Trump’s Georgia Lawyers Surface Phone Records in Effort to Remove Prosecutors (www.nytimes.com)
Air Force: Ukraine shoots down another Russian A-50 aircraft over Azov Sea (kyivindependent.com)
US Department of Defense Plots Renewable Energy Takeover (cleantechnica.com)
The Department of Defense is investing in renewable energy with a goal of getting to 100% carbon free electricity for facilities n 14 states. As one of the largest polluters in the world, it is really great to see initiatives to move the military away from carbon polluting energy.
Uncle Sam is coming after businesses with overdue Covid loans (creditnews.com)
'Doom spending' takes hold among younger consumers (chicago.suntimes.com)
You'll Never Guess Who Was Behind Those Fake Biden Robocalls! (crooksandliars.com)
Hint: It wasn't a Republican.
Israel plans to build 3,300 new settlement homes. It says it's a response to a Palestinian attack (www.independent.co.uk)
White House scrambles for legal loopholes in Yemen war (thecradle.co)
Native American tribes gain new authority to stop unwanted hydropower projects (apnews.com)
Federal regulators have granted Native American tribes more power to block hydropower projects on their land after a flurry of applications were filed to expand renewable energy in the water-scarce U.S. Southwest....
Netanyahu seeks open-ended control over security and civilian affairs in Gaza in new postwar plan (apnews.com)
Marjorie Taylor Greene wants women to stop tempting Christian men (www.newsweek.com)
San Jose bakery loses thousands of dollars after Tesla reportedly cancels large order (www.nbcbayarea.com)
Two days after taking a job for Tesla, owner of The Giving Pies got a simple text message canceling the order...
US Announces 500 New Sanctions Against Russia Following Alexei Navalny’s Death (www.forbes.com)
Cops and gun owners could get immunity from most wrongful death lawsuits under proposed Louisiana legislation (lailluminator.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/cops-and-gun-owners-could-get-i…
Four members of the Arkansas supreme court are trying to jump to different seats on the bench, a situation that could empower the conservative governor by granting her more appointments. (boltsmag.org)
Voters are filling two supreme court seats in two separate nonpartisan elections. Neither seat’s current occupant is seeking a new term, so at first glance it may look like the cycle will add two fresh faces to the court. But of the six candidates running for these two seats, four are already sitting justices on the...
Tennessee firm employed minors to clean meat saws, head splitters at slaughterhouses (www.nbcnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/fayette-janitorial-hired-minors…
Federal prison employees falsified logs in case where inmate committed suicide, IG says (www.govexec.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/web/20240223125717/…/394345/
Alabama Supreme Court chief justice spreads Christian nationalist rhetoric on QAnon conspiracy theorist's show (www.mediamatters.org)
Chief Justice Tom Parker’s recent concurring opinion in a case granting rights to embryos drew criticism for invoking religious language...
A Marketplace of Girl Influencers Managed by Moms and Stalked by Men (www.nytimes.com)
Seeking social media stardom for their underage daughters, mothers post images of them on Instagram. The accounts draw men sexually attracted to children, and they sometimes pay to see more....
US man accused of making $1.8m from listening in on wife’s remote work calls (www.theguardian.com)
US regulators have accused a man of making $1.8m (£1.4m) by trading on confidential information he overheard while his wife was on a remote call, in a case that could fuel arguments against working from home....
Huge cybersecurity leak lifts lid on world of China’s hackers for hire (www.theguardian.com)
Leaked files shows range of services offered and bought, with data harvested from targets worldwide...
Very cool: trees stalling effects of global heating in eastern US, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Vast reforestation a major reason for ‘warming hole’ across parts of US where temperatures have flatlined or cooled...
Woman suing Texas over its abortion ban plans to move her embryos out of state (www.nbcnews.com)
Amanda Zurawski told NBC News exclusively that she finds the prospect of Texas restricting in vitro fertilization “absolutely terrifying.”...
Oklahoma Schools Are Fighting Back Against Porn-Obsessed Superintendent (www.rollingstone.com)
Edmond Public Schools has petitioned the state’s Supreme Court to intervene in a dispute over efforts to ban two national bestselling books...
Nova partygoer was misidentified as Hamas terrorist on Oct. 7, killed by Israeli forces (www.haaretz.com)
Ofek Atun escaped the outdoor Nova rave with his girlfriend. They survived the assault on the bomb shelter in which they took refuge, before fleeing to nearby Kibbutz Alumim. The kibbutz’s volunteer security squad mistook them for Hamas terrorists – and opened fire
