Israeli airstrike kills two people in Damascus, Syrian state TV says - Reuters (www.reuters.com)
Two people facing more than 200 animal cruelty charges after more than 100 animals found living in deplorable conditions (www.cbsnews.com)
Alabama’s supreme court ruled embryos are ‘extrauterine children’. IVF patients are worried (www.theguardian.com)
Biden administration cancels student loans of more than 150,000 borrowers under new plan (www.nbcnews.com)
Brazil fires back at ‘outrageous’ Israeli response to Lula comments (thecradle.co)
Israeli officials have accused Brazil’s president of antisemitism following his comparison of Israeli violence to that of the Nazis...
Jury selection begins for trial of "Rust" armorer in fatal 2021 shooting by Alec Baldwin (apnews.com)
Prosecutors in New Mexico want more accountability for the 2021 death of a cinematographer who was fatally shot by actor Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal for the Western film “Rust.”...
Election officials in the US face daunting challenges in 2024. And Congress isn't coming to help (apnews.com)
With election season already underway, some state election officials are expressing frustration that Congress has yet to allocate federal money they have come to rely on to help cover the costs of securing their systems from attacks, updating equipment and training staff....
Fentanyl dealers increasingly facing homicide charges over overdose deaths (www.cbsnews.com)
‘Migrant Crime Wave’ Not Supported by Data, Despite High-Profile Cases (www.nytimes.com)
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The Empty Adderall Factory: The DEA's shutdown of Ascent Pharmaceuticals is exacerbating the ADHD meds crisis — at a rate of 600 million missing doses a year (nymag.com)
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First federal trial for a hate crime based on gender identity starts over trans woman's killing (apnews.com)
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West Virginia bill allowing librarians to be prosecuted over 'obscene' books moves forward (www.usatoday.com)
Washington State Troopers Charged Her With Drunken Driving. But Her Brain Was Bleeding. (www.nytimes.com)
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Death and Redemption in an American Prison (kffhealthnews.org)
Steven Garner doesn’t like to talk about the day that changed his life. A New Orleans barroom altercation in 1990 escalated to the point where Garner, then 18, and his younger brother Glenn shot and killed another man. The Garners claimed self-defense, but a jury found them guilty of second-degree murder. They were sentenced...
150,000 more student loan borrowers to receive debt relief beginning Wednesday (abcnews.go.com)
The impacted borrowers are people enrolled in the SAVE Plan....
Andrei "Murz" Morozov is reported to have shot himself. (infosec.pub)
cross-posted from: infosec.pub/post/8688332...
Alex Jones Estate Liquidation Gets Sandy Hook Families’ Vote (news.bloomberglaw.com)
The families of Sandy Hook school shooting victims voted overwhelmingly in favor of a plan to wrap up Alex Jones’ bankruptcy proceedings by liquidating the right wing talk show host’s assets.
US-Mexico border: 100 billion gallons of toxic sewage creating a 'public health crisis' (abcnews.go.com)
The U.S.-Mexico border region faces a public health crisis as billions of gallons of contaminated sewage flow from Mexico into San Diego, California, according to a newly released report....
2 men are charged with murder in the deadly shooting at Kansas City's Super Bowl celebration (apnews.com)
Two men charged with murder in last week’s shooting after the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade were strangers who pulled out guns and began firing within seconds of starting an argument, according to court documents released Tuesday....
Truckers pour cold water on pro-Trump New York boycott: "Not happening" (www.newsweek.com)
Truckers are dispelling Donald Trump supporters amid their efforts to boycott New York following the former president’s civil fraud penalty stating it’s “not happening.”...
Letitia James says she's prepared to seize Trump's buildings if he can't pay his $354M civil fraud fine (abcnews.go.com)
The New York attorney general made the remarks in an interview with ABC News....
Beijing criticizes proposed US sanctions — RT World News (www.rt.com)
”China has the right to conduct normal cooperation with countries around the world. We have always opposed unilateral sanctions and ‘long-arm jurisdiction’ that have no basis in international law and are not authorized by the UN Security Council,” Chinese FM spokeswoman Mao Ning said in response to Washington’s...
Hunter Biden asks judge to dismiss tax charges, arguing that prosecutors bowed to political pressure (www.nbcnews.com)
this whole investigation was a textbook definition of a witch hunt. and now it’s come to light that the entire basis of investigating hunter was from an fbi informant with close ties to russian counterintel. the same people who talked with rudy and the laptop....
Exclusive: ADL pushed BMG to drop Roger Waters by threatening to weaponize company’s Nazi past - The Grayzone (thegrayzone.com)
The Grayzone has obtained a private letter authored by ADL director Jonathan Greenblatt threatening to weaponize the Nazi past of the BMG music company unless executives terminated a major deal with Roger Waters. BMG has publicly denied Israel lobby influence on its decision to nix Waters’ contract.
Belarusian journalist dies in prison after criticizing Lukashenko - International Monitor (intlmonitor.com)
