From Jenna Orkin The U.S. had its warmest winter on record Season capped off by the third-warmest February recorded India Adds Firepower to a Missile Program Focused on China Geert Wilders gives up hope of being Dutch PM due to lack of support Obama takes a shot at the likes of Musk and Bezos, says we must protect Earth before colonizing Mars The Question We’ve Stopped Asking About Teen-Agers and Social Media Should they be using these services at all? San Antonio experimented with giving people $5,108 no-strings-attached. They spent it on housing and school supplies for their kids. Department of Health reports death of man from plague models based on global data predict that the number of early-onset cancer cases will increase by around 30% between 2019 and 20301 Top Democrat Schumer calls for new elections in Israel, saying Netanyahu has 'lost his way' U.S. moves to save imperiled bird of the West by limiting oil drilling

From Jenna Orkin IDF prepares to shield northern Israel residents in event of war with Hezbollah Now, an analysis of more than 400 mammalian species reveals that just 45 percent feature males that are larger than females, reports science journalist Rachel Nuwer. Chicago measles outbreak grows after more cases diagnosed in a migrant shelter Exclusive: Former US official's work for Chinese client stirs concern over disclosure loopholes Aaron Rodgers? Jesse Ventura? Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will announce running mate within 2 weeks How blatantly false headlines can distort what we believe in. Worms living near Chernobyl nuclear plant have developed a ‘super power’ Libertarians and Socialists and Jill Stein—Oh, My! A 'male' humanoid robot was unveiled in Saudi Arabia. It then inappropriately touched a female reporter. My feeling about this presidential election? Nauseous optimism US energy industry gas leaks are triple the official figures, study finds

From Jenna Orkin Haiti's prime minister resigns as law and order collapses French state services hit by cyberattacks of 'unprecedented intensity' Estonia: Largest Cyber Attack in Country's History Boeing whistleblower John Barnett is found dead in his truck outside a South Carolina hotel just days after testifying in lawsuit against the aviation giant Elephant stem cells created in a lab for the first time could help bring back the mammoth 20,000 plastic bottles are purchased every second (yes, you read that right). What happened to Katie Porter? A lesson for Democrats. Massive-scale projects to reflect sunlight in order to cool the Earth (called solar radiation modification, or SRM) are fraught with environmental and ethical concerns, write Chandra Bhushan and Tarun Gopalakrishnan. YouGenix Trump's campaign goes into damage-control mode after he suggests cutting Medicare and Social Security benefits

From Jenna Orkin What Dollarization Says About Returning to the Gold Standard What is the Bitcoin Halving? Unveiling the Most Important Event in Bitcoin's History Queens youth counselor Sheldon Johnson charged after dismembered body parts found in freezer Millennials are more likely to fall for investment scams than boomers War on Gaza: Faulty aid drop kills at least five Palestinians in Gaza City Birds, beetles, bugs could help replace pesticides: Study Silicon Valley is pricing academics out of AI research Brazil’s staggering dengue fever crisis is a warning to the world Via Wes Miller Backgrounder: Haiti’s Descent into Chaos

From Jenna Orkin Biden turned his State of the Union into an anti-Trump blitz Costco is now selling $625 packs of silver coins as well as $2,000 gold bars — and shoppers are snapping them up Meet Sen. Katie Britt: The 42-year-old Alabama Republican who gave the GOP response to Biden's State of the Union Spanish soldiers changing gender to female for added benefits, higher pay: ‘On the inside, I am a lesbian’ Scientists just discovered a massive reservoir of helium beneath Minnesota Fact-checking President Biden’s 2024 State of the Union address Ellen Brown on the Public Bank That Wasn’t: New Jersey’s Excursion into Public Banking Ray McGovern on Victoria Nuland Smedley Butler Explains the Latest Excuse for American Intervention in Ukraine Drinking Boiled Tap Water Reduces Human Intake of Nanoplastics and Microplastics

