Trump Claims Stock Market Will ‘Crash’ While Fox News Ticker Shows Massive Market Gains On Screen (www.mediaite.com)
Oklahoma, Alabama Now Have AI-Powered Vending Machines That Sell Bullets (gizmodo.com)
'Black Americans for Trump' event a 'major bust' that featured 'a sea of white people' (www.rawstory.com)
Tech company fined by DOJ over ‘whites only’ job posting (www.independent.co.uk)
In March 2023, a recruiter for Arthur Grand Technologies posted a job advertisement looking for ‘US Born Citizens [white] who are local within 60 miles from Dallas, TX [Don’t share with candidates]’...
Sky voice actor says nobody ever compared her to ScarJo before OpenAI drama (arstechnica.com)
OpenAl is sticking to its story that it never intended to copy Scarlett Johansson’s voice when seeking an actor for ChatGPT’s “Sky” voice mode....
Tesla recalls Cybertrucks over accelerator crash risk (www.bbc.com)
Tesla, the electric car company owned by Elon Musk, has recalled thousands of its new Cybertrucks over safety concerns....
Justice Clarence Thomas misses Supreme Court arguments (www.nbcnews.com)
The conservative justice was not present for oral arguments on Monday, but the court did not provide a reason why....
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)
Multiple Jan. 6 fugitives arrested at Florida ranch 3 years after Capitol attack: FBI (abcnews.go.com)
Three Jan. 6 suspects were arrested at a ranch in Florida on Saturday, the FBI said – including one who has been sought ever since the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol and two who never showed up for trial, court records show....
LGBTQ+ Population in the U.S. Grows by Over 2 Million (news.yahoo.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....
Starbucks' new CEO will supercommute 1,000 miles from California to Seattle (www.nbcnews.com)
Newly appointed Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol won’t be required to relocate to the company’s headquarters in Seattle when he joins the coffee giant next month....
Locking up items to deter shoplifting is pushing shoppers online (www.axios.com)
Harris Taunts Trump After He Backs Out of Debates (www.rollingstone.com)
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Rep. Adam Schiff calls on Biden to withdraw from the presidential race (www.nbcnews.com)
Clarence Thomas Took Free Yacht Trip to Russia, Chopper Flight to Putin’s Hometown: Dems (www.thedailybeast.com)
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....
