Late-night shooting at popular outdoor mall in Miami suburb leaves two dead, 7 injured (www.nbcnews.com)
A shooting at a bar in a popular outdoor mall in a Miami suburb early Saturday left two dead and seven injured....
U.S. Approves $1.5 Billion Loan to Restart Michigan Nuclear Plant (www.nytimes.com)
US says UFO sightings likely secret military tests (www.bbc.co.uk)
Voters approve Pride flag ban in first-of-its-kind ballot measure in Huntington Beach CA (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Joe Biden’s disapproval rating reaches new high, according to new poll (www.theguardian.com)
The survey found that just one in four voters (24%) think the country is moving in the right direction – a key question in the run-up to a national election – and more than twice as many voters said that Biden’s policies had personally hurt them than those who said they had helped....
AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile customers hit by widespread cellular outages in U.S. (www.nbcnews.com)
Over 50,000 AT&T outages were reported at about 7 a.m. ET Thursday, with most issues reported in Houston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Atlanta, according to tracking site Downdetector....
Oklahoma police say nonbinary teen's death was not result of injuries from high school fight (apnews.com)
Police in Oklahoma say a teen who died a day after an altercation at school did not die as a result of injuries sustained in the fight.
Infamous mommy vlogger Ruby Franke sentenced to up to 60 years for child abuse (www.msnbc.com)
Ruby Franke, a once-popular online mom influencer with millions of followers, has been sentenced to four one- to 15-year terms in prison for child abuse....
US Justice Department sues over Tennessee law targeting HIV-positive people convicted of sex work (apnews.com)
The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday sued the state of Tennessee over its decades-old felony aggravated prostitution law, arguing that it illegally imposes tougher criminal penalties on people who are HIV positive....
Judge to consider whether to remove District Attorney Fani Willis from Georgia election case (apnews.com)
As soon as allegations of an inappropriate romantic relationship between Willis and attorney Nathan Wade surfaced last month, speculation about the future of the case began to swirl. Even if the prosecution isn’t derailed, the upheaval has certainly created an unwanted distraction for Willis and her team and could undermine...
Big Pharma spends billions more on executives and stockholders than on R&D (arstechnica.com)
Meta shares surge 20% on soaring profit, better-than-expected guidance and first-ever dividend (www.cnbc.com)
Meta shares jumped on Friday after profit tripled in the fourth quarter and the company issued its first-ever dividend....
The parents of a school shooter are heading to trial. The rare case could pit them against each other. (www.nbcnews.com)
James and Jennifer Crumbley face four counts of involuntary manslaughter each after their son, Ethan, killed four students at Oxford High School in 2021....
Capitol rioter who assaulted at least 6 police officers is sentenced to 5 years in prison (apnews.com)
A Florida man described by prosecutors as one of the most violent rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison, court records show....
Trump won’t commit to discouraging violence among his supporters (www.independent.co.uk)
Greenland startup begins shipping glacier ice to cocktail bars in the UAE (www.theguardian.com)
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Judge temporarily bars removal of Confederate monument from Arlington National Cemetery (thehill.com)
A federal judge on Monday temporarily barred the removal of a memorial to Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery after a push from a citizens group and some GOP lawmakers....
US agency takes first step toward requiring new vehicles to prevent drunk or impaired driving (apnews.com)
U.S. auto safety regulators say they have taken the first step toward requiring devices in vehicles that prevent drunk or impaired driving....
15 states seeing 'high' or 'very high' levels of respiratory illness: CDC (abcnews.go.com)
Respiratory illness activity is elevated or increasing across most areas of the United States, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)....
Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah killed by Israeli tank, investigation finds (www.reuters.com)
An Israeli army tank killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah and injured six other journalists in Lebanon while they were filming cross-border shelling on Oct. 13, a Reuters investigation has found....
Hunter Biden lawyer accuses prosecutors of ‘bowing to Republican pressure’ (www.theguardian.com)
Venice gondola capsizes after tourists refuse to sit down and stop taking selfies (www.theguardian.com)
Video of passengers and gondolier ending up in canal water widely shared online
1 dead, 4 injured in Las Vegas shooting of homeless: Police (abcnews.go.com)
At least one person was killed and four others wounded in a shooting at a homeless encampment in Las Vegas on Friday, police said....
Report: Border Patrol ordered to use gender neutral pronouns (sjvsun.com)
Apple, Disney and IBM to pause ads on X after antisemitic Elon Musk tweet (www.theguardian.com)
Apple will pause all its advertising on X, formerly Twitter, two days after owner Elon Musk tweeted his enthusiastic agreement with an antisemitic post....
