Judge declares a mistrial in a former Ohio deputy’s murder trial (apnews.com)
Jason Meade was charged with murder and reckless homicide in the December 2020 killing of Casey Goodson Jr. in Columbus. Meade, who is white, shot Goodson six times, including five times in the back, as the 23-year-old Black man tried to enter his grandmother’s home....
Billionaire Soros to Become Biggest Stockholder in US Radio Company (www.bloomberg.com)
Archived link:...
She Was Denied an Abortion After Roe Fell. This Is a Year in Her Family’s Life. (projects.propublica.org)
In the midst of the turmoil in July 2022, they learned Mayron was pregnant again. But this time, doctors warned she and her fetus might not survive....
Colorado AG sues to block merger between parent companies of King Soopers and Safeway [Albertsons & Kroger] (coloradosun.com)
After hosting town halls across the state, AG Phil Weiser said the merger would result in “higher prices, worse customer service”...
Long COVID Seems to Be a Brain Injury, Scientists Discover (www.sciencealert.com)
Some form of brain injury could be behind the symptoms reported by those with long COVID, according to a new study, and adapting tests and treatments to match could aid progress in tackling the condition....
Top UN Court rejects South African request for intervention in Rafah (www.ctvnews.ca)
Interesting considering the number of people who took the last ruling as proof of a genocide. I’d have expected the Court to intervene if they felt that way.
Trump faces a $370m fine in New York fraud trial. How would he pay it? (www.bbc.com)
Trump could secure a bond, but it will cost him...
Fani Willis: Defiant Georgia prosecutor fights to stay on Trump case (www.bbc.com)
Body of missing Tennessee deputy who disappeared after making arrest recovered: Officials (abcnews.go.com)
The body of a deputy who disappeared after making an arrest has been recovered, authorities said Thursday night....
Waymo recalls software after two self-driving cars hit the same truck (www.cnn.com)
Federal judge blocks Houston from citing Food Not Bombs volunteers (www.chron.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/houston-food-not-bombs-18669182…
Greece legalises same-sex marriage (www.bbc.com)
Congrats to everyone affected in Greece!
A $36 million Mega Millions ticket was sold at a Florida grocery store. No one claimed it (www.cnn.com)
A missed deadline last weekend means someone in Florida lost out on $36 million....
US Justice Department sues over Tennessee law targeting HIV-positive people convicted of sex work (apnews.com)
The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday sued the state of Tennessee over its decades-old felony aggravated prostitution law, arguing that it illegally imposes tougher criminal penalties on people who are HIV positive....
FBI informant charged with lying about Joe and Hunter Biden’s ties to Ukrainian energy company (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI informant has been charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company, a claim that is central to the Republican impeachment inquiry in Congress....
Putin critic Alexei Navalny, 47, dies in Arctic Circle jail (www.bbc.com)
Well, this was only a matter of time but still happened sooner than I’d expected.
Woman formerly known as Rachel Dolezal fired from teaching gig over OnlyFans account (www.nbcnews.com)
‘What Was She Supposed to Report?:’ Police Report Shows How a High School Deepfake Nightmare Unfolded (www.404media.co)
An in-depth police report obtained by 404 Media shows how a school, and then the police, investigated a wave of AI-powered “nudify” apps in a high school.
Venezuela bribery witness gets light sentence in wake of Biden's pardoning of Maduro ally (apnews.com)
Orlando Contreras had been working with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration since 2019 to investigate corruption in the South American nation....
Man charged with beheading father carried photos of federal buildings, bomb plans, DA says (apnews.com)
The suburban Philadelphia man charged with decapitating his father and posting a video online in which he held up the severed head had a device with photos of federal buildings and apparent instructions for making explosives when he was arrested, authorities said Thursday....
Russia Using Thousands of Musk’s Starlink Systems in War, Ukrainian General Says (www.wsj.com)
“Ukraine’s top military-intelligence officer said Russian invasion forces in his country are using thousands of Starlink satellite internet terminals, and that the network has been active in occupied parts of Ukraine for ‘quite a long time,'” the Wall Street Journal reports....
White House confirms monitoring of ‘troubling’ Russian anti-satellite weapon (www.theguardian.com)
Officials say ‘space-based’ weapon under development but not yet deployed is not immediate threat to anyone’s safety...
Newly-released Tyre Nichols documents show police and city officials lied about or misstated numerous key facts (news.yahoo.com)
The internal investigator who initially investigated the beating spoke with now former Lt. Dewayne Smith, who seemed to be at the hospital, the night Nichols was beaten. According to the internal investigative report, at 11:49 p.m. on Jan. 7, 2023, Smith told the investigator that Nichols was in intensive care, on a ventilator...
Delay on 2nd Day of Testimony as Defense Seeks to Oust D.A. (www.nytimes.com)
Lawyers for Donald J. Trump and his co-defendants are seeking to have Fani T. Willis disqualified, accusing her of a conflict of interest because of a personal relationship with a prosecutor she hired.
