U.S. and Iran Battle Through Proxies, Warily Avoiding Each Other (www.nytimes.com)
For all the fears of an outbreak of fighting in the Middle East that could draw the United States, Israel and Iran into direct combat, a curious feature of the conflict so far is the care taken — in both Tehran and Washington — to avoid putting their forces into direct contact....
4 dead, 1 critically hurt in Arizona hot air balloon crash (www.cbsnews.com)
The FAA is tightening oversight of Boeing and will audit production of the 737 Max 9 (www.kpbs.org)
The Federal Aviation Administration says it will increase its oversight of Boeing and its suppliers, and will re-examine the longstanding practice of allowing company employees to perform some safety analysis of its planes....
No turning back: The largest dam removal in U.S. history begins (www.kpbs.org)
The largest dam removal in U.S. history entered a critical phase this week, with the lowering of dammed reservoirs on the Klamath River....
Iowa high school principal who was shot while trying to protect students dies from his injuries (abcnews.go.com)
The Iowa high school principal who was shot and wounded while trying to protect his students during a school shooting earlier this month has died from his injuries, according to the school district....
Houses set alight as lava from volcano eruption reaches Icelandic town (www.theguardian.com)
Seismic activity intensified overnight near Grindavík, the fifth eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula in two years...
Bidding wars erupt as 2024 kicks off, with some listings seeing over 30 offers (finance.yahoo.com)
'Want to abuse for 2 hours': UP man seeks approval to insult newspaper officials (www.indiatoday.in)
Crime Scene DNA Didn’t Match Marcellus Williams. Missouri May Fast-Track His Execution Anyway. (theintercept.com)
FELICIA ANNE GAYLE PICUS was found dead in her home, the victim of a vicious murder that devastated her family and rattled her neighbors in the gated community of University City, Missouri, just outside St. Louis. Police suspected a burglary gone wrong. The scene was replete with forensic evidence: There were bloody footprints...
Trump official who OK'd drugs from Canada chairs company behind Florida's import plan (kffhealthnews.org)
The Food and Drug Administration’s unprecedented approval of Florida’s plan to import drugs from Canada was made possible only after Alex Azar, as the Trump administration’s Health and Human Services secretary, certified that bringing medicines over the border could be done safely....
U.S. health officials ask DEA to reclassify marijuana following review (www.upi.com)
DEI opponents are using a 1866 Civil Rights law to challenge equity policies in the workplace (apnews.com)
As legal challenges mount, some companies retool diversity and inclusion programs (apnews.com)
The case against the Fearless Fund alleges that one of its grant programs discriminates against non-Black women and asks the courts to imagine a similar program designed only for white applicants. It is among a growing list of lawsuits against corporate diversity and inclusion programs that are making their way through the...
Three migrants drown at US border as Texas blocked their rescue (www.aljazeera.com)
Texas Military Department barred US border agents from trying to rescue the migrants in the Rio Grande, US officials say.
Scientist cited in push to oust Harvard’s Claudine Gay has links to eugenicists (www.theguardian.com)
Rufo described Jonatan Pallesen as “a Danish data scientist who has raised new questions about Claudine Gay’s use – and potential misuse – of data in her PhD thesis” in an interview published in his newsletter and on the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal website last Friday....
A fossil fuel plant is leaving Louisiana families with ‘barely enough water for your toothbrush’ (www.theguardian.com)
States with big climate goals strip local power to block green projects (apnews.com)
Clean energy developers had planned a 75-turbine wind farm in mid-Michigan’s Montcalm County before local voters shot down the idea in 2022 and recalled seven local officials who had supported it....
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman marries partner Oliver Mulherin in seaside ceremony (www.nbcnews.com)
US delivers ‘private message’ to Iran after Yemen strikes (www.bbc.com)
President Biden says the US has delivered a “private message” to Iran about the Houthis in Yemen after the US carried out a second strike on the group....
Texas "physically barred" Border Patrol agents from trying to rescue migrants who drowned, federal officials say (www.cbsnews.com)
A woman and two children drowned in the Rio Grande on Friday while trying to enter the U.S. near a section of the southern border where Texas National Guard soldiers have prevented federal Border Patrol agents from processing and rescuing migrants.
Federal scientists recommend easing restrictions on marijuana (www.boston.com)
Pro-Israel Effort to Smear Penn President Started Well Before Oct. 7 (theintercept.com)
Forty-four of 50 US states worsen inequality with ‘upside-down’ taxes (www.theguardian.com)
3 migrants, including 2 kids, drowned in Eagle Pass days after Texas blocked Border Patrol from area, congressman says (www.cnn.com)
Three migrants, a woman and two children, drowned Saturday in the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas – very recently the epicenter of the migrant crisis – just days after state authorities blocked the US Border Patrol from accessing miles of the US-Mexico border, according to a post on X by Rep. Henry Cuellar....