Egypt says it has reached a deal with the IMF to increase a bailout loan to $8 billion | Africanews (www.africanews.com)
‘Rust’ film trial: Hannah Gutierrez Reed found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, acquitted of evidence tampering (edition.cnn.com)
AI can be easily used to make fake election photos - report (www.bbc.com)
The companies behind the most popular tools prohibit users from creating “misleading” images....
What Happened When a Man Got 217 COVID-19 Vaccines (time.com)
Spoiler alert: he was fine and it didn’t improve his immunity in a significant way
Military Times survey: ‘Alarming’ percentage accept conspiracies (www.airforcetimes.com)
Shin Bet finds that Gazans working legally in Israel before Oct. 7 did not provide intel to Hamas (www.timesofisrael.com)
After a months-long investigation, the Shin Bet has concluded that Palestinians who entered Israel from Gaza for work prior to the October 7 Hamas terror assault did not provide Hamas with intelligence information that would assist with the assault, Channel 12 reports....
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul sending National Guard members to New York City subways to combat ongoing crime (www.nbcnews.com)
Cancer vaccine for dogs almost doubles survival rates in clinical trial (newatlas.com)
Trump allies on Republican National Committee want to help pay his legal bills (www.cnbc.com)
KEY POINTS...
Uvalde schoolchildren were massacred under a sheriff’s watch. He was still undefeated on Super Tuesday (www.independent.co.uk)
Sheriff Ruben Nolasco won re-election despite pressure from victims’ families to step down and a Justice Department report finding ‘cascading’ failures among the law enforcement response that day...
Ex-college track coach to be sentenced for tricking women into sending nude photos (apnews.com)
A former college track and field coach was sentenced Wednesday to five years behind bars for setting up sham social media and email accounts in an attempt to trick women, including some he coached, into sending him nude or semi-nude photos of themselves....
Kentucky senate passes bill granting right to collect child support for fetuses (www.theguardian.com)
Measure allows parent to seek child support up to a year after giving birth to retroactively cover pregnancy expenses...
New York will send National Guard to subways after a string of violent crimes (apnews.com)
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced plans Wednesday to send the National Guard to the New York City subway system to help police search passengers’ bags for weapons, following a series of high-profile crimes on city trains....
Why Is Your News Site Going Out of Business? (talkingpointsmemo.com)
A likely Yemen Houthi attack hits a ship, causing the first 'fatalities' in the assaults on shipping (apnews.com)
McConnell endorses Trump for president. He once blamed Trump for ‘disgraceful’ Jan. 6, 2021, attack (apnews.com)
With McConnell’s endorsement of Trump, it gives the green light to other remaining skeptical Republicans — and the deep-pocketed donors who fuel campaigns — to fall in line despite any reservations they may have about a return to the Trump era....
OpenAI hits back at Musk, says billionaire pushed for merger with Tesla (www.reuters.com)
OpenAI on Tuesday hit back at Elon Musk’s claims that the startup abandoned its original mission with emails that showed the billionaire supported its plan to create a for-profit entity and wanted a merger that would make Tesla its “cash cow.”...
After years of legal discrimination, Poland's same-sex couples await civil union law (www.npr.org)
The Covid-19 pandemic killed off one strain of the flu, and that will change the next vaccines (www.cnn.com)
Minnesota Democratic ‘uncommitted’ vote nears 20% in latest Biden rebuke (nypost.com)
Disgruntled progressive activists and organizations have embarked on a campaign to push voters to mark themselves “uncommitted” in protest of Biden’s stance on the Israel-Hamas War....
Alexei Navalny: Widow urges Russians to protest on election day (www.bbc.com)
Millions of Sudanese go hungry as war disrupts food supply (www.reuters.com)
Nikki Haley to end White House bid, clearing path for a Trump-Biden rematch (www.reuters.com)
Discontent over immigration and the economy fuel Trump's Super Tuesday romp (www.reuters.com)
Donald Trump is sailing into battle against President Joe Biden powered by anger over the two policy issues that have driven his comeback campaign so far: immigration and the economy....
Nikki Haley to end presidential campaign, ceding GOP nomination to Trump (www.nbcnews.com)
A lot of people thought she was going to go all the way to the RNC, but I didn’t think she would last that long....
