United Airlines finds loose bolts on door plugs on several 737 Max 9 planes following Alaska Airlines mid-air door blowout incident (www.cbsnews.com)
The data is in: RTO policies don't improve employee performance or company value, but controlling bosses don't care (www.businessinsider.com)
Billionaire CEOs were quick to sing the praises of working from home at the start of the pandemic, calling it the way of the future — but over the last three years, they’ve slowly changed their tune....
21 injured in explosion at downtown Fort Worth hotel (www.nbcnews.com)
The explosion at the Sandman Signature Fort Worth Downtown Hotel appears to have been caused by “some type of gas leak," the Fort Worth Fire Department said, noting that the cause had not been confirmed....
Gaza cease-fire protests block New York City bridges, and over 300 are arrested (www.kcrg.com)
Monkey see protest in Seattle so monkey do protest in New York.
Young Americans turn against Boomers over Social Security (www.newsweek.com)
Millennials, Gen X and Gen Z say the system needs reform, an exclusive Newsweek poll found, amid fears the benefits won’t exist when they come to retire...
Researchers discover thousands of nanoplastic bits in bottles of drinking water (www.latimes.com)
It seems anywhere scientists look for plastic, they find it: from the ice in Antarctica, to the first bowel movement produced by newborn babies....
A brutal winter storm is unleashing blizzard conditions in central US and threatening coastal areas with floods and tornadoes (www.cnn.com)
A massive winter storm system has unleashed dangerous blizzard conditions in parts of the central United States, shutting down highways and stranding drivers in frigid temperatures Monday, and it’s pummeling parts of the South with hail storms, heavy flooding and tornado threats....
Iowa students to stage walkout to state capitol in wake of school shooting: 'Need to utilize this energy' (www.usatoday.com)
In the wake of a deadly shooting at Perry High School, Iowa students are planning to walk out of class Monday and march to the state Capitol to protest what they say is lawmakers’ inaction on gun violence....
US naval officer sentenced to two years in prison over spying for China (www.theguardian.com)
United finds loose bolts on plug doors during 737 Max 9 inspections (theaircurrent.com)
United Airlines has found loose bolts and other parts on 737 Max 9 plug doors as it inspects its fleet of Boeing jets following the Friday rapid depressurization aboard an Alaska Airlines jet of the same make, according to three people familiar with the findings....
Israel to tell Blinken Palestinians can't return to north Gaza without hostage deal (www.axios.com)
The shoplifting scare might not have been real — but its effects are (www.vox.com)
It turns out shoplifting isn’t spiraling out of control, but lawmakers are pushing for tougher penalties for low-level and nonviolent crimes anyway.
Trump’s alleged ‘sexual proclivities’ graphically detailed in new Epstein documents (www.independent.co.uk)
Experts: Jack Smith’s “dramatic new proof” so “overwhelming” reluctant witnesses may decide to flip (www.salon.com)
Multiple state Republican parties are going broke (www.newsweek.com)
56 million Americans have been in credit card debt for at least a year. ‘We are seeing pockets of trouble,’ expert says (www.cnbc.com)
Israel Says Its Military Is Starting to Shift to a More Targeted Gaza Campaign (www.nytimes.com)
Israel said its military is starting to shift from a large-scale ground and air campaign in the Gaza Strip to a more targeted phase in its war against Hamas, and Israeli officials have privately told their American counterparts that they hoped the transition would be completed by the end of January, U.S. officials said....
Israeli Minister suggests relocating Gazans in order to 'improve their living situation' (www.haaretz.com)
Israeli Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu expressed support for “voluntary immigration” of Palestinian civilians out of Gaza - the latest coalition lawmaker to suggest such a move....
Missing Ohio teen located in Florida after logging in to World of Warcraft account (www.seattletimes.com)
Authorities say a missing Ohio teen was recovered in Florida after she logged in to an online video game at the home of the man who took her.
In MSNBC Farewell, Mehdi Hasan Honors Palestinian Journalists Killed by Israel (www.commondreams.org)
Tanya Chutkan, the judge overseeing Trump's federal election interference case, appears to be victim of 'swatting' (www.nbcnews.com)
Police and fire trucks responded to reports of a shooting at Chutkan’s home, but police determined no shooting had taken place....
Supreme Court leaves California’s ban on flavored cigarettes in place (www.cnn.com)
The Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to a California law that bans the sale of flavored cigarettes, leaving the state law in place....
White House allocates $1 billion for nationwide clean school buses (scrippsnews.com)
Low-income rural and tribal communities make up about 86% of those benefiting from the program’s funding....
United Airlines inspections find loose bolts on several Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft after grounding (www.cnbc.com)
Andrew Tate wins legal challenge over seized assets (www.bbc.com)
I don’t know Romanian law but it sounds like they seized his property without proving it was used in a crime. Let’s see how the retrial pans out.
