Tuesday, March 12

🚨NATION

📌 Republicans push ahead with TikTok ban despite Trump’s opposition (AP)

📌 Biden’s $7.3 trillion budget for 2025 calls for taxing the rich and corporations to pay for Social Security, Medicare; Budget has not chance of passing (CNBC)

📌 Trump floats 'cutting' retirement spending, drawing quick pushback from Biden (NBC NEWS)

📌 Special counsel Robert Hur set to testify on Biden classified documents case today (AP)

📌 Resolution for Florida teachers regarding ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law (NY TIMES)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Breaking Overnight: Haitian prime minister resigns amid escalating gang violence (CNN)

📌 Trump will not give a penny to Ukraine, Hungarian leader says after Mar A Lago meeting(BBC)

📌 US and Caribbean leaders meet in Jamaica to debate how best to quell Haiti's violent crisis (ABC NEWS)

📌 India moves to implement controversial bill that excludes Muslims (CNN)

📌 IDF airs footage of strike on Hamas’s No. 3, but says still unclear if he was killed (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Airbnb bans all indoor security cameras (NPR)

📌 Trader Joe's $2.99 mini tote bags now sell for $500 on eBay (CBS NEWS)

📌 Teens say it is their parents who need to spend less time on their smartphones (NBC)

📌 At least 50 hurt as LATAM's Boeing 787 to Auckland 'just dropped' mid-flight (REUTERS)

📌 Watch SpaceX's Crew-7 astronaut mission for NASA return to Earth today in livestream (SPACE)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Singer Eric Carmen, who sang “Hungry Eyes” and “All By Myself” dies (BILLBOARD)

📌 Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s daughter North West, 10, announces debut album “Elementary School Dropout” (PEOPLE)

📌 Jimmy Kimmel says he was told not to read Trump’s post during Oscars, but did anyway (DEADLINE)

📌 Kirk Cousins to Atlanta, Saquon Barkley to Philadelphia among NFL's blockbuster signing (NBC SPORTS)

📌 Oscar winners mix, dine on In-N-Out and dance the night away— an inside look into the Vanity Fair party (CNN)

Monday, March 11

🚨NATION

📌 Officials identify 2 National Guard soldiers, Border Patrol agent killed in helicopter crash near southern border (ABC NEWS)

📌 Sen. Katie Britt responds to accusations of misleading statements in State of the Union response (NBC NEWS)

📌 Justice Department opens investigation into Alaska Airlines incident of door panel blowing out midair (CNBC)

📌 70-foot whale beached off Florida's Gulf Coast (ABC NEWS) 

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 As a U.S. aid ship heads to Gaza, Biden again warns Netanyahu on civilian deaths (NPR)

📌 Pope sparks anger after saying Ukraine should have the ‘courage of the white flag’ and negotiate (CNN)

📌 Indonesian flight veered off course after both pilots allegedly fell asleep in the cockpit (NBC NEWS)

📌 Days after gunmen abduct hundreds of children in Nigeria, hope of finding them begins to fade (PBS NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 New Activision QA union is the largest in the video game industry (CNBC)

📌 Second case of measles confirmed at Chicago migrant shelter (FOX NEWS)

📌 Excessive alcohol deaths surged during pandemic, CDC data shows (CBS NEWS)

📌 Wegovy, the weight-loss medication, gets FDA approval for use as heart disease prevention drug (FOX BUSINESS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Scarlett Johansson parodies Sen. Katie Britt’s GOP State of the Union response in ‘SNL’ cold open (NBC NEWS)

📌 Vanessa Hudgens makes glamorous pregnancy debut on Oscars red carpet (CNN)

📌 First post-op photo of Kate, Princess of Wales, withdrawn due to ‘manipulation’ (GUARDIAN)

📌 SEC women’s basketball title game scuffle causes mass ejections for LSU, South Carolina (AP)

Friday, March 8

🚨NATION

📌 George Santos files to run for House again as he makes surprise appearance at the State of the Union (AXIOS)

📌 Two Alabama fertility clinics say they will resume IVF services after bill to protect doctors passes (NBC NEWS)

📌 Residents lash out at Uvalde city leaders, police after newly released City Council report on Robb Elementary shooting (CNN)

📌 Power line ignited the largest wildfire in Texas history (ABC NEWS)

📌 Maine sailor Cole Brauer​ now first American woman to race solo around world after finishing 4-month journey (CBS NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Haiti gangs torch police stations as PM's future hangs in balance (BBC)

