Hamas Horror Exposed: UN Team Confirms says incidents of rape and Knives Shuffled into Genitals occurred during Hamas attack on Israel (shorturl.at)
First over-the-counter birth control pill in US begins shipping to stores (www.thecanadianpressnews.ca)
Canadian Military Buying $43 Million Of Israeli Missiles Used In Gaza Attacks (www.readthemaple.com)
With trash bins now required in NYC, only the rats are sorry to see the garbage piles go (apnews.com)
NYC finally joins the 21st century....
Comedian Richard Lewis dies at 76 (deadline.com)
Supreme Court weighs free speech challenges to GOP-backed social media restrictions (www.nbcnews.com)
Laws enacted in Texas and Florida would restrict social media companies’ ability to decide what user content they wish to publish....
A housing shortage is testing Oregon's pioneering land use law. Lawmakers are poised to tweak it (apnews.com)
A severe lack of affordable housing has prompted Oregon lawmakers to consider chipping away at a 1970s law that made the state a national leader in leveraging land use policy to prevent suburban sprawl and conserve nature and agriculture....
A Marketplace of Girl Influencers Managed by Moms and Stalked by Men (www.nytimes.com)
Seeking social media stardom for their underage daughters, mothers post images of them on Instagram. The accounts draw men sexually attracted to children, and they sometimes pay to see more....
Alabama IVF ruling puts spotlight on state plans for tax breaks and child support for fetuses (apnews.com)
The recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are legally protected children is highlighting how support for the idea that a fetus should have the same rights as a person underpins far less dramatic laws and proposals from abortion foes across the U.S....
Wisconsin ethics panel recommends felony charges against Trump fundraising committee, lawmaker (www.pbs.org)
The commission alleges that Trump’s fundraising committee and state Rep. Janel Brandtjen, a Trump ally, conspired in a scheme to evade campaign finance laws to support the Republican primary challenger to [state House Speaker equivalent, Robin Vos] in 2022....
Circuit court blocks judge's decision to release white supremacist for being 'selectively prosecuted' (abcnews.go.com)
A federal appeals court panel on Thursday moved to stay a district judge’s order that cleared the release of an alleged leader of a white supremacist organization who had previously fled the U.S. to evade prosecution....
ABC News: Ukraine could face 'catastrophic' arms shortage within weeks, US officials say (kyivindependent.com)
Japanese mafia boss conspired to traffic nuclear materials, says US (www.bbc.com)
Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, allegedly tried to sell material he believed would go to Iran to build a nuclear bomb.
Ghost gun manufacturer agrees to stop sales to Maryland residents (apnews.com)
A leading manufacturer of ghost guns has agreed to stop selling its untraceable, unassembled firearms to Maryland residents under a settlement agreement announced Wednesday by the city of Baltimore....
Indian courts can't prosecute non-Indian drug suspects. Tribes say it's a problem (wamu.org)
As fentanyl addiction and overdose deaths ravage Native American communities, some tribal leaders want Indian law enforcement to take drug enforcement more into their own hands....
US wholesale inflation accelerated in January in latest sign that prices picked up last month (apnews.com)
Science experiment gone wrong sends 18 students, teacher to Tennessee hospital (abcnews.go.com)
A science experiment gone wrong at a Tennessee elementary school sent 18 students and a teacher to the hospital on Friday, officials said....
Woman's corpse and 30 cremated remains found after ex-funeral home owner gets evicted from house (apnews.com)
The grisly discovery occurred Feb. 6 during a court-ordered eviction of a Denver house rented by 33-year-old Miles Harford, who owned Apollo Funeral and Cremation Services in the Denver suburb of Littleton, Denver police said. It had been closed since September 2022....
AI ‘Aggro-rithms’ target boys with harmful content within 60s (www.vodafone.co.uk)
Colorado AG sues to block merger between parent companies of King Soopers and Safeway [Albertsons & Kroger] (coloradosun.com)
After hosting town halls across the state, AG Phil Weiser said the merger would result in “higher prices, worse customer service”...
Fani Willis: Defiant Georgia prosecutor fights to stay on Trump case (www.bbc.com)
Waymo recalls software after two self-driving cars hit the same truck (www.cnn.com)
Greece legalises same-sex marriage (www.bbc.com)
Congrats to everyone affected in Greece!
A $36 million Mega Millions ticket was sold at a Florida grocery store. No one claimed it (www.cnn.com)
A missed deadline last weekend means someone in Florida lost out on $36 million....
Maine police defend search for gunman who killed 18 last fall, saying they feared an ambush (apnews.com)
Maine state police on Thursday defended their search last fall for a gunman who had just killed 18 people, saying they didn’t rush to search woods surrounding his abandoned car because they feared a late-night ambush....
