New York AG case against NRA leader faces trial after court again rejects gun group's claim of political probe (www.foxnews.com)
Harvard President Claudine Gay Resigns, Shortest Tenure in University History (www.thecrimson.com)
Gay’s resignation — just six months and two days into the presidency — comes amid growing allegations of plagiarism and lasting doubts over her ability to respond to antisemitism on campus after her disastrous congressional testimony Dec. 5....
Polar bear dies from bird flu as H5N1 spreads across globe (www.theguardian.com)
A polar bear has been killed by bird flu as the highly contagious H5N1 virus spreads into the most remote parts of the planet....
Russia Hammers Kyiv With Missiles in Large-Scale Attack (www.nytimes.com)
Russian missiles and drones hammered Kyiv on Tuesday morning, officials said, in a large-scale attack on the Ukrainian capital and other cities that killed at least five people and injured nearly 130 others, a day after President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia promised to retaliate for a Ukrainian assault on a Russian city....
Top Hamas official Saleh Arouri, who headed West Bank operations, killed in Beirut blast (apnews.com)
An explosion in Beirut on Tuesday killed Saleh Arouri, a top official with the Palestinian militant group Hamas and three others, officials with Hamas and the Lebanese group Hezbollah said....
A six-year-old girl was drowned in a water tank and her head was smashed with a stone to hide her identity after a failed rape bid, 43-year-old private watchman arrested (www.ndtv.com)
North Carolina pastor arrested after police say he tried to push wife's coworker into McDonald's deep fryer (www.cbsnews.com)
To tackle poverty, more states will offer bigger child tax credits in 2024 (www.npr.org)
Hidden panels, counterfeit bottles, fentanyl: A year of buying drugs in Mexican pharmacies (www.latimes.com)
The tag on her white lab coat read “professional pharmacist,” and the framed health and safety certificates lining the walls behind her gave the drugstore an air of legitimacy....
Value of X has fallen 71% since purchase by Musk and name change from Twitter (www.theguardian.com)
The social media platform X has lost 71% of its value since it was bought by Elon Musk, according to the mutual fund Fidelity....
Armed man breaks into Colorado Supreme Court building, causes “significant and extensive” damage (www.denverpost.com)
A man shot through a window and broke into the Colorado Supreme Court building early Tuesday morning and caused “significant and extensive” damage in several areas of the building before surrendering to police, according to the Colorado State Patrol....
Alamo Drafthouse blames ‘nationwide’ theater outage on Sony projector fail (www.theverge.com)
The news hasn’t reported the cause, but it may be due to DRM.
They Were Wrongfully Convicted. Now They’re Denied Compensation Despite Michigan Law. (www.propublica.org)
Freedom, however, was frightening. Night after night, he awoke every 15 minutes or so, wrestling with the covers, wondering if he’d hallucinated it all. He kept the television on to remind himself he wasn’t in prison anymore. Its noise broke the first complete silence he’d experienced in half a lifetime, he said, which...
Nearly 50 people suffer carbon monoxide poisoning at Mormon church in Utah (www.nbcnews.com)
Nearly 50 people who attended a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meetinghouse in Utah were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning, church officials said Monday....
A New Kind of AI Copy Can Fully Replicate Famous People. The Law Is Powerless. (www.politico.com)
Changes coming to US Postal Service prices in 2024 (thehill.com)
The price to ship your letters and packages is going up in the new year....
Child Care Gaps in Rural America Threaten to Undercut Small Communities (kffhealthnews.org)
Candy Murnion remembers vividly the event that pushed her to open her first day care business in Jordan, a town of fewer than 400 residents in a sea of grassland in eastern Montana....
More Americans think foreign policy should be a top US priority for 2024, an AP-NORC poll finds (apnews.com)
In this time of war overseas, more Americans think foreign policy should be a top focus for the U.S. government in 2024, with a new poll showing international concerns and immigration rising in importance with the public....
More EVs lose US tax credits including Tesla, Nissan, GM vehicles (finance.yahoo.com)
Many electric vehicles lost eligibility for tax credits of up to $7,500 after new battery sourcing rules took effect on Monday, including the Nissan Leaf, Tesla Cybertruck All-Wheel Drive, some Tesla Model 3s and Chevrolet Blazer EV, the U.S. Treasury said....
BYD is set to beat Tesla for a second straight year after producing more than 3 million cars in 2023 (www.cnbc.com)
BYD said Monday it produced more than 3 million new energy vehicles in 2023, putting the Chinese electric car giant on track to surpass Tesla’s production for a second straight year....
Ex-gang leader makes his bid in Las Vegas court for house arrest before trial in Tupac Shakur case (apnews.com)
A former Los Angeles-area gang leader charged with killing hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas plans to ask a judge on Tuesday to release him to house arrest ahead of the trial in June....
Kai Zhuang: Chinese teen found alive in US after 'cyber kidnapping' (www.bbc.com)
A Chinese foreign exchange student has been found freezing but alive in the US after his parents were extorted out of tens of thousands of dollars in a “cyber kidnapping” scam....
Japan Airlines plane in flames on runway at Tokyo's Haneda airport (www.bbc.com)
Pictures show the aircraft on fire while it is travelling along the runway at the busy airport.
Nearly 200 names linked to Jeffrey Epstein expected to be made public (www.theguardian.com)
List could be released as soon as Tuesday after deadline for objections to unsealing of names passes midnight Monday...
Respiratory virus activity is high and rising across the United States, CDC data shows (www.cnn.com)
As seasonal virus activity surges across the United States, experts stress the importance of preventive measures – such as masking and vaccination – and the value of treatment for those who do get sick....
