Benjamin Netanyahu Just Said “From the River to the Sea”, rejects the premise of a Palestinian state and promised that Israel will take over the entire region it currently occupies (newrepublic.com)
McConnell and 178 other Republican lawmakers sign Supreme Court brief on keeping Trump on ballot (www.washingtonpost.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/mcconnell-trump-supreme-court-c…
What happens now that Massachusetts has banned life without parole for emerging adults? (www.wgbh.org)
Prison advocates, attorneys and state officials are gearing up to help the estimated 200 prisoners now eligible for parole since a landmark decision last week by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court raised the minimum age to 21 before people could be sentenced to life without parole....
President Biden Signs Stopgap Bill, Averts Government Shutdown (businesswisehub.com)
President Biden took a decisive action on Friday, signing a stopgap funding bill aimed at ensuring the government’s continued operation until early March. This two-step continuing resolution is strategically designed to buy lawmakers additional time to complete the formal appropriations process.
Uvalde families renew demands for police to face charges after a scathing Justice Department report (apnews.com)
Families of the children and teachers killed in the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre are renewing demands for criminal charges after a scathing Justice Department report again laid bare numerous failures by police during one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history....
Day 2 – Turkish airstrikes on North and East Syria target electricity, oil and other civilian infrastructure. (rojavainformationcenter.org)
Accustomed as we are to looking where the spotlight shines, it is easy to forget that Rojava is still a reality and that Kurdistan has not stopped resisting just because the world has turned away
Texas prosecutor convenes grand jury to investigate Uvalde shooting, multiple reports say (www.pbs.org)
A Texas prosecutor has convened a grand jury to investigate the Uvalde school shooting, multiple media reported Friday, as families of the 19 children and two teachers killed continued their calls for criminal charges against officers involved in the hesitant and haphazard police response to the massacre....
In this Oklahoma town, almost everyone knows someone who's been sued by the hospital (www.npr.org)
Ex-Obama official reaches deal to avoid prosecution for racist abuse of NYC food truck vendor (www.independent.co.uk)
Plan for $400 million monkey-breeding facility in southwest Georgia draws protest (abcnews.go.com)
US attorney general calls for ‘speedy’ trial in Trump election interference case (www.independent.co.uk)
US Attorney General Merrick Garland said he agrees with Special Counsel Jack Smith’s request for a speedy trial in Donald Trump’s federal election interference case – citing an increased public interest ahead of the 2024 election....
World Famous 'The Abbey West Hollywood' site of over 70 drugged drinks, report says (qvoicenews.com)
Outrage as Oklahoma Republican’s bill labels Hispanic people ‘terrorists’ (www.theguardian.com)
NY midwife who gave kids homeopathic pellets instead of vaccines fined $300K for falsifying records (apnews.com)
A New York midwife who gave nearly 1,500 children homeopathic pellets instead of required vaccinations has been fined $300,000, the state’s health department announced this week....
Kids of color get worse health care across the board in the U.S., research finds (www.npr.org)
From neonatal and primary care to emergency medicine, kids got lower-quality care than their white peers, researchers found. Disparities include longer waits and less pain medication after surgery.
IDF fails to confirm Gaza hostages' cause of death, mother claims poison (www.jpost.com)
The mother of slain hostage Ron Sherman accused the IDF of 'poisoning' her son to death inside a Jabaliya tunnel.
Names of police who use deadly force could be shielded under proposed Florida law (www.tampabay.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/police-marsys-law-victims-name-…
California health officials shorten COVID isolation period to 1 day, previously 5 days (ktla.com)
Netanyahu publicly rejects US push for Palestinian state (www.bbc.com)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has told the United States that he opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state once the conflict in Gaza comes to an end....
Meta documents show 100,000 children sexually harassed daily on its platforms (www.theguardian.com)
Employees fretted over company’s ‘negligible’ response to child grooming, according to internal documents made public in lawsuit...
Trump Demands Total Presidential Immunity -- Even for Acts That 'Cross the Line' (www.rollingstone.com)
The former president has made clear once again that he believes the office should have absolute power...
Sources: Alabama death row left without heat for weeks, despite complaints (www.alreporter.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/death-row-allegedly-left-withou…
Schools close in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh as new blast of snow hits Northeast (abcnews.go.com)
More than 100 million Americans are under winter alerts Friday as a storm hits the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast and another brutal surge of Arctic air pushes into the South.
Fire truck boom highlights divide in US manufacturing (www.reuters.com)
Anyone looking around Oshkosh’s cavernous fire truck factory in Appleton, Wisconsin, for evidence of the longest U.S. manufacturing slump in two decades could be forgiven for coming away scratching their heads....
Man cleared in a 1996 Brooklyn killing said for decades he knew who did it. Prosecutors now agree (apnews.com)
A man who served 14 years in prison for a deadly 1990s shooting was exonerated Thursday after prosecutors said they now believe the killer was an acquaintance he has implicated for decades....
