‘IDK what to do’: Thousands of teen boys are being extorted in sexting scams (www.washingtonpost.com)
Federal judge won't block Medicare from negotiating drug prices (www.cnn.com)
A federal court judge in Ohio denied Friday an attempt by the US Chamber of Commerce to immediately stop the Biden administration’s implementation of Medicare’s new drug price negotiation program....
Proud Boy who disappeared ahead of his Jan. 6 sentencing was found unconscious by FBI agents at his home (apnews.com)
A member of the Proud Boys extremist group who disappeared days before he was supposed to be sentenced for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot was found unconscious by federal agents after he tried to “covertly return” to his home, the FBI said on Friday....
WHO recommends dropping component of many flu vaccines (www.statnews.com)
The WHO has recommended dropping a component of many flu vaccines because the viruses it protects against appear to have been driven into extinction in the Covid pandemic.
NavyNavy fires commanding officer of ballistic missile submarine Alabama (www.navytimes.com)
Rear Adm. Nicholas Tilbrook relieved Cmdr. Michael Lyle due to a “loss of confidence in his ability to command.”
Trump Suggests Feeding Migrants to Alligators at Overrun Border in Apparent Joke: ‘New Border Security, Will Work for Food’ (www.msn.com)
Humans Have Crossed 6 of 9 'Planetary Boundaries' (www.scientificamerican.com)
California lawmakers vote to end travel ban to states with anti-LGBTQ+ laws (apnews.com)
California may soon lift a ban on state-funded travel to states with anti-LGBTQ+ laws and instead focus on an advertising campaign to bring anti-discrimination messages to red states....
Driver intentionally hit cyclists, killing one, in brief rampage, Huntington Beach police say (www.latimes.com)
Huntington Beach police are searching for a motorist they believe intentionally struck bicyclists in three separate incidents that occurred in less than an hour Sunday evening. Two riders were injured, and the third was killed....
4 Roman-era swords discovered after 1,900 years in Dead Sea cave: "Almost in mint condition" (www.cbsnews.com)
Air Canada apologizes for booting passengers who complained that their seats were smeared with vomit (apnews.com)
Benson said workers sprayed the area with perfume to hide the smell. The passengers assigned to those seats told a flight attendant that the seat and seatbelt were wet and they could still see vomit. The attendant and a supervisor told them that the flight was full, and they would just have to sit there....
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education announces partnership with PragerU (kfor.com)
The Oklahoma State Department of Education announced an ongoing partnership with PragerU on Tuesday....
Elon Musk blames ADL for lost revenue, says he's 'against anti-Semitism of any kind' (www.nbcnews.com)
Elon Musk posted that he was against antisemitism Monday and blamed the Anti-Defamation League for lost advertising revenue since his acquisition of X, the platform formerly known as Twitter....
Police stop Nebraska man for bucking the law with a bull riding shotgun in his car (abcnews.go.com)
A car driving with a bull in it was pulled over by police in northeast Nebraska’s biggest city....
Mitch McConnell appears to freeze again while talking to reporters (www.washingtonpost.com)
A new Titanic expedition is planned. The US is fighting it, says wreck is a grave site (apnews.com)
The U.S. government is trying to stop a planned expedition to recover items of historical interest from the sunken Titanic, citing a federal law and an international agreement that treat the shipwreck as a hallowed gravesite....
Kentucky high school teens charged with "terroristic threats" after TikTok challenge (www.cbsnews.com)
Three Kentucky teens were charged with terroristic threatening after participating in a TikTok challenge, Oldham County Police said in a news statement on Friday....
Undercover With the New Alt-Right (www.thenation.com)
The Silicon Valley Elite Who Want to Build a City From Scratch (www.nytimes.com)
In 2017, Michael Moritz, the billionaire venture capitalist, sent a note to a potential investor about what he described as an unusual opportunity: a chance to invest in the creation of a new California city....
Trump Returns to the Service Formerly Known as Twitter (www.nytimes.com)
Absent for more than two years, former President Donald J. Trump posted his mug shot on the site, now called X.
Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin dies in plane crash in Russia (ABC News YouTube link) (youtu.be)
Belarus would use nuclear weapons in the event of 'aggression,' Lukashenko says | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Hawaii death toll tops 93 as it becomes deadliest wildfire in US modern history (www.independent.co.uk)
The blazes on the island are now the country’s worst in terms of casualties for over a century, while authorities have warned that the effort to find and identify the dead is still in its early stages, as crews with cadaver dogs have covered just 3 per cent of the search area.
WordPress drops Twitter social sharing due to API price hike (mashable.com)
Twitter continues to lose vital support from major companies.
The charges facing Trump in the Jan. 6 investigation, explained (www.npr.org)
The criminal charges against former President Donald Trump related to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election are some of the most serious allegations facing him, one law professor told NPR.
