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DeSantis’s education moves and the backlash, explained

<p><a href="https://apple.news/Ann2Lb9sHRhWrxZ6KeVXK8Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">USA Today</a> reports on protesters who are challenging Florida governor Ron DeSantis&rsquo;s moves to ban an AP course on African American studies and gut college diversity programs.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AhbYIgwfBTnyVvWw2oZoD2A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> has key takeaways from a Georgia grand-jury report on Trump and the 2020 election.</p> <p>The seven states that depend on water from the Colorado River are arguing over supply, as levels get dangerously low. The <a href="https://apple.news/AsVO2OsolTL-wHjgd4_g6Cw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Los Angeles Times</a> has the story.</p> <p>Don&rsquo;t lose your credit card. Getting a new one could take months. The <a href="https://apple.news/A4uY0jy-xSV216Fy0NC_dtw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> explains why.</p>

How one Turkish town survived the earthquakes with no deaths

<p>Hundreds of residents packed a gym in East Palestine, Ohio, to question officials after a train derailment and fire released toxic chemicals. <a href="https://apple.news/Aiv7yqITPQGWv4CynCd7gnw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Reuters</a> is on the story.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AnvEzHj7eS1SklUvNy_gB2A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> tackles the question of who is responsible for buildings in Turkey being unable to stand up to the earthquakes. <a href="https://apple.news/AuxOa4n2kTBucELLH0hJXcw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NBC</a> visits one tiny Turkish city that avoided the death and destruction.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/ArNwgCNfBRA6Y9xCCQp5G2g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Atlantic</a> looks at how ChatGPT and similar A.I. technology could destabilize white-collar work.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>The women's field-hockey coach for the University of North Carolina is a 22-year-old who just finished playing for the team. <a href="https://apple.news/AgwlCNybzTyCsIRJ9eIG4EA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Sports Illustrated</a> spoke to her.</p>

Inside the environmental disaster threatening a U.S. town

<p><a href="https://apple.news/A-YCknPd0R8WlPpiEJrcFgQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> reports on how residents of East Palestine, Ohio, are concerned for their health after a train derailment and fire led to a release of toxic chemicals.</p> <p>For some Michigan State students who lived through Monday&rsquo;s mass shooting, it wasn&rsquo;t the first they&rsquo;d experienced. <a href="https://apple.news/AFXi1ED1XS3CCiM75fMmasQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NBC</a> is on the story. Meanwhile, a <a href="https://apple.news/AjFhDnLWSS-agctLKAtPFug?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> analysis finds that more than 338,000 U.S. children have been exposed to gun violence at school since 1999.</p> <p>NATO says a major new Russian offensive is underway, while Ukraine wants the West to provide it with fighter jets. The <a href="https://apple.news/AqjAwg8goRwS5TQBal0zdQA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> has more.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/A8ZLlK0T0St-FM3TrLBGIyg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> looks into the mystery of the disappearing vacation day.</p>

Syrians feel forgotten. These are their earthquake stories.

<p>Aid has been slow to reach earthquake survivors in Syria. But one <a href="https://apple.news/A7Bm5il7MQ4mjoziFByGUnw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> reporter did and is telling their stories.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AynX6i8BeQ1KZqJ9h7uhWRQ">Washington Post</a> investigates how the NFL avoids paying disabled players &mdash; with the help of their union.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AJgYf9acRQN2c2tzECiNc7w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">In Conversation</a> explores how money can ruin marriages, with tips on how to avoid common problems.</p>

The U.S. keeps shooting down UFOs. What’s going on?

