Reno Is Beating the Odds in Solving Homelessness (www.wsj.com)
Number of unsheltered dropped by more than half in this Nevada city after large tent to house its homeless was built...
Netanyahu says Israel will retain open-ended control of security in Gaza long after war with Hamas (apnews.com)
Home near Washington DC explodes as police surround armed suspect (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Companies say they're closing in on nuclear fusion as an energy source. Will it work? (www.npr.org)
For decades, government scientists have toiled away trying to make nuclear fusion work. Will commercial companies sprint to the finish?
Manosphere grifters misuse evolutionary psychology to promote anti-feminist views (boingboing.net)
New research in the journal Evolutionary Human Sciences, from University of Kent researchers Louis Bachaud and Sarah Johns, explores how members of various manosphere communities (think Andrew Tate and his ilk) misuse research and concepts from evolutionary psychology to bolster their own misogynistic views.
The Arctic permafrost is 1,000 years old. As it thaws, scientists worry what it might unleash (www.usatoday.com)
Russia Moves to Ban International LGBT Movement as Extremist (www.wsj.com)
Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water (www.freethink.com)
MIT engineers and collaborators developed a solar-powered device that avoids salt-clogging issues of other designs.
Highly pathogenic avian flu detected at Alabama chicken farm, nearly 48K birds killed (apnews.com)
After confirming the presence of highly pathogenic avian flu in a flock of chickens, nearly 48,000 birds were killed at a north Alabama farm, state agriculture officials said....
Before and after satellite images show destruction in Gaza (www.cnn.com)
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It's Day 20 with no House speaker, and lower-level names seek Trump's support and race for the gavel (apnews.com)
Republicans gathered late in the evening to hear quick speeches from the congressmen seeking the job, though none has a clear shot at the gavel. Eight candidates are in the running for one speaker after one dropped out. Behind closed doors, they made their elevator pitches to colleagues ahead of internal party voting....
Why Egypt and other Arab countries are unwilling to take in Palestinian refugees from Gaza (apnews.com)
The two countries, which flank Israel on opposite sides and share borders with Gaza and the occupied West Bank, respectively, have replied with a staunch refusal. Jordan already has a large Palestinian population....
Trump vows to expand Muslim ban and bar Gaza refugees if he wins presidency (www.theguardian.com)
Sex education classes often don't include LGBTQ+ students. New restrictions could make it worse (apnews.com)
In fifth grade, Stella Gage’s class watched a video about puberty. In ninth grade, a few sessions of her health class were dedicated to the risks of sexual behaviors....
Arizona moves to end Saudi farm's controversial groundwater deals to grow, export alfalfa (www.azcentral.com)
Gov. Katie Hobbs’ administration on Monday announced two steps to stop a controversial Saudi Arabian company from using groundwater beneath state land in western Arizona to grow and export alfalfa....
‘Unprecedented’ theft contributed to $112 billion in retail losses last year (www.seattletimes.com)
Biden makes a historic trip to Michigan to walk the picket line to show solidarity with striking UAW -- and counter Trump (www.cnn.com)
President Joe Biden is set to join members of the United Auto Workers union Tuesday in Wayne County, Michigan, walking the picket line on the eve of a visit from former President Donald Trump....
Arkansas officials say person dies after brain-eating amoeba infection, likely exposed at splash pad (apnews.com)
Fauci defends masking as COVID cases rise: ‘I would hope’ people abide by recommendations (thehill.com)
5 family members found dead in Ohio home in apparent quadruple murder-suicide (www.nbcnews.com)
Five family members, including three kids, were found dead in an Ohio home Thursday evening in what police are calling a “domestic dispute that turned deadly,” according to a news release....
FBI called in after ‘racially motivated’ Florida shooting kills three Black people (www.theguardian.com)
Federal authorities open civil rights investigation as Jacksonville sheriff says Dollar General shooter ‘hated Black people’ and left manifestos
Alabama wants to be the 1st state to execute a prisoner by making him breathe only nitrogen (apnews.com)
Giuliani mugshot released as Meadows and Clark lose attempts to block arrest (www.theguardian.com)
'This Is B.S.': GOP Candidates Slam RNC After Failing To Make Debate (news.yahoo.com)
Four Republican backbencher candidates who failed to qualify for the first 2024 GOP presidential debate this week slammed the Republican National Committee over its rules, with multiple contenders calling them “rigged.”
Teen sent 'hobo hunting' text before killing homeless woman with pellet gun: prosecutors (www.rawstory.com)
Prosecutors say that 18-year-old William Innes, who was charged with first-degree murder in the killing of 68-year-old Annette Pershal, sent the text to a group that includes his co-defendant, 19-year-old Ryan Hopkins, reported KNSD-TV.
