United Airlines plane makes an emergency landing after a warning about a possible door issue (news.yahoo.com)
A boomer retirement bomb is about to blow up America's economy (www.businessinsider.com)
The great baby-boomer retirement wave is upon us. According to Census Bureau data, 44% of boomers are at retirement age and millions more are soon to join them. By 2030, the largest generation to enter retirement will all be older than 65....
Drug that Trump called a ‘miracle Covid cure’ is linked to 17,000 deaths (www.independent.co.uk)
A drug infamously touted by Donald Trump has been linked to nearly 17,000 Covid deaths in a new scientific study....
Grand jury declines to indict Ohio woman facing charges after she miscarried (abcnews.go.com)
Brittany Watts, 34, miscarried at nearly 22 weeks....
'Three explosions heard in the capital of Yemen' - Reuters news agency reports (www.youtube.com)
The UK and the United States have launched air strikes against Iran backed Houthi rebels according to the Reuters news agency.
Most want to flee ‘pressure cooker’ of southern Gaza, UN refugee deputy says (www.theguardian.com)
Southern Gaza is turning into a “pressure cooker”, where the majority of people – faced with dwindling food, inadequate water sanitation, overcrowding and a crumbling hospital service – want to flee, the deputy director of the UN agency for Palestinians has said....
U.S. Still Recording 1,500 COVID Deaths Each Week as Cases Surge Around the Globe, Greatest Surge Since Omicron Variant (www.democracynow.org)
New recording shows NRA treasurer plotting to conceal extravagant expenses involving Wayne LaPierre (www.thetrace.org)
Secret audio obtained by The Trace and ProPublica reveals executives from the gun group and its PR firm hatching a plan that would conceal payments for fancy hotels, limousines, and other luxury expenses for a decade....
Maryland elections board member resigns after indictment for participating in US Capitol rioting (apnews.com)
A Republican member of the Maryland State Board of Elections has resigned after being arrested by the FBI this week on felony and misdemeanor charges for participating in rioting at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021....
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The FAA is formally investigating Boeing over Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max incident (www.cnn.com)
The Federal Aviation Administration says it is opening an investigation into Boeing’s quality control after the violent in-flight failure of a door plug on a nearly new 737 Max 9....
US and UK prepare to launch strikes against Houthis in Yemen (www.theguardian.com)
Britain and the US are poised to launch strikes against Houthi military targets in Yemen, as the leader of the rebel group promises to respond to any assault with fresh attacks on shipping in the Red Sea....
Ohio woman who miscarried at home won't be charged with corpse abuse, grand jury decides (apnews.com)
The Trumbull County prosecutor’s office said grand jurors declined to return an indictment for abuse of a corpse against Brittany Watts, 34, of Warren, resolving a case that had sparked national attention for its implications for pregnant women as states across the country hash out new laws governing reproductive health care...
Majority of debtors to US hospitals now people with health insurance (www.theguardian.com)
Trump tangles with judge as NY civil fraud trial nears its end (www.reuters.com)
Donald Trump on Thursday accused the New York judge in his civil fraud trial of “having your own agenda” - and the judge told his lawyer to control his client - as a months-long case that could hobble the former U.S. president’s business empire neared its end....
‘We don’t have a say’: workers join push to unionize flagship Volkswagen plant (www.theguardian.com)
U.S. deficit tops half a trillion dollars in the first quarter of fiscal year (www.cnbc.com)
US verges on vaccination tipping point, faces thousands of needless deaths as more people decline vaccinations: FDA (arstechnica.com)
Feds charge eBay over employees who sent live spiders and cockroaches to couple; company to pay $3M (abcnews.go.com)
The Steiners, the newsletter’s publisher and editor, have also sued the e-commerce giant in federal court, describing how cyberstalking and upsetting deliveries of anonymously sent packages upended their lives....
Rental giant Hertz dumps EVs, including Teslas, for gas cars (www.reuters.com)
Rental firm Hertz Global Holdings (HTZ.O) said on Thursday it would sell about 20,000 electric vehicles, including Teslas, from its U.S. fleet due to higher expenses related to collision and damage, and will opt for gas-powered vehicles....
Israel lashes back at ICJ genocide case; Gazans return to wasteland (www.reuters.com)
Israel faced down accusations at the World Court on Thursday of genocide in its war in Gaza, as the first residents returned to scenes of total devastation in the north of the enclave where Israeli forces have begun withdrawing this week....
Biden awards $623M to states, local governments and tribes to build EV charging network (apnews.com)
The Biden administration is awarding $623 million in grants to help build an electric vehicle charging network across the nation....
‘Astounding’ ocean temperatures in 2023 intensified extreme weather, data shows (www.theguardian.com)
Record levels of heat were absorbed last year by Earth’s seas, which have been warming year-on-year for the past decade...
Israeli Group Claims It’s Using Big Tech Back Channels to Censor “Inflammatory” Wartime Content (theintercept.com)
