Houthis reportedly sink British ship in Red Sea (www.ynetnews.com)
West Virginia House passes bill allowing prosecution of librarians (www.newsandsentinel.com)
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia House of Delegates debated the merits of removing protections for public librarians and school librarians from criminal prosecution in the off chance a minor encounters books and content some consider to be obscene.
Utah House committee approves Ten Commandments bill despite constitutional concerns (www.ksl.com)
A Utah lawmaker is no longer pushing for public schools to display a copy of the Ten Commandments but wants to add other biblical precepts and the Magna Carta to the curriculum.
‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals | Recycling (www.theguardian.com)
Companies knew for decades recycling was not viable but promoted it regar
Israel/oPt: UN experts appalled by reported human rights violations against Palestinian women and girls (www.ohchr.org)
Palestinian women and girls have reportedly been arbitrarily executed in Gaza, often together with family members, including their children, according to information received....
Crew abandon British-registered cargo ship off Yemen after Houthi attack (www.bbc.com)
Houthis Say They Shot Down a U.S. Drone Off Yemen (www.seattletimes.com)
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is investigating the cause of a crash of an American military surveillance drone off the coast of Yemen Monday morning, two U.S. officials said....
Russian pilot who surrendered helicopter to Ukraine found shot dead in Spain (www.pravda.com.ua)
Long after tragic mysteries are solved, families of Native American victims are kept in the dark (apnews.com)
It was the winter of 2021 when Philbert Shorty’s family found his abandoned car stuck in the mud outside the small community of Tsaile near the Arizona-New Mexico state line. “We knew something happened from the get-go,” said his uncle, Ben Shorty. “We couldn’t find any answers.”...
Why it’s so hard to find an apartment you can afford (us.cnn.com)
Stalled US aid for Ukraine underscores GOP's shift away from confronting Russia (apnews.com)
At about 2 a.m. last Tuesday, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin stood on the Senate floor and explained why he opposed sending more aid to help Ukraine fend off the invasion launched in 2022 by Russian President Vladimir Putin....
John Oliver offers to pay Clarence Thomas $1m a year if he resigns from supreme court (www.theguardian.com)
Oliver made the proposal on Sunday’s episode of his HBO show Last Week Tonight, saying the supreme court justice had 30 days to accept or it would expire....
Brightest and fastest-growing: astronomers identify record-breaking quasar (www.eso.org)
Using the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have characterised a bright quasar, finding it to be not only the brightest of its kind, but also the most luminous object ever observed. Quasars are the bright cores of distant galaxies and they are powered by supermassive black holes. The...
Pope prays for peace in Sudan, and Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province | Africanews (www.africanews.com)
Israel declared Brazilian President Lula da Silva “persona non grata” - International Monitor (intlmonitor.com)
Rafah: War cabinet minister Benny Gantz says ground offensive will begin by Ramadan if hostages aren’t returned | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Texas nationalists rage at power grid plans (www.newsweek.com)
US Department of Commerce announces CHIPS act preliminary agreement with GlobalFoundries, which will award approximately $1.5 billion to expand domestic production of semiconductors
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Louisiana governor declares state of emergency due to police shortage (abcnews.go.com)
Louisiana GOP Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state of emergency due to a police officer shortage....
What's at stake for Trump, Haley in South Carolina's primary (www.reuters.com)
Donald Trump wants to make South Carolina the end of the road for Nikki Haley in their battle for the Republican nomination. Haley aims to survive and take their fight into the multistate Super Tuesday contest in March....
‘Unconscionable’ criminal justice bills could fuel soaring incarceration in Louisiana (www.theguardian.com)
Reform advocates condemn raft of measures expected to pass under new far-right governor...
New York lobbyists ‘aiding and abetting’ climate crisis, research reveals (www.theguardian.com)
Lobbying firms work double-duty, representing political interests of victims and perpetrators of climate change in state capital...
U.S. military reports 1st Houthi unmanned underwater vessel in Red Sea (www.cbsnews.com)
US admiral says the fight against the Houthis in the Red Sea is the largest battle the Navy's fought since World War Ii (www.businessinsider.com)
Neo-Nazis march in Nashville, leave after being challenged (www.nbcnews.com)
The group left in a U-Haul box truck that was driven out of the county, police said, indicating the demonstrators were outsiders....
