CIA chief says Russia's failures in the Ukraine war have sealed its fate as 'China's economic vassal' (www.businessinsider.com)
The Russia-Ukraine war has dealt multiple setbacks to Vladimir Putin, the director of the CIA says....
Joe Biden Is Arming Greece So Greece Can Arm Ukraine—And Pro-Russia Republicans Can’t Stop Him (www.forbes.com)
As the Republican Party’s blockade of aid to Ukraine drags into its fourth month, the U.S. government under Pres. Joe Biden has found a clever new way to give Ukraine’s forces the weapons and ammunition they need to defend their country....
How war destroyed Gaza’s neighbourhoods – visual investigation (www.theguardian.com)
Satellite imagery and open-source evidence lay bare the destruction to civilian infrastructure by Israel in its war on Hamas
Taylor Swift AI images prompt US bill to tackle nonconsensual, sexual deepfakes (www.theguardian.com)
A bipartisan group of US senators introduced a bill Tuesday that would criminalize the spread of nonconsensual, sexualized images generated by artificial intelligence. The measure comes in direct response to the proliferation of pornographic AI-made images of Taylor Swift on X, formerly Twitter, in recent days....
House Panel Approves Impeachment Charges Against Mayorkas (www.nytimes.com)
The House Homeland Security Committee approved two articles of impeachment early Wednesday against Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, over his handling of the southwestern border, as Republicans raced forward with a partisan indictment of President Biden’s immigration policies....
Middletown man posts Youtube video claiming to show beheaded father in Levittown (www.phillyburbs.com)
“The video, reviewed by this news organization, includes a manifesto-style rant in which Mohn calls on his followers to take action against federal employees. It is titled “Call to Arms for American Patriots.”...
Toyota warns 50,000 US vehicle owners to stop driving, get immediate repairs (www.reuters.com)
WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor (7203.T) , opens new tab said on Monday it is urging the owners of 50,000 older U.S. vehicles to get immediate recall repairs because an air bag inflator could explode and potentially kill motorists....
Stolen Jackie Robinson statue found burned, dismantled in trash can: The search for the perpetrators remains active, Wichita police said (abcnews.go.com)
A statue of baseball legend Jackie Robinson stolen from a Kansas park was found dismantled and burned in a trash can fire Tuesday morning in what authorities called a “disgraceful” act, as the search for the perpetrators continues....
Bird flu found in penguins near Antarctica, 200 chicks dead (www.reuters.com)
A deadly type of bird flu has been found in gentoo penguins for the first time, according to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), stoking concern that the virus could spread among Antarctica’s huge penguin colonies.
Texas' standoff with the feds in Eagle Pass is igniting calls for secession and fears of violence (www.texastribune.org)
The calls for Texas to defend itself and defy the federal government have set fire to a long-simmering fight over states’ rights, emboldening right-wing figures....
‘Smoking gun proof’: fossil fuel industry knew of climate danger as early as 1954, documents show (www.theguardian.com)
Documents show industry-backed Air Pollution Foundation uncovered the severe harm climate change would wreak...
Some IRS employees still access TikTok despite ban on government devices | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Elon Musk cannot keep Tesla pay package worth more than $55 billion, judge rules (apnews.com)
NSA Admits Secretly Buying Your Internet Browsing Data without Warrants (thehackernews.com)
Prosecutor in Trump Georgia case settles divorce ahead of testimony (www.washingtonpost.com)
The lead prosecutor in the Georgia election interference case against former president Donald Trump and his allies settled a contentious divorce dispute on Tuesday, avoiding a hearing scheduled for Wednesday morning that could have included testimony about allegations of an improper relationship between him and Fulton County...
Israel claims a tunnel ran through this Gaza cemetery it destroyed. A visit to the site raised more questions than answers (www.cnn.com)
A spokesman for the Israeli military said they would provide video of the tunnel shaft in the enormous hole, but never did....
Sotomayor says she feels ‘frustration’ daily as conservative justices move US to right (thehill.com)
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Monday she feels daily “frustration” as conservative justices move the country to the ideological right....
Student loan borrowers skip payments: It's "an act of civil disobedience", 1 in 10 say they won't pay (www.newsweek.com)
'White Lives Matter' member gets 18 years for firebombing church that planned drag events (www.nbcnews.com)
Aimenn Penny told the FBI that he would have felt better if his Molotov cocktails had burned an LGBT-friendly church to the ground.
New York expands the legal definition of rape to include many forms of nonconsensual sexual contact (apnews.com)
New York will expand its legal definition of rape to include various forms of nonconsensual sexual contact, under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday....
Biden says he has decided US response to Jordan drone attack (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden has said he has decided how to respond to a drone strike in northern Jordan which killed three American soldiers and wounded dozens more, as the Iran-backed militia that Washington blamed for the attack said it had suspended anti-US operations....
Massachusetts state troopers arrested for taking bribes to pass commercial drivers on test (apnews.com)
Two current and two former Massachusetts State Police troopers were among six people charged Tuesday in a scheme to allegedly take bribes including a new snowblower and driveway in exchange for giving passing scores on commercial driving tests, the U.S. attorney’s office said....
Texas alligators on ice ... or under it? (www.cbc.ca)
Gary Saurage, owner of Gator Country Adventure Park/Sanctuary, sees his gators ‘freeze’ in a peculiar position to survive the winter chill. Sticking the tips of their snouts up just enough to reach air, the reptiles are able to slow their heartbeats and hibernate while still being able to breathe despite the surface of the...
Judge strikes down Elon Musk’s massive, multi-billion-dollar pay package | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
A Delaware state court judge has thrown out the 2018 pay package that helped to make Tesla CEO Elon Musk one of the richest people in the world.
UPDATED -- 5 former Canadian world junior hockey players now face sexual assault charges (www.cbc.ca)
UPDATED – NHL players Michael McLeod of the New Jersey Devils and Dillion Dubé of the Calgary Flames have been charged with sexual assault related to an alleged group incident in 2018 in London, Ont., when they were members of Canada’s World Junior hockey team....