The Buy Now, Pay Later holiday debt hangover has arrived, as consumers wonder how they'll pay bills (www.cnbc.com)
Supreme Court allows federal agents to cut razor wire Texas installed on US-Mexico border (apnews.com)
US oil company ExxonMobil sues to block investors’ climate proposals (www.theguardian.com)
Manny Ellis' death prompts bid by lawmaker to ban hog-tying by police (www.cbsnews.com)
Washington state lawmakers are expected to consider a proposal Monday to prohibit police from hog-tying suspects, nearly four years after Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man, died facedown with his hands and feet cuffed together behind him in a case that became a touchstone for racial justice demonstrators in the Pacific...
California State University faculty launch weeklong strike across 23 campuses (apnews.com)
Nearly 30,000 professors, librarians, coaches, and other workers at California State University, the largest public university system in the U.S., walked off the job Monday in a weeklong strike to demand higher wages....
Dexter Scott King, son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., dies of cancer at 62 (apnews.com)
Dexter Scott King, the younger son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died Monday after battling prostate cancer....
A 'perfect storm' led to the worst year for home sales in nearly 3 decades (creditnews.com)
The world will have its first trillionaire within a decade, but poverty won't be eradicated for another 229 years, report finds (www.cnbc.com)
Thousands of CSU faculty vow to ‘shut down’ campuses in first systemwide week long strike (www.latimes.com)
Proposed federal law would put limits on use of $50 billion in opioid settlements (www.mprnews.org)
Some members of Congress are demanding federal oversight of billions of dollars in opioid settlements, which state and local governments began spending over the past two years — with some using it to plug budget holes rather than fight the addiction crisis....
A Texas company is suing Chicago after the city began penalizing buses that drop off migrants (apnews.com)
A Texas transportation company is taking the nation’s third largest city to federal court, ratcheting up a legal battle over the migrant crisis that’s left U.S. cities struggling...
E. Jean Carroll trial paused over Trump lawyer’s COVID exposure (thehill.com)
E. Jean Carroll’s defamation trial against former President Trump was postponed on Monday after a juror and one of Trump’s lawyers reported feeling ill...
Families condemn Koch brothers over ploy to avoid asbestos compensation (www.theguardian.com)
Georgia-Pacific, owned by Koch Industries, employ controversial legal tactic to circumvent paying millions to sickened workers...
Poor Ronnie! He was gonna be a boss… (www.bbc.com)
I really thought he could blow it out. With his lifted shoes and his hate-mongering and his incredible banter ("What’s your name? “Bob.” “Okay.”). This man was going to pwn the libs and carry us into the next glorious phase of MAGAism. I wanted to believe. Now he’s probably crying and I’m crying to....
Biden administration announces new abortion initiatives on Roe anniversary (www.nbcnews.com)
The meeting will mark the fourth time his task force on reproductive health care access has come together since the landmark abortion ruling was overturned....
What to know about overdraft fees as the White House cracks down on them (apnews.com)
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed new rules that would lower overdraft fees, with President Joe Biden calling the charges “exploitative.” Currently, the fee for overdrawing a bank account averages more than $26....
Gaza hostage relatives burst into Israeli parliament, calls for action (www.reuters.com)
JERUSALEM, Jan 22 (Reuters) - A group of relatives of Israelis held hostage by Palestinian gunmen in Gaza stormed a parliamentary committee session in Jerusalem on Monday, demanding that the lawmakers do more to try to free their loved ones....
Hearing complaints over property taxes, some Georgia lawmakers look to limit rising values (apnews.com)
With a runup in home values sparking higher property taxes for many Georgia homeowners, there is a groundswell among state lawmakers in this election year to provide relief....
NYC Mayor Adams Vetoes Police Transparency and Solitary Confinement Bills (www.nytimes.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/web/…/mayor-adams-veto.html
Bill Gates thinks the super-wealthy should pay more tax – and plenty of rich people agree (www.businessinsider.com)
Bill Gates wants ultra-wealthy individuals to pay more tax — and now a growing chorus of billionaires agree....
IL Supreme Court to decide if smell of marijuana justifies vehicle searches (www.police1.com)
Down and out: How DeSantis tried to fight on two fronts – and cowered in both (www.independent.co.uk)
Florida governor’s refusal to take on Trump or his ignoring the non-Maga flank of the GOP means he ends his White House run in a no-man’s land...
Boeing 737-900ER: Second model to be inspected after 737 Max 9 blowout (www.bbc.com)
Checks are to be carried out on a second Boeing aircraft model following the blowout of an unused door on one of its planes earlier this month....
US government rejects complaint that woman was improperly denied an emergency abortion in Oklahoma (apnews.com)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says an Oklahoma hospital did not violate federal law when doctors told a woman with a nonviable pregnancy to wait in the parking lot until her condition worsened enough to qualify for an abortion under the state’s strict ban....
Top hedge funds make record $67bn in profits for 2023 (www.theguardian.com)
Profits boom at top 20 funds including TCI, Citadel, Viking and Pershing Square thanks to rebound in stock markets...
