17-year-old alleged ‘serial swatter’ charged after police say he made threats throughout the country (edition.cnn.com)
Woman says her Kia has been stolen 3 times, even after the security upgrade (www.wafb.com)
MILWAUKEE (CNN) - A woman in Milwaukee says her Kia has been stolen three times, even after she installed a free security upgrade meant to prevent this crime from happening.
Study: Half of Renters Paid Unaffordable Rates in 2022, a Record High (truthout.org)
Thousands sign Christian petition urging bishops not to back Donald Trump (www.newsweek.com)
Where is the ice? Great Lakes ice cover is nearly non-existent and reaches 50-year record low (www.cnn.com)
A warm start to the winter season has left the Great Lakes virtually ice-free and with their lowest ice cover to kick off a new year in at least 50 years....
Judge: Amazon “cannot claim shock” that bathroom spycams were used as advertised (arstechnica.com)
After a spy camera designed to look like a towel hook was purchased on Amazon and illegally used for months to capture photos of a minor in her private bathroom, Amazon was sued....
Donald Trump's colossal admission during trial (www.newsweek.com)
Legal analysts say Trump admitted that the intent in financial representations he made was to convince lenders to loan him money.
X is officially worth less than half of what Elon Musk paid for it (www.theverge.com)
A year after he bought Twitter for $44 billion, Musk thinks the company is now worth $19 billion, a 55 percent drop....
Kanye West to Jewish Adidas employee: 'Kiss a picture of Hitler every day' (www.rawstory.com)
An explosive new investigation by the New York Times details how Adidas employees experienced frequent anti-Semitism from Grammy Award-winning rapper and Yeezy designer Kanye West for nearly a decade....
Consumer Reports finds more lead and cadmium in chocolate, urges change at Hershey (www.reuters.com)
Gulf Stream weakening now 99% certain, and ramifications will be global (www.livescience.com)
A new study has confirmed that the Gulf Stream, a crucial ocean current that helps regulate climate and sea levels, is weakening. The flow of warm water through the Florida Straits has slowed by 4% over the past four decades. This slowdown has significant implications for the world's climate, and scientists are concerned that it...
Starbucks’ CEO is out. Chipotle’s Brian Niccol is taking over (www.cnn.com)
The struggling coffee chain has tapped Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol to be its new chairman and CEO, effective September 9. Starbucks’ stock soared more than 13% in premarket trading, while Chipotle’s dipped 8%....
Court says cis students can sue to avoid sharing a restroom with trans classmates (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Kamala Harris picks Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate (www.startribune.com)
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate, wagering that a former red-district congressman with a progressive streak can help her win over working-class voters in battleground states needed to beat Donald Trump in November....
Secret Service spotted Trump rally shooter on roof 20 minutes before gunfire erupted (abcnews.go.com)
Trump assassination attempt: More than a dozen guns found at suspected shooter's home (www.nbcnewyork.com)
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House Republican Immediately Accuses Biden of Having ‘Sent the Orders’ to Kill Trump in Bizarre Post (www.mediaite.com)
Collins followed up with another tweet calling for the local county prosecutor to “immediately file charges against Joseph R. Biden for inciting an assassination.”...
"My juror": Trump believed a loyalist on the jury could save him, until the very end (www.salon.com)
Romney Says He’d ‘Have Immediately Pardoned’ Trump If He Were Biden (www.thedailybeast.com)
TikTok sues U.S. government, says ban violates First Amendment (www.cnbc.com)
About 1 in 4 US adults 50 and older who aren't yet retired expect to never retire, AARP study finds (abcnews.go.com)
About one-quarter of U.S. adults age 50 and older who are not yet retired say they expect to never retire and 70% are concerned about prices rising faster than their income, an AARP survey finds....
Trump says going to jail for gag order violation would be a 'great honor,’ compares himself to Mandela (www.cnbc.com)
Dell tells remote workers that they won’t be eligible for promotion unless they go hybrid (arstechnica.com)
Tesla is the worst-performing stock in the S&P 500 this year (qz.com)
Sotomayor says she feels ‘frustration’ daily as conservative justices move US to right (thehill.com)
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Monday she feels daily “frustration” as conservative justices move the country to the ideological right....