In Unprecedented Move, Close To 100 MPs Suspended From Parliament (www.ndtv.com)
Idaho college murders: Judge denies both of Bryan Kohberger's attempts to toss out charges (abcnews.go.com)
US man charged in four murders lured victims with promise of buried gold (www.theguardian.com)
Victims fell for alleged serial killer’s tale that he needed help finding gold in area of his Washington state farm, authorities say
Trump quotes Putin to call Biden ‘threat to democracy,’ reiterates anti-immigrant rhetoric at New Hampshire rally (www.cnn.com)
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin to attack President Joe Biden as a “threat to democracy” and doubled down on language condemned for its ties to White supremacist rhetoric, saying at a campaign event in New Hampshire that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our...
The Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery will be dismantled this week (www.npr.org)
A monument to Confederate soldiers is scheduled to be removed from Arlington National Cemetery by the end of the week....
Vase woman buys for $3.99 at Virginia thrift shop sells for more than $100,000 (www.theguardian.com)
A woman who bought a glass vase for $3.99 at a local Goodwill charity shop has seen the piece auctioned off for more than $100,000 after it turned out to be a rare and valuable piece of Italian glassware....
College athletes open to unionization's potential (www.politico.com)
US man charged over damage to Satanic Temple display in Iowa (www.bbc.com)
Afghanistan: 'Tea is sometimes all I have to give my hungry baby' (www.bbc.com)
Sohaila is a widow. She has six children, her youngest a 15-month-old girl named Husna Fakeeri. The tea that Sohaila refers to is what’s traditionally drunk in Afghanistan, made with green leaves and hot water, without any milk or sugar. It contains nothing that’s of any nutritional value for her baby....
Hallucinations, thirst and desperation: How migrants endured 36 days at sea (abcnews.go.com)
Too often migrants disappear without a trace and witnesses...
Study bolsters evidence that severe obesity increasing in young US kids (apnews.com)
A new study adds to evidence that severe obesity is becoming more common in young U.S. children....
Southwest Airlines reaches $140 million settlement for December 2022 flight-canceling meltdown (apnews.com)
Southwest Airlines will pay a $35 million fine as part of a $140 million agreement to settle a federal investigation into a debacle in December 2022 when the airline canceled thousands of flights and stranded more than 2 million travelers over the holidays....
Some Trump fake electors from 2020 haven't faded away. They have roles in how the 2024 race is run (apnews.com)
Hindle was another replacement in what was a revolving door of county election officials across Nevada as the 2022 midterms approached. He had just unseated the interim clerk, who had stepped in after the prior clerk resigned....
36 days at sea: How these castaways survived hallucinations, thirst and desperation (apnews.com)
** This is the problem …...
Storm slams East Coast with wind-swept rain flooding streets, delaying travel (www.usatoday.com)
An intense storm system battered the Northeast with torrential rains and fierce winds on Monday, snarling traffic, delaying flights and knocking out power across the region....
Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Top-Secret Hawaii Compound (web.archive.org)
or ‘Billionaire Haole Builds Underground Apocalypse Bunker On Island Chain Where Locals Find It Increasingly Difficult To Stay’...
Federal agency quashes Georgia's plan to let pharmacies sell medical marijuana (www.seattletimes.com)
Federal drug officials are warning Georgia to shelve its plans to be the first state to allow pharmacies to dispense medical marijuana products....
Ukrainian troops face artillery shortages, scale back some operations - commander (www.reuters.com)
Brigadier General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi was speaking after Republican lawmakers held up a $60-billion U.S. aid package and Hungary blocked 50 billion euros ($54.5 billion) in European Union funding for Kyiv as it battles Russia’s invasion....
Greyhound bus stops are valuable assets. Here’s who’s cashing in on them (www.cnn.com)
Greyhound bus terminals are rapidly closing around the country, causing access problems for low-income riders.
Al Jazeera: People Buried Alive at Gaza Hospital (www.aljazeera.com)
‘Poisoning the blood of our country’: Trump delivers caustic attack on immigrants (www.politico.com)
Ethnicity affects pregnancy healthcare, research suggests (www.bbc.com)
Parents whose baby died before or shortly after birth believed their ethnicity led to worse care.
What to do about disinformation (www.ft.com)
In the digital age, the echoes of truth and falsehood reverberate with increasing intensity. Each click, share and retweet amplifies narratives, shaping perceptions and moulding realities. Yet amid this cacophony of voices, some pressing questions emerge. Whose narrative do we trust? And at what cost?...
Oil major BP becomes latest to pause Red Sea shipments as Houthi attacks continue (www.cnbc.com)
BP has become the latest firm to pause travel through the Suez Canal following a series of attacks on vessels by Houthi militants from Yemen....
Flooding drives millions to move as climate-driven migration patterns emerge (apnews.com)
In the first two decades of the 21st century, the threat of flooding convinced more than 7 million people to avoid risky areas or abandon places that were risky, according to a paper Monday in the journal Nature Communications and research by the risk analysis organization First Street Foundation....
