Peter Navarro: Ex-Trump adviser sentenced for contempt of Congress (www.bbc.com)
Peter Navarro, a former senior trade adviser to Donald Trump, has been sentenced to four months in prison for contempt of Congress....
A Texas school's punishment of a Black student who wears his hair in locs is going to trial (apnews.com)
A judge ordered Wednesday that a trial be held next month to determine whether a Black high school student in Texas can continue being punished by his district for refusing to change a hairstyle he and his family say is protected by a new state law....
The United States is producing more oil than any country in history | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)
New York Daily News and Forbes staffers walk out amid US media job cuts (www.theguardian.com)
Florida students protest imminent closing of university LGBTQ center (www.nbcnews.com)
More than one-third of Americans believe Israel is committing genocide, poll shows (www.theguardian.com)
Netanyahu Pushes Most pro-Israel U.S. Democrats to Take Previously Unimaginable Measures (www.haaretz.com)
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An airline passenger could face a $120,000 bill after fighter jets were scrambled when he joked about blowing up the plane (www.businessinsider.com)
More Gen Z Americans identify as LGBTQ than as Republican (www.thepinknews.com)
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Arizona GOP boss quits after leaked tape shows him floating a job for Kari Lake to skip Senate race (apnews.com)
United Auto Workers union endorses Joe Biden for president (www.theguardian.com)
The powerful United Auto Workers (UAW) formally endorsed Joe Biden’s re-election campaign on Wednesday at the union’s national community action program conference in Washington DC....
More than 26K rape-related pregnancies estimated after Texas outlawed abortions, new study says (www.houstonchronicle.com)
Ohio bans gender-affirming care and restricts transgender athletes despite GOP governor's veto (apnews.com)
Ohio has banned gender-affirming care for minors and restricted transgender women’s and girls’ participation on sports teams, a move that has families of transgender children scrambling over how best to care for them....
Italia. Ora legale tutto l'anno, quando? (www.caserta24ore.it) Italian
Quando in Italia l’ora legale sara’ in vigore tutto l’anno? Perche’ conviene? Oggi 26 gennaio alle ore 18 il sole e’ tramontato ma un piccolo bagliore di luce ancora c’e’. Pensiamo se invece che le 18 fossero state le 19. Un’ora in piu’ di luce. D’altra parte la mattina alle alle 7:00 gia’ si vede la luce...
Bank of America sends warning letters to employees not going into offices (www.theguardian.com)
Letters warned employees that failure to follow return-to-office expectations could lead to ‘further disciplinary action’...
Religious 'Nones' are now the largest single group in the U.S. (www.npr.org)
Woman who fatally stabbed man 108 times gets probation, no prison time (ktla.com)
During that psychotic break, she stabbed O’Melia multiple times, eventually killing him. She also stabbed herself repeatedly, officials said....
Jon Stewart Returns to ‘Daily Show’ as Monday Host, Executive Producer (variety.com)
After scuttling a months-long search for a new host, the Paramount Global network said it had enlisted Jon Stewart, who presided over the late-night mainstay’s most popular era, to serve as its host on Monday nights throughout the 2024 election cycle and to run the program. He is expected to oversee the program through 2025....
Netflix is going to take away its cheapest ad-free plan (www.theverge.com)
Alaska charter company pays $900k after guide caused wildfire by not properly extinguishing campfire (apnews.com)
An Alaska fishing guide company has paid $900,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. government alleging one of its guides started a wildfire in 2019, the U.S. attorney’s office for Alaska said in a statement Wednesday....
The Lost Promise of Refuge Ranch - Christian activists brought concerns about sex trafficking to prominence in Texas and then failed the survivors they sought to help (www.texasobserver.org)
In January 2023, about 10 months after it was forced to close, the Refuge reached a settlement with [the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC)] that allowed it to reopen on probation. The conditions included implementing a reopening plan, monthly team meetings to evaluate the program’s compliance and efficacy, and...
Errors by Boeing at Renton plant led to Alaska Airlines MAX 9 blowout, industry source says (www.seattletimes.com)
Amid abortion ban, Texas teen birth rate in 2022 increased for first time in 15 years (www.reporternews.com)
Supreme Court rejects Alabama death row inmate's lethal gas claim (www.nbcnews.com)
Elon Musk says he's 'Jewish by association' after Auschwitz visit, sees 'almost no antisemitism' (www.nbcnews.com)
“I’m aspirationally Jewish,” Musk said. “So I was like, ‘What are people talking about with this antisemitism?’ Because I never hear it at dinner conversations."...