📌 Sweden officially joins NATO alliance in blow to Russia (AXIOS)

📌 Endangered red panda among 87 live animals seized from smugglers at Thailand airport (CBS NEWS)

📌 The MH370 plane families seeking closure, new search 10 years later (GUARDIAN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 FDA says it's found lead in several more cinnamon products in the U.S. (NBC NEWS)

📌 Single dose of LSD provides immediate and lasting relief from anxiety, study says (CNN)

📌 Lawmakers launch SpaceX probe over Russian use of Starlink satellites (AXIOS)

📌 Fossilized trees dating back 390 million years are world’s oldest (CNN)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Gisele Bündchen says her kids are in 'two different worlds' as they split time between her and Tom Brady (PEOPLE)

📌 Brittany Mahomes says her back is fractured and urges moms to take care of their pelvic floor (NBC NEWS)

📌 Look inside the Oscar Nominees 2024 gift bag (BUZZFEED)

📌 Margaret Qualley to play Amanda Knox in Hulu limited series with Monica Lewinsky producing (VARIETY)

Thursday, March 7

🚨NATION

📌 Alabama governor signs law protecting IVF treatments (NPR)

📌 House passes funding bills to avert partial government shutdown (ABC NEWS)

📌 After meeting Trump, Elon Musk says he will not be donating to either presidential candidate (REUTERS)

📌 Bill that could ban TikTok in the U.S. gains momentum in Congress (NBC NEWS)

📌 House Republicans set public testimony from Hunter Biden for March 20 (FOX NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Hamas rejects latest ceasefire/hostage deal as talks stall ahead of Ramadan (NY TIMES)

📌 Hundreds of truckloads of aid for Gaza stuck as more malnutrition deaths are happening (ABC NEWS)

📌 Russian strike lands near Zelensky and Greek prime minister (AXIOS)

📌 Several crew members killed for first time in Houthi attack on commercial ship near Yemen (CNN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Cancer-causing chemical found in a number of popular acne treatments (REUTERS)

📌 Rare gray whale, extinct in the Atlantic for 200 years, spotted near Nantucket (NBC NEWS)

📌 OpenAI says Musk agreed the ChatGPT maker should become a for-profit company (ABC NEWS)

📌 NTSB says Boeing has not provided details about midair blowout (NPR)

📌 Coastal cities in the US are sinking as sea levels continue to rise, new research shows (ABC NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Trial over stolen 'Hotel California' lyrics abruptly ends after prosecutors drop charges, citing new emails (NBC NEWS)

📌 ‘Rust’ movie armorer found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, acquitted of evidence tampering (CNN)

📌 Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal to Star in Broadway’s ‘Othello’ (VARIETY)

📌 Tony Goldwyn, Jane Fonda, Matthew Modine and more sign open letter ahead of Oscars to “make nukes history” (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

Wednesday, March 6

🚨NATION

📌 Tensions flare in trial for father of Michigan school shooter (DETROIT FREE PRESS)

📌 San Diego man is first to be charged with smuggling greenhouse gasses (CBS NEWS)

📌 New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez hit with new obstruction of justice charges in bribery case (NBC NEWS)

📌 Rise in teachers quitting as Texas takes over Houston schools (GUARDIAN)

📌 Explosive fire at site used by vape suppliers kills 1 outside Detroit, sends debris a mile away (AP)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Gangs in Haiti try to seize control of main airport as thousands escape prisons: "Massacring people indiscriminately" (CBS NEWS)

📌 US says no troops heading to Haiti (GUARDIAN)

📌 President Biden says a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas is “in the hands” of the terror group (MO NEWS)

📌 International court issues arrest warrants for Russian officers over attacks on Ukraine's infrastructure (FOX NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Diet drinks may boost risk of dangerous heart condition by 20%, study says (CNN)

📌 Leading US banks to leave ESG group (REUTERS)

📌 Bitcoin prices hit all-time high, soaring to nearly $69,000 (NBC NEWS)

📌 World on brink of fourth mass coral reef bleaching event, NOAA says (REUTERS)

📌 Target launches new paid membership program as company’s sales fell for the first time in 7 years (AP)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Singapore's exclusive deal with Taylor Swift not a hostile act towards neighbours, PM says (REUTERS)

📌 Dartmouth men's basketball team votes to unionize, shaking up college sports (NPR)

