Transgender woman is disqualified from Ohio House race for not using her former name ( www.nbcnews.com )
Exploding toilet at a Dunkin' store in Florida left a customer filthy and injured, lawsuit claims ( apnews.com )
A customer has filed a negligence lawsuit against Dunkin’, claiming he was injured by an exploding toilet at one of the coffee chain’s locations in central Florida....
New York City announces lawsuit against bus companies sending migrants to city, seeks $708 million ( abcnews.go.com )
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced a lawsuit against 17 bus and transportation companies helping to send asylum-seekers to the city as it deals with major budget issues surrounding the crisis....
Trump received millions of dollars from foreign governments while president, House Democrats allege ( www.usatoday.com )
Gambling boom detrimental to New Jersey economy, report says ( www.theguardian.com )
Multiple people shot at Iowa high school on the first day after winter break, officials say ( www.nbcnews.com )
Several Midwestern cities are going to be counted again like it's 2020 ( apnews.com )
Four years after the last census, almost a dozen small communities in the Midwest are going to be counted again in hopes of getting a new grocery store or more state funding to build roads, fire stations and parks....
China spent over $5.5 million at Trump properties while he was in office, documents show ( www.cnn.com )
The Chinese government and its state-controlled entities spent over $5.5 million at properties owned by Donald Trump while he was in office, the largest total of payments made by any single foreign country known to date, according to financial documents cited in a report from House Democrats released Thursday....
‘Lord Of The Wings’ Food Truck Trademark In New Zealand Defeated By Tolkien Estate ( www.techdirt.com )
Biden administration announces $162 million to expand computer chip factories in Colorado and Oregon ( www.cnbc.com )
The Biden administration is providing $162 million to Microchip Technology to support the domestic production of computer chips — the second funding announcement tied to a 2022 law designed to revive U.S. semiconductor manufacturing....
Consumer Reports finds 'widespread' presence of plastics in food ( www.ctvnews.ca )
Consumer Reports has found that plastics retain a "widespread" presence in food despite the health risks, and called on regulators to reassess the safety of plastics that come into contact with food during production....
She Immigrated Legally. She Married a U.S. Citizen. But She Was Denied Citizenship for Working in Legal Cannabis. ( www.politico.com )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240104125945/https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/12/23/biden-administration-immigrants-legal-cannabis-00133085
He Killed His Molester as a Teenager. Should He Be Spared Deportation? ( www.nytimes.com )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240104130035/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/31/us/marco-flores-massachusetts-deportation.html
Families Still Being Separated at Border, Say Human Rights Groups in Letter to DHS ( timesofsandiego.com )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240104130707/https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2023/12/15/families-still-being-separated-at-border-say-human-rights-groups-in-letter-to-dhs/
International Court of Justice to hold public hearing in relation to South Africa's accusation of Genocide being committed by Israel ( www.icj-cij.org )
The request for the hearing was lodged by South Africa 29th December 2023, as of 3rd of January 2024, the ICJ have officially responded, that public hearings will be held on the 11th & 12th January 2024.
Father and son charged in killings of pregnant Texas teen and her boyfriend ( www.nbcnews.com )
Police arrested and charged a father and son early Thursday in connection with the murder of a pregnant teenager who was about to give birth, and her boyfriend, in San Antonio last month....
New antibiotic uses novel method to target deadly drug-resistant bacteria, study says ( www.cnn.com )
Scientists say they have developed a new type of antibiotic to treat bacteria that is resistant to most current antibiotics and kills a large percentage of people with an invasive infection....
DoJ sues Texas after warning over new anti-immigration law ( www.independent.co.uk )
The US Department of Justice is suing the state of Texas over what it says is a “clearly unconstitutional” law that would give state judges the ability to deport migrants from the country....
Japan Airlines counts losses from wrecked Tokyo plane ( www.reuters.com )
The airline estimated losses of more than $100 million.
UN experts alarmed by Alabama plan to kill prisoner using untried gas method ( www.theguardian.com )
Ukraine and Russia in 'biggest prisoner swap' so far ( www.bbc.co.uk )
Ukraine said 230 prisoners, including serving members of the armed forces and border guard, had been freed from Russian captivity....
US condemns far-right Israeli ministers’ call for Palestinians to ‘emigrate’ from Gaza ( www.france24.com )
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.
