Cities with soda taxes saw sales of sugary drinks fall as prices rose, study finds (www.kpbs.org)
Sales of sugary drinks fell dramatically across five U.S. cities, after they implemented taxes targeting those drinks – and those changes were sustained over time. That’s according to a study published Friday in the journal JAMA Health Forum....
Congressional leaders announce agreement on topline spending levels, a key step to averting shutdown (apnews.com)
Congressional leaders have reached an agreement on overall spending levels for the current fiscal year that could help avoid a partial government shutdown later this month....
Massive dumping ground of WWII-era munitions discovered off Los Angeles coast (www.adn.com)
Avian flu surges in Northern California, threatening national poultry, egg supplies (thehill.com)
A California law banning the carrying of firearms in most public places is blocked again (apnews.com)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new California law that bans people from carrying firearms in most public places was once again blocked from taking effect Saturday as a court case challenging it continues....
IT Employment Grew by Just 700 Jobs in 2023, Down From 267,000 in 2022 (www.wsj.com)
Wife of financier who called for Harvard head’s exit faces plagiarism allegations (www.theguardian.com)
After Claudine Gay was ousted amid accusations of plagiarism, Neri Oxman was accused of copying from Wikipedia in dissertation...
At Florida's only public HBCU, students are wary of political influence on race education (apnews.com)
A core mission of Florida A&M University from its founding over a century ago has been to educate African Americans. It was written into the law that established the school along with another college, in Gainesville, reserved for white students....
What If China Paid Trump While In Office But The Supreme Court Said The Question Was Moot? (www.wonkette.com)
What If China Paid Trump While In Office But The Supreme Court Said The Question Was Moot? It did, and they did? Well how about that....
Judge blocks Trump lawyers from arguing about columnist's rape claim at upcoming defamation trial (apnews.com)
U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan made the determination in an order in advance of a Jan. 16 trial to determine defamation damages against Trump after a jury concluded Trump sexually abused columnist E. Jean Carroll but did not find evidence was sufficient to conclude that he raped her....
Who is Bill Ackman, the hedge-fund billionaire who used corporate-raider tactics to push out Harvard’s president? (www.marketwatch.com)
The shoplifting scare might not have been real — but its effects are (www.vox.com)
It turns out shoplifting isn’t spiraling out of control, but lawmakers are pushing for tougher penalties for low-level and nonviolent crimes anyway....