February 29th, 2024

• Muslim Holy Month Looms as Flashpoint in Fight Between Israel and Hamas
• Hamas chief claims flexibility in truce talks, calls for Ramadan march on Jerusalem
• Report: War cabinet sidelines Ben Gvir, rejects Ramadan Al Aqsa limits on Arab Israelis
• Biden: Israel is losing world's support with ministers like Itamar Ben-Gvir - Biden has previously lashed out at Prime Minister Netanyahu's government, calling it the most "extreme" he had witnessed in his political career
• Gallant won't back Haredi draft bill without Gantz's support, risking PM's coalition
• Palestinian Authority FM says Hamas can't be part of PA government for now
• Fatah and Hamas to meet in Moscow on Thursday to discuss unified Palestinian government
• Hamas officials shut down Biden's ice cream diplomacy, rejects cease-fire deal - Hamas officals say 'we are not interested'
• 2 IDF officers killed in battle in northern Gaza Strip, additional 7 soldiers seriously wounded
• Israel, US, Jordan among countries to airdrop aid to Gaza
• 'Israel must do more' to aid Palestinians, US says as UN again warns famine is imminent in Gaza
• Palestinians rush to shore as aircraft drop aid into Gaza amid Israel war - Gaza's 2.3 million people are reliant on 'woefully inadequate' food aid to survive, according to UN
• One in five pregnant women in Gaza clinic are malnourished, doctors warn - Women and children suffering acute malnutrition as territory faces 'catastrophic conditions', according to UN
• Masked men in Gaza enforce prices in street markets
• AP, Reuters sued by Nova victims' families: ''Journalists' on assignment took part in atrocities'
• Michigan's 100,000 'Uncommitted' Votes Challenge Biden's Israel Stance
• With 95% counted in Michigan, Gaza protest votes below benchmark thought needed to require major Biden shift
• Tlaib says she's 'proud' to vote 'uncommitted' in Michigan presidential primary
• European Jewish leaders hold emergency meeting amid rising antisemitism
• UC Berkeley president condemns antisemitic riots on campus
• Trans 'Euphoria' Star Hunter Schafer Arrested After Pro-Palestinian Protest Outside Biden's 'Late Night' Appearance
• U.S. Air Force Member Who Set Himself on Fire Outside Israel Embassy, Social Media Account Discovered, Was an Anarchist Who Advocated to Disarm the Military, Gossiped About Colonels, and Told Jesus to **** Off
• Iran Praises 'Free Palestine' Self-Immolator: an 'Awakened Conscience'
• Mob reported to attack abandoned synagogue in Tunisia's Sfax
• US urges Israel to enable Temple Mount access to 'peaceful worshipers during Ramadan'
• Israel to take several controversial moves expanding West Bank footprint in coming weeks
• Israel Presses on With West Bank Settlements Despite US Criticism
• Israeli Plan to Expand Settlements Helped Trigger U.S. Shift in Language
• Syria says Israeli strikes on several sites near Damascus cause 'material losses'
• Syrian media claims Israel strikes 3 locations near capital; Hezbollah operatives reportedly killed
• IDF carries out airstrikes against Hezbollah posts in southern Lebanon
• Hezbollah to Pay the Price for Joining Hamas Attack: IDF Chief
• 'Lebanon will be next': Iran greenlights Hezbollah attack on Israel - report
• Senate Hearing: Houthis 'Armed with Sophisticated Tech from Iran' Launch 'Dizzying Barrage of Attacks' on Red Sea Shipping
• Public frustration at unrest and poor economy threatens turnout in Iran elections
• Several killed in Chad after attack on intelligence agency foiled, government says
• Germany hosts talks to advance peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan - A border skirmish with Azerbaijan left at least 4 Armenian soldiers dead in mid-February
• Sweden Security Service Headquarters Evacuated After Toxic Gas Detected, Report Claims
• Brazil urges 'new globalization' at G20 meet overshadowed by Ukraine
• WW3 Watch: Eastern European Breakaway Republic Transnistria Asks Russia for 'Protection'
• Transnistria tensions: Will Russia try to annex Moldova's breakaway region?
