Gaza becomes Israel's testing ground for military robots (www.haaretz.com)
Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona says she won’t seek reelection, avoiding 3-way race (abcnews.go.com)
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ASIA TODAY Iran sets new record with 834 death sentences carried out in 2023 (www.asianews.it)
Hamas and Israel fail to reach ceasefire deal in Cairo (intlmonitor.com)
Kentucky: New bill eliminating work break rights rings alarm bells (www.newsweek.com)
Say goodbye to breaks and lunch when working > 6 hours a day! Kentucky says just let the feds set the rules.
Liberty University will pay $14 million, the largest fine ever levied under the federal Clery Act (apnews.com)
The fine is by far the largest ever levied under the Clery Act, a law that requires colleges and universities that receive federal funding to collect data on campus crime and notify students of threats. Schools must disseminate an annual security report that includes crime reports and information on efforts to improve campus...
US Supreme Court ruling in Trump ballot case showed unanimity, not unity (www.reuters.com)
Four of the nine justices - its three liberal members and its newest member - disagreed with the rest of the court about decision, saying the outcome powered by five conservative justices went further than necessary....
SpaceX faces hearing on engineers fired after criticizing Elon Musk over sexism (www.reuters.com)
A U.S. labor board judge on Tuesday held a hearing in a case accusing rocket maker SpaceX of illegally firing eight engineers for criticizing CEO Elon Musk and accusing him of sexist conduct in a letter to company executives....
Credit card late fees capped at $8 under Biden crackdown on 'junk fees' (www.usatoday.com)
Facebook down on Super Tuesday? Some users are reporting outages on primary election day (www.usatoday.com)
What these red cows from Texas have to do with war and peace in the Middle East (www.cbsnews.com)
Canadian Military Buying $43 Million Of Israeli Missiles Used In Gaza Attacks (www.readthemaple.com)
Black women are six times more likely to be killed than white women, data reveals (www.nbcnews.com)
The paper included a decade’s worth of data from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention among Black women ages 25 to 44 across 30 states.
Trump's White House Was 'Awash in Speed' -- and Xanax (www.rollingstone.com)
Pro-Palestinian groups decry real estate events at synagogues over concerns occupied land being sold (www.cbc.ca)
On Sunday, dozens of people gathered near the Aish Hatorah synagogue in Thornhill, Ont., to protest an event that organizers say was aimed at helping people in the Toronto area buy property in Israel. They were met with pro-Israeli counterprotestors and Jewish leaders took issue with the Sunday protest taking place outside a...
Ghana's anti-LGBTQ+ bill: President Akufo-Addo to wait for Supreme Court ruling (www.bbc.com)
Nana Akufo-Addo says he will not assent to the anti-LGBTQ+ bill until a Supreme Court ruling.
Appeals court blocks Fla. ‘Stop Woke Act,’ says it’s a ‘First Amendment sin’ (www.washingtonpost.com)
A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a ruling that blocked Florida from enforcing a law, backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, that restricts how private companies teach diversity and inclusion in the workplace....
Kibbutz Be’eri Rejects Story in New York Times October 7 Exposé: “They Were Not Sexually Abused” (theintercept.com)
Two of the three victims specifically singled out by the New York Times in a marquee exposé published in December, which alleged that Hamas had deliberately weaponized sexual violence during the October 7 attacks, were not in fact victims of sexual assault, according to the spokesperson for the Kibbutz Be’eri, which the Times...
Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas law that allows police to arrest migrants (apnews.com)
Texas’ plans to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally and order them to leave the country is headed to the Supreme Court in a legal showdown over the federal government’s authority over immigration....
UN finds ‘convincing information’ that Hamas raped and tortured Israeli hostages (www.theguardian.com)
Pramila Patten’s findings are based on interviews with released hostages, whose testimony suggests abuses are continuing in Gaza.
Canada man arrested for threatening pro-Palestinian activists with nail gun (www.timesofisrael.com)
Abramov is seen in videos circulating on social media approaching protesters holding a nail gun and shouting, “Every fucking Palestinian will die.” Noticing he is being filmed, Abramov knocks a cellphone out of one protester’s hand before being pushed away by another protester, whom he pushes back.
Mining company can't tap water needed for Okefenokee wildlife refuge, US says (apnews.com)
In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service tells Georgia state regulators that federal law prohibits diverting water from the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in quantities that would harm its function as a protective habitat for native animal and plant species....
JetBlue, Spirit Airlines call off $3.8 bln merger on antitrust hurdle (www.reuters.com)
Girl Scouts were told to stop bracelet-making fundraiser for kids in Gaza. Now they can't keep up (apnews.com)
Missouri Girl Scout leaders threatened legal action against a troop that made bracelets to raise funds for starving children in Gaza, provoking outrage and ridicule from the girls’ supporters and advocates for people trapped in the Palestinian territory by the latest humanitarian crisis....