Israel orders unprecedented evacuation of 1 million in Gaza as possible ground offensive looms (apnews.com)
Biden is pardoning thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington (apnews.com)
Gaza war's staggering toll reaches a grim milestone: 20,000 dead (apnews.com)
Netanyahu says Israel will ‘crush and destroy’ Hamas; every Hamas member is a ‘dead man’ (apnews.com)
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel would “crush and destroy” Hamas in response to its attack....
Nepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony (apnews.com)
[US] Feds spread $1 billion for tree plantings among US cities to reduce extreme heat and benefit health (apnews.com)
The UN says more than 1 in 4 people in Gaza are starving because of war (apnews.com)
The death toll in Gaza has climbed to at least 20,000 Palestinians. At least 1 in 200 people living in Gaza are now dead. 1 in 4 remaining Palestinians in Gaza are starving to death. I just can not comprehend this amount of violence and death in such a small area in such a short time. This is at a scale unheard of in any other...
An American tourist is arrested for smashing ancient Roman statues at a museum in Israel (apnews.com)
France has banned pro-Palestinian protests and vowed to protect Jews from resurgent antisemitism (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmus.org/post/1165004...
Pig kidney works in a donated body for over a month, a step toward animal-human transplants (apnews.com)
Misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war is flooding social media. Here are the facts (apnews.com)
Exploding toilet at a Dunkin’ store in Florida left a customer filthy and injured, lawsuit claims (apnews.com)
After the explosion left Kerouac covered in human feces, urine and debris, he walked out of the men’s room seeking help from workers and the store’s manager, according to the lawsuit. An employee told him that they were aware of the “problem with the toilet” since there had been previous incidents, the lawsuit says,...
US says North Korea delivered 1,000 containers of equipment and munitions to Russia for Ukraine war (apnews.com)
Oil prices have risen. That's making gas more expensive for US drivers and helping Russia's war (apnews.com)
Oregon launches legal psilocybin access amid high demand and hopes for improved mental health care (apnews.com)
Top UN court orders Israel to prevent genocide in Gaza but stops short of ordering cease-fire (apnews.com)
Here is a pdf of the ICJ’s Order of 26 January 2024....
UN chief uses rare power to warn Security Council of impending ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ in Gaza (apnews.com)
'Shaft' star Richard Roundtree, considered the first Black action movie hero, has died at 81 (apnews.com)
R.I.P. He was a baaad mother–...
From urchin crushing to lab-grown kelp, efforts to save California's kelp forests show promise (apnews.com)
Jimmy Carter turns 99 at home with Rosalynn and other family as tributes come from around the world (apnews.com)
ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter has always been a man of discipline and habit. But the former president will break routine Sunday, putting off his practice of quietly watching church services online to instead celebrate his 99th birthday with his wife, Rosalynn, and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in Plains....
A toddler lost in the woods is found asleep using family dog as a pillow (apnews.com)
Police say a 2-year-old girl who walked away from her home in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with two family dogs was found hours later asleep in the woods using one of the canines as a furry pillow.
Russia has tested a nuclear-powered missile and could revoke a global atomic test ban, Putin says (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmus.org/post/1022137...
Mexican cartel forces locals to pay for makeshift Wi-Fi under threat of death (apnews.com)
Many frustrated Argentines pinning hopes on firebrand populist Javier Milei in presidential race (apnews.com)
31 'very sick' babies have been evacuated from Gaza's largest hospital, where trauma patients remain (apnews.com)