From Jenna Orkin The breathtaking scope of Sam Altman's future AI empire Europe Is Wargaming a Food Crisis Firefighters battling ‘monster’ Texas wildfire contend with strong winds and heat as residents grapple with lost homes Inside the Saudi scheme for screwing Biden's election hopes Coywolves Are Taking Over Eastern North America Coywolves are not ‘shy wolves’—they are coyote-wolf hybrids (with some dog mixed in) and now number in the millions Amid explosive demand, America is running out of electricity Sweden finally joins NATO in expansion spurred by Putin’s Ukraine war The Terrifying A.I. Scam That Uses Your Loved One’s Voice Rupert Murdoch's new Russian fiancée ties him to a sprawling web of money — with some surprising connections George Santos crashing the State of the Union to announce a comeback campaign is what Congress deserves

From Jenna Orkin GOP’s Ernst wants to stop Biden from delivering the State of the Union Russia Mulls Putting Nuclear Power Plant on Moon Supplementary Information of HGC Global Communications Regarding Submarine Cable Damage in the Red Sea To Demonstrate Hong Kong as International Telecommunication Hub Between 2022 and 2023, the number of people experiencing homelessness increased by 12 percent, or roughly 70,650 more people. Federal judge orders minority-business agency opened to all races How the Pentagon Learned to Use Targeted Ads to Find Its Targets—and Vladimir Putin Elon Musk’s German Tesla plant suffers close to $1 billion in damages after attack by the ‘dumbest eco-terrorists on Earth’ The Internet runs wild with conspiracy theories in today’s On the Record Trillions of gallons leak from aging drinking water systems, further stressing shrinking US cities China just pulled the country version of a company canceling its quarterly earnings call

From Jenna Orkin As of 2024, the vault housed approximately 507,000 gold bars, with a combined weight of 6,331 metric tons. The vault is able to support this weight because it rests on the bedrock of Manhattan Island, 80 feet below street level and 50 feet below sea level. Germany says it will investigate after a recording leaked of a conversation between several top-ranking German officers on the country’s Ukraine war strategy. During the conversation, posted online by the head of Russia’s state-backed RT channel, Margarita Simonyan, air force officers discuss the possible delivery of Taurus weapon systems to Ukraine as well as the potential targeting of the Kerch Bridge, which connects the annexed Crimean peninsula to mainland Russia. Japan’s Indo-Pacific Security Waiting Game in Cambodia One of the world's most populated cities is nearly out of water The Fight Over I.V.F. Is Only Beginning CBP’s colossal discovery results in over $11 million worth of fentanyl pills Millions of research papers at risk of disappearing from the Internet Hundreds of thousands of salmon dead from ‘gas bubble disease’ in US river Library cuts and teachers quitting: Texas’s takeover of Houston schools U.N. report: ‘Convincing’ information Hamas raped, tortured hostages

From Jenna Orkin Thousands of millionaires haven’t filed tax returns for years, IRS says Texas panhandle wildfire becomes largest in state’s history A dangerously extreme blizzard has begun in the Sierra Nevada They also wanted to see documents related to the transfer, overseen by Qiu, of deadly Ebola and Henipah viruses to China's Wuhan Institute of Virology in March 2019. The East Coast Is Sinking How RFK Jr. hiring a bird smuggler sent his environmental group into turmoil The Hot New Luxury Good for the Rich: Air A new company is shipping Arctic ice from Greenland to chill posh drinks in Dubai Israel agrees to cease-fire; Hamas decision pending Surprising methane discovery in Yukon glaciers: 'Much more widespread than we thought'

From Jenna Orkin BLM proposes to open 22 million acres in Western states to solar development Microsoft Probes Reports Bot Issued Bizarre, Harmful Responses In one incident, Copilot offered mixed message on suicide Putin threatens nuclear response to NATO troops if they go to Ukraine The Scandal of Clarence Thomas’s New Clerk Is it safe to ramp up ocean ecosystems’ absorption of climate pollution from the sky? A tech billionaire is quietly buying up land in Hawaii. No one knows why These companies tried a 4-day workweek. More than a year in, they still love it Stock market today: NYCB plunges 25% as fresh banking fears temper inflation relief Cocoa Hits Record on Tight Supply, Threatening Pricier Treats 9 charts that show US factory farming is even bigger than you realize