‘Trust Jesus’ MAGA Bus Crashes Into Pole Ahead of Staten Island Pro-Trump Rally (www.thedailybeast.com)
Neo-Nazi who protested drag shows has been arrested on child porn charges (www.advocate.com)
Joe Biden is correct that violent crime is near a 50-year low (www.poynter.org)
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'People got betrayed': Cardi B says she's not voting in the presidential election (www.msnbc.com)
Louisiana set to become 1st state requiring 10 Commandments be posted in schools (www.axios.com)
AT&T paid bribes to get two major pieces of legislation passed, US gov’t says (arstechnica.com)
Wife of U.S. soldier detained in Russia says he was having an affair, not involved in 'geopolitical intrigue' (www.nbcnews.com)
Megan Black said her husband’s trip to Russia was “ill-advised” but simply part of an extramarital affair. Black’s mother said she thought he had been set up by his girlfriend....
3 law officers killed, 5 others wounded trying to serve warrant in North Carolina, authorities say (apnews.com)
Tennessee legislature bans local cities and counties from passing their own red flag laws (www.newschannel5.com)
Late-night shooting at popular outdoor mall in Miami suburb leaves two dead, 7 injured (www.nbcnews.com)
A shooting at a bar in a popular outdoor mall in a Miami suburb early Saturday left two dead and seven injured....
U.S. Approves $1.5 Billion Loan to Restart Michigan Nuclear Plant (www.nytimes.com)
US says UFO sightings likely secret military tests (www.bbc.co.uk)
Voters approve Pride flag ban in first-of-its-kind ballot measure in Huntington Beach CA (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Joe Biden’s disapproval rating reaches new high, according to new poll (www.theguardian.com)
The survey found that just one in four voters (24%) think the country is moving in the right direction – a key question in the run-up to a national election – and more than twice as many voters said that Biden’s policies had personally hurt them than those who said they had helped....
AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile customers hit by widespread cellular outages in U.S. (www.nbcnews.com)
Over 50,000 AT&T outages were reported at about 7 a.m. ET Thursday, with most issues reported in Houston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Atlanta, according to tracking site Downdetector....
Oklahoma police say nonbinary teen's death was not result of injuries from high school fight (apnews.com)
Police in Oklahoma say a teen who died a day after an altercation at school did not die as a result of injuries sustained in the fight.
Infamous mommy vlogger Ruby Franke sentenced to up to 60 years for child abuse (www.msnbc.com)
Ruby Franke, a once-popular online mom influencer with millions of followers, has been sentenced to four one- to 15-year terms in prison for child abuse....
US Justice Department sues over Tennessee law targeting HIV-positive people convicted of sex work (apnews.com)
The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday sued the state of Tennessee over its decades-old felony aggravated prostitution law, arguing that it illegally imposes tougher criminal penalties on people who are HIV positive....
Judge to consider whether to remove District Attorney Fani Willis from Georgia election case (apnews.com)
As soon as allegations of an inappropriate romantic relationship between Willis and attorney Nathan Wade surfaced last month, speculation about the future of the case began to swirl. Even if the prosecution isn’t derailed, the upheaval has certainly created an unwanted distraction for Willis and her team and could undermine...
Big Pharma spends billions more on executives and stockholders than on R&D (arstechnica.com)
Meta shares surge 20% on soaring profit, better-than-expected guidance and first-ever dividend (www.cnbc.com)
Meta shares jumped on Friday after profit tripled in the fourth quarter and the company issued its first-ever dividend....
The parents of a school shooter are heading to trial. The rare case could pit them against each other. (www.nbcnews.com)
James and Jennifer Crumbley face four counts of involuntary manslaughter each after their son, Ethan, killed four students at Oxford High School in 2021....
Capitol rioter who assaulted at least 6 police officers is sentenced to 5 years in prison (apnews.com)
A Florida man described by prosecutors as one of the most violent rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison, court records show....