<p>A U.S. fighter jet shot down an airborne object over Lake Huron yesterday, in the fourth such recent incident. <a href="https://apple.news/ANniev2AoSXO9azYr7sI1QQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> has details.</p> <p>The death count keeps rising from the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, as aid workers try to protect survivors from the bitter cold. <a href="https://apple.news/An6f87fFHSXqWdO13JFAAIQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Reuters</a> is covering developments.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AsEJ_EIPcQjGZOfhou6t8dg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> reports on the biggest animal-welfare crisis you may never have heard of.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/Ax4kTLy1uTqu32dqNUP2W4w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Apple News</a> has collected the best Super Bowl coverage, including the Kansas City Chiefs&rsquo; win over the Philadelphia Eagles, Rihanna&rsquo;s halftime performance, and the very expensive ads.</p>

They survived ongoing civil war. Now they face earthquakes.

<p>Syrians have been displaced many times in their country&rsquo;s decade-long civil war. This week&rsquo;s earthquakes are making the situation worse. The <a href="https://apple.news/A_MZIFWJiToW0tPPCDm_0xw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> reports.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/A79b8spjfS52-69o38KTS8g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> has a step-by-step guide to a new federal program that allows Americans to sponsor refugees from all over the world and help them resettle in the U.S.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/Ax4kTLy1uTqu32dqNUP2W4w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Apple News</a> has everything you need to know about the Super Bowl as the Philadelphia Eagles take on the Kansas City Chiefs.</p> <p>Rihanna talked to <a href="https://apple.news/A0np2ZXYCSH6-1sYc1u-FZA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Apple Music</a> about how headlining the Super Bowl stage is personal.</p>

Earthquake victims say aid is too slow

<p>Syrians say earthquake relief isn&rsquo;t reaching them fast enough. <a href="https://apple.news/AuegzWwZAQGOxpRZwrCB3Tw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> looks at how aid is being distributed.</p> <p>California wants to lower the price of insulin by producing its own. <a href="https://apple.news/AQL0Q5WNVQRSAkKEIum7jFA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> explains the state&rsquo;s plan.</p> <p>They depend on Machu Picchu to survive. They shut it down anyway. The <a href="https://apple.news/AvjdIEss2Scqjx7fNZabLBA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> tells their story.</p> <p>Donna Kelce will make history as the first mom to have two sons play against each other in the Super Bowl. <a href="https://apple.news/AZRFmkmChQ9yH_2godb3LLA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NBC</a> talked to her.</p>

Can Biden get his State of the Union proposals passed?

<p>An <a href="https://apple.news/Aol0vrv3MRRCB683Zhvjf3w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Apple News</a> collection has what you need to know about the deadly earthquakes in Turkey and Syria &mdash; and the desperate search for survivors.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/Aqs41j4OiRfezZkyrc-bf_w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> recaps key moments from Biden&rsquo;s State of the Union speech.</p> <p>An ex-Memphis police officer took and shared photos of Tyre Nichols after the beating, documents say. <a href="https://apple.news/AO1z9QrhTT-CQwd6-DNacVw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">USA Today</a> has the story.</p> <p>U.S. intelligence officials said the Chinese balloon shot down on Saturday was part of a vast spying operation that has spanned five continents over several years. The <a href="https://apple.news/AKCtFoqLwSs6uRBtQ2f6-BA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> explains.</p> <p>LeBron James passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA's all-time scoring leader. <a href="https://apple.news/AGJh0jYHGS9moeVsLhufwRw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">ESPN</a> has more.</p>

Inside the urgent search for earthquake survivors

<p>The <a href="https://apple.news/A26M90kQUSg6UIjWb_E8Cxg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> reports on the international effort underway to find survivors and prevent a broader humanitarian crisis after powerful earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria. The <a href="https://apple.news/A0MInIzsPR9q0e19L-1o7og?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Post</a> also explains how to help people affected by the disaster.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AWipk-9NVSW6qHX41Aka07w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">USA Today</a> previews Biden&rsquo;s State of the Union address.</p> <p>A neo-Nazi leader was among two people arrested over a plot to attack Baltimore&rsquo;s power grid. <a href="https://apple.news/AqRR7398JS2WXSP7EMYZlbg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NBC News</a> has the story.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AGXt5BCiKRk2Dw7imMev-iw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Los Angeles Times</a> reports on how Lakers ticket prices are skyrocketing as LeBron James nears a career scoring record.</p> <p>Despite a near-fatal stabbing and decades of death threats, Salman Rushdie won&rsquo;t stop telling stories. He gave his first interview since the attack to the <a href="https://apple.news/AxkLv6ZcfRw2S19EdcPvg0A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a>.</p>

