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18-year-old man from Ohio with assault rifle and wearing gas mask taken into custody
- Reuters
Iran identifies suspect behind blast at Natanz nuclear site
"Reza Karimi, the perpetrator of this sabotage... has been identified" by Iran's intelligence ministry, state TV said. It said the suspect had fled Iran before last Sunday’s blast that the Islamic Republic has blamed on arch-foe Israel.
- Reuters
Castro confirms he is passing Cuban Communist Party leadership to new generation
Raul Castro confirmed he was handing over the leadership of the all-powerful Cuban Communist Party to a younger generation that was "full of passion and anti-imperialist spirit" at its congress that kicked off on Friday. In a speech opening the four day closed door event, excerpts of which were broadcast on state television, Castro, 89, said he had the satisfaction of handing over the leadership to a group of party loyalists that had decades of experience working their way up the ranks.
- USA TODAY
Evolution of a city's account of a killing: How Chicago's narrative changed in the fatal police shooting of Adam Toledo
Many Chicagoans are calling attention to the city's changing narrative in the fatal police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo.
- The Independent
Biden news: President plays golf for first time in office as woman charged with threatening VP Harris
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- The Independent
Florida nurse facing charges over threats to kill Kamala Harris
Niviane Petit Phelps, from Miami, allegedly shared the death threats with her husband who is serving time in jail
- Business Insider
Regulators urge safety recall of $4,295 Peloton treadmill after child dies
"This doesn't happen with other treadmills," an official told The Washington Post after reports of the child's death and numerous other injuries.
- The Independent
Squad members and Anti-Trump Republicans spend $70k on private security following riots
Lawmakers spending on protection in wake of 6 January Capitol riot revealed in FEC filings
- BBC
Helen McCrory: Peaky Blinders actress dies aged 52, husband Damian Lewis says
The star, who has died of cancer, was a "beautiful and mighty woman", her husband Damian Lewis said.
- The Independent
AOC ignores Marjorie Taylor Greene’s incessant Twitter pleas for a public ‘head to head’
MTG says a debate ‘would be informative for the American People’ with her degree in business administration and AOC’s degree in economics
- The Independent
Conservative conference with prominent QAnon supporters to close out with Covid mask-burning event
Disgraced general Michael Flynn, Tulsa Sheriff Vic Regalado, and Jim Caviezel, an actor who played Jesus in movie The Passion of the Christ, were among the speakers at the two-day event
- The Independent
Elon Musk’s SpaceX will build spacecraft to land Nasa astronauts on moon, report says
Artemis will land the first woman and person of colour on the moon
- BBC
Nasa chooses SpaceX to build Moon lander
SpaceX will build a lander that the US space agency will use to return humans to the Moon this decade.
- LA Times
Jimmy Butler says Heat are playing 'soft' while falling to .500
After a surprise run to the 2020 NBA Finals, Miami is .500, and star Jimmy Butler says the Heat are 'soft' and Bam Adebayo needs to play 'bully ball.'
- The Independent
From Asian hate crime to a minimum wage: 25 things Ted Cruz has voted against this year
All the votes the Texas senator opposed in 2021 – including not one confirmation of a woman to the position of Cabinet secretary
- Associated Press
White House: Intel on Russian 'bounties' on US troops shaky
The White House says that the intelligence community does not have conclusive evidence that Russian intelligence operatives encouraged the Taliban to attack American troops in Afghanistan. The assessment, revealed Thursday as the U.S. announced a host of new sanctions on the Russian government, undermines one of the sharpest attacks Joe Biden and other Democrats leveled against former President Donald Trump during the 2020 White House race. Biden repeatedly attacked Trump on the campaign trail for not standing up to Russian President Vladimir Putin despite his administration being aware of intelligence suggesting Russian agents were offering bounties to the Taliban.
- The Independent
Death toll rises to four after vessel capsized in freak storm amid fears for nine men still missing
The Seacor Power vessel capsized on Tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico during a severe storm with 19 people onboard. Nine men are still missing
- The Independent
Marjorie Taylor Greene launches ‘America First’ platform to promote ‘Anglo-Saxon traditions’
‘America is a nation with a border, and a culture, strengthened by a common respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditions,’ an America First pamphlet says
- USA TODAY
Gravity makes the best weighted blanket in the world—and the whole site is on sale
The Gravity weighted blanket is the best weighted blanket on the market—and you can get it at 30% off for the site's fourth birthday sale.
- Architectural Digest
The 9 Best Wireless Headphones for Every Kind of Use
For some people, earbud headphones are difficult to wear largely because their ears are either too big or too small. When users place these headphones in their ears for the first time, the buds are custom-molded to the contours of the wearer’s ears within 60 seconds. Get it now! There’s a chance you’ll fall asleep wearing Sony’s latest noise-canceling headphones.