Verdict in Trump’s New York fraud trial delayed until early to mid-February (www.theguardian.com)
The verdict in Donald Trump’s $370m fraud trial will be coming later than expected, with a decision expected in early to mid-February, a New York court spokesperson said on Thursday....
Ex-CIA software engineer sentenced to 40 years for giving secrets to WikiLeaks (www.theguardian.com)
A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) software engineer who was convicted for carrying out the largest theft of classified information in the agency’s history and of charges related to child abuse imagery was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Thursday....
US auto safety agency upgrades probe into Tesla power steering loss (news.yahoo.com)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators have upgraded their probe into Tesla vehicles over power steering loss to an engineering analysis - a required step before the agency could demand a potential recall....
Chicago becomes latest US city to call for cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war (apnews.com)
Chicago is latest U.S. city to approve such a non-binding resolution, following Atlanta, Detroit and San Francisco in recent months.
House Republicans are moving forward with a bill that would overhaul student-loan repayment and make it harder for Biden to get relief to borrowers (www.businessinsider.com)
House Republicans are reviewing a bill that would overhaul the student-loan system....
Israel’s campaign in Gaza ‘plausibly’ amounts to genocide, US court finds (www.theguardian.com)
A federal court in California has ruled that Israel’s military campaign in Gaza “plausibly” amounts to genocide, but dismissed a case aimed at stopping US military support for Israel as being outside the court’s jurisdiction....
Pennsylvania man arrested after allegedly killing his father and displaying his decapitated head on YouTube (www.nbcnews.com)
A Pennsylvania man has been arrested after allegedly killing his father, before displaying his decapitated head in a gruesome YouTube video while spouting right-wing conspiracy theories…...
17-year-old alleged ‘serial swatter’ charged after police say he made threats throughout the country (edition.cnn.com)
Why the Department of Justice wouldn't let go of Charles Lynch’s 16-year old marijuana case (www.latimes.com)
The article honestly doesn’t answer the headline like at all, but the story of the federal government hounding this guy for over a decade for a bullshit weed case is wild...
‘No end in sight’: Blackstone CEO doesn't think the US can handle another term under President Biden — or what he calls 'four more years' of debt misery. But is it really that bad? (finance.yahoo.com)
No charges for New Mexico officers who knocked on wrong door before fatal shooting (www.bbc.com)
Authorities in New Mexico will not seek charges against three police officers involved in a fatal shooting after arriving at the wrong house last year....
Biden sanctions Israeli settlers over West Bank violence (www.bbc.com)
He signed an executive order on Thursday, saying violence had reached “intolerable levels”....
A year on, a small Ohio town is recovering from a fiery train derailment but health fears persist (apnews.com)
Daily life largely returned to normal for most of the nearly 5,000 residents of East Palestine, Ohio, months after a Norfolk Southern train derailed and spilled a cocktail of hazardous chemicals that caught fire a year ago, but the worries and fears are always there....
CNN Poll: Public views of the economy are on the rise, but remain dim (www.cnn.com)
The public’s long-held pessimism about the economy shows signs of easing since last year, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds. But even with the uptick, many Americans’ views of the economy – and the nation as a whole – remain bleak....
Workers at Alabama Hyundai plant announce union as UAW drives deeper into Southeast (thehill.com)
Thirty percent of the workers at the sole Hyundai plant in the U.S., in Alabama, have joined the United Auto Workers (UAW)....
‘A recipe for violence’: Election officials on edge for ruling from Georgia judge (www.politico.com)
Five years ago, U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg won plaudits from U.S. election officials for forcing Georgia to ditch its electronic voting machines because they were too susceptible to hacks....
OnlyFans Owner Leonid Radvinsky Pledged $11 Million to Israel Lobby, Denies It Despite Appearing on Internal AIPAC Documents: Report (www.rollingstone.com)
Syphilis cases rise to their highest levels since the 1950s, CDC says (www.mprnews.org)
The number of syphilis cases in the U.S. are on the rise. According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cases increased by nearly 80 percent to more than 207,000 between 2018 and 2022....
Man accused of destroying Satanic Temple display at Iowa Capitol is now charged with hate crime (apnews.com)
Lauren Boebert brutally mocked by Republican at congressional dinner (www.newsweek.com)
Donald Trump Loses London Case Against Ex-MI6 Spy Over Kremlin Dossier (www.bloomberg.com)
Alabama said he was too dangerous to parole. He’d been dead for 10 days. (www.al.com)
His criminal appeal was supposed to be his ticket out of prison. Then, Texas courts lost it. (houstonlanding.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/his-criminal-appeal-was-suppose…
Gen Z boys and men more likely than baby boomers to believe feminism harmful, says poll (www.theguardian.com)
Boys and men from generation Z are more likely than older baby boomers to believe that feminism has done more harm than good, according to research that shows a “real risk of fractious division among this coming generation”....