high....
US to bring back aircraft carrier from eastern Mediterranean (abcnews.go.com)
The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group will leave the eastern Mediterranean Sea, where it was sent just after the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October, in the “coming days,” two U.S. officials tell ABC News....
Israel says war in Gaza expected to continue throughout 2024 (www.bbc.com)
In a new year’s message, Israel Defence Forces spokesman Daniel Hagari said troop deployments were being adjusted to prepare for “prolonged fighting”....
Sources say 8-9 died at RRMC from drug diversion (kobi5.com)
MEDFORD, Ore. – Sources say several Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center patients are dead and police are now conducting a criminal investigation....
Embezzlement of Oregon weekly newspaper's funds forces it to lay off entire staff and halt print (web.archive.org)
About a week before Christmas, the Eugene Weekly found inaccuracies in its bookkeeping, editor Camilla Mortensen said. It discovered that a former employee who was “heavily involved” with the paper’s finances had used its bank account to pay themselves $90,000 since at least 2022, she said....
Nasa mission lines up to 'touch the Sun' (www.bbc.com)
It promises to be a remarkable moment in the history of space exploration....
Judge blocks most of an Iowa law banning some school library books and discussion of LGBTQ+ issues (apnews.com)
A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked key parts of an Iowa law that bans some books from school libraries and forbids teachers from raising LGBTQ+ issues....
Missouri school board to reinstate Black history classes with new curriculum (apnews.com)
Students at a suburban St. Louis school district can continue to take elective Black history courses, school leaders announced Thursday in a reversal of a vote last week by the conservative-led school board to end the classes....
Huge waves damage homes, cause injuries along California coast (www.latimes.com)
California’s first huge swells of the winter are wreaking havoc on the state’s coastline as an incoming atmospheric river storm forces evacuations amid flooding of beach and coastal roads....
Social media platforms generate billions in annual ad revenue from US youth: Study (phys.org)
Google agrees to settle Chrome incognito mode class action lawsuit (arstechnica.com)
China's Alibaba must face a US toymaker's lawsuit over sales of allegedly fake Squishmallows (apnews.com)
A judge in New York has ruled that Alibaba must face a lawsuit by a U.S. toymaker alleging that the Chinese ecommerce giant’s online platforms were used to sell counterfeit Squishmallows....
Colorado Republicans appeal to supreme court after Trump disqualified from state ballot (www.theguardian.com)
Former president and frontrunner for Republican 2024 presidential nomination also expected to file own appeal...
Apple can temporarily sell smartwatches after US appeals court win (www.reuters.com)
Fishermen find driver trapped in truck for six days in Indiana (www.bbc.com)
Mario Garcia and son-in-law Nivardo De La Torre had been killing time while waiting for their wives, police say....
'Parasite' actor Lee Sun-kyun found dead in apparent suicide amid drug probe (m.koreatimes.co.kr)
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'Jane Roe' is anonymous no more. The very public fight against abortion bans in 2023 (www.kuow.org)
As 2023 comes to a close, so too does the first full year of the post-Roe era in America. Some of the year’s developments were expected, like more conservative states enacting abortion restrictions. Others were surprising, like the fact that there were more abortions nationally in the year after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s...
Amazon, Starbucks worker unions are in limbo, even as UAW and others triumph (www.mprnews.org)
It was a triumphant year for workers. Part-time UPS drivers got 55% raises. Airline pilots 40%. And auto workers landed a 25% increase in pay plus additional cost of living adjustments. The wins were widespread, from Hollywood actors to nurses....
Deported by US, arrested in Venezuela: One family's saga highlights Biden's migration challenge (apnews.com)
Pedro Naranjo idolized his father growing up and followed him into the Venezuelan air force to fly helicopters. So deep was their bond that when the older Naranjo feared being jailed for plotting against Nicolás Maduro’s socialist government, father and son fled to the United States together....
Are you looking the top advertising companies in Delhi (sh.itjust.works)
Influencer marketing has emerged as major areas of strength for an in the mechanized age, allowing brands to connect with their interest bunches through trusted and influential individuals by means of electronic entertainment stages. Noida, a growing place point for businesses in India, has seen the rising of advertising...
