Biden unharmed after car strikes president's motorcade in Delaware (www.nbcnews.com)
It was not immediately clear why the sedan smashed into an SUV that was part of the motorcade. The driver was surrounded by agents who had their guns drawn....
Some Trump fake electors from 2020 haven't faded away. They have roles in how the 2024 race is run (apnews.com)
Hindle was another replacement in what was a revolving door of county election officials across Nevada as the 2022 midterms approached. He had just unseated the interim clerk, who had stepped in after the prior clerk resigned....
The Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery will be dismantled this week (www.npr.org)
A monument to Confederate soldiers is scheduled to be removed from Arlington National Cemetery by the end of the week....
Flooding drives millions to move as climate-driven migration patterns emerge (apnews.com)
In the first two decades of the 21st century, the threat of flooding convinced more than 7 million people to avoid risky areas or abandon places that were risky, according to a paper Monday in the journal Nature Communications and research by the risk analysis organization First Street Foundation....
(European) Commission opens formal proceedings against X under the Digital Services Act (ec.europa.eu)
The European Commission has opened formal proceedings to assess whether X may have breached the Digital Services Act (DSA) in areas linked to risk management, content moderation, dark patterns, advertising transparency and data access for researchers....
This COVID study has been tracking immunity for 3 years. Now it's running out of money (www.cbc.ca)
A long-running study into COVID-19 immunity has unearthed promising insights on the still-mysterious disease, one of its lead researchers says — but she’s concerned its funding could soon dry up....
Clarence Thomas’ Private Complaints About Money Sparked Fears He Would Resign (www.propublica.org)
After almost a decade on the court, Thomas had grown frustrated with his financial situation, according to friends. He had recently started raising his young grandnephew, and Thomas’ wife was soliciting advice on how to handle the new expenses. The month before, the justice had borrowed $267,000 from a friend to buy a high-end...
Body Cameras Were Sold as a Tool of Police Reform. Ten Years Later, Most of the Footage Is Kept From Public View. (www.propublica.org)
At least 1,201 people were killed in 2022 by law enforcement officers, about 100 deaths a month, according to Mapping Police Violence, a nonprofit research group that tracks police killings. ProPublica examined the 101 deaths that occurred in June 2022, a time frame chosen because enough time had elapsed that investigations...
Afghanistan: 'Tea is sometimes all I have to give my hungry baby' (www.bbc.com)
Sohaila is a widow. She has six children, her youngest a 15-month-old girl named Husna Fakeeri. The tea that Sohaila refers to is what’s traditionally drunk in Afghanistan, made with green leaves and hot water, without any milk or sugar. It contains nothing that’s of any nutritional value for her baby....
A solar flare that hit the Earth on Thursday was “likely” one of the largest ever recorded. (www.theverge.com)
What to do about disinformation (www.ft.com)
In the digital age, the echoes of truth and falsehood reverberate with increasing intensity. Each click, share and retweet amplifies narratives, shaping perceptions and moulding realities. Yet amid this cacophony of voices, some pressing questions emerge. Whose narrative do we trust? And at what cost?...
People who got colon cancer in their 20s or 30s describe what it was like and the signs that were ignored (www.nbcnews.com)
Greyhound bus stops are valuable assets. Here’s who’s cashing in on them (us.cnn.com)
Ukraine probes suspected spying device found in army command office (www.france24.com)
US man charged in four murders lured victims with promise of buried gold (www.theguardian.com)
Victims fell for alleged serial killer’s tale that he needed help finding gold in area of his Washington state farm, authorities say
The US Labor Movement Experienced a Breakthrough Year in 2023 (jacobin.com)
Israeli army says it has uncovered biggest Hamas tunnel yet (www.theguardian.com)
The Israeli army has said it has uncovered the biggest Hamas tunnel in the Gaza Strip so far, just a few hundred metres from a key border crossing....
The Metropolitan Museum of Art to return more than a dozen ancient artworks following alleged links to looted art (www.cnn.com)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will return more than a dozen Southeast Asian sculptures after they were linked to a late art dealer accused of trafficking artifacts looted from the region, according to the museum and the US Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York....
Trump quotes Putin to call Biden ‘threat to democracy,’ reiterates anti-immigrant rhetoric at New Hampshire rally (www.cnn.com)
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin to attack President Joe Biden as a “threat to democracy” and doubled down on language condemned for its ties to White supremacist rhetoric, saying at a campaign event in New Hampshire that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our...
Vase woman buys for $3.99 at Virginia thrift shop sells for more than $100,000 (www.theguardian.com)
A woman who bought a glass vase for $3.99 at a local Goodwill charity shop has seen the piece auctioned off for more than $100,000 after it turned out to be a rare and valuable piece of Italian glassware....
US man charged over damage to Satanic Temple display in Iowa (www.bbc.com)
Hostage Deaths Fuel Israelis’ Doubts About Netanyahu (www.nytimes.com)
In the face of increasing pressure from the United States, Britain and Germany, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has doubled down on his opposition to what these allies see as the future of Gaza: an interim government overseen by the Palestinian Authority and an eventual Palestinian state existing alongside Israel....
Israel-Hamas War: U.S. to Push Israel to Scale Back War (www.nytimes.com)
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III was traveling on Sunday in the Middle East for a visit to Israel and three Persian Gulf nations as Biden administration officials push Israel to end its large-scale ground and air campaign in the Gaza Strip within weeks and transition to a more focused phase in its war against Hamas....
The Right Is Passing Bills That Ban the Teaching of Empathy and Care in Schools (truthout.org)
NPR's Top Global Posts of 2023 (www.npr.org)
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