Why the China balloon spying story isn’t over

<p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AEKRrPlSJTW-bEECZJ2O9Xw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> reports on new intelligence revelations about prior Chinese balloon incursions over the U.S.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/ArXUWJf-xT7ut1iZXvFTZdA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> examines how limited obesity training in medical school leaves docs ill-prepared to help patients.</p> <p>A biologist talks to <a href="https://apple.news/ArpsN7NcJTk6eI48DnoGARg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> about the real-life fungal infections that inspired &lsquo;The Last of Us.&rsquo;</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/Apsx1DtP-RWy0052YKjlJyQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Rolling Stone</a> recaps the big moments from this year&rsquo;s Grammys, including Beyonc&eacute; making history, an award for an Iranian protest song, and more.</p>

Why we’re all implicated in the “shoplifting epidemic”

<p>Heard that there&rsquo;s a spike in shoplifting? The actual story is far more complicated, and more interesting. <a href="https://apple.news/AVGZl_rJSRGSshzp7HTqIxw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New York Magazine</a> tells it.</p> <p>Democrats are set to vote on a primary schedule reshuffle that could have major effects on the 2024 presidential race. <a href="https://apple.news/ANHVnqt6STMujQC5eAybUVw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Reuters</a> explains what&rsquo;s going on.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/Au9dxu66vQbWIcBbSk3bp-g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wired</a> reports on how activists are worried that Iran&rsquo;s government is using facial-recognition technology to help it crack down on protesters.</p>

Inside the GOP’s struggle to move past Trump

<p>Lots of Republicans want Donald Trump to disappear from politics. Their main strategy is hope. The <a href="https://apple.news/Aznj26Zb7Rbq5ORnwi1buCA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Atlantic</a> explains.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AqqBEzqYnSqyyZf4NQbOl3w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> has a rare look inside a brutal Russian mercenary army, in an interview with a former commander who fled the battlefield in Ukraine.</p> <p>WNBA players say they should have similar access to private jets as their NBA counterparts. <a href="https://apple.news/ArTzMOnBwSruQe6QFaUoHFw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">USA Today</a> looks at the issue.</p> <p>You might be wasting money, time, and energy on your home appliances. The <a href="https://apple.news/AAAS6YZ5ZSnmz2c2nCixNhQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> has tips on how to get the most out of them.</p>

How to stop violent crime before police arrive

<p>Community-based crime-reduction programs are attempting to stop violence before it happens. The <a href="https://apple.news/Akll6CToVQLGrbKZ5rSsZ1g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker and ProPublica</a> report on the challenges these efforts face.</p> <p>Monday&rsquo;s deadly suicide bombing in Pakistan highlights the multiple crises the country is facing right now. The <a href="https://apple.news/AZKCBF6Q-T1qcuRL5nQjA8g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Guardian</a> explains.</p> <p>Against the odds, searchers found a tiny, dangerous radioactive capsule that had gone missing along a long stretch of road in Australia. The <a href="https://apple.news/AujxWXu-QSISx49ZbMuaYvA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">BBC</a> has the story.</p> <p>Airlines are upgrading their Wi-Fi service. The <a href="https://apple.news/AAgBU8R8RSSmi6vgRkilJCw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> asks whether it would really be a good thing if we can&rsquo;t be offline while flying</p>