📌 Princess of Wales to appear in June for royal ceremony, first confirmed official duty since surgery (AP)

📌 Colin Firth’s wet Mr. Darcy shirt from ‘Pride and Prejudice’ among scores of costumes up for sale (CNN)

Tuesday, March 5

🚨NATION

📌 Super Tuesday election guide (NPR)

📌 Ranked: Top 10 states with most stressed out residents (CNBC)

📌 FAA finds ‘multiple instances’ of Boeing quality control issues (CNN)

📌 Hackers behind massive medical/pharmaceutical system ransomware attack may have just been paid $22 million (WIRED)

📌 How Bill and Hillary Clinton plan to get involved in 2024 campaign (NY MAG)

📌 National guardsman accepts 16-year prison sentence for Pentagon leak on Discord (AXIOS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Kamala Harris meets Netanyahu rival in push for cease-fire deal (AP)

📌 UN: ‘Clear and convincing information’ that Israelis were raped on October 7 & hostages held in Gaza subjected to sexual violence (NPR)

📌 Haiti declares national state of emergency amid violence and jailbreak (REUTERS)

📌 Mexico City, one of the world's most populated cities, is nearly out of water as many go "days if not weeks" without it (ABC NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Antibiotic after sex greatly reduced syphilis and chlamydia cases (NY TIMES)

📌 Jeff Bezos surpasses Elon Musk to be world’s richest person again (CNN)

📌 JetBlue, Spirit end $3.8 billion merger agreement after losing antitrust suit (CNBC)

📌 First over-the-counter birth control pill in US begins shipping to stores (AP)

📌 SpaceX, NASA successfully launch manned Crew-8 mission to International Space Station (NBC NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Eagles' Jason Kelce announces retirement after 13 seasons (ESPN)

📌 Kate Middleton spotted for first time since January hospitalization (FOX NEWS)

📌 Dartmouth basketball players to vote today on whether to form the nation’s first-ever college athletes’ labor union (AP)

📌 Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of involvement in shooting at recording studio in amended complaint (NBC NEWS)

Monday, March 4

🚨NATION

📌 Supreme Court to release decisions Monday, with Trump Colorado ruling a strong possibility (NBC NEWS)

📌 Congressional leaders unveil bill to fund government, Johnson and Schumer both claim wins (FOX NEWS)

📌 Vice President Harris urges Hamas/Israel to accept 6 week cease-fire and Israel to allow in more aid (NY POST)

📌 Record California blizzard shuts down roads and ski resorts as heavy snow and fierce winds slam mountains (CNN)

Police investigate AI-nudes scandal at Beverly Hills middle school (NBC)

📌 University of Maryland halts all fraternity and sorority activities after hazing allegations (GUARDIAN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 British cargo ship sunk by Houthis threatens Red Sea environment (REUTERS)

📌 US air drops aid into Gaza as humanitarian situation worsens (INSIDER)

📌 Germany investigates possible Russian eavesdropping of a military conference call (NPR)

📌 Shehbaz Sharif elected Pakistan’s prime minister for second term (NBC NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 1 in 8 people on earth is now obese-study (FOX NEWS)

📌 CDC releases new guidance ending 5-day isolation period for recovering COVID-19 patients (ABC NEWS)

📌 Malaysia set to reopen search for MH370 missing plane after 10 years (GUARDIAN)

📌 3 passengers on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 where door plug blew out sue the airline and Boeing for $1 billion (CBS NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 LeBron James becomes first player in NBA history to score 40,000 career points (CNN)

📌 Rihanna performs first full concert in years at billionaire Mukesh Ambani's party for son in India (USA TODAY)

📌 Taylor Swift reveals more details about ‘Tortured Poets Department’ album (VARIETY)

📌 Fashion icon Iris Apfel, famous for her eye-catching and irreverent style, dies at 102 (PBS)

Friday, March 1

🚨NATION

📌 Alabama House approves measure aiming to protect IVF after court’s personhood ruling (CNN)

📌 Democrats help Johnson pass short-term funding bill to avert government shutdown (ABC NEWS)

📌 Texas wildfire becomes largest in state history, "critical" fire weather to return (AXIOS)

📌 Blockbuster California storm to deliver crushing blow of 10 feet of snow and blizzard conditions (CNN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 France again floats idea of sending troops to Ukraine (ABC NEWS)

