Michael Gambon, 'Harry Potter' actor who played Dumbledore, dies at 82 (abcnews.go.com)
Trump campaign backtracks claim that he bought a Glock handgun in South Carolina after it became clear that would be illegal (www.businessinsider.com)
McDonald's plans to transition away from self-serve soda fountains in US by 2032 (www.usatoday.com)
Driverless Taxis Blocked Ambulance in Fatal Accident, San Francisco Fire Dept. Says (www.nytimes.com)
Two Cruise driverless taxis blocked an ambulance carrying a critically injured patient who later died at a hospital, a San Francisco Fire Department report said, in another incident involving self-driving cars in the city....
Donald Trump rally shooting being probed as assassination attempt: AP sources (www.cp24.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....
Paris Olympics lifts intimacy ban for athletes and is stocking up on 300,000 condoms (www.cbsnews.com)
The intimacy ban that had been in place for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has been lifted for the 2024 Paris Olympics, and the Olympic village, where the athletes stay during the event, will be stocked with 300,000 condoms, Laurent Michaud, director of the village, told Sky News....
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....
