The U.K. and Japan have slumped into recession while the U.S. keeps defying gloomy expectations (fortune.com)
Frozen embryos are ‘children,’ Alabama Supreme Court rules in couples’ wrongful death suits (www.al.com)
The state's highest court reversed a judge's dismissal of the case involving embryos destroyed by a wandering Mobile hospital patient.
Europe seeks to sway Trump camp on NATO, Ukraine aid (www.reuters.com)
Even as they insist they are not dancing to Donald Trump’s tune on NATO, European leaders are singing from a song sheet designed to appeal to the former U.S. president and his Republican supporters....
Prime Minister: Denmark to supply all its artillery to Ukraine (euromaidanpress.com)
X-Men '97's Take on Morph Is Already Making Bigots Mad (gizmodo.com)
So in the latest installment of what won’t make MAGA throw a tantrum.
Oregon's Drug Decriminalization Law Faces Growing Pushback Amid Fentanyl Crisis (www.voanews.com)
This is interesting....
Lab-Made Meat? Florida Lawmakers Don’t Like the Sound of It. (www.nytimes.com)
Legislators there and in several other states want to restrict the manufacture or sale of meat made in a laboratory, even though it barely exists. The space industry disagrees....
Companies — profitable or not — make 2024 the year of cost cuts (www.cnbc.com)
Texas deputies shoot woman mistaken for intruder, bodycam video shows (abc7chicago.com)
Boy injured in Osteen church shooting lost ‘portion of his frontal lobe’ (www.theguardian.com)
Samuel Moreno-Carranza, age seven, was injured after his mother fired a rifle inside church and police responded, killing her...
Autoworkers threaten to strike again at Ford's huge Kentucky truck plant (wamu.org)
The United Auto Workers union is threatening to go on strike next week at Ford Motor Co.’s largest and most profitable factory in a dispute over local contract language....
Warren Buffett’s Squishmallows firm sues Build-A-Bear amid ‘knock-off’ claims (www.theguardian.com)
Jazwares claims that rival has created its own pillow-like toys to cash in on its viral success...
Yale apologizes for past ties to slavery (www.cnn.com)
Yale University has issued a formal apology for its historical ties to slavery....
George Santos sues late-night host Jimmy Kimmel for tricking him into making videos to ridicule him (apnews.com)
Former U.S. Rep. George Santos alleged in a lawsuit filed Saturday that late-night host Jimmy Kimmel deceived him into making videos on the Cameo app that were used to ridicule the disgraced New York Republican on the show....
California is forging ahead with food waste recycling. But is it too much, too fast? (apnews.com)
Two years after California launched an effort to keep organic waste out of landfills, the state is so far behind on getting food recycling programs up and running that it’s widely accepted next year’s ambitious waste-reduction targets won’t be met....
US threatens to veto new Gaza ceasefire resolution at UN Security Council (edition.cnn.com)
Murder victim Kelly Wilkinson repeatedly visited police in fear. They said she was ‘cop shopping’ (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Family calls for inquest, saying Wilkinson visited police ‘almost every day’ before she was murdered by her husband in 2021
Science fiction authors were excluded from awards for fear of offending China (www.nbcnews.com)
Leaked emails show organizers of the prestigious Hugo Awards vetted writers’ work and comments with regard to China, where last year’s awards were held....
Netanyahu dismisses election calls as thousands protest in Tel Aviv (ca.news.yahoo.com)
Netanyahu has seen his popularity plummet in opinion polls since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack that sparked the devastating war in Gaza....
Nazi supporters march through downtown Nashville (fox17.com)
The group of more than a dozen masked individuals marched wearing red shirts and black pants, waving flags with swastikas on them. It is not clear at this time who the group is or affiliated with, though many of the shirts said “Blood Tribe.”
US wholesale inflation accelerated in January in latest sign that prices picked up last month (apnews.com)
Trump hawks $399 branded shoes at 'Sneaker Con,' a day after a $355 million ruling against him (apnews.com)
As he closes in on the Republican presidential nomination, former President Donald Trump made a highly unusual stop Saturday, hawking new Trump-branded sneakers at “Sneaker Con,” a gathering that bills itself as the “The Greatest Sneaker Show on Earth.”...
Trump Allies Plan New Sweeping Abortion Restrictions (www.nytimes.com)
His supporters are seeking to attack abortion rights and abortion access from a variety of angles should he regain the White House, including using a long-dormant law from 1873....
Wisconsin Picks New Legislative Maps That Would End Years of GOP Gerrymandering (www.propublica.org)
Under legal pressure to address Wisconsin’s “Swiss cheese” and oddly shaped districts, the Legislature approved redrawn maps that promise to create a new dynamic in a state known for its pivotal role in national politics....
With Netanyahu Threatening Rafah Invasion, Biden Prepares to Send Israel More Bombs (theintercept.com)
The most relevant fact about the Biden administration’s current position on the war against Gaza is this: There is no Israeli war crime too extreme for Joe Biden to consider pausing, to say nothing of cutting off, the flow of U.S. weapons and financial support for Israel’s war of annihilation. On Tuesday, the Senate passed...