📌 Many Iranians planning to boycott first regime-organized election since killing of Mahsa Amini (GUARDIAN)

📌 Mexico’s most dangerous volcano erupts 13 times in past day, prompting airport delays (AP)

📌 Canada reimposes visa requirement on Mexican nationals (NBC NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Musk's Neuralink brain implant company cited by FDA over animal lab issues (REUTERS)

📌 Food packaging containing toxic "forever chemicals" no longer sold in U.S., FDA says (CBS NEWS)

📌 SEC reportedly investigating OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s communications (FOX BUSINESS)

📌 Oprah to leave WeightWatchers board of directors (NBC NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Parents call out ‘Willy Wonka Experience’ that used AI to sell a “terrible” time, police called (FOX NEWS)

📌 Justin and Hailey Bieber go to church after her Dad requests 'a little prayer' over social media for the two (PEOPLE)

📌 All of AMC’s revenue growth came from Taylor Swift and Beyoncé films, theater chain says (CNBC)

📌 Caitlin Clark to forgo final year at Iowa, enter WNBA draft (ESPN)

Thursday, February 29

🚨NATION

📌 Supreme Court to decide Trump’s lifetime immunity claim in election interference case (NBC NEWS)

📌 Idaho halts execution by lethal injection after 8 failed attempts to insert IV line (AP)

📌 Video of the devastating Texas wildfires, sparking evacuations and cutting off power to thousands of homes and businesses (MO NEWS)

📌 Federal court rules Indiana ban on gender-affirming care for minors can take effect (PBS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 French Senate votes to enshrine abortion in constitution, a world first (AP)

📌 Ghana’s parliament passed one of Africa’s strictest anti-LGBTQ+ bills, folks could serve prison time for being gay; A look at anti-LGBTQ+ laws across Africa (SEMAFOR)

📌 UK descending into mob rule, PM warns police (BBC)

📌 Pope Francis hospitalized briefly after dealing with flu symptoms (FOX NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Google under attack for ‘woke AI’ fiasco (INSIDER)

📌 Wendy's backtracks: Says it isn't planning to introduce surge pricing (NPR)

📌 Boiling tap water can remove 80% of the microplastics in it (NEW SCIENCE)

📌 Any use of marijuana linked to higher risk of heart attack and stroke, study says (CNN)

📌 Reliance, Disney to merge India media assets to create $8.5 billion powerhouse (REUTERS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Actor Richard Lewis of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ dies at 76 (DEADLINE) Video: His 10 best ‘Curb’ Scenes (USA TODAY)

📌 James Beard Foundation honors 'beloved' local restaurants with America's Classics (USA TODAY)

📌 Andy Cohen snorts cocaine with coterie of favorite ‘Housewives,’ bombshell Leah McSweeney lawsuit claims (PAGE SIX)

📌 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were dangerously chased in New York City, NYPD says (PEOPLE)

Wednesday, February 28

🚨NATION

📌 Immigration surges to top concern for Americans, new poll finds (AXIOS)

📌 The Supreme Court will weigh a Trump-era ban on bump stocks for guns today (CBS NEWS)

📌 The U.S. Army cutting 24,000 jobs and restructuring for the next major war amid recruiting shortfalls (ABC NEWS)

📌 An explosive Texas fire more than doubles in size as it threatens towns and forces evacuations (CNN)

📌 Texas nuclear weapons facility pauses production due to wildfire (AP)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 South Korea shatters record again for world’s lowest birth rate (REUTERS) Why Korean women aren’t having kids (BBC)

📌 Two Mexican mayoral candidates assassinated within hours of one another (AP)

📌 Spanish city to charge landmark entry fee to manage out of control tourism (CNN)

📌 Hezbollah says it fired 'large volley' of rockets at Israeli surveillance base (REUTERS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Private lunar lander sends back first pics from its moon landing (NBC NEWS)

📌 Apple cancels work on electric car, ending 10 year+ effort (CNBC)

📌 Macy's to close 150 stores, about 30% of its locations, in bid to shift toward luxury goods; Plans to open more Bloomingdales (NPR)

📌 Lead-tainted applesauce sailed through gaps in food-safety system (NY TIMES)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 2 men found guilty of murder in Jam Master Jay killing (NBC NEWS)

📌 Baseball players upset at new see-through pants, discussing with MLB (AP)

📌 Michael Jackson Biopic makes final casting decisions; set for 2025 premiere (VARIETY)

📌 Queer Eye announces Jeremiah Brent is replacing Bobby Berk for season 9 (EW)

📌 Kristen Cavallari dating 24 year-old boyfriend (PEOPLE)

Tuesday, February 27

🚨NATION

📌 Supreme Court justices appears split on GOP-backed social media big tech laws (NBC NEWS)

📌 Active-duty US Air Force member who set himself ablaze outside Israeli Embassy in DC dies (MO NEWS)

📌 Hunter Biden sees his sobriety as key to keeping Trump from winning (AXIOS)

📌 Activists opposing Biden’s Israel policies urge Democratic voters to vote “uncommitted” at Michigan primary today (MO NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Prison escapees hijacked boat of missing American couple in Grenada, they were likely thrown overboard and died, police say (NBC NEWS)

📌 Palestinian prime minister submits government's resignation to President Abbas (FOX NEWS)

📌 Navalny was about to be swapped for a Russian prisoner in Germany, an associate says (NPR)

📌 Lockbit cybercrime gang says it is back online following global police bust (REUTERS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Mission cut short: Private U.S. moon lander to cease operations after less than a week after landing sideways (PBS NEWS)

📌 Wendy’s to roll out Uber-style surge pricing for meals (NY POST)

📌 US pharmacy outage triggered by 'Blackcat' ransomware at UnitedHealth unit, sources say (REUTERS)

📌 Berkshire’s boom days may be over as Warren Buffett’s company approaches $1 trillion in value (CNN)

📌 Measles is a 'heat-seeking missile' experts warn as Florida outbreak grows (NBC NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Diddy accused of sexual assault in 5th lawsuit since November (THE WRAP)

📌 Taylor Swift’s father accused of assaulting photographer (HUFFINGTON POST)

📌 Alec Baldwin's 'Rust' trial on involuntary manslaughter charge set for July (USA TODAY)

📌 “Mary Poppins” U.K. age rating raised to PG due to “discriminatory language” (SALON)

📌 Owner of real ‘Saltburn’ house inundated with visitors inspired by TikTok (CNN)

Monday, February 26

🚨NATION

📌 Dartmouth, Northwestern, Rice, and Vanderbilt agree to pay $166M to settle financial aid lawsuit alleging the schools colluded on financial aid awarded to wealthier students (CNN)

📌 Murder suspect in death of nursing student found on UGA campus taken into custody, was in the U.S. illegally (NATIONAL REVIEW)

📌 US Air Force airman lights himself on fire outside Israeli Embassy in Washington to protest war (ABC)

📌 Border patrol releases hundreds of migrants at bus stop after San Diego aid runs out (ABC)

📌 Chief enforcer of US gun laws fears Americans may become numb to violence with each mass shooting (NBC)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 U.S. says an “understanding” has been reached in Israel-Hamas hostage talks, but negotiations continue (CNN)

📌 Body of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, has been returned to his mother (BBC)

📌 An attack by the Houthi rebels on a ship in the Red Sea has caused an 18 mile long oil slick (AP)

📌 Mexico’s “Hugs, Not Bullets” crime policy intended to quell violence has given more power to cartels (WALL STREET JOURNAL)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Husband who eavesdropped on his wife’s work calls pleads guilty to insider trading (WALL STREET JOURNAL)

📌 Airlines are boosting baggage fees and charging you more at the airport (CNBC)

📌 US spacecraft that successfully landed on the moon is tipped over sideways, but still “alive and well” (NYPOST)

📌 Why everyone is suddenly talking about Nvidia, the trillion-dollar company fueling the AI revolution (NBC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Duke’s star basketball player injured after Wake Forest storms to court, Coach calls for ban (FOX NEWS)

📌 “I think I’ve seen this film before”: Chiefs’ Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes return to Las Vegas nightclubs to celebrate their Super Bowl victory AGAIN, belting out “we are the champions” (TMZ)

📌 Millennials and Gen-Z are putting their own spin on book clubs (CNN BUSINESS)

📌 Bob Marley “One Love” film surpasses $100 million at box office (THE WRAP)

📌 Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Anne Hathaway reunite for The Devil Wears Prada at 2024 SAG Awards (PEOPLE)

Friday, February 23

🚨NATION

📌 Oklahoma nonbinary student’s death after in-school fight ‘not a result of trauma,’ police say (ABC NEWS)

📌 Ex-FBI source accused of lying about Bidens and having Russian contacts is re-arrested (AP)

📌 Biden meets with Alexei Navalny's wife and daughter to express "heartfelt condolences" then announces new sanctions on Russia (CBS NEWS)

📌 Court: Texas school legally punished Black student over hairstyle (AP)

📌 Bidens’ dog, Commander, bit Secret Service personnel in at least 24 incidents, records show (CNN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Leaked files from Chinese firm show vast international hacking effort (NPR)

📌 Pandas from China are headed to the San Diego Zoo (AP)

📌 Navalny's mother says authorities are blackmailing her to hold secret burial (AXIOS)

📌 Israel to join truce talks in Paris after pressure from US and amid heavy Gaza bombardment (REUTERS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Google pauses Gemini’s ability to generate AI images of people after diversity errors (THE VERGE)

📌 Only half of TikTok users actually post on the platform, report finds (AXIOS)

📌 Apple launches its own sports app for the first time (CNN)

📌 We finally know how baleen whales make noise (POPSCI)

📌 Pharmacies nationwide face delays as health-care tech company reports cyberattack (FOX BUSINESS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Wendy Williams diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and aphasia (NBC NEWS)

📌 Eldest Obama daughter now going by new name as she tries to step out of parents’ shadow (BUZZFEED)

📌 'Rust' armorer Hannah Gutierrez's trial begins with each side arguing over safety on set (ABC NEWS)

📌 Bobi, named world’s oldest ever dog, loses title after investigation (PEOPLE)

Thursday, February 22

🚨NATION

📌 Presidential brother James Biden behind closed doors in critical interview with Republicans as GOP continues impeachment probe (CNN)

📌 GOP Freedom Caucus raises March 1 government shutdown risk (AXIOS)

📌 Oklahoma death of nonbinary student Nex Benedict after in-school fight prompts calls for answers (ABC NEWS)

📌 Biden administration cancels $1.2 billion in student loans of more than 150,000 borrowers under new plan (CNBC)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Honduran ex-president in court accused of leading 'narco-state' (BBC)

📌 Israel skips ICJ trial, but its advocates argue the ‘occupation’ isn’t illegal (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 Alexei Navalny's mother files lawsuit for release of son's body (FOX NEWS)

📌 WikiLeaks’ Assange faces wait to find out whether he can challenge extradition to the U.S. (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Boeing removes head of 737 Max program in wake of safety incidents (CNN)

📌 Neuralink's first human patient able to control computer mouse through thinking, Musk says (REUTERS)

📌 Beyond Meat revamps plant-based burger to boost weak sales (CNBC)

📌 Does beer before liquor actually make you sicker? (NY TIMES)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Beyoncé's 'Texas Hold 'Em' debuts at No. 1 on the country chart (NPR)

📌 Tiger Woods' son is taking his first step toward trying to play on the PGA Tour (PGA)

📌 Jimmy Kimmel hints at late night show exit: “I think this is my final contract” (DEADLINE)

📌 “Vibe is off:” People betting on Soho House’s collapse (NY POST)

📌 Financially struggling Met Opera’s 18 productions next season matches the fewest since 1980-81 (AP)

Wednesday, February 21

🚨NATION

📌 N.Y. AG says she may seize Trump's assets if he can't pay $354M fine (AXIOS)

📌 Two adults arrested for shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade (ABC NEWS)

📌 US to impose 'major sanctions' on Russia over Navalny death (REUTERS)

📌 Supreme Court leaves sanctions in place against Sidney Powell and others over 2020 election suit in Michigan (CBS NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 UN food agency pauses deliveries to the north of Gaza (REUTERS)

📌 US vetoes UN resolution calling for immediate ceasefire in Gaza after proposing a temporary halt in fighting (CNN)

📌 Spain police suspect bullet-riddled body may be Russian who defected with helicopter (ABC NEWS)

📌 Alexei Navalny’s mother demands Putin returns son's body (BBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Did your iPhone get wet? Apple says don’t put it in rice (USA TODAY)

📌 Heads up: A dead satellite is falling back to Earth today (NPR)

📌 Walmart is buying TV maker Vizio for $2.3 billion to shore up its ad business (CNN)

📌 American Airlines raises bag fee by another $10 for luggage checked at the airport (NBC NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Four-part Beatles biopic on Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr announced (SALON)

📌 Former parenting Youtuber Ruby Franke and ex-business partner sentenced to prison for child abuse (PEOPLE)

📌 Hoda Kotb addresses Kelly Rowland’s ‘Today’ show walk-off, offers to ‘share’ dressing room (PAGE SIX)

📌 Three men go on trial in New York over Eagles’ Hotel California manuscript (GUARDIAN)

Monday, February 20

🚨NATION

📌 California braces for flooding again as another wet winter storm hits (AP)

📌 Texas gov. announces plans to build 80-acre base in Eagle Pass (CNN)

📌 Trump unveils $399 branded shoes at ‘Sneaker Con’ (NPR)

📌 Abraham Lincoln pardoned Biden's great-great-grandfather after Civil War-era brawl, documents reportedly show (CBS NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Israel says ground offensive in Rafah will begin by Ramadan next month if hostages aren’t returned (BBC)

📌 The EU opens formal probe into TikTok over protection of children (CNN)

📌 Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s last ditch effort to avoid extradition to the US (BBC)

📌 Russia takes Avdiivka from Ukraine, biggest gain in nine months (REUTERS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Ozempic is taking off with the world’s largest obese population, and it’s not the US (WSJ)

📌 Mega Credit Card Deal: Capital One to acquire Discover (FOX BUSINESS)

📌 Gold could hit $3000 in next 12-18 months (CNBC)

📌 New Odysseus lunar mission will attempt to make a historic landing at the moon’s south pole (CNN)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 NBA breaks 200-point barrier in record-smashing All-Star game (Eastern Conference beats the West 211-186) (AXIOS)

📌 ‘Shirley’ trailer released, Regina King portrays the first Black Congresswoman in biopic (VARIETY)

📌 Oppenheimer's Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr scoop BAFTA Film Awards (BBC)

📌 Travis Kelce spent over $16K on Taylor Swift's Valentine's Day gift (SI)

Friday, February 16

🚨NATION

📌 Trump thinking about delivering the official GOP State of the Union response (NBC NEWS)

📌 Former FBI informant charged with lying about the Bidens’ role in Ukraine business, undercutting GOP impeachment inquiry (CNN)

📌 Bombshell Testimony: Special Counsel Robert Hur set for March 12 testimony on Biden classified docs probe (AXIOS)

📌 US government set to auction off a Russian oligarch’s yacht currently costing taxpayers $600K a month (NY POST)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Israeli forces storm the main hospital in southern Gaza, saying hostages were likely held there (AP)

📌 Venezuela expels UN Human Rights Office (AP)

📌 Greece becomes first Orthodox country to legalize same-sex marriage (BBC)

📌 After call with Biden, Israeli PM Netanyahu says Israel won’t be pressured into accepting a Palestinian state (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 OpenAI just revealed new software that lets you create realistic video by simply typing a descriptive sentence (CNBC)

📌 Trump Media's merger with DWAC gets regulatory nod — Trump could get a stake worth $4 billion (CBS NEWS)

📌 Reduce, reuse, redirect outrage: How plastic makers lied about recycling (NPR)

📌 People who live alone are more depressed than those who don’t, survey finds (AXIOS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 CNN looks to slash budgets, multi-million dollar salaries with a new around of cuts (THE WRAP)

📌 Iowa's Caitlin Clark sets NCAA women's scoring record (NY POST)

📌 Jennifer Lopez announces first tour in 5 years (NBC NEWS)

📌 The 2024 Met Gala theme has been announced — along with four superstar co-chairs (CNN)

📌 Met Gala under fire for naming TikTok CEO co-chair (THE HILL)

📌 Meryl Streep returning for ‘Only Murders in the Building’ season 4 (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

Thursday, February 15

🚨NATION

📌 ICE draft plan would release thousands of immigrants in order to cover budget shortfall (CBS NEWS)

📌 Prosecutors released a "trove of new details" in Sen. Bob Menendez case, including allegations that his wife's engagement ring was part of a bribery scheme (CNN)

📌 California lawmakers try to address homelessness with new proposed encampment ban (ABC NEWS)

📌 Graffiti towers are stretching resources, LAPD says after BASE jumping stunt (NBC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Israel launches 'extensive' strikes in Lebanon after rockets hit army base. (BBC)

📌 Appeals court upholds prison sentence for former French President Nicolas Sarkozy (POLITICO)

📌 Israel pulls out of truce talks in Cairo, cites Hamas' 'delusional demands' (USA TODAY)

📌 Greece's parliament is poised to vote today on a controversial bill to legalize same-sex marriage (NPR)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Amazon rainforest could reach ‘tipping point’ by 2050, scientists warn (GUARDIAN)

📌 Jeff Bezos sells $2 billion worth of Amazon stock (FOX BUSINESS)

📌 AI is shaking up online dating with chatbots that are ‘flirty but not too flirty’ (CNBC)

📌 COVID patients are 4.3 times more likely to develop chronic fatigue, CDC report finds (ABC NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 For the first time, a woman will be the voice of an MLB team as Oakland A's hire Jenny Cavnar for the play-by-play call (NBC NEWS)

📌 Jon Stewart’s ‘Daily Show’ return hits multiyear high (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

📌 Kanye West new album ‘Uncancellable’ reaches number one on steaming despite his previous antisemitic statements (UNHERD)

📌 Beyonce and family support nephew during New York Fashion Week runway debut (PEOPLE)

📌 Public's first glimpse of Shohei Ohtani in a Dodgers uniform since record-breaking 10-year, $700 million contract (SI)

Wednesday, February 14

🚨NATION

📌 Senate passes Ukraine, Israel aid package that divided GOP; House speaker rejects it (AP)

📌 Democrat wins New York special election to fill George Santos’s seat (ABC)

📌 Powerful nor’easter pelts region with snow, making it New York City’s snowiest day in 2 years (CNN)

📌 Trump to attend N.Y. criminal trial hearing over Stormy Daniels hush money on Thursday (AXIOS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Mediators are in Cairo working to secure a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas (NPR)

📌 House GOP in discussions with Biden special counsel Robert Hur for testimony (CNN)

📌 Russia buying Musk’s Starlink Systems in Arab countries, Ukraine says (REUTERS)

📌 Russia puts Estonia prime minister on wanted list (TIME)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Alaska man is first reported person to die of Alaskapox virus; exposure may be linked to stray cat (CBS NEWS)

📌 Pilots got their payday. Now flights attendants are pushing airlines for higher wages (CNBC)

📌 Diamondback Energy's $26 billion deal for Endeavor Energy Resources looks to solve a U.S. oil "puzzle" (AXIOS)

📌 A person in Oregon diagnosed with the plague (AP)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Super Bowl 2024 was most watched US TV broadcast since 1969 Moon landing (BBC)

📌 ‘Deadpool 3’ dethrones ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ as most-viewed trailer launch of all time (VARIETY)

📌 Katy Perry announces her last season on ‘American Idol’ (CNN)

📌 Mics picked up Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s sweet on-field conversation after Super Bowl win (SI)

Tuesday, February 13

🚨NATION

📌 Trump asks Supreme Court to delay presidential immunity ruling in 2020 election case (CNBC)

📌 Winter storm targets Northeast — here's how much snow is in the forecast (CBS NEWS)

📌 Long Island voters are embarrassed by George Santos and split on who should replace him (NBC NEWS)

 📌 Judge in Trump Georgia case says DA Fani Willis’ alleged ‘improper’ affair ‘could result in disqualification' (FOX NEWS)

📌 RFK Jr. apologizes to his family for Super Bowl ad invoking JFK (NPR)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Yemen's Houthi rebels target carrier ship bound for Iran, their main supporter (CBS NEWS)

📌 Pakistan’s shock election, explained (VOX)

📌 Rio’s Carnival parade makes urgent plea to stop illegal mining in Indigenous lands (AP)

📌 A court orders Netherlands to halt fighter jet part exports to Israel over Gaza war (NPR)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 "lol hey guys": Biden campaign joins TikTok to reach young voters (AXIOS)

📌 Costco, Trader Joe's and Walmart products made with cheese linked to deadly listeria outbreak (CBS NEWS)

📌 Judge orders Elon Musk to testify in SEC probe of his $44 billion Twitter takeover in 2022 (AP)

📌 Jeff Bezos will save over $600 million in taxes by moving to Miami (CNBC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Jon Stewart mocks Biden, Trump during return to 'The Daily Show' (THE HILL)

📌 Did Usher get married in Las Vegas wedding ceremony during Super Bowl weekend?! (PAGE SIX)

📌 Marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum has died in a car crash (ABC NEWS)

📌 New Orleans, Rio, Cologne — Carnival joy peaks around the world as Lent begin Wednesday (AP)