Everyone is on their phone (www.theguardian.com)
But is it phone addiction we’re experiencing?
Attacks Heighten Fears of a Wider War for the Middle East and U.S. (www.nytimes.com)
American, Israeli and Lebanese officials insist that few parties want Israel’s war in Gaza to become a wider conflict that engulfs the Middle East....
Court documents reveal names of powerful men allegedly linked to Jeffrey Epstein (www.nprillinois.org)
The unsealed documents in the Epstein case have been released.
1.3.24 Epstein documents 943 pages unsealed (www.documentcloud.org)
New Treatment Shows Promise for Helping Veterans With PTSD Quit Tobacco (researchinenglish.com)
New Jersey imam fatally shot outside mosque as shooter remains at large (www.theguardian.com)
Oklahoma 13-year-old believed to be first person ever to beat Tetris (www.theguardian.com)
Previously only bots and AI had got game to its ‘kill screen’ but Willis Gibson managed to get game to freeze with score 999999...
Video shows man attack district court judge during sentencing (www.ktnv.com)
Channel 13 has obtained video of a Clark County District Court judge being violently attacked by a man during a hearing on Wednesday morning....
Harvard’s Claudine Gay says she faced death threats and was called the N-word as critics pushed ‘tired racial stereotypes’ (www.cnn.com)
Ousted Harvard President Claudine Gay says she faced death threats and was called the N-word during a weeks-long attack on her character designed to end her presidency....
More hospitals are requiring masks as flu and COVID-19 cases surge (apnews.com)
More U.S. hospitals are requiring masks and limiting visitors as health officials face an expected but still nasty post-holiday spike in flu, COVID-19 and other illnesses....
SpaceX illegally fired workers who criticized Elon Musk, federal labor watchdog says (www.cbsnews.com)
Federal labor regulators allege that SpaceX illegally fired employees who publicly criticized Elon Musk, the exploration company’s founder and CEO....
Jeffrey Epstein list: Court documents name associates including Clinton and Trump (www.independent.co.uk)
Also named in the first batch of documents are Ghislaine Maxwell, Prince Andrew, and US magician David Copperfield...
The names of more than 170 Jeffrey Epstein associates were just revealed in unsealed court documents. Here's what we know. (www.businessinsider.com)
Documents linked to associates of Jeffrey Epstein made public (www.theguardian.com)
It took decades, but San Francisco finally installs nets to stop suicides off Golden Gate Bridge (apnews.com)
Kevin Hines regretted jumping off San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge the moment his hands released the rail and he plunged the equivalent of 25 stories into the Pacific Ocean, breaking his back....
Court records related to Jeffrey Epstein are set to be released, but they aren't a client list (apnews.com)
There is no such list and the truth is less scandalous....
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Keep Him on Colorado Ballot (www.nytimes.com)
Former President Donald J. Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to keep him on the primary ballot in Colorado, appealing an explosive ruling from the state Supreme Court declaring him ineligible based on his efforts to overturn the 2020 election that culminated in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol....
Florida State Surgeon General Calls for Halt in the Use of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines (content.govdelivery.com)
Got this in an email from the Florida Department of Health today. Someone get me out of this crazy state.
$1.5 billion in estimated revenue: A look at the Massachusetts 'millionaire's tax' first year taxing the rich (www.wbur.org)
As COVID spikes in NYC, mask mandates return to city hospitals (www.nydailynews.com)
Two large offshore wind sites are sending power to the US grid for the first time (apnews.com)
For the first time in the United States, turbines are sending electricity to the grid from the sites of two large offshore wind farms....
23andMe tells victims it's their fault that their data was breached (techcrunch.com)
BJP win in India’s 2024 general election ‘almost an inevitability’ (www.theguardian.com)
California is poised to protect workers from extreme heat – indoors (www.cnn.com)
The stifling heat inside some warehouses where workers might spend 10-hour days isn’t just a summer problem. In Southern California, it can feel like summer all year....
Several State Capitols on Alert Following Bomb Threats (time.com)
Several state buildings across the U.S. are on alert Wednesday, following a series of bomb threats made to buildings across the country. Threats were reported in several states— including Mississippi, Connecticut, Kentucky, and Georgia state capitols.
