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Idaho halts execution by lethal injection after 8 failed attempts to insert IV line (www.aol.com)

Black women are six times more likely to be killed than white women, data reveals (www.nbcnews.com)

The paper included a decade’s worth of data from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention among Black women ages 25 to 44 across 30 states....

An affordability crisis is making some young Americans give up on ever owning a home (www.cnn.com)

Americans are living through the toughest housing market in a generation and, for some young people, the quintessential dream of owning a home is slipping away....

Donald Trump storms out of closing arguments in E Jean Carroll trial (www.independent.co.uk)

The U.S. economy grew at a 3.3% pace in the fourth quarter, much better than expected (www.cnbc.com)

Pope says priests can bless same-sex unions, requests should not be subject to moral analysis (apnews.com)

Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, with a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God’s love and mercy shouldn’t be subject to “an exhaustive moral analysis” to receive it.

South Korean Farmers Threaten to Release 2 Million Dogs in Protest of Dog Meat Ban (time.com)

Credit card users paid $130 billion in fees, interest in 2022, federal watchdog says (www.cnbc.com)

California governor vetoes bill that would have banned caste discrimination (apnews.com)

Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Saturday that would have made California the first U.S. state to outlaw caste-based discrimination....

Kevin McCarthy directs House to open impeachment inquiry into Biden (www.washingtonpost.com)

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Tuesday he is directing House committees to open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, amid pressure from some hard-right members of the Republican caucus to do so....

Why are CEOs still so intent on taking worker attendance? (www.bbc.com)

Google and JPMorgan have each told staff that office attendance will be factored into performance evaluations. The US law firm Davis Polk informed employees that fewer days in the office would result in lower bonuses. And Meta and Amazon both told employees they’re now monitoring badge swipes, with potential consequences for...

One of Louisiana’s only pediatric cardiologists has left the state over anti-LGBTQ legislation (www.cnn.com)

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Police say University of South Carolina student fatally shot while trying to enter wrong home (apnews.com)

A University of South Carolina student was shot and killed as he apparently tried to enter the wrong home on his off-campus street early on Saturday, police said....

Georgia teacher fired after reading book on gender to fifth-grade class (www.washingtonpost.com)

A decision to fire an elementary school teacher from Georgia has been upheld, after she read a children’s book on gender identity to her fifth-grade class earlier this year....

World chess federation bars transgender women from competing in women's events (apnews.com)

The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for females until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials.

WATCH: Man in giant inflatable Trump costume taunts former president outside DC courthouse (www.rawstory.com)

The anti-Trump protester arrived at the Prettyman federal courthouse in Washington D.C. and proceeded to start begging bystanders to help him escape a prison sentence for his alleged conspiracy to defraud the United States and illegally remain in power after losing the 2020 election to President Joe Biden.

Clarence Thomas Took Free Yacht Trip to Russia, Chopper Flight to Putin’s Hometown: Dems (www.thedailybeast.com)

Thanks to a $1 billion gift, most Johns Hopkins medical students will no longer pay tuition (apnews.com)

Most medical students at Johns Hopkins University will no longer pay tuition thanks to a $1 billion gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies announced Monday....

Americans Show Heightened Concern About Antisemitism (news.gallup.com)

He flipped off a trooper and got charged. Now Vermont is on the hook for $175,000 (apnews.com)

Vermont has agreed to pay $175,000 to settle a lawsuit on behalf of a man who was charged with a crime for giving a state trooper the middle finger in 2018, the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday....

Texas professors want to use abortion ban to punish students for "consensual sexual intercourse" (www.salon.com)

“Along with their anger about abortion, they grouse about not being allowed to punish students “for being homosexual or transgender.” They also argue they should be able to penalize teaching assistants for “cross-dressing,” by which they appear to mean allowing trans women to wear skirts.”

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