Trump can delay paying full E. Jean Carroll damages until after appeal: report (thehill.com)
Former President Trump can delay paying E. Jean Carroll the $83.3 million a jury decided he owes her until after he exhausts all appeal options he has vowed to seek, The New York Times reports....
IRS set to launch its free tax-filing pilot program for some taxpayers. Here's what to expect (www.cnbc.com)
Some taxpayers will soon qualify for Direct File, a free tax-filing option from the IRS....
Oregon weekly newspaper to relaunch print edition after theft forced it to lay off its entire staff (apnews.com)
An Oregon weekly newspaper that had to lay off its entire staff after its funds were embezzled by a former employee will relaunch its print edition next month, its editor said, a move made possible in large part by fundraising campaigns and community contributions....
Protesters Have Thrown Soup at the Glass-Protected Mona Lisa Painting (voxheadlines.com)
A North Carolina PFAS factory claims its emissions fell by 99.99%. A Guardian test reveals otherwise (www.theguardian.com)
Michigan case offers an example of how public trust suffers when police officers lie (apnews.com)
Brian Chaney says he asked for a supervisor during his arrest in Keego Harbor, Michigan, and Police Officer Richard Lindquist told him that another officer present was in charge. The problem: That second officer was not a supervisor or even a member of the Keego Harbor Police Department....
What China’s E.V. City Says About the State of the Economy (www.nytimes.com)
Hefei has led the country in making electric vehicles and other tech products, but it still has not escaped a nationwide housing crisis....
Science sleuths are using technology to find fakery in published research (apnews.com)
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a Harvard Medical School affiliate, announced Jan. 22 it’s requesting retractions and corrections of scientific papers after a British blogger flagged problems in early January....
A trial in Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay's 2002 killing is starting, and testing his anti-drug image (apnews.com)
Now Jay’s case is the first of those killings to go to trial. Opening statements are set for Monday in the federal murder trial of Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington, who were arrested in 2020....
House GOP releases impeachment articles in bid to oust Homeland Security's Mayorkas over the border (apnews.com)
Republicans contend Mayorkas is guilty of “high crimes and misdemeanors” that amount to a “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law” on immigration and a “breach of the public trust.” Impeachment, they say, is “Congress’s only viable option.”...
GOP legislatures in some states seek ways to undermine voters' ability to determine abortion rights (apnews.com)
Democrats and abortion rights advocates say the efforts are evidence that Republican lawmakers and abortion opponents are trying to undercut democratic processes meant to give voters a direct role in forming state laws....
Man Opens Emergency Exit and Walks onto Plane's Wing (voxheadlines.com)
‘I don’t see how it ends’: expert sounds alarm on new wave of US opioids crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Dr Art Van Zee set out in the early 2000s to tell anyone who would listen how a powerful opioid was destroying lives. Two decades later, he’s still in disbelief...
Swimmer, 99, just broke three world records in 100-plus age group (www.yahoo.com)
Betty Brussel took up competitive swimming at in her mid-sixties. Now 99, she’s won hundreds of medals - and just broke three world records in her age group....
4 people die in a Los Angeles murder-suicide shooting, police say (apnews.com)
Four people are dead following what police in Los Angeles characterized as a murder-suicide in the Granada Hills area on Saturday....
Climate activists throw soup at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa as farmers’ protests continue (apnews.com)
Two climate activists hurled soup Sunday at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris and shouted slogans advocating for a sustainable food system. This came amid protests by French farmers against several issues, including low wages....
We don't know how to behave in the office anymore, bosses say. The solution? Charm school (www.latimes.com)
You walk into the office kitchen to heat up your lunch and are greeted by a mess. Your co-worker Bridget has left the communal area in disarray — again....
21 Bodycam Videos Caught the NYPD Wrongly Arresting Black Kids on Halloween. Why Can’t the Public See the Footage? (www.propublica.org)
ProPublica editor-at-large Eric Umansky started investigating police oversight after an NYPD officer hit a teenager with a car in 2019. In the years since, he’s learned how police departments have undermined the promise of body-worn cameras....
Mexico confirms some Mayan ruin sites are unreachable because of gang violence and land conflicts (apnews.com)
Mexico’s government has acknowledged that at least two well-known Mayan ruin sites are unreachable by visitors because of a toxic mix of cartel violence and land disputes....
Avian flu is devastating farms in California's 'Egg Basket' as outbreaks roil poultry industry (apnews.com)
Last month, Mike Weber got the news every poultry farmer fears: His chickens tested positive for avian flu....
After LA police raid home of Black Lives Matter attorney, a judge orders photographs destroyed (www.independent.co.uk)
A judge has ordered the Los Angeles Police Department to get rid of photos of legal documents that were allegedly taken during an unannounced raid on the home of an attorney for a Black Lives Matter activist...
Snowboarder describes 15-hour ordeal trapped in a gondola at ski resort in Lake Tahoe (www.pbs.org)
Trump’s $50 Million Mystery Debt Looks Like ‘Tax Evasion’ (www.thedailybeast.com)
Woman says her Kia has been stolen 3 times, even after the security upgrade (www.wafb.com)
MILWAUKEE (CNN) - A woman in Milwaukee says her Kia has been stolen three times, even after she installed a free security upgrade meant to prevent this crime from happening.