• Russia Claims It Captures Stepove Village Near Avdiivka
• Navalny's widow worried about arrests as funeral set for Putin critic
• Navalny's body was 'abused' after his death in an Arctic penal colony, says his wife
• Ukrainian troops film disc-shaped UFO hovering over warzone
• Nearly two dozen European parliament leaders urge Johnson to act on Ukraine aid
• GOP Rep. Fitzpatrick: More Republican Members Willing to Force House Vote for Ukraine Aid
• Pentagon considering tapping last source of Ukraine military funding as Congress stalls on additional aid
• Delinquent Europe: Zelensky Claims EU Only Delivered 30 Per Cent of Promised Artillery Shells
• Putin allies tell Macron: Any French troops you send to Ukraine will suffer fate of Napoleon's army
• Moscow Vows Response to Sweden's NATO Accession
• Ukraine Destroys All 10 Drones Russia Launched Overnight
• Leaked files reveal Russian military's criteria for nuclear strike
• Russia's Minimum Criteria for Using Nukes Lower Than Thought
• North Korean factories making arms for Russia are 'operating at full capacity,' South Korea says
• Silicon Valley's Next Mission: Help the U.S. Catch China and Russia in Hypersonic Weapons
• Commentary: Closer to China than to the Japanese mainland, these idyllic islands confront the prospect of war
• Rubio: 'Unsettling' that foreign courts can block US arms shipment to allies amid war
• Grassley hits back against 'breathless media misreporting' about FBI informant doc
• Democrat Rep. Goldman Accuses GOP of 'Working for Russia' for Calling in Hunter Biden to Testify
• Hunter Biden appears before Congress as impeachment inquiry reaches its climax
• Hunter Biden Opening Statement: "I Did Not Involve My Father in My Businesses" - Lashes Out at House Republicans
• Hunter Biden Claims Dad's Business Involvement Is 'MAGA-Motivated Conspiracy' Despite Evidence
• Rep. Donalds: Congress Holds 'Massive' Evidence Against Bidens
• GOP Rep Who Opposed Biden Impeachment Introduces Resolution Calling on Kamala to Invoke 25th Amendment Against Him
• Now Obama Aides Fret Over 'Frail' and 'Mumbly' Joe Biden
• Biden's doctor declares president 'fit for duty' after annual physical
• White House says Biden 'doesn't need a cognitive test' as prez says docs 'think I look too young'
• White House spox KJP says Biden passes a 'cognitive test' everyday with rigors of the presidency
• 'That's classified': Biden addresses Taylor Swift endorsement rumors
• Newsom Exempts Panera Bread From California's New $20 Minimum Wage Law Because Its CEO Donates to His Political Campaigns - Newsom told reporters of the exemption that it's "part of the sausage-making" of politics
• Fani Willis hearing becomes 'Peyton Place' episode while reported White House contacts go ignored
• 'Star witness' testifies his claims about Fani Willis were only 'speculation'
• Nathan Wade's ex-divorce lawyer blurts out, 'Oh dang' as he's presented with damning texts in Fani Willis trial
• Texts reveal shadowy role witness played in defense attorney's push to disqualify Willis from Trump case
• Letitia James Taunts Trump with Daily Updates on 6-Figure Interest Added to $354.8M Fine
• Trump loses bid to pause $454.2 million judgment in NY civil fraud case
• Trump ordered to pay full $454 million fraud judgment, but can apply for loans during appeal
• Judge Denies Trump Co-Defendants Access to Classified Docs
• Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Trump Presidential Immunity Claim in Jack Smith January 6 Case - Trial May be Postponed Past November
• Judge in Trump's civil fraud trial receives envelope with white powder
• New Harvard poll suggests voters would prefer Donald Trump to Joe Biden, even if he is criminally convicted
• GOP's Mitch McConnell to step down as party's Senate leader after 18 years - will serve out Senate term until 2027
• Mitch McConnell to step down as top Senate Republican, quotes Ecclesiastes
• Biden laments McConnell's stepping down: 'We have a great relationship'
• Biden says he's sorry to hear McConnell stepping down: He 'never misrepresented anything'
• Waning McConnell Is Last GOP Bulwark Against Trump Isolationism
• Tucker Carlson Says Election '100% Stolen' from Trump, Breaks Down How it Happened
• Poll: Most Americans cool to Christian nationalism as its influence grows
• Texas Billionaire John Arnold Joins Meta Board After Funding 'Misinformation' Censorship
• Trudeau's Online Harms Act includes life imprisonment for 'hate crime offense,' creates censorship czar
• How a Trump re-election could favor Elon Musk in his fights with U.S. regulators
• Chatbot Errors Could Keep Voters Away on Super Tuesday
• Google 'working around the clock' to fix 'unacceptable' Gemini AI - Google CEO Sundar Pichai reported 'substantial improvement' in how Gemini AI responds to prompts after controversy over its bias against White people
• Report: Google Is Paying Publishers to Post AI-Generated Articles
• Digital News Outlets File Copyright Lawsuit vs OpenAI
• The Government Really Is Spying On You - And It's Legal - Consumer data has become a lucrative commodity, and the US government is buying
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Adak, Alaska
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Aras-asan, Philippines
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Aras-asan, Philippines
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 26,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 24,000ft
• Marapi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• 'Devastating' Texas wildfires spark disaster declaration, nuclear plant partial evacuation
• Wildfire grows into one of largest in Texas history as flames menace multiple small towns
• Texas Panhandle Wildfire Spreads to 800 Square Miles
• Texas Wildfire Burning Through 150 Football Fields a Minute
• Tens of thousands in Victoria urged to evacuate due to catastrophic fire danger, Australia
• This chart of ocean temperatures should really scare you - The Atlantic Ocean is unusually warm right now. Here's why scientists say that's "deeply troubling."
