Trans man wins $4.7 million from school district that didn't let him use the restroom (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Secretive court system has awarded over $100bn public money to corporations, finds new analysis (www.theguardian.com)
Fossil fuel firms are biggest beneficiaries of investor-state dispute settlement courts which have awarded $114bn of public money...
Nvidia hits $3tn and surpasses Apple as world’s second most valuable company (www.theguardian.com)
Phoenix turns to ice-filled body bags to treat heatstroke as US south-west bakes (www.theguardian.com)
Bakery turns homophobic messages into delicious fundraiser for LGBTQ+ charities (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Graduate's father arrested for blocking Black superintendent from shaking daughter's hand (www.rawstory.com)
The father of a Baraboo High School graduate blocked his daughter from shaking the hand of the Black superintendent as she graduated, video of the incident shows....
Palestinian Authority to pay reduced salaries as Israel blocks funds (www.reuters.com)
RAMALLAH, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Palestinian Authority said on Tuesday it will pay public sector workers 60% of their December salaries this week as it grapples with the longrunning fallout of Israel’s refusal to transfer tax funds earmarked for Gaza....
'Democrats have a plan': Marjorie Taylor Greene unleashes new election conspiracy theory (www.rawstory.com)
Georgia court of appeals indefinitely pauses the election subversion conspiracy case against Donald Trump (www.cnn.com)
FBI Raids Corporate Landlord in Major Rent Price-Fixing Probe: What It Means for You (upriseri.com)
Exclusive: Biden tells Muir US weapons will not be used to strike Moscow, Kremlin (abcnews.go.com)
Russia issues stark US statement as relations hit new low, declares US 'an enemy' state for first time (www.newsweek.com)
Republicans block bill to protect contraception access as Democrats make election-year push (apnews.com)
Senate Republicans have blocked legislation designed to protect women’s access to contraception, arguing that the bill was just a political stunt as Democrats mount an election-year effort to put GOP senators on the record on reproductive rights issues,...
"How dare you?": Trump surrogate ripped for claiming life was better for Black people under Jim Crow (www.salon.com)
New York City postpones controversial, first-in-the-US congestion pricing plan (www.theguardian.com)
George Soros's Fund Sells Uber, Novo Nordisk in Q1 to Focus on AI, Construction, and Apparel Stocks (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
George Soros is among the most successful investors in the world, popularly known as the man who broke the Bank of England. In 1992, he made a single-day profit of $1 billion from short-selling the British Pound.
Man sentenced to 40 years to life for killing mother after argument over video game volume - ABC News (abcnews.go.com)
A New Hampshire man has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for fatally stabbing his mother after the two had argued about the volume on the video games he was playing
Diminished Hamas switches to full insurgent mode in Gaza (www.reuters.com)
Prosecutor asks Texas court to reverse governor's pardon of man who fatally shot demonstrator (apnews.com)
The Texas governor’s pardon of a former Army sergeant who fatally shot a Black Lives Matter demonstrator undermines the state’s legal system and constitution and should be reversed, a prosecutor said Tuesday....
Colorado officials reach $8.5 million settlement with woman who was left handcuffed in a police car that was hit by a train (www.cnn.com)
Local Colorado officials have reached an $8.5 million settlement with a woman who was hospitalized in 2022 after being left handcuffed in a police SUV that was then hit by a train....
“No Schoolers”: How Illinois’ Hands-Off Approach to Homeschooling Leaves Children at Risk (www.propublica.org)
Italian court dismisses Amanda Knox appeal against slander verdict (www.theguardian.com)
Knox, 36, hoped to overturn conviction for wrongly accusing a bar owner of murdering British student Meredith Kercher...
Israeli strike on Gaza school kills more than 30 people. Military claims it was being used by Hamas (www.nbcnewyork.com)
Michigan Bottlers Still Get Free Water, Despite Governor’s Tough Talk (www.propublica.org)
When Gretchen Whitmer campaigned for Michigan governor in 2018, she took aim at Michigan’s bottled water industry — and the state policy that gave it unfettered access to free water....
