Haley declines to say slavery was cause of Civil War (www.politico.com)
The former South Carolina governor instead said it was a dispute over how ‘government was going to run.’...
Jacksonville, Florida, mayor has Confederate monument removed after years of controversy (abcnews.go.com)
Crews removed a Confederate monument from a Jacksonville, Florida, park Wednesday morning following years of public controversy....
The New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for using its stories to train chatbots (apnews.com)
The New York Times is striking back against the threat that artificial intelligence poses to the news industry, filing a federal lawsuit Wednesday against OpenAI and Microsoft seeking to end the practice of using its stories to train chatbots....
Colorado Republicans appeal to supreme court after Trump disqualified from state ballot (www.theguardian.com)
Former president and frontrunner for Republican 2024 presidential nomination also expected to file own appeal...
Apple can temporarily sell smartwatches after US appeals court win (www.reuters.com)
Comedian Tom Smothers, one-half of the Smothers Brothers, dies at 86 (apnews.com)
Tom Smothers, half of the Smothers Brothers and the co-host of one of the most socially conscious and groundbreaking television shows in the history of the medium, has died at 86....
Fishermen find driver trapped in truck for six days in Indiana (www.bbc.com)
Mario Garcia and son-in-law Nivardo De La Torre had been killing time while waiting for their wives, police say....
Trump ballot ban appealed to US Supreme Court by Colorado Republicans (apnews.com)
Black History Month, other observances back on in Huntington Beach California, it appears after 'miscommunication' (www.latimes.com)
Starting in 2024, Californians can redeem empty wine and liquor containers for cash (abc7news.com)
It's a 'massive student debt strike' activist says, as millions of borrowers still aren't making payments (www.cnbc.com)
Gypsy Rose Blanchard, Set to Be Freed From Prison Thursday Dec. 28, Regrets Murdering Mother: 'She Didn’t Deserve That' (people.com)
'Parasite' actor Lee Sun-kyun found dead in apparent suicide amid drug probe (m.koreatimes.co.kr)
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Why US double standards on Israel and Russia play into a dangerous game (www.theguardian.com)
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Everyone in California seems to be sick with respiratory illness. Here's why (www.latimes.com)
At Least 140 Villagers Killed by Suspected Herders in Nigeria (time.com)
Amnesty International’s Nigeria office told The Associated Press that it has so far confirmed 140 deaths in the Christian-dominated Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi areas of Plateau, based on data compiled by its workers on the ground and from local officials. There were fears of a higher death toll as some people remained unaccounted...
America's housing shortage explained in one chart (www.axios.com)
Michigan supreme court rules that Trump will stay on state ballot (www.theguardian.com)
Ex-president can participate in state primary despite accusations of insurrection stemming from the January 6 Capitol attack...
The Times Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over A.I. Use of Copyrighted Work (www.nytimes.com)
Millions of articles from The New York Times were used to train chatbots that now compete with it, the lawsuit said.
Kari Lake is in deep, deep trouble with judge's refusal to dismiss defamation lawsuit (www.azcentral.com)
Lake has become the darling of the MAGA movement by grinding the reputation of people like Richer into dust....
'Jane Roe' is anonymous no more. The very public fight against abortion bans in 2023 (www.kuow.org)
As 2023 comes to a close, so too does the first full year of the post-Roe era in America. Some of the year’s developments were expected, like more conservative states enacting abortion restrictions. Others were surprising, like the fact that there were more abortions nationally in the year after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s...
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China sanctions a US research firm and 2 individuals over reports on rights abuses (abcnews.go.com)
China says it is banning a United States research company and two analysts who have reported extensively on claims of human rights abuses committed against Uyghurs and other Muslim minority groups native to the country’s far northwestern region of Xinjiang....
Top 5 Essay Writing Services in UK (2023) (www.linkedin.com)
Alcohol misuse and loneliness ‘increase risk of early-onset dementia’ (www.theguardian.com)
Ground-breaking research identifies 15 factors that significantly raise chance of developing illness...
