How major environmental groups ended up on the wrong side of California’s housing crisis (www.motherjones.com)
York County teacher accused of assaulting 6-year-old special needs student (www.13newsnow.com)
Elizabeth Anne Sparr, 47, was charged with one count of assault and battery, the York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office said.
Native American Advocates Seek Plan to Handle Missing and Murdered Cases (www.voanews.com)
Advocates are calling out New Mexico's Democratic governor for disbanding a task force that was charged with crafting recommendations to address the high rate of killings and missing person cases in Native American communities.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket explodes in second test flight | CNN (www.cnn.com)
SpaceX’s Starship rocket system reached several milestones in its second test flight before the rocket booster and spacecraft exploded over the Gulf of Mexico.
More than 100 pro-Palestine rallies to take place across UK, say organisers (www.theguardian.com)
US lawmakers urge scrutiny of SpaceX worker injuries after Reuters report (www.reuters.com)
Elon Musk to file ‘thermonuclear lawsuit’ as advertisers desert X (www.theguardian.com)
South Dakota tribe to declare state of emergency due to rampant crime on reservation (apnews.com)
Italy's parliament approves ban on lab-grown food amid tensions (www.reuters.com)
Woman killed hours after Rio Rancho police respond to her home (www.koat.com)
Woman calls the police saying she thinks her caregiver is going to kill her and to get her out, the cops come, complement her caregiver’s weapons, and leave; hours later, the caregiver kills her.
‘Impossible’: Panic as Israel orders Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital to evacuate (www.aljazeera.com)
Thousands of displaced people and patients, many in critical condition, do not have ambulances or a means to move.
Sean Combs, Cassie settle her bombshell rape, sex trafficking lawsuit day after filing (www.cnbc.com)
In Wisconsin, The Ability to Read May No Longer Be a Requirement for Teachers (www.esquire.com)
What could go wrong?
Traverse City salon faces discrimination charge over anti-trans social posts | Bridge Michigan (www.bridgemi.com)
Mike Johnson to publicly release 44,000 hours of sensitive January 6 footage (www.theguardian.com)
US House speaker to make good on promise to far-right Republicans including Matt Gaetz and Donald Trump
WHO declares loneliness a ‘global public health concern’ (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli ex-PM claims Hamas centre is in the south of Gaza not hospital (www.euronews.com)
As Israel intensifies its ground offensive in Gaza, amid serious humanitarian concerns, its former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has told Euronews: "the war must go on" until Israel reaches its endgame: the end of Hamas.
These Evangelicals Are Cheering the Gaza War as the End of the World (www.rollingstone.com)
Elon Musk May Have Just Signed X’s Death Warrant (www.wired.com)
Trump’s Most Unhinged Plans for His Second Term (nymag.com)
Cassie Says Diddy Threatened To Blow Up Kid Cudi’s Car Before It Exploded In His Driveway (www.huffpost.com)
The US is normalizing the cruelest mass killing method to stop bird flu (www.vox.com)
Last year, I wrote a great deal about the rise of “ventilation shutdown plus” (VSD+), a method being used to mass kill poultry birds on factory farms by sealing off the airflow inside barns and pumping in extreme heat using industrial-scale heaters, so that the animals die of heatstroke over the course of hours. It is one of...
Washington Post lawsuit challenges Florida law shielding DeSantis travel records (www.politico.com)
Surveillance Tech Companies Are Writing Press Releases For Cops. Worse, News Agencies Are Publishing Them. (www.techdirt.com)
There’s nothing new about cop shops letting their tech providers write their press releases for them. Law enforcement officers love power but often think nothing of surrendering their autonom…