Lead-tainted applesauce pouches also contained another possible toxic substance, FDA says (apnews.com)
Recalled cinnamon applesauce pouches that were tied to lead poisoning in hundreds of U.S. children contained an additional contaminant, federal health officials said Friday....
‘Journalists see their role as helping to win’: how Israeli TV is covering Gaza war (www.theguardian.com)
To someone who made a cursory scan of the country’s TV channels and newspapers after 7 October, the reservists’ anger might be confusing – the Israeli media have rarely presented their audiences with such a uniformly patriotic vision of reality as they have over the past three months....
Surf's up, way up: Wild waves push WWII-era bomb onto California beach (eu.usatoday.com)
Hyundai and Kia thefts soar more than 1000% since 2020 (edition.cnn.com)
215 bodies found buried behind Jackson, Mississippi jail (chicagocrusader.com)
As Gaza Losses Mount Under Strikes, Dignified Burials Are Another Casualty (www.nytimes.com)
It has been 13 weeks since Israel’s war in Gaza began after the attack on Israel by Hamas, which killed about 1,200 people, according to Israeli officials. Since then, the living in Gaza have been forced to inter their dead hurriedly and without ceremony or last rites, lest they risk the same fate as their loved ones....
OpenAI CEO says Muslim tech workers fear retaliation for speaking out (edition.cnn.com)
Neo-Nazi podcasters sent to prison on terror charges for targeting Prince Harry and his young son (www.nbcnews.com)
Christopher Gibbons and Tyrone Patten-Walsh espoused racist views and encouraged listeners commit violent acts against ethnic minorities.
Young Britons exposed to online radicalisation following Hamas attack (www.bbc.co.uk)
There has been an unprecedented 12-fold increase in hateful social media content being referred to specialist police officers since Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October, according to the UK’s Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit....
A starring role for NASA in Biden’s push to end cancer (www.politico.com)
FBI arrests three January 6 defendants in Florida after prolonged search (www.cnn.com)
Prosecutors have accused Jonathan Pollock of punching two officers in the face, kneeing a police officer, dragging an officer down stairs, charging at law enforcement with a flag pole, grabbing an officer’s neck and pinning them to the ground and ramming a police shield into an officer’s neck....
Three years after the January 6 attack, propaganda about the insurrection is poisoning the American public (www.cnn.com)
The U.S. will mark the anniversary of the January 6 insurrection on Saturday, a milestone that will confer upon the reality-dwelling citizenry a grim reminder of the potency of propaganda and how quickly it can warp perception when introduced into the public square....
Thermo Fisher stops sale of DNA kits in Tibet after activists raised fears of rights abuses (www.theguardian.com)
Alaska Airlines flight forced to make emergency landing after window blows out in mid-air (www.cbsnews.com)
Nearly Half of Companies Plan to Eliminate Bachelor's Degree Requirements in 2024 (www.intelligent.com)
Hezbollah Fires Rockets at Israel in Response to Assassination in Beirut (www.nytimes.com)
The Lebanese militia Hezbollah fired a volley of rockets toward a small military base in northern Israel on Saturday morning, in what the group said was an initial response to the assassination of a senior Hamas commander in Lebanon five days ago that has raised fears of a wider conflagration....
Auto dealers challenge new US FTC car-buyer consumer protection rules (www.reuters.com)
The FTC said the new rules will ban bait-and-switch advertising tactics, prohibit charging for add-on costs that do not benefit consumers and require dealers to make key disclosures to consumers, including accurate pricing disclosures in advertising and sales communications....
European Supermarket Giant Drops Pepsi and Lay’s Over Price Increases (www.wsj.com)
CNN Runs Gaza Coverage Past Jerusalem Team Operating Under Shadow of IDF Censor (theintercept.com)
The Jerusalem bureau has long reviewed all CNN stories relating to Israel and Palestine. Now, it’s helping shape the network’s coverage of the war.
Americans living in their cars are finding refuge in ‘safe parking lots’ (www.theguardian.com)
Los Angeles County has thousands of ‘unclaimed dead.’ These investigators retrace their lives (apnews.com)
Martirosyan acts as a living representative of those Los Angeles County calls “the unclaimed dead.” She is one of more than a dozen investigators who work for the Public Administrator, an understaffed and little-known branch of the county’s Department of the Treasurer and Tax Collector....
Inside Israel's torture camp for Gaza detainees (www.972mag.com)
Palestinians arrested in the northern Gaza Strip describe how Israeli soldiers systematically abused civilians and combatants alike, from severe deprivation to brutal physical violence.
In Gaza 'safe zone,' Palestinians are living out their nightmares (www.972mag.com)
Israel ordered thousands to evacuate to Al-Mawasi, where they are struggling to find food, water, and shelter amid the war and winter cold.