Fate of Infamous Dublin, California Women's Prison Now in Hands of Federal Judge (www.kqed.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/federal-oversight-of-dublin-wom…
States With The Least Healthy (And Healthiest) Populations (www.forbes.com)
Good health can allow you to fully participate in the activities you enjoy and live life to the fullest. Yet many Americans struggle with chronic health conditions that hamper their quality of life. Six in 10 American adults have at least one chronic disease and four in 10 have two or more, according to the Centers for Disease...
Brutal arctic blast blanketing much of the US is set to deliver record-breaking low temperatures as the South braces for snow (www.cnn.com)
Canadians worry US democracy cannot survive Trump's return to White House, poll finds (www.reuters.com)
About two-thirds of Canadians surveyed this month said American democracy cannot survive another four years of Donald Trump in the White House, and about half said the United States is on the way to becoming an authoritarian state, a poll released on Monday said....
Elton John becomes 19th person to achieve EGOT status with Emmy Award win for 'outstanding variety special' (www.cbsnews.com)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/5810312
Millions of Americans face below-zero temperatures as storms bring blast of Arctic air, snow and ice (apnews.com)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Subfreezing temperatures across much of the U.S. left millions of Americans facing dangerous cold as Arctic storms left four dead and knocked out electricity to tens of thousands in the Northwest, brought snow to the South, and walloped the Northeast with blizzard conditions that forced the postponement...
World’s five richest men double their money as poorest get poorer (www.theguardian.com)
A defiant Netanyahu says no one can halt Israel's war to crush Hamas, including the world court (apnews.com)
US military academies focus on oaths and loyalty to Constitution as political divisions intensify (apnews.com)
For 75 minutes, Maj. Joe Amoroso quizzed his students in SS202, American Politics, about civilian leadership of the military, the trust between the armed forces and the public, and how the military must not become a partisan tool....
In his closing pitch to Iowa Republicans, Trump says their votes can help him punish his enemies (apnews.com)
The former president has set sky-high expectations for his own performance in the first contest of the race for the Republican presidential nomination. He spent the day before the caucuses trying to ensure he meets them. His main GOP rivals all spent Sunday in Iowa as well, making last-minute appeals to Iowans open to hearing...
America is retreating from global health leadership at the worst possible time (www.vox.com)
Covid politicized public health. Now, the US might give up on saving millions of lives....
A rare male pygmy hippo born in a Czech zoo debuts his first photoshoot (apnews.com)
PRAGUE (AP) — A rare male pygmy hippopotamus born in a Czech zoo debuted his first photoshoot on Monday to the delight of spectators. He is considered a valuable addition to the conservation efforts of the endangered species.
Biden administration demands Texas immediately stop blocking Border Patrol access (www.cnn.com)
ESPN returns 37 Emmys, disciplines employees after a decades-long scheme is unearthed (www.yahoo.com)
I’m not into sportsball, or the Emmys for that matter, so this has me very confused. Isn’t this a scandal for the Emmys as much as it is for ESPN? If you’re giving awards to people that don’t even exist, you clearly aren’t doing any due diligence to see if they deserve the award. And did the people getting these...
In Egypt, Wang Yi calls for Gaza ceasefire, Palestinian statehood (www.scmp.com)
In a press conference with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukri in Cairo, the top Chinese diplomat said “it is necessary to insist on the establishment of an independent, fully sovereign state of Palestine on the 1967 borders, with east Jerusalem as its capital.”...
The FAA is tightening oversight of Boeing and will audit production of the 737 Max 9 (www.kpbs.org)
The Federal Aviation Administration says it will increase its oversight of Boeing and its suppliers, and will re-examine the longstanding practice of allowing company employees to perform some safety analysis of its planes....
Thousands of U.S. Cities Could Become Virtual Ghost Towns by 2100 (www.scientificamerican.com)
Iowa high school principal who was shot while trying to protect students dies from his injuries (abcnews.go.com)
The Iowa high school principal who was shot and wounded while trying to protect his students during a school shooting earlier this month has died from his injuries, according to the school district....
Migrant deaths in Rio Grande intensify tensions between Texas, Biden administration over crossings (apnews.com)
After Texas fenced off a park along the U.S.-Mexico border and began turning away Border Patrol agents, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott explained why at a campaign stop near Houston....
John Kerry, the US climate envoy, to leave the Biden administration (apnews.com)
Kerry, a longtime senator and secretary of state, was tapped shortly after Joe Biden’s November 2020 election to take on the new role created specifically to fight climate change on behalf of the administration on the global stage....
U.S. health officials ask DEA to reclassify marijuana following review (www.upi.com)
Scientist cited in push to oust Harvard’s Claudine Gay has links to eugenicists (www.theguardian.com)
Rufo described Jonatan Pallesen as “a Danish data scientist who has raised new questions about Claudine Gay’s use – and potential misuse – of data in her PhD thesis” in an interview published in his newsletter and on the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal website last Friday....
3 Dead in Massachusetts Plane Crash (www.cbsnews.com)
Aircraft’s last known position and speed show it climbing with decreasing speed. Based on the small loops shown, this was likely a training flight or proficiency check. It can be assumed the aircraft was placed into an intentional stall for training or VMC demo, but quickly departed controlled flight for an unknown reason. It...
Houses set alight as lava from volcano eruption reaches Icelandic town (www.theguardian.com)
Seismic activity intensified overnight near Grindavík, the fifth eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula in two years...
Grand Canyon University, already fined $37.7M, faces new federal inquiry (ktar.com)
PHOENIX — Another front has opened in the ongoing battle between the federal government and Phoenix-based Grand Canyon University, which already faces a fine of nearly $40 million....
