New Lithium Discoveries Can Secure America’s Clean Energy Future (nationalinterest.org)
Climate Disasters Prompt Another Home Insurance Company to Leave a State (www.scientificamerican.com)
Unknown persons stole $1.2 million from the plane of Putin's friend's Falcon 10 which crashed in the mountains of Afghanistan • World News (ua-stena.info)
$1.2 million stolen from Russian plane that crashed in Afghanistan...
A snowboarder spent 15 hours trapped in a ski gondola. She rubbed her hands and feet to keep warm (apnews.com)
A snowboarder has spent 15 hours trapped overnight inside a ski lift gondola amid freezing temperatures at a Lake Tahoe resort.
Rite Aid’s ‘reckless’ use of facial recognition got it banned from using the technology in stores for five years | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Ohio, Michigan Republicans In Released Audio: "Endgame" Is To Ban Trans Care "For Everyone" (www.erininthemorning.com)
In audio released Friday evening, senators and representatives from Ohio and Michigan revealed the "endgame" is to ban transgender care "for everyone."
Police identify suspect killed in fatal officer-involved shooting in DC: officials (www.fox5dc.com)
MPD officials stated during a press conference that they arrived in Northwest, D.C. on January 24, Tuesday, around 9:45 a.m. in response to the report of a shooting....
Oakland California's largest employer advises employees to eat lunch on campus due to crime risk (www.nbcbayarea.com)
Russian man who flew on Los Angeles flight without passport or ticket found guilty of being stowaway (apnews.com)
A Russian man who flew on a plane from Denmark to Los Angeles in November without a passport or ticket is guilty of being a stowaway on an aircraft, a federal jury found Friday....
NYC woman arrested after human head, body parts found in refrigerator (www.pennlive.com)
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City woman was charged with concealing a corpse after officers discovered a man’s head and body parts in her apartment’s refrigerator, officials said Friday.
Over 7,000 students see their lunch debts wiped after $1 million donation (www.goodmorningamerica.com)
Over 7,000 students in Georgia with unpaid lunch balances are getting a helping hand following a $1 million initiative from the Arby’s Foundation, the nonprofit announced Thursday.
Bayer ordered to pay $2.25 billion in latest Roundup trial (news.yahoo.com)
(Reuters) -Bayer was ordered on Friday to pay $2.25 billion to a Pennsylvania man who said he developed cancer from exposure to the company’s Roundup weedkiller, the man’s attorneys said....
No diploma? No problem! Navy again lowers requirements as it struggles to meet recruitment goals (abcnews.go.com)
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy is starting to enlist individuals who didn’t graduate from high school or get a GED, marking the second time in about a year that the service has opened the door to lower-performing recruits as it struggles to meet enlistment goals.
‘Every noise makes you jumpy’: US election workers confront threats and abuse with resilience training (www.theguardian.com)
Nearly half of all officials have been insulted, a third harassed, and nearly one in five threatened, according to CivicPulse
Hermit crabs are 'wearing' our plastic rubbish (www.bbc.com)
Hermit crabs all over the world, which scavenge shells as armour for their bodies, are turning increasingly to plastic waste instead....
What happened at the nation's first nitrogen gas execution: An AP eyewitness account (apnews.com)
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — As witnesses including five news reporters watched through a window, Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted and sentenced to die in the 1988 murder-for hire slaying of Elizabeth Sennett, convulsed on a gurney as Alabama carried out the nation’s first execution using nitrogen gas.
Economists Predicted a Recession. So Far They’ve Been Wrong (www.nytimes.com)
A widely predicted recession never showed up. Now, economists are assessing what the unexpected resilience tells us about the future....
Rampant extortion reveals 'corrosive' hole in Mexico security strategy (news.yahoo.com)
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - When farmers in a tiny Mexican village last month hacked to death suspected drug cartel members who were squeezing them for protection money, it shone a harsh light on one of the country’s biggest security problems: extortion....
Canadian cardinal temporarily steps down after lawsuit alleging abuse (news.yahoo.com)
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Cardinal Gerald Lacroix, one of the top Roman Catholic clergymen in Canada, on Friday stepped down temporarily after he was named in a class-action lawsuit against the church that alleged sexual assault....
Shunned in computer age, cursive makes a comeback in California (news.yahoo.com)
FULLERTON, California (Reuters) - A generation of children who learned to write on screens is now going old school....
Pentagon ex-UFO chief says conspiracy theorists in government drive spending (www.theguardian.com)
Top Gun Mentality Among Drone Operators Led to Slaughter of Civilians (covertactionmagazine.com)
What happened at the nation's first nitrogen gas execution: An AP eyewitness account (apnews.com)
A city of 710,000 struggles to cope with 40,000 migrant arrivals (www.nbcnews.com)
Starting Feb. 5, Denver will start limiting the number of days migrants can stay in shelters and sending those who exceed their stay out onto the streets....
The downturns, debts, and bad vibes that broke the American Dream for Millennials (www.cnn.com)
Rachael Gambino and Garrett Mazzeo planned their financial life by the book: They went to college, paid down debt, saved aggressively, got married, bought a house, started a family. The dream....