Why Florida’s governor wants an AP course banned

<p>The <a href="https://apple.news/Al7p1cz8MQ4GucozYTazxKQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> explains the growing backlash against Florida governor Ron DeSantis&rsquo;s decision to block an AP course on African American studies.</p> <p>Things are hard out there for job seekers. <a href="https://apple.news/Aj0E1XvP0RdSZiDIr6C1VWA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> details how the job-interview process keeps getting longer, while the <a href="https://apple.news/AQDpMjc-IS6O9F1eajNvP_w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> looks into the proliferation of hiring scams.</p> <p>The Academy is looking into whether Andrea Riseborough&rsquo;s surprise Oscar nomination for Best Actress came after a campaign that broke rules. The <a href="https://apple.news/A5S0NCMPmTwWh-3s7UcP7ZA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">BBC</a> has the story.</p>

New calls for change after Tyre Nichols’s killing

<p>The Memphis Police Department disbanded its controversial SCORPION unit after Tyre Nichols&rsquo;s death. <a href="https://apple.news/AhU_jBOtkTVKmm2UwXih8Uw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">USA Today</a> explains why.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/ACwD0-MnrRDiXlZjlIV2nVg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> has family remembrances of Nichols.</p> <p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken is visiting the Middle East as new violence has flared between Israelis and Palestinians. The <a href="https://apple.news/A6NAcl2GGR8mneFrMXPrqcA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Guardian</a> has more.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/ANsAk03IQTGacRHrUhLvGeQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">ABC</a> details the FDA&rsquo;s plans to ease blood-donation restrictions on gay and bisexual men.</p> <p>The Philadelphia Eagles will face the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl. <a href="https://apple.news/AdiFC8iITRQO2rj8XdRyblQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">ESPN</a> has a preview.</p> <p>Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka are the new Australian Open champions. <a href="https://apple.news/AIErB8eCWTsa9Sr241-hfew?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Sports Illustrated</a> has key tournament takeaways.</p>

Former officers face murder charges in Tyre Nichols’s death

<p>Former Memphis police officers face second-degree murder charges in the death of Tyre Nichols, as the nation braces for the release of video of the violent encounter. <a href="https://apple.news/AWA3lUhrlTgOBW4GhPnB-RA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> has details.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AJEKxcyoNQN2oVKX9CuTxjg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Los Angeles Times</a> and <a href="https://apple.news/AIi5raG0mS-CXpRZjkS3cmw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">San Francisco Chronicle</a> tell the stories of those who died in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay.</p> <p>The Monterey Park victims died on a dance floor. The <a href="https://apple.news/A6f400E_rQCaBKoWxn3bUHg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Times</a> also explains the importance of ballroom dancing to older Asian American immigrants.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/Ai69HpefkTx2Vqtr_dlA24A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Chronicle</a> also reports on how the shootings at the farms are leading to a new focus on conditions for farmworkers.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/A2UpprL1PRG-57QMN9F_plA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">In Conversation</a> looks at the real problem with elite-college admissions.</p> <p>Pizza boxes haven&rsquo;t changed in 60 years. The <a href="https://apple.news/A__1FgjmzQeGp3YSoetAClw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Atlantic</a> explains why they&rsquo;re bad for the quality of your pie.</p>

The bill that could boost starting teacher salaries to $60K

<p>A new federal bill aims to raise teachers&rsquo; starting salaries to $60,000. The <a href="https://apple.news/A3j8Ur88fQem_NHRNW7QmwA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Christian Science Monitor</a> has the story.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/ASJMtJ0QbQ_yZ2ok_ZcLCkA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> looks at the potential impact of sending U.S. and German tanks to Ukraine to fight Russia.</p> <p>An author used A.I. to write and illustrate a children&rsquo;s book. Human artists aren&rsquo;t happy. The <a href="https://apple.news/ApCk1fpjATEOIaEPonXLf9A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> reports.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/A1jbDxZONTVqobrxz6w0rhA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> explains why more people are using subtitles when watching TV and movies at home.</p>

