Tuesday, February 24th

⏳ THE SPEED READ

🚨NATION

  • Utah judge rejects defense’s motion to disqualify prosecutors in the Charlie Kirk killing case (AP)

  • Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales says he will not resign over disturbing texts her sent to his staffer (MO NEWS)

  • Postal Service can’t be sued for intentionally not delivering mail, Supreme Court rules in 5-4 split (FOX)

  • Bodies of nine backcountry skiers killed in Tahoe-area avalanche are recovered, all victims identified (KCRA)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • Ukraine remembers its dead as war enters a fifth year (BBC)

  • Canada confronts OpenAI over unreported warning before deadly rampage (YAHOO)

  • Australia opens a government-backed inquiry into antisemitism, after December’s mass shooting at a Jewish event at Bondi Beach (NBC)

  • China restricts exports to Japanese companies to curb ‘remilitarization’ (NIKKEI ASIA)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • Trump’s new tariffs kick in at 10%, not the 15% he threatened (MS NOW)

  • Warner Bros. Discovery confirms Paramount sent revised bid, but doesn’t Divulge new terms (VARIETY)

  • Microplastics found in prostate tumors in small study (NBC)

  • Israeli student discovers 12th century Crusader sword in Mediterranean Sea (CBS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • BAFTA and BBC apologize for racial slur during awards show (AP)

  • Robert Carradine, Revenge of the Nerds and Lizzie McGuire actor, dies aged 71 (GUARDIAN)

  • Martin Short’s daughter Katherine dead at 42 (YAHOO)

  • Ellen Hughes, mom of Jack, Quinn Hughes, addresses viral video of President Trump joking about women’s hockey team (TODAY)


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Monday, February 23rd