‘Horrific’: 189 bodies found and removed from Colorado ‘green’ funeral home (www.theguardian.com)
Authorities find more bodies after initial report of 115 two weeks ago, when owners were evicted and police investigated foul odor...
Billionaire Ronald Lauder threatens to pull funding if UPenn doesn’t do more to fight antisemitism (www.cnn.com)
Billionaire Ronald Lauder, a powerful financial backer of the University of Pennsylvania, is threatening to cut off donations if the school doesn’t do more to fight antisemitism, CNN has learned....
Alec Baldwin may be recharged with Rust gun death because of 'additional facts' (www.bbc.com)
New Mexico prosecutors plan to recharge Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter over a fatal on-set shooting in October 2021....
Scientists propose sweeping new law of nature, expanding on evolution (www.reuters.com)
Israel committing "textbook case of genocide," holocaust historian says (www.newsweek.com)
"We're seeing the combination of genocidal acts with special intent," said Raz Segal, an Israeli historian.
Trump Shares Article Doxxing NY AG’s Address, May Violate Gag Order (www.thedailybeast.com)
X will begin charging new users $1 a year to access key features including the ability to tweet and retweet. (fortune.com)
X (Twitter) to soon begin charging $1 annual subscription in order to tweet and interact....
Prosecutors to recharge Alec Baldwin for 'Rust' shooting (www.reuters.com)
Morrissey said if new testing of the gun showed it was working, she would recharge Baldwin.
Insiders Say X’s Crowdsourced Anti-Disinformation Tool Is Making the Problem Worse (www.wired.com)
X is promoting Community Notes to solve its disinformation problems, but some former employees and people who currently contribute notes say it’s not fit for that purpose.
IRS plans rollout of free e-file tax return system with invitations to limited taxpayers (www.pbs.org)
Trump committed egregious intelligence breach, ex-UK spy tells court (www.reuters.com)
Steele said in a witness statement that Trump’s decision to declassify his 2017 testimony to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation was “one of the most egregious breaches of intelligence rules and protocol by the US government in recent times”....
Soaring congenital syphilis rates in US risk lives of thousands of babies (www.theguardian.com)
Biden administration urged to declare a public health emergency with key medication for preventable condition in short supply
Scoop: White House has discussed U.S. military response if Hezbollah attacks Israel (www.axios.com)
Whatever unfolds in Gaza war, judgment day looms for Netanyahu (www.reuters.com)
The shock Oct. 7 massacre by Hamas gunmen has rallied Israelis to one another. But there is little love shown for a government being widely accused of dropping the country’s guard and engulfing it in a Gaza war that is rattling the region....
Remote work is still 'frustrating and disorienting' for bosses, economist says—their No. 1 problem with it is how difficult it is to observe and monitor employees (www.cnbc.com)
Feds slap fine on Kentucky warehouse accused of allowing child to operate forklift (thehill.com)
The Labor Department said in a press release that it fined Win.IT America Inc. for $30,276 in civil money penalties after violating child labor provisions in the Fair Labor Standards Act. Investigators found that the company employed two children, an 11-year-old and a 13-year-old, for months at its distribution center.
Former San Diego detective, 3 women sentenced to prison for operating sex parlors (www.cbsnews.com)
The Supreme Court’s very brief, very revealing new decision about guns, explained (www.vox.com)
Highlights: Late Monday afternoon, the Supreme Court handed down a very brief order establishing that sellers of “ghost guns,” weapons that are sold dismantled in ready-to-assemble kits, must comply with the same gun safety laws and anti-crime laws as any other gun seller....
Detroit casino union workers go on strike as unions seek better wages, benefits (www.freep.com)
Republican Jim Jordan's bid for speaker falling short in US House (www.reuters.com)
With voting underway, at least nine Republicans had cast ballots against his bid, likely leaving him short of the 217 votes he would need to win the job. More rounds of voting are expected if he does not prevail on the first vote....
Georgia deputy kills Black man freed from prison after wrongful conviction (www.reuters.com)
Automakers blast US plan to hike fuel efficiency rules (www.reuters.com)
The Alliance for Automotive Innovation said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) proposal was unreasonable and requested significant revisions....
Gaza families ordered south return home, say nowhere is safe from Israeli bombs (www.reuters.com)
Bombing in the south of the tiny, crowded Gaza Strip killed scores of people overnight, local authorities said, and the Abu Marasa family is one of several Reuters spoke to that have concluded they may as well go back to their homes in the north....
The Commerce Department updates its policies to stop China from getting advanced computer chips (apnews.com)
The Commerce Department on Tuesday updated and broadened its export controls to stop China from acquiring advanced computer chips and the equipment to manufacture them....
New York City limiting migrant families with children to 60-day shelter stays to ease strain on city (apnews.com)
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday that he is limiting shelter stays for migrant families with children to 60 days, bidding to ease pressure on a city housing system overwhelmed by a large influx of asylum seekers over the past year....