Reconsidering gun laws after California’s mass shootings

<p>California has low levels of gun violence and strict gun-control laws. <a href="https://apple.news/ANgTKnCdJS96XMoAF4ErgAg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> looks into why those laws didn&rsquo;t stop recent mass shootings.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AleLgj8pOTJy_Dyq1ahw0TA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> reports that classified documents were found at the Indiana home of former vice president Mike Pence. The <a href="https://apple.news/AvQguJfEMSE2QCLrUFnO7lQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> looks at how chaotic White House transitions and wide-reaching classification policies make it difficult to track government secrets.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AEyMLE6XyR4y_MdR_ZzXzcQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">State</a> has key details in the case of Alex Murdaugh, the prominent South Carolina resident accused of killing his wife and son.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/A1cp-NIqJSfS9TvhvC426TA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Hollywood Reporter</a> explains how to cast and direct a film where a donkey is the main character.</p>

Deadly shootings shock Asian American communities

<p>At least seven people were shot to death in Half Moon Bay, California. <a href="https://apple.news/APOWzNifmTeyVLBIWpMta4A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> is covering the story.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/A9_cgFVy5Q7mFnWjNxRTvmA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">ABC7 Los Angeles</a> reports on how the Asian American community of Monterey Park, California, is working to move forward following the mass shooting there.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AC2WzVh6CS6yIrPuhXVLAuQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> takes a look at the failed promise of online mental-health treatment.</p> <p>The Senate is holding hearings today on Ticketmaster&rsquo;s failures over the sale of Taylor Swift tickets, and its market power. <a href="https://apple.news/Ad0L3VGL2SEq1nclLR4ChRQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Variety</a> has the story.</p> <p>Everyone hates Ticketmaster. The <a href="https://apple.news/A5pzmyLOXQ2Ks0on1lTCvdA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Los Angeles Times</a> asks, is everyone wrong?</p>

New details in the deadly California mass shooting

<p>The <a href="https://apple.news/A37t-7V1CRPa0QtrYt5-CrA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Los Angeles Times</a> lays out what&rsquo;s known about the deadly Lunar New Year mass shooting in Monterey Park, California.</p> <p>Following the overturning of Roe, abortion-rights activists are focusing on states. <a href="https://apple.news/ADyU65XTcSrGb7QZk4ArFtw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">USA Today</a> reports on their marches around the country yesterday. Meanwhile, the <a href="https://apple.news/AcJO0Y28JTyeiSI94Skjmiw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Atlantic</a> looks into what opponents of abortion rights are doing.</p> <p>A longtime observer writes in the <a href="https://apple.news/AjT3WMbo8TFi9zsZ1dfY3tw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Atlantic</a> about how the Supreme Court justices don&rsquo;t seem to be getting along very well.</p> <p>The prestigious Hawaii big-wave competition the Eddie returned after a seven-year hiatus. The <a href="https://apple.news/ARplZ3x55THCnc_x7Xz9MOg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Evening Standard</a> has the story.</p>

The charges Alec Baldwin faces over the ‘Rust’ shooting

<p>Alec Baldwin and the weapons handler on the &lsquo;Rust&rsquo; film set are facing charges of involuntary manslaughter in the deadly shooting. The <a href="https://apple.news/Azj8m7cGnS7G-ZobZsAbp3w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Los Angeles Times</a> has details.</p> <p>California&rsquo;s extreme weather is almost over. But few homeowners there have flood insurance, meaning they could struggle to pay for cleaning up. <a href="https://apple.news/Am5l9ZuUZQNmZj9DUTzRmrQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Grist</a> has the story.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/A4XzDRmwHQbGjeD6f2eVLGA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox&rsquo;s Recode</a> reports on the growing prospect of TikTok being banned in the U.S.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AaUL8mlGsSkO8Glamq7uB9g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> explains why it&rsquo;s the most wonderful time of year for goats, who enjoy eating discarded Christmas trees.</p>

