Mississippi prison delayed woman’s cancer diagnosis until it was terminal, lawsuit says (www.theguardian.com)
Senate Passes Aid to Ukraine, but Fate Is Uncertain in a Hostile House (www.nytimes.com)
The Senate passed a long-awaited foreign aid package for Ukraine and Israel early Tuesday morning, delivering a bipartisan endorsement of the legislation after months of negotiations, dire battlefield warnings and political mudslinging. But the measure faced a buzz saw of opposition in the House, where Republican resistance...
G.O.P. Officials, Once Critical, Stand by Trump After NATO Comments (www.nytimes.com)
Defending Donald Trump or deflecting his statements, some top G.O.P. officials reflected the trajectory of a party that the former president has largely bent to his will....
Wreck of ship that sank in 1940 found in Lake Superior (apnews.com)
Shipwreck hunters have discovered a merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1940, taking its captain with it, during a storm off Michigan’s Upper Peninsula....
Migrant Crisis Complicates Democrats’ Bid to Regain George Santos’s Seat (www.nytimes.com)
The party has turned to a moderate veteran, Tom Suozzi, to restore its tarnished brand. But the migrant influx reaching New York has complicated his task....
Utah is pushing back against ever-tightening EPA air pollution standards (www.kpbs.org)
When it comes to its chronically poor winter air, Salt Lake City already has topography working against it. Steep mountain ranges on either side of the city create a giant bowl, where dreaded winter temperature inversions trap cold air that stagnates with dust, factory smoke, and diesel exhaust from the city’s expanding web of...
Researchers unveil method to detect 'forever chemicals' in under 3 minutes (phys.org)
New Jersey Institute of Technology chemists have demonstrated a new lab-based method to detect traces of PFAS from food packaging material, water and soil samples in just three minutes or less.
“Logistics” Outpost in Jordan Where 3 U.S. Troops Died Is Secretly a Drone Base (theintercept.com)
The Pentagon is covering up the real purpose of Tower 22: targeting the very Iran-backed militant groups that attacked last month. Tower 22, the U.S. base in Jordan where three American service members were killed last month, is not simply a “logistics support base,” as the Pentagon has described it....
An Oklahoma judge who sent more than 500 texts during a murder trial resigns (www.nbcnews.com)
Canadian officials still haven't seen intelligence linking UN's Gaza aid agency with Hamas: sources (www.cbc.ca)
Government sources tell CBC that Israel still has not shared evidence with Canada to substantiate its claim that 12 employees of UNRWA were involved in some capacity in the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas and the affiliated group Islamic Jihad....
Authorities investigating online threats made to potential witness related to Trump classified docs case (abcnews.go.com)
Two-thirds of Canadian and American renters are in unaffordable housing situations (theconversation.com)
Northwestern Students Face Criminal Charges for Pro-Palestine College Newspaper Parody (theintercept.com)
Alabama said he was too dangerous to parole. He’d been dead for 10 days. (www.al.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/alabama-said-he-was-too-dangero…
Anxiety, mood swings and sleepless nights: life near a Bitcoin mine (www.nytimes.com)
Pushed by an advocacy group, Arkansas became the first state to shield noisy cryptocurrency operators from unhappy neighbors. A furious backlash has some lawmakers considering a statewide ban....
California Governor Newsom Proclaims State of Emergency in Southern California As Powerful Storm Makes Landfall (www.gov.ca.gov)
Georgia senate passes bill curtailing charitable bail funds for protest groups (www.theguardian.com)
Bill passed by Republican-dominated state senate may exacerbate deadly overcrowding in Fulton county jail
A child's body was found encased in concrete in Colorado as the search for 2 other kids continues (apnews.com)
A child's body was found encased in concrete in a Colorado storage unit, and Pueblo officers announced this week they are searching for two other children to determine if they are safe.
The Hobbit first edition bought for £1.50 could fetch thousands (www.bbc.co.uk)
BILBO BARGAINS!
NYC Mayor Adams Loses Showdown Over 2 Criminal Justice Bills (www.nytimes.com)
Police officers will be required to record the race, age and gender of most people they stop and solitary confinement will be banned in New York City jails after the City Council overrode Mayor Eric Adams’s veto of two criminal justice bills on Tuesday....
The U.S. Hasn't Seen Syphilis Numbers This High Since 1950 (time.com)
US marshals lure fugitive killer of Texas cyclist out of hiding with yoga ad (www.theguardian.com)
Officials give details of how Kaitlin Armstrong, convicted over murder of Anna Wilson in 2022, was arrested in Costa Rica...
A private prison health care company accused of substandard care is awarded new contract in Illinois (apnews.com)
Illinois has awarded a more than $4 billion prison medical care contract to the same company it’s used for three decades, despite multimillion-dollar lawsuits against the firm and statewide complaints alleging substandard care....
A tanker truck carrying 7,500 gallons of diesel exploded in Ohio, leaving 1 dead (www.cnn.com)
A man is dead, several northeast Ohio roads are closed and diesel has poured into a river after a tanker truck lost control and exploded Saturday morning....
