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Judge declares a mistrial in a former Ohio deputy’s murder trial ( apnews.com )
Jason Meade was charged with murder and reckless homicide in the December 2020 killing of Casey Goodson Jr. in Columbus. Meade, who is white, shot Goodson six times, including five times in the back, as the 23-year-old Black man tried to enter his grandmother’s home....
Newly-released Tyre Nichols documents show police and city officials lied about or misstated numerous key facts ( news.yahoo.com )
The internal investigator who initially investigated the beating spoke with now former Lt. Dewayne Smith, who seemed to be at the hospital, the night Nichols was beaten. According to the internal investigative report, at 11:49 p.m. on Jan. 7, 2023, Smith told the investigator that Nichols was in intensive care, on a ventilator...
Maine police defend search for gunman who killed 18 last fall, saying they feared an ambush ( apnews.com )
Maine state police on Thursday defended their search last fall for a gunman who had just killed 18 people, saying they didn’t rush to search woods surrounding his abandoned car because they feared a late-night ambush....
4 patients die as oxygen runs out in Gaza hospital seized by Israeli forces, health officials say ( apnews.com )
The storming by Israeli troops of southern Gaza’s main hospital brought chaos to hundreds of staff and patients inside, as health officials Friday said four people in intensive care died after their oxygen cut off. Troops were searching the facility, where the military said it believes the remains of hostages abducted by Hamas...
Egypt setting up area at Gaza border which could be used to shelter Palestinians, sources say ( www.reuters.com )
Egypt is preparing an area at the Gaza border which could accommodate Palestinians in case an Israeli offensive into Rafah prompts an exodus across the frontier, four sources said, in what they described as a contingency move by Cairo....
She Was Denied an Abortion After Roe Fell. This Is a Year in Her Family’s Life. ( projects.propublica.org )
In the midst of the turmoil in July 2022, they learned Mayron was pregnant again. But this time, doctors warned she and her fetus might not survive....
Chun Ki-won: Hero pastor jailed for sexually abusing North Korea teenage escapees ( www.bbc.com )
Police accused him of molesting six North Korean teenagers, including defectors sleeping in the dormitories of the alternative school he had founded at his Durihana mission....
Trump faces a $370m fine in New York fraud trial. How would he pay it? ( www.bbc.com )
Trump could secure a bond, but it will cost him...
Britain's Labour Party deals double blow to PM Sunak's Conservatives ( www.reuters.com )
Britain's opposition Labour Party won contests for two new lawmakers on Friday, dealing a crushing blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservatives before a national election later this year....
After Shutting Down, These Golf Courses Went Wild ( www.nytimes.com )
Most defunct golf courses get paved over, but a number are getting transformed into ecological life rafts for wildlife, plants — and people....
North Dakota takes federal government to trial over costs to police Dakota Access Pipeline protests ( apnews.com )
Opening statements began Thursday in the trial of North Dakota’s lawsuit against the federal government for the costs of responding to the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, the culmination of an unusual and drawn-out court fight....
Egypt reveals alleged Israeli plan to evacuate Rafah civilians ( thecradle.co )
If 1.3 million Palestinians from the southern Gaza city are forced into tent camps along the sea ahead of a military offensive, Israel will be closer to its goal of expelling strip's population to Egypt by land and other countries by boat
Tesla Cybertrucks Are Rusting Despite Being Made Of Stainless Steel ( jalopnik.com )
Despite the recent release of these Tesla EVs — and the little road time they’ve been subjected to — Cybertrucks are already developing imperfections on their body panels, leading owners to debate what’s causing the early signs of rust on forums. From Futurism:...
GOP Speaker Johnson says House won't be 'rushed' to approve aid for Ukraine as $95B package stalls ( apnews.com )
The speaker let colleagues know that the House will instead “work its will,” in considering the package, said a person familiar with the private remarks and granted anonymity to discuss them....
Canadian conservatives divided over trans policy ( www.theguardian.com )
Surf City USA now on the frontlines of Trump-era politics ( www.reuters.com )
Since a conservative majority took over the Huntington Beach City Council a little more than a year ago, it has vigorously pursued an agenda aligned with the Republican Party politics of former President Donald Trump and his Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement....
Judge to consider whether to remove District Attorney Fani Willis from Georgia election case ( apnews.com )
As soon as allegations of an inappropriate romantic relationship between Willis and attorney Nathan Wade surfaced last month, speculation about the future of the case began to swirl. Even if the prosecution isn’t derailed, the upheaval has certainly created an unwanted distraction for Willis and her team and could undermine...
Border Security: House Republicans Impeach Mayorkas for Border Policies ( www.nytimes.com )
For context, Senate Republicans just tanked legislation to change policy at the best of House Republicans and Trump and don't seem to have much beyond "we don't like current policy" as a reason to impeach.