Understanding the debt-ceiling stalemate in Congress

<p>The Biden administration and House Republicans are still far apart on a deal to raise the debt limit and avoid a messy default, <a href="https://apple.news/AUEbX8C-2TZGgcRP1x3eFGw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Politico</a> reports.</p> <p>After lifting its strict lockdown policies, China has sharply revised its COVID death toll for the latest outbreak up to 60,000. Many experts think the true number is higher. The <a href="https://apple.news/A8bS8I3UiQgiF_3kd11wmlQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> has the story.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AvIEIdMBITOym5lqpJHgGUw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> looks at how a new suicide hotline has shown some promising results.</p>

New details on former GOP candidate accused of shootings

<p>A former Republican candidate in New Mexico has been charged with masterminding a series of shootings targeting Democratic lawmakers&rsquo; homes. <a href="https://apple.news/AmFNv34N1SuO2Y_KBFPOVTg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">USA Today</a> examines the case.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/Abh_my40dS5S2dkALXYSOaw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vice</a> is covering a case in U.S. federal court where a former top law-enforcement official in Mexico is accused of helping the drug trafficking he was supposed to prevent.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/A_q25wC_ISZibsWvkARfhEA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> reports that Microsoft says it&rsquo;s laying off 10,000 people, as the technology sector continues to shed jobs.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AQ4hk8TPgRvCJ9alnra1pXA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CBS News</a> explains why eggs are so expensive right now.</p>

Why Elon Musk is in court over tweets

<p>Elon Musk is heading to court in a case that goes back to a series of tweets about Tesla from 2018. The <a href="https://apple.news/AiNdqeAT-Tean4-tLUmg8Cg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> explains.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/A5Cn7FVpMRGqx0PQjsL_saw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Defector</a> argues that Damar Hamlin&rsquo;s injury is a moment to rethink health care for NFL players.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AzDqjHDp4RIu1rxM4TfM9bg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> reports on why tens of thousands of Israelis are taking to the street to protest their country&rsquo;s new government.</p> <p>Novak Djokovic&rsquo;s road to potential redemption begins now at the Australian Open. <a href="https://apple.news/APBWCl4_TRE6eqn48m2eBvA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">ESPN</a> has the story.</p>

Why Western tanks could transform the war in Ukraine

<p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AbXz34UjOT6K7Q5PfIPnnTw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> explains the importance of the U.K.&rsquo;s promise to send tanks to Ukraine.</p> <p>Searchers now have the voice and flight data recorders from the plane in the deadly Nepal crash, <a href="https://apple.news/AGmWNbw3eQhmg4gUKYgb0PQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Reuters</a> reports.</p> <p>China has reported nearly 60,000 COVID-related deaths since early December. <a href="https://apple.news/AIj2dmMx1Q3aJtzBPWKfw0g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NBC News</a> has the story.</p> <p>More severe weather struck California, but the <a href="https://apple.news/AAJTr9kGcSKGGpmqBXwxy2w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Los Angeles Times</a> says forecasters see a break later in the week.</p> <p>Biden commemorated Martin Luther King Jr. at Dr. King&rsquo;s Atlanta church. <a href="https://apple.news/AHcgBzlquTMOAUMibU9f7Lg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">ABC News</a> has the key moments.</p> <p>Evanston, Illinois, launched a reparations program for Black residents. Most of the promised funds haven&rsquo;t been distributed. The <a href="https://apple.news/A9XFz7-v1QMyBTBrhITlZgQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> looks at the plan&rsquo;s impact.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/ArHrSVD5uQDGuco6o8-6gOQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Atlantic</a> explores how technology and the pandemic made tipping super weird.</p>

Why you’re hearing so much about gas stoves right now

<p><a href="https://apple.news/AKGtOg61OQn-ziuhljQYnGQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> explains the uproar over gas-stove regulation.</p> <p>The man accused of killing four Idaho college students appeared in court yesterday. The <a href="https://apple.news/AVwDK-5qZSPexxSbTao45RQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Idaho Statesman</a> has the story.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/A3LCYtkQCR1qy0UzGHp5lWw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> covers a new report showing the ozone layer is on track to recover.</p> <p>Black coaches are still underrepresented in the NFL. <a href="https://apple.news/A9gdyyidITzOKlStY0sye_w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">In Conversation</a> talks to one of the authors of a hard-hitting investigation into this persistent problem.</p>

Who’s accountable when a 6-year-old shoots a teacher?

