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More than 40 inches of snow blankets the Northeast as arctic blast sweeps the country (www.nbcnews.com)

‘Storm of the century’ washes away Russia’s Crimea bridge barriers (www.telegraph.co.uk)

Indian firm refuses orders for Israeli army uniforms over civilian killings in Gaza (www.independent.co.uk)

US Congress vows to pass massive defense bill, culture wars loom (www.reuters.com)

Elon Musk to advertisers boycotting X: "Go f**k yourself" (www.axios.com)

Mysterious woman tells school board that Scholastic book sparked porn addiction (popular.info)

Burkhardt's gambit has already had an impact. The Conroe school board, after listening to her story, voted to restrict access to Drama, the Scholastic book featuring a kiss, from all students in the 8th grade and below. One of the school board members, Melissa Dungan, suggested replacing Scholastic with SkyTree Book Fairs. "All...

A New Drug That Could Extend Dogs' Lives Inches Closer to Approval (www.smithsonianmag.com)

Warner Bros. CEO Claims Scrapping Films Like Coyote vs. Acme, Batgirl 'Took Real Courage' (www.ign.com)

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav commented about shelving completed or nearly completed films like Coyote vs. Acme and Batgirl, saying the decisions "took real courage."

Elon Musk to advertisers boycotting X: "Go f**k yourself" (www.axios.com)

Elon Musk pushed back on advertisers boycotting X over antisemitism and other hate speech on the platform formerly known as Twitter during the 2023 DealBook Summit in New York on Wednesday....

Americans need an extra $11,400 today just to afford the basics (www.cbsnews.com)

UAW announces push to organize nonunion plants after strike wins [Lauren Irwin | 11/29/23 | The Hill] (thehill.com)

The newest push for workplace improvement will organize more than 150,000 autoworkers across 13 different automakers: BMW, Honda, Hyundai, Lucid, Mazda, Mercedes, Nissan, Rivian, Subaru, Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo, the union said in a release....

EVs less reliable than conventional cars: Consumer Reports [Lauren Sforze | 11/29/23 | The Hill] (thehill.com)

The annual car reliability survey by Consumer Reports found EVs are 79 percent more likely to have problems than conventional cars. Consumers reported electric drive motors, charging and EV batteries had the most common issues associated with EVs, according to the survey....

US life expectancy rose last year, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level (apnews.com)

Suicide rates rose in 2022 overall but declined for teens and young adults (www.npr.org)

Birdlike footprints from Triassic mystery animals precede earliest bird fossils by 60 million years (www.cnn.com)

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Massachusetts becomes fifth state in nation to make prison calls free (www.wgbh.org)

Here’s what the mass violence in Gaza looks like to a scholar of genocide (triblive.com)

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U.S. economy was hotter than previously thought, new GDP data shows (www.axios.com)

Man sentenced to life after Canadian judge says incel-inspired attack was terrorism (www.washingtonpost.com)

A Toronto court sentenced a Canadian man to life imprisonment in a deadly stabbing attack at a massage parlor, in a landmark case that saw a Canadian judge designating an incel-inspired crime as terrorism for the first time....