• New York AG Letitia James Files Lawsuit Against Worlds Largest Beef Producer for 'Misleading Public' About its Impact on Climate
• Cash-strapped Cuba's 500% fuel price rise to take effect Friday: government
• Florida bill would allow Satanic Temple 'chaplains' in schools
• Bodycam Footage Catches Cop Praying During Horrific Shooting Inside Joel Osteen's Houston Megachurch
• Arizona GOP advances bill legalizing killing undocumented migrants on suspicion of trespassing
• Dem Georgia Mayor Kelly Girtz mercilessly heckled over 'sanctuary city' policies after disturbing murder of Laken Riley
• Athens mayor defends dedication to 'undocumented neighbors' of 'Latinx heritage' after Laken Riley's murder while residents scream over him to resign
• Laken Riley Murder Forces Georgia Republicans to Draft Unwanted Anti-Migration Bill
• Democrat NYC Mayor Eric Adams Calls for Changing 'Sanctuary City' Law that Protected Laken Riley's Accused Killer
• Eric Adams demands New York walk back 'sanctuary city' status so criminals can be deported
• White House calls for sanctuary cities to cooperate with ICE, amid furor over illegal immigrant crimes
• Denver cutting some city employees' hours down to zero in order to support migrants
• Man Arrested in Connection With Toddler's Murder is Illegal Immigrant - New Jersey Judge Previously Ordered Him to be Removed From US, But Sanctuary City Protected Him
• Naked brawler fends off spiked club attack on LA beach as stunned bystanders film duel
• North Carolina college reportedly required students watch film which says only White people can be racist - Students reportedly found the film 'offensive, divisive, and personally insulting'
• The party's over for Russians in Sri Lanka after 'whites only' event fuels outrage
• Argentina: Milei Bans Government from Using Woke 'Inclusive' Language
• 'Jeopardy!' Slammed Over 'Xem, Xyrs, Xemself' Pronouns in Category: 'Never Watching That Effing Show Again'
• Tennessee House passes bill along party lines to ban pride flags in public schools
• Federal court rules Indiana's ban on gender-transitioning treatments for minors is enforceable
• Ghana's parliament passes strict new anti-LGBTQ legislation to extend sentences and expand scope
• Women's Catholic College Cancels Trans Admission Plans
• Irish Bishops Protest Constitutional Amendment 'Abolishing All Reference to Motherhood'
• French Senate votes to enshrine abortion rights into the constitution
• Missouri lawmakers push to block Medicaid funds from going to Planned Parenthood
• Alabama judge says God opposes IVF. Religions hold varied views.
• Letters to the Editor: Frozen embryos for IVF are people? Not according to Judaism and other faiths
• Republicans Block Senate Bill to Protect Nationwide Access to IVF
• Dem Sen Duckworth looks to put Republicans on record with forced IVF vote - 'Democrats are using fear tactics and the media to scare voters,' Sen. Marsha Blackburn says
• Fears for future as South Korea's fertility rate drops again
• Antarctica struck with bird flu as scientists say illness has hit the mainland for the first time
• Amid measles outbreaks, Florida Department of Health speaks out against 'false information'
• TikTok's 'mystery virus' is a pandemic side effect
• Covid causes lasting damage to cognition and memory, research finds
• Covid pandemic may have been started by scientists, says UN professor
• ABC health expert Dr Norman Swan admits some Covid vaccines had serious side effects after largest ever study released
• Pope Francis taken to hospital after suffering from the flu