California Governor Newsom Proclaims State of Emergency in Southern California As Powerful Storm Makes Landfall (www.gov.ca.gov)
Georgia senate passes bill curtailing charitable bail funds for protest groups (www.theguardian.com)
Bill passed by Republican-dominated state senate may exacerbate deadly overcrowding in Fulton county jail
A child's body was found encased in concrete in Colorado as the search for 2 other kids continues (apnews.com)
A child's body was found encased in concrete in a Colorado storage unit, and Pueblo officers announced this week they are searching for two other children to determine if they are safe.
The Hobbit first edition bought for £1.50 could fetch thousands (www.bbc.co.uk)
BILBO BARGAINS!
NYC Mayor Adams Loses Showdown Over 2 Criminal Justice Bills (www.nytimes.com)
Police officers will be required to record the race, age and gender of most people they stop and solitary confinement will be banned in New York City jails after the City Council overrode Mayor Eric Adams’s veto of two criminal justice bills on Tuesday....
The U.S. Hasn't Seen Syphilis Numbers This High Since 1950 (time.com)
US marshals lure fugitive killer of Texas cyclist out of hiding with yoga ad (www.theguardian.com)
Officials give details of how Kaitlin Armstrong, convicted over murder of Anna Wilson in 2022, was arrested in Costa Rica...
A private prison health care company accused of substandard care is awarded new contract in Illinois (apnews.com)
Illinois has awarded a more than $4 billion prison medical care contract to the same company it’s used for three decades, despite multimillion-dollar lawsuits against the firm and statewide complaints alleging substandard care....
A tanker truck carrying 7,500 gallons of diesel exploded in Ohio, leaving 1 dead (www.cnn.com)
A man is dead, several northeast Ohio roads are closed and diesel has poured into a river after a tanker truck lost control and exploded Saturday morning....
Protesters Have Thrown Soup at the Glass-Protected Mona Lisa Painting (voxheadlines.com)
U.S. and China to hold high-level talks aimed at curbing the fentanyl crisis (www.nbcnews.com)
The United States and China will hold formal high-level talks in Beijing next week aimed at limiting the flow of fentanyl into the U.S., senior Chinese officials tell NBC News, resuming counternarcotics cooperation that was suspended for more than a year even as America struggles with what has been called its worst drug crisis...
Errors by Boeing at Renton plant led to Alaska Airlines MAX 9 blowout, industry source says (www.seattletimes.com)
Boeing 737 Max 9 planes can fly again after inspection, says FAA (www.independent.co.uk)
Boeing 737 Max 9 planes that have passed a new inspection process will be permitted to fly again, the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has announced....
Why are Israeli soldiers sharing snuff videos from their genocide in Gaza? (www.aljazeera.com)
Decades of impunity, for the Israeli regime as well as its criminal soldiers, has led us to this point....
Top hedge funds make record $67bn in profits for 2023 (www.theguardian.com)
Profits boom at top 20 funds including TCI, Citadel, Viking and Pershing Square thanks to rebound in stock markets...
More than 80% of tree species endemic to the Atlantic Rainforest are threatened with extinction, finds study (phys.org)
Organized crime is mining sand from rivers and coasts to feed demand worldwide, ruining ecosystems and communities (www.scientificamerican.com)
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Hospitals owned by private equity are harming patients, reports find (arstechnica.com)
Hospital ratings dive and medical errors rise when private equity firms are in charge....
A year after gaining freedom following wrongful conviction, Lamar Johnson sues St. Louis over his 28 years in prison (www.stlpr.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/a-year-after-gaining-freedom-la…
Johnson Casts Doubt on Border Deal to Unlock Ukraine Aid, Defying Biden (www.nytimes.com)
Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday dug in against President Biden’s efforts to revive stalled legislation to send aid to Ukraine, saying the Republican-led House would not entertain it unless Democrats agreed to a far more severe crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico border than they have been willing to consider....
Neil Gorsuch has a grudge against federal agencies. He holds their fate in his hands (www.cnn.com)
Anne Gorsuch, a former chief of the Environmental Protection Agency, cut a flamboyant, defiant figure in early 1980s Washington as she slashed air and water quality regulations....
How Gun Influencer Larry Vickers Used Small-Town Cops to Illegally Import Machine Guns (www.msn.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/web/20240117131414/…/ar-AA1mZOw5
Trump-linked stocks jump after former president's emphatic win in Iowa Republican contest (www.reuters.com)
Shares of Digital World Acquisition (DWAC.O), the blank check firm set to take former U.S. President Donald Trump’s social media platform public, rose on Tuesday following his victory in the first Republican contest in Iowa for 2024 presidential race. The stock rose 15% to $19.76 as the win strengthened Trump’s case that his...
Ex-President Donald Trump set to face jury over sex abuse and defamation claims (apnews.com)
After a big victory in the Iowa caucus, former President Donald Trump is expected in court Tuesday to face another legal challenge: a trial to determine how much more he owes the writer E. Jean Carroll for denying that he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s and accusing her of lying about her claims....
America is retreating from global health leadership at the worst possible time (www.vox.com)
Covid politicized public health. Now, the US might give up on saving millions of lives....