<p><a href="https://apple.news/ANCi44L5aRai_MWjeiXCI1A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> looks at the difficult questions the justice system is facing in the case of a 6-year-old school-shooting suspect in Virginia.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AoYqHnjqXQ_GnRyTW518ImA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Hill</a> reports that a search by Biden&rsquo;s legal team uncovered more classified documents in his Delaware home.</p> <p>More severe winter weather is headed for California. <a href="https://apple.news/Asx0vmM5LSbqTaYnl9t5amw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> has details.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/ANX3aP4ovT0GQQKB-ohQaYQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> reports on the broader impact on the FAA glitch that grounded flights.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AW_wSMczES46W7Diq12vYfg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a> embedded with foreign volunteer fighters to tell stories from the front lines of the war in Ukraine.</p> <p>Starting tonight, a green comet is passing by Earth for the first time in 50,000 years. <a href="https://apple.news/AV2Jd3NDcS32sqTzn239bWw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Insider</a> explains how to watch for it.</p>

California braces for more deadly storms

<p>California is bracing for more damage from another round of powerful winter storms, after already suffering severe flooding, extreme winds, and mudslides. The <a href="https://apple.news/Axba2HfwBSGqEFgX3_vF1uQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Los Angeles Times</a> is on the story.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AjxpK5xY0R6eCfHqZZhGdnQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> explains the major differences between the Biden classified-documents case and Trump&rsquo;s hoarding of secret records.</p> <p>Hundreds of flights across the U.S. were delayed or canceled because of an FAA computer outage. <a href="https://apple.news/A1y7EhjpTRKeVEBZodfo5Pg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NBC</a> has details.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AVFEbjJgDTi-xI0kRexIdYg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> reports on a new study that suggests the T. rex may have been a lot smarter than many people previously thought.</p>

What to know about Biden’s new immigration moves

<p>Biden visited the southern border Sunday and is meeting with North American leaders this week in Mexico City, amid criticism of his immigration policy. The <a href="https://apple.news/AwtbETuTQRuSqNtgrShRpTg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Texas Tribune</a> has the story.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AqiM-fuLYTqmqESF4TvoEBA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vanity Fair</a> discusses the impact of Prince Harry&rsquo;s bombshell memoir.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/ARZmRfkK0Rp2tRFu-aUKpPw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> explains why public schools lost more than a million students during the pandemic. <span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/ASvKj9NQWRvajoI_l6zeeiw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Sports Illustrated</a> reports on positive developments in Damar Hamlin&rsquo;s recovery.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AGtSD2p4MRxWy8M9MKoTzag?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Fox Sports</a> has key takeaways from Georgia&rsquo;s 65-7 national-championship win over TCU.</p>

How Trump and allies are connected to Brazil’s unrest

<p>Hundreds of people were arrested in Brazil after supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro attacked government buildings. The <a href="https://apple.news/ADVzyNFL1TcacqBzXn66hgg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">BBC reports on the aftermath</a>, and explains <a href="https://apple.news/A_BpNgEllSry7Qpns5wVvdA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">the Trump connection</a>.</p> <p>The Federal Trade Commission wants to do away with noncompete clauses for workers. The <a href="https://apple.news/AWjt-1wmiT82Msz8zCkHmcw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> has more.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/Ae90TtvYcREGjakiezx5LSA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Atlantic</a> looks at how better architecture can play a role in preventing suicides.</p> <p>The world&rsquo;s first vaccine for honey bees received U.S. government approval. The <a href="https://apple.news/Ai0S42910QcOBKw4LCW9axg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Independent</a> lays out how it works.</p>