Wayne LaPierre says he approved helicopter rides so NRA execs could avoid traffic while going to NASCAR races (www.nbcnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/wayne-lapierre-says-approved-he…
'White Lives Matter' member gets 18 years for firebombing church that planned drag events (www.nbcnews.com)
Charged with no crime. Locked up for 12 days. He died waiting for help (mississippitoday.org)
James Tatsch was not charged with any crime. But when he was found unresponsive in an isolation cell at the Alcorn County Jail on Jan. 17, he had been locked up for 12 days. He died at the local hospital....
After 43 years wrongfully imprisoned and less than 5 years free, Clifford Williams dies (www.firstcoastnews.com)
Archived at ghostarchive.org/archive/TgPzL
NSA Admits Secretly Buying Your Internet Browsing Data without Warrants (thehackernews.com)
Toyota warns 50,000 US vehicle owners to stop driving, get immediate repairs (www.reuters.com)
WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor (7203.T) , opens new tab said on Monday it is urging the owners of 50,000 older U.S. vehicles to get immediate recall repairs because an air bag inflator could explode and potentially kill motorists....
Could Ohio follow Alabama in using nitrogen gas for executions? Ohio lawmakers are writing a bill (www.cleveland.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/ohio-lawmakers-will-soon-seek-t…
Marijuana dispute led to California desert massacre ; 5 arrested - Los Angeles Times (www.latimes.com)
Recreational marijuana and registered marijuana grows are legal in California. Dicus, however, cited the marijuana black market as a cause of violence....
Lauren Boebert suffers embarrassing finish in poll of new Colorado district (www.independent.co.uk)
“Now how many of y’all think BoBo gonna try to convince us that polls don’t matter… of course unless they are trash for Biden & great for Trump!”...
Boomers wanting to downsize face huge tax bills (www.cnn.com)
After 33 years and four children, Baby Boomers Marta and Octavian Dragos say they feel trapped in what was once their dream home in El Cerrito, California....
Palestinians are eating grass and drinking polluted water as famine looms across Gaza (www.cnn.com)
‘Smoking gun proof’: fossil fuel industry knew of climate danger as early as 1954, documents show (www.theguardian.com)
Documents show industry-backed Air Pollution Foundation uncovered the severe harm climate change would wreak...
Israeli undercover forces dressed as women and medics storm West Bank hospital, killing 3 militants (apnews.com)
The Palestinian Health Ministry said Israeli forces opened fire inside the wards of the Ibn Sina Hospital in the town of Jenin. The ministry condemned the raid and called on the international community to pressure Israel’s military to halt such operations in hospitals. A hospital spokesperson said there was no exchange of...
A federal court declines to revisit a ruling that could weaken the Voting Rights Act (www.npr.org)
The full 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals released its decision Tuesday after attorneys led by the American Civil Liberties Union appealed the ruling by a three-judge panel last year....
What really caused the sriracha shortage? 2 friends, and the epic breakup that left millions without their favorite hot sauce (fortune.com)
On the day that the foundation of Craig Underwood’s business collapsed, he was on vacation—at the beach with his wife, daughters, and grandchildren in Hawaii....
Georgie Purcell: Adobe casts doubt that Photoshop automation was to blame for Nine News editing of her image (www.theguardian.com)
Adobe casts doubt on claim ‘automation by Photoshop’ was to blame as network apologises for image shown during bulletin...
After Alabama pioneers nitrogen gas execution, Ohio may be poised to follow (apnews.com)
Ohio politicians may be poised to consider whether the state might break its unofficial moratorium on the death penalty by following Alabama in using nitrogen gas to execute inmates....
Police officers mock body-worn video of semi-naked woman (www.bbc.com)
Officers viewed footage showing woman’s groin without valid reason, but avoided misconduct hearings.
The U.S. Hasn't Seen Syphilis Numbers This High Since 1950 (time.com)
Bird flu found in penguins near Antarctica, 200 chicks dead (www.reuters.com)
A deadly type of bird flu has been found in gentoo penguins for the first time, according to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), stoking concern that the virus could spread among Antarctica’s huge penguin colonies.
How war destroyed Gaza’s neighbourhoods – visual investigation (www.theguardian.com)
Satellite imagery and open-source evidence lay bare the destruction to civilian infrastructure by Israel in its war on Hamas
US disabled Chinese hacking network targeting critical infrastructure, sources say (news.yahoo.com)
Jan 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. government in recent months launched an operation to fight a pervasive Chinese hacking operation that successfully compromised thousands of internet-connected devices, according to two Western security officials and one person familiar with the matter....
Michigan case offers an example of how public trust suffers when police officers lie (apnews.com)
A Black man who was detained by police during an early morning walk in a quiet community northwest of Detroit says the white officer who threw him against a squad car, cuffed him and accused him of planning to break into a car also told a significant lie....
Massachusetts state troopers arrested for taking bribes to pass commercial drivers on test (apnews.com)
Two current and two former Massachusetts State Police troopers were among six people charged Tuesday in a scheme to allegedly take bribes including a new snowblower and driveway in exchange for giving passing scores on commercial driving tests, the U.S. attorney’s office said....
Israel claims a tunnel ran through this Gaza cemetery it destroyed. A visit to the site raised more questions than answers (www.cnn.com)
A spokesman for the Israeli military said they would provide video of the tunnel shaft in the enormous hole, but never did....