Missing Turkish miners ‘swallowed by cyanide-laced landslide’ ( www.theguardian.com )
Another “patent troll” defeated by Cloudflare and its army of bounty seekers ( arstechnica.com )
Trump wants to install new RNC leadership, including his daughter-in-law as co-chair ( apnews.com )
Current RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel says she has no plans to leave the committee until at least after South Carolina’s Feb. 24 primary election....
US Senate lurches toward possible early passage of Ukraine aid bill ( www.reuters.com )
The Democratic-led U.S. Senate moved towards the final passage of a $95.34 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan on Monday, amid growing doubts about the legislation's fate in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives....
Republican Michigan lawmaker loses staff and committee assignment after online racist post ( apnews.com )
A Republican lawmaker in Michigan lost his committee assignment and staff Monday, days after posting an image of a racist ideology on social media....
Source Who Revealed How Taxes Steal for the Rich Rewarded With Five Years in Prison ( fair.org )
Palestinians fear Israel's economic chokehold won't end — with or without a ceasefire ( www.cbc.ca )
It's not just violence from Israeli settlers and raids by Israel's military that have pushed tensions with Palestinians in the occupied West Bank to a flash point....
Migrating species crucial to planet under threat, says UN ( www.bbc.com )
More than 40 years ago many of the world's nations signed an agreement to protect the world's migrating species, known as the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)....
Republicans work to recruit female, minority candidates even as they criticize diversity programs ( apnews.com )
Rep. Richard Hudson, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, recently listed for reporters a slew of candidates that he described as fitting the “formula” for the GOP expanding their ranks in November....
Rio's Carnival parade makes urgent plea to stop illegal mining in Indigenous lands ( apnews.com )
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is under pressure to deliver on promises to eradicate illegal mining, particularly amid a recent backslide in efforts. Sunday’s parade comes as Brazil celebrates one year since Lula declared a public health emergency for the Yanomami people in the Amazon, who are suffering from malnutrition...
Big Pharma spends billions more on executives and stockholders than on R&D ( arstechnica.com )
Florida man seriously injured and unable to speak after encounter with police, daughter says after her father was falsely accused of stealing a banana ( wiredposts.com )
A woman in Florida says her 55-year-old “medically fragile” father was falsely accused of theft at a Florida grocery store last week and then seriously injured in a violent encounter with police. Now, she says, he is hospitalized and has lost the ability to speak.
Gay adult film actor-turned-Proud Boy from Pasco gets jail time for Capitol riot ( www.wfla.com )
Some virtual care companies putting patient data at risk, new study finds ( www.cbc.ca )
If you visit a doctor virtually through a commercial app, the information you submit in the app could be used to promote a particular drug or service, says the leader of a new Canadian study involving industry insiders....
Gaza residents surviving off animal feed and rice as food dwindles ( www.bbc.com )
People have also described digging down into the soil to access water pipes, for drinking and washing....
Hind Rajab, 6, found dead in Gaza days after phone calls for help ( www.bbc.com )
Hind Rajab was fleeing the city with her aunt, uncle and three cousins when the car they were travelling in appears to have come face to face with Israeli tanks, and come under fire....
Republicans Are Planning to Totally Privatize Medicare -- And Fast ( www.rollingstone.com )
US orders 'assurances' from nations receiving American weapons ( www.bbc.com )
US President Joe Biden has said that countries receiving American weapons must adhere to international law in a memorandum issued on Thursday night....
'Holdover wildfires' from 2023 producing visible smoke again, says B.C. Wildfire Service ( www.cbc.ca )
Wildfires that went dormant over the winter have once again moved above ground, producing visible smoke and smouldering, the B.C. Wildfire Service says....
US Senate advances $95 bln Ukraine, Israel aid bill after failed border deal ( www.reuters.com )
A $95.34 billion bill that includes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan advanced in the U.S. Senate on Thursday after Republicans blocked compromise legislation that included a long-sought overhaul of immigration policy....
Live audio of the US Supreme Court: oral arguments to decide if Trump is eligible to run for president ( www.supremecourt.gov )
Trump's presidential bid hangs in the balance at the Supreme Court. Here's what to know ( apnews.com )
On Thursday, the justices will hear arguments in Trump’s appeal of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that he is not eligible to run again for president because he violated a provision in the 14th Amendment preventing those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office....
Why is the RCMP taking civil-liberties advice from pipeline company lawyers? | Ricochet ( ricochet.media )
Los Angeles records 475 mudslides during historic storm that has drenched Southern California ( apnews.com )
The storm continued to pose new hazards, with the National Weather Service issuing a rare tornado warning for San Diego County. The warning was cancelled shortly after it was issued, with forecasters explaining that the storm no longer appeared capable of producing a twister even if it briefly turned some San Diego streets into...