daily links: february 2023

2.1.23
BBC News—The Fed announces smaller than expected interest rate increase as inflation begins to slow
NBC News—Non-coders using ChatGPT to build websites for them
CBS News—Black Americans more likely to be audited by IRS than other races
CNN.com—Ozzy Osbourne cancels his upcoming European dates and says his touring days are over
USA Today—Tom Brady announces that he is retiring for good from the NFL
ABCnews.com—Eagles backup lineman accused of rape


2.2.23
USA Today—Punxatawny Phil sees his shadow and predicts six more weeks of winter
CNN.com—GOP continues its punitive and political removal of Democrats from key committees by removing Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs
CBS News—Microsoft integrating ChatGPT into Teams for an extra monthly charge
BBC News—Pentatgon tracking Chinese spy balloon over the continental US
ABCnews.com—Apple posts its first quarterly sales decline in nearly four years
NBC News—Chicago area school employee accused of stealing more than 11,000 cases of chicken wings


2.6.23
CBS News—Thousands killed after major earthquake hits Turkey and Syria
USA Today—Two Neo Nazis arrested after planning attacks on power stations around Baltimore
NBC News—Viola Davis becomes the 18th entertainer to achieve an EGOT after winning a Grammy for an audiobook
ABCnews.com—Google announces that it will soon launch a ChatGPT competitor called Bard
CNN.com—AMC to start charging different prices for seats in different areas of their theaters
BBC News—Bird flu strain makes jump to mammals, sparking fears of a new pandemic


2.7.23
CBS News—Kevin McCarthy confirms that GOP congressman George Santos, who lied his way into office, is the subject of an ethics committee probe
NBC News—Woman in Washington state who has had TB for a year refuses to get treatment and is ignoring court orders to isolate at home until she is no longer contagious
BBC News—New ballet based on the music of Black Sabbath in the works
USA Today—Oreo releasing NBA-themed cookies at $40 per dozen
ABCnews.com—Fifth largest Powerball jackpot of a quarter of a billion dollars won by a single ticket
CNN.com—Zoom CEO says he will take a 98% pay cut and forego his 2023 bonus at the same time he announces 1300 layoffs at the company


2.8.23
BBC News—UK regulator opposes Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard
ABCnews.com—LeBron James sets new NBA record for most points in a career
USA Today—New algorithm claims to detect signs of autism in infants
CBS News—Family of student who died during hazing incident sues fraternity for $28 million
CNN.com—Two woodpeckers stuffed hundreds of pounds of acorns into the walls of a house to store them for future consumption
NBC News—Study finds that no new variants emerged from China's recent Covid outbreak


2.9.23
BBC News—The death toll from the Turkey-Syria quake is now over 20,000
ABCnews.com—Mike Pence subpoenaed by special counsel overseeing Trump probes
USA Today—Burt Bacharach dies at 94
NBC News—Study finds that a calorie restricted diet may slow aging for healthy adults
CNN.com—Chick-fil-A testing its first plant-based sandwich
CBS News—Disney announces that it is developing sequels for Toy Story, Frozen, and Zootopia


2.13.23
CBS News—Judge orders public release of parts of the Georgia grand jury report about Trump's attempts to alter the election results in a state he lost
NBC News—Official death toll from Turkey/Syria earthquake is now over 35,000
CNN.com—New data reveal that more than half of Twitter's top 1000 advertisers in September had halted all spending on the platform by January
BBC News—Man driving U-Haul van runs over several pedestrians in NYC as he attempted to evade police
ABCnews.com—Ford to build $3.5 billion electric battery plant in Michigan
USA Today—Mattel relaunching Barney the Dinosaur with a new animated show


2.14.23
ABCnews.com—Pence plans to fight Jan. 6 special counsel subpoena
CNN.com—Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley announces that she will challenge Trump for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination
CBS News—Virginia lawyer demands $3.6 billion in compensation after University of Richmond removes his family member's name from one of their campus buildings
BBC News—Male contraceptive pill prevents sperm from swimming
NBC News—Ice fishing tournament in Vermont canceled after three competitors fall through thin ice and drown
USA Today—Pepsi is now offering a limited-time Peeps-flavored version of its signature cola


2.15.23
ABCnews.com—Moderna will keep its Covid vaccine free for uninsured people even after government funding for the shots is discontinued later this year
BBC News—DOJ announces that it does not plan to charge GOP congressman Matt Gaetz in sex trafficking probe
CBS News—Life-saving diabetes drug Ozempic in short supply because non-diabetics are using it as weight loss aid
USA Today—7500 chargers in Tesla's supercharger network will become available to other EV brands next year
CNN.com—Raquel Welch dies at 82
NBC News—Adidas warns investors that dropping Kanye West after his anti-semitic remarks could cost them up to $1 billion in revenue in 2023


2.16.23
USA Today—Georgia grand jury recommends perjury charges for some of the witnesses who testified in probe of Trump's attempts to interfere with the Georgia elections
NBC News—Tesla ordered to recall over 350,000 cars for flaws with the Full Self Driving software that could lead to fatal accidents
CNN.com—Record breaking dinosaur footprint discovered on the Yorkshire coast in England
BBC News—The supposedly bankrupt conspiracy theorist and radio host Alex Jones has nearly $10 million in assets and spends almost $100,000 per month for personal expenses
CBS News—Woman dies after falling 90 feet at Niagara Falls
ABCnews.com—Florida passes law allowing universities to help set up endorsement deals for recruited student athletes


2.20.23
NBC News—Jimmy Carter starts receiving home hospice care after recent hospitalization
ABCnews.com—Fifth person confirmed to be cured of HIV after experimental stem cell transplant
CNN.com—Biden makes surprise trip to Ukraine
USA Today—Nine children wounded after gun battle breaks out at Georgia gas station
BBC News—Woman accidentally destroys $42,000 Jeff Koons balloon dog sculpture
CBS News—Original iPhone still sealed in its original box sells for $63,000 at auction


2.21.23
NBC News—New House majority leader Kevin McