From Jenna Orkin When bullied students end their lives, parents are suing. And schools are paying. The military’s secret weapon is ... humor • AI needs rules, but who will get to make them? Earth Reacts to Greenhouse Gases More Strongly Than We Thought Universe 25 - Mice Population Collapse Airbnb used to be about crashing on a stranger's couch for cheap. Now Wall Street wants in. Phones and iPad of New York mayor Eric Adams were seized by FBI, report says Jim Jordan’s Conspiratorial Quest for Power Weird Buildings A new COVID variant, HV.1, is now dominant. These are its most common symptoms

From Jenna Orkin US launches airstrike on site in Syria in response to attacks by Iranian-backed militias Switzerland To Keep Nuclear Plants Operating For Longer Than Planned ‘High-end brothel’ serving politicians and executives busted, feds say The Little Newspapers That Could and the Big Newspapers That Don’t: A Special Report on Journalism in the Region Earth just had the hottest 12-month span in recorded history, as this past October came to a close. Ex-CIA officer accused of drugging and sexually assaulting dozens of women pleads guilty Nikki Haley Takes On the Scum at the Third Republican Debate Washington Post deletes editorial cartoon criticized as racist China Plans to Mass Produce Humanoid Robots Former Baltimore prosecutor Marilyn Mosby found guilty of perjury

From Jenna Orkin Thousands in line to get brain chip implant by Elon Musk’s Neuralink House Censures Rashida Tlaib, Citing ‘River to the Sea’ Slogan Twenty-two Democrats joined most Republicans in the rebuke of Ms. Tlaib, the only Palestinian American in Congress, accusing her of calling for the destruction of Israel. A man nailed his 5-year-old girl into a hidden compartment to stop officials taking her away, police say Google introduced a new crash alert feature on Waze which uses AI to warn drivers about roads prone to accidents Man arrested with gun at park near US Capitol, police say Hamas Head of Weapons Killed, Israel Says It beggars belief that Democrats will keep sleepwalking ahead with Biden The history of nuclear weapons production and detonation is encoded in the shells of turtles taken from such sites between the 1950s and 1980s, a new study reveals. Miniscule amounts of uranium detected in the shells of turtles point to a new way to track the impact of the invention of the atom bomb on people and ecosystems. (The health of these particular turtles, which managed to survive the nuclear exposure, likely wasn't affected by the very small amounts of uranium found in their shells, the researchers say.) Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak hospitalized in Mexico City after giving a speech at the World Business Forum: report NYC's new rat-killing weapon is wildly successful — for now

From Jenna Orkin Google Abandons Massive Plan That Would Have Built 15,000 Homes in San Francisco Area Abigail Zwerner's Injury (being shot by her 6-year-old student) Did Not Arise From her Employment (so she's entitled to more than worker's comp) Europe's Gas Storage Hits Record High But Winter Worries Persist Mysterious green sludge is seen spewing out of New York City's manholes in scene straight out of Ghostbusters A Kenyan woman's startup recycles plastic into bricks that are five times stronger than concrete Some Democrats worry Biden’s team is ignoring political warning signs Greenland’s ice shelves hold back sea level rise. There are just 5 left. High court seems likely to allow gun bans for those under protective orders A U.S. push for voluntary payments in negotiations over a global fund for climate disasters has raised tensions ahead of upcoming climate talks. | Where does antisemitism come from?

From Jenna Orkin DNA of Giant ‘Corpse Flower’ Parasite Surprises Biologists Record-breaking temperatures are expected from Arizona to New York Pakistan carries out a mass expulsion Long COVID, ‘Long Cold’: What to Know About Post-Acute Infection Syndromes Training bartenders, barbers and divorce attorneys as counselors could reduce gun violence. Why a State Department Official Lost Hope in Israel The US is quietly arming Taiwan against a Chinese invasion — but it could backfire Grenade in birthday gift kills aide to Ukraine’s top commander Project Nessie at Amazon has Earned $1 Billion The Mindset of Our Anti-Semites

From Jenna Orkin Today’s energy bottleneck may bring down major governments Who profits most from America’s baffling health-care system? Hint: it isn’t big pharma Elite colleges failed to fight antisemitism. But these academics did. Amazon Execs Intentionally Made Site Shittier to Rake in More Profit, New Quotes from FTC Lawsuit Show Shark surprises Illinois zookeepers by reproducing without a male Real Life Resurrections: Worms Frozen for 42,000 Years Come Back to Life - archive Can Seawalls Save Us? Biden Cast Doubt on Gaza’s Death Toll. Palestinian Officials Responded With 6,747 Names China suffers its first foreign investment deficit as US tensions and anti-spying laws spark a western exodus The bosses of rival chip giants Nvidia and AMD are cousins, researcher says

From Jenna Orkin Why blue hydrogen is a big mistake The truth behind the experimental therapy that kids say starts with 'legalized kidnapping' New York City is enforcing a 'de facto ban' on Airbnb. Will travelers be better off without it? Delhi Hazardous Air HANGES TO THE NET BIRTH-DEATH MODEL DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC The labor market experienced widespread disruption at the onset of the pandemic, leading to a breakdown in the historical relationship between business openings (births) and closings (deaths). To better reflect the net effect of the contribution of business births and deaths to the estimates during the pandemic, BLS implemented special procedures to the net birth-death model in March 2020. Effective with the release of October 2021 preliminary estimates, BLS determined that adjustments to its birth-death methodology were no longer necessary. Therefore, the birth-death contribution to establishment survey estimates beginning with October 2021 are forecast using the methodology used prior to the onset of the of the COVID-19 pandemic (described on this page). More information about changes to the CES net birth-death model during months affected by the COVID-19 pandemic are available on our birth-death frequently asked questions page at www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbdqa.htm#qa8. U.S., European officials broach topic of peace negotiations with Ukraine, sources say The Jewish American Dilemma Soaring electric bills fuel mounting anger at utilities in Maine and nationwide Dengue rates drop after release of modified mosquitoes in Colombia New ‘first-in-the-nation’ policy limits Seattle police from knowingly lying

From Jenna Orkin The obesity drugs craze is overlooking one big, open question Years into a climate disaster, these people are eating the unthinkable Chatbots are so gullible, they’ll take directions from hackers The Real Story Behind Patrice Lumumba’s Assassination The glass bridge that broke and killed a tourist in Indonesia wasn't even half an inch thick, investigators say How Gaza’s tunnel network leaves Israel facing ‘three-dimensional’ war Maersk, the world's largest shipping company, to cut 10,000 jobs in response to challenging container trade conditions. Putin revokes Russia’s ratification of nuclear test ban treaty Desk-sized Supercritical CO2 turbine can power up to 10,000 homes Hezbollah leader warns Israel ‘all possibilities on the Lebanese front are open’

From Jenna Orkin IDF sends warships to Red Sea after aerial attacks from Yemen A Cornell University student has been arrested after threatening to shoot Jewish students on campus Russia’s Oil Exports Climb Despite Its Commitment To Cut Supply Intracerebral Hemorrhage Among Blood Donors and Their Transfusion Recipients Israel Goes Unnamed on China Online Maps See inside the stereotyping machines pushing American bias across the internet Injured Gazans enter Egypt through Rafah crossing; Jabalya camp struck again 10 truths about food that people don’t want to believe Hamas has an investment portfolio of real estate and other assets worth $500 million, say experts, and an annual military budget of as much as $350 million. The Gaza-ification of the West Bank

From Jenna Orkin Scoop: Mossad chief visits Qatar for talks on hostages held by Hamas in Gaza Georgia Couple Helps Police Scam the Scammers An Israeli ministry, in a ‘concept paper,’ proposes transferring Gaza civilians to Egypt’s Sinai Saudis on High Alert After Houthis Fire Rocket Towards Israel Strikes on Jabalya refugee camp leave hundreds dead and injured, Gaza officials say High court weighs whether officials may block critics on social media anonymous posters flooded a Cornell message board with threats, prompting the school’s president to alert the FBI. “If you see a Jewish ‘person’ on campus follow them home and slit their throats,” one message said. Another threatened to “bring an assault rifle to campus and shoot all you pig jews.” FDA issues warning for 26 eyedrops due to risk of infection, blindness Lake Como bursts its banks as violent storm pounds Northern Italy Army decided Maine gunman shouldn't have a weapon after July incident