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Alexei Navalny's funeral to be held on Friday in Moscow - BBC (www.bbc.com)

New research shows how attention lapses are exploited by fake news sites (phys.org)

If Biden loses in November, don’t blame voters who are angry over Gaza | Arwa Mahdawi (www.theguardian.com)

US military pulls the trigger, uses AI to target air strikes (www.theregister.com)

The US Department of Defense has deployed machine learning algorithms to identify targets in over 85 air strikes on targets in Iraq and Syria this year....

The MTA's Farebeating Crackdown on Buses Is a Mess (hellgatenyc.com)

Wendy’s will experiment with dynamic surge pricing for food in 2025 (arstechnica.com)

New program to help US local elections officials who face ‘death by 1,000 cuts’ (www.theguardian.com)

Protection hub will offer legal assistance and technical help as officials report ongoing threats and harassment on their jobs...

Revealed: at least 22 Californians have died while being held face down by police since 2016 (www.theguardian.com)

Police have long known the dangers of holding people in prone restraint. So why do so many keep dying?...

Idaho set to execute Thomas Eugene Creech, one of the longest-serving death row inmates in the US (apnews.com)

The hour of Thomas Eugene Creech’s death has been set, and it is rapidly approaching....

Populism imperilling global fight against climate breakdown, says John Kerry (www.theguardian.com)

US climate chief hits out at ‘disinformation’ and ‘demagoguery’ being used as tactics by special interests to delay action...

Lauren Boebert's son was arrested over a spate of thefts as his mom tries to convince voters to look past her chaotic family life (www.businessinsider.com)

Rep. Lauren Boebert’s 18-year-old son, Tyler Boebert, was arrested on Tuesday afternoon and is facing 22 charges, including several felony charges relating to a string of crimes in her Colorado district....

US Army is slashing thousands of posts in major revamp to prepare for future wars (apnews.com)

The U.S. Army is slashing the size of its force by about 24,000, or almost 5%, and restructuring to be better able to fight the next major war, as the service struggles with recruiting shortfalls that made it impossible to bring in enough soldiers to fill all the jobs....

Retirement age: Why baby boomers are working into their 60s and 70s (www.vox.com)

How long will baby boomers keep working? For some, the answer is forever....

Texas governor issues disaster declaration as wildfires grow in Panhandle (www.nbcnews.com)

The fires in the state that aren’t yet contained include a 250,000 acre blaze burning in Hutchinson County....

Scoop: U.S. wants Israeli written assurances on using U.S. weapons in Gaza by mid-March (www.axios.com)

American Media Keep Citing Zaka — Though Its October 7 Atrocity Stories Are Discredited in Israel (theintercept.com)

Zaka stories have been essential to justifying Israel’s all-out war against Gaza, which has killed around 30,000 Palestinians in less than five months. Speaking at the United Nations in December, Zaka deputy commander Simcha Greiniman broke down while describing alleged atrocities. He later told the same stories to a meeting...

Will gasoline prices continue to increase in 2024? (dinosaurgames.io)

Gasoline prices in recent years have had many large fluctuations. So I wonder in what direction it will change in 2024 and the coming years?

Fight hasn’t been ruled out as cause of Nex Benedict’s death, police say (www.nbcnews.com)

A police spokesman said previous statements that Nex Benedict didn’t die as a result of “trauma” didn’t rule out the fight as a contributing factor.

Out-of-control wildfires scorch Texas Panhandle, prompt shutdown of nuclear weapons facility (apnews.com)

A series of wildfires swept across the Texas Panhandle early Wednesday, prompting evacuations, cutting off power to thousands, and forcing the shutdown of a nuclear weapons facility as strong winds, dry grass and unseasonably warm temperatures fed the blazes....

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