Two US Navy Seals declared dead after raid to seize Iranian weapons bound for Houthis (www.theguardian.com)
Seals from USS Lewis Puller went overboard during mission off cost of Somalia to seize Iranian weapons, according to US military...
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....
Anti-DEI Crusader Caught in Racist Rant About ‘Low IQ’ Nannies: Report (www.thedailybeast.com)
Heather Mac Donald wrote that moms with careers “would rather absent themselves from [a child’s] life to show that they are as good as males.”
Almost 25% of American hiring managers don’t want to advance Jewish people in hiring processes, alarming survey on workplace antisemitism finds (fortune.com)
Across American culture, politics, and even business, expressions of antisemitism have grown louder in recent years. It’s not just high profile statements made by the rapper Ye and basketball star Kyrie Irving or politicians increasingly cozying up to White supremacist groups. Incidents of antisemitic harassment, vandalism and...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who was once seen as the biggest threat to Trump's 2024 White House bid, is suspending his presidential campaign (www.businessinsider.com)
A Louisiana teen traveled to the West Bank to learn about his roots. He was shot dead. (www.nbcnews.com)
Thousands of CSU faculty vow to ‘shut down’ campuses in first systemwide week long strike (www.latimes.com)
‘Gas-Station Heroin’ Sold as Dietary Supplement Alarms Health Officials (www.nytimes.com)
Tianeptine, found at convenience stores, at smoke shops and online, can mimic an opioid. It is among a growing class of substances that are difficult to control....
Boeing 737-900ER: Second model to be inspected after 737 Max 9 blowout (www.bbc.com)
Checks are to be carried out on a second Boeing aircraft model following the blowout of an unused door on one of its planes earlier this month....
Netanyahu Rebuffs U.S. Calls to Start Working Toward Palestinian Statehood (www.nytimes.com)
The Biden administration and the Israeli government diverge sharply over how Gaza should be governed when the war ends....
What to know about overdraft fees as the White House cracks down on them (apnews.com)
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed new rules that would lower overdraft fees, with President Joe Biden calling the charges “exploitative.” Currently, the fee for overdrawing a bank account averages more than $26....
‘America Is Under Attack’: Inside the Anti-D.E.I. Crusade (www.nytimes.com)
Proposed federal law would put limits on use of $50 billion in opioid settlements (www.mprnews.org)
Some members of Congress are demanding federal oversight of billions of dollars in opioid settlements, which state and local governments began spending over the past two years — with some using it to plug budget holes rather than fight the addiction crisis....
American Debt: Auto Loan Balances Hit Record $1.6 Trillion in Q3 2023 (www.investopedia.com)
An Idealistic Cop, a Forbidden Ticket and a Police Career on the Brink (www.nytimes.com)
Mathew Bianchi took routine traffic stops seriously and handed out tickets regardless of people’s connections within the Police Department. He says he was punished for it....
Jury selection begins in trial of 2 men accused in murder of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay (abcnews.go.com)
The World Hasn’t Seen Cicadas Like This Since 1803 (www.nytimes.com)
Brood XIX and Brood XIII will both emerge this spring. The last time these bugs showed up at the same time in the United States, Thomas Jefferson was president....
Down and out: How DeSantis tried to fight on two fronts – and cowered in both (www.independent.co.uk)
Florida governor’s refusal to take on Trump or his ignoring the non-Maga flank of the GOP means he ends his White House run in a no-man’s land...
National Archives censor files showing late queen concealed relative’s wealth (www.theguardian.com)
Kansas couple charged with collecting man's retirement while keeping his body in their home 6 years (apnews.com)
A Kansas couple has been charged with fraudulently collecting more than $215,000 in retirement benefits on behalf of a dead relative while they concealed his body inside their home for six years....
Haley Questions if Trump Is ‘Mentally Fit’ After He Confused Her With Pelosi (www.thedailybeast.com)
Gaza hostage relatives burst into Israeli parliament, calls for action (www.reuters.com)
JERUSALEM, Jan 22 (Reuters) - A group of relatives of Israelis held hostage by Palestinian gunmen in Gaza stormed a parliamentary committee session in Jerusalem on Monday, demanding that the lawmakers do more to try to free their loved ones....
DNA proves a long-dead man attacked 3 girls in Indiana nearly 50 years ago, police say (apnews.com)
A man who died in a Texas prison decades ago has been identified as the person who abducted and stabbed three Indiana girls and left them in a cornfield nearly 50 years ago, police said, citing DNA evidence....
EU chief says Israel was responsible for Hamas' surge to power in Gaza: 'Financed by the government' (news.yahoo.com)
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said very plainly during a speech at the University of Valladolid in Spain that Israel financed Hamas in an effort to weaken the then-governing Palestinian Authority....
Kentucky GOP’s New Bill Decriminalizes Use of Deadly Force Against the Unhoused (truthout.org)
“I’m just ashamed that this bill even came into fruition,” a Lexington council member said.
