7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes on coast of Taiwan (www.nbcnews.com)
White House makes last-ditch push for internet subsidy program [ACP] (www.reuters.com)
Strike That Killed World Central Kitchen Workers Bears Hallmarks of Israeli Precision Strike - bellingcat (www.bellingcat.com)
Seven aid workers were killed when their convoy was hit by an Israeli airstrike overnight, as it was leaving their Deir al-Balah warehouse, amid ongoing operations delivering aid supplies inside Gaza....
Trump sues Truth Social co-founders, says they're not entitled to stock shares (www.nbcnews.com)
Palisades Nuclear Plant in Michigan Plans to Reopen With $1.5 Billion Loan (www.nytimes.com)
The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it had agreed to provide a $1.52 billion loan guarantee to help a company restart a nuclear power plant in Michigan — the latest step in the government’s effort to revive the nation’s reactors....
Kremlin-Financed Political Influence Network in Europe Scandal Widens, 24 Officials Named (www.kyivpost.com)
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Photos show devastation of deadly Israeli airstrike on World Central Kitchen convoy (www.nbcnews.com)
J.K. Rowling will not be arrested for comments about transgender women, police say (www.nbcnews.com)
The “Harry Potter” author slammed a newly enacted hate-crime law in Scotland in a series of posts on X in which she referred to transgender women as men....
Owner of Dali ship seeks to limit liability in Baltimore bridge collapse (www.cbsnews.com)
The Singaporean company that owns the cargo ship that collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge last week took steps Monday to limit its liability for the accident....
An Iowa woman is sentenced in a ballot box stuffing scheme that supported husband's campaign (apnews.com)
The wife of an Iowa county supervisor was sentenced Monday to four months in jail after being convicted in a scheme to stuff the ballot box to support her husband’s unsuccessful campaign for a congressional seat....
Last survivor of USS Arizona from Pearl Harbor attack dies at 102 (www.denver7.com)
The battle over banda music heats up on the beaches of Mazatlán Mexico as protestors fight gentrification from foreigners (mexiconewsdaily.com)
Retirement crisis looms as Americans struggle to save (www.cnn.com)
The number of US workers in the labor market over the age of 75 is expected to nearly double over the next decade, creating a looming retirement crisis....
Tesla (TSLA) releases Q1 2024 deliveries: disastrous results (electrek.co)
General Electric completes split into 3 public companies Tuesday (www.axios.com)
World Central Kitchen pauses Gaza operations, saying 7 foreign aid workers killed during IDF attack including US citizen (abcnews.go.com)
Jon Stewart takes aim at his former Apple bosses on ‘The Daily Show’ (www.vanityfair.com)
This week, Jon Stewart devoted his edition of https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/jon-stewart-is-returning-as-host-of-the-daily-show-with-a-catch to tackling a topic that he claims his former bosses at Apple barred him from exploring. “I wanted to have you on a podcast and Apple asked us not to do it,” the late-night host...
Renting will be cheaper than buying for years, especially as home prices keep setting new all-time highs (fortune.com)
More bad news for anyone who wants to ever own a home: Home prices just went up again. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index rose 6% in January, data released today shows; that’s up from a 5.6% increase in the previous month, setting the fastest annual gain since 2022. “On a seasonal adjusted basis,...
Metro Bank UK stole software (www.theguardian.com)
Metro Bank UK stole software and linked it to their online banking system.
A Kansas paper and its publisher are suing over police raids. They say damages exceed $10M (apnews.com)
A weekly central Kansas newspaper and its publisher filed a federal lawsuit Monday over police raids last summer of its offices and the publisher’s home, accusing local officials of trying to silence the paper and causing the death of the publisher’s 98-year-old mother....
Oregon re-criminalizes small amounts of hard drugs after 2020 voter initiative is overturned (www.nbcnews.com)
Under the new law, possession of small amounts of drugs such as heroin or methamphetamine will be as a misdemeanor and punishable by up to six months in jail....
California jails are holding thousands fewer people, but far more are dying in them (calmatters.org)
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Buyers Are Avoiding Teslas Because Elon Musk Has Become So Toxic (futurism.com)
Paralyzed man who can walk again shows potential benefit of stem cell therapy (abcnews.go.com)
A Mayo Clinic study used a patient’s stem cells to help repair the spinal cord....
Florida Supreme Court gives voters final say on recreational marijuana (www.tallahassee.com)
In a blow to Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Florida conservatives opposed to the measure, the state’s Supreme Court on Monday approved a recreational marijuana constitutional amendment for the November 2024 statewide ballot....
