US sanctions Zimbabwe leader and wife for alleged corruption and human rights abuse | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
The Latest | Emergency robocalls correct voting misinformation in North Carolina (kstp.com)
North Carolina officials activated emergency robocalls Tuesday to correct misinformation from a country music radio station serving a western part of the state in the Blue Ridge Mountains....
What these red cows from Texas have to do with war and peace in the Middle East (www.cbsnews.com)
Germany Blames Human Error After Russia Hacks Call on Ukraine Missiles - VOA (www.voanews.com)
Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona says she won’t seek reelection, avoiding 3-way race (abcnews.go.com)
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Trump dominating Super Tuesday as he moves closer to Biden rematch | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
Girl Scouts were told to stop bracelet-making fundraiser for kids in Gaza. Now they can't keep up (apnews.com)
Missouri Girl Scout leaders threatened legal action against a troop that made bracelets to raise funds for starving children in Gaza, provoking outrage and ridicule from the girls’ supporters and advocates for people trapped in the Palestinian territory by the latest humanitarian crisis....
Canadian Military Buying $43 Million Of Israeli Missiles Used In Gaza Attacks (www.readthemaple.com)
Two dead as planes collide mid-air in Nairobi, Kenya | Africanews (www.africanews.com)
Haitian prime minister has arrived in Puerto Rico amid turmoil in Haiti, local official says | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
UN finds ‘convincing information’ that Hamas raped and tortured Israeli hostages (www.theguardian.com)
Pramila Patten’s findings are based on interviews with released hostages, whose testimony suggests abuses are continuing in Gaza.
Hamas and Israel fail to reach ceasefire deal in Cairo (intlmonitor.com)
Ukraine Live: Victory As Ukraine Forces hit another Russian Ship in the crimea - Ministry of Defence (see video) (shorturl.at)
X walks back its misgendering policy after right-wing complaints (www.engadget.com)
Elon Musk Loses World’s Richest Person Title to Jeff Bezos (www.bloomberg.com)
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ASIA TODAY Iran sets new record with 834 death sentences carried out in 2023 (www.asianews.it)
Passengers sue Boeing, Alaska Airlines for $1 billion over midair door panel blowout (www.nbcnews.com)
The “preventable incident” endangered scores of lives both on the plane itself and others flying Max 9 aircraft, the suit alleges....
SpaceX faces hearing on engineers fired after criticizing Elon Musk over sexism (www.reuters.com)
A U.S. labor board judge on Tuesday held a hearing in a case accusing rocket maker SpaceX of illegally firing eight engineers for criticizing CEO Elon Musk and accusing him of sexist conduct in a letter to company executives....
A plastic fork, a phone, a car part: why does the LAPD keep shooting people holding harmless objects? (www.theguardian.com)
Police killed Jason Maccani as he held a fork, one of many cases of confused Los Angeles officers rushing to use lethal force...
Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas law that allows police to arrest migrants (apnews.com)
Texas’ plans to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally and order them to leave the country is headed to the Supreme Court in a legal showdown over the federal government’s authority over immigration....
France enshrines 'freedom' to abortion in Constitution, in world first (www.lemonde.fr)
A joint session of Parliament voted to adopt a constitutional reform to protect the ‘freedom of women to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy, which is guaranteed.’ The move was designed as a response to the US Supreme Court overturning the federal right to abortion in 2022....
Study calls US infrastructure spending a "climate time bomb" (www.motherjones.com)
Appeals court blocks Fla. ‘Stop Woke Act,’ says it’s a ‘First Amendment sin’ (www.washingtonpost.com)
A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a ruling that blocked Florida from enforcing a law, backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, that restricts how private companies teach diversity and inclusion in the workplace....
Following “flour massacre,” hundreds of thousands around the world protest Gaza genocide (www.wsws.org)
Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attack (apnews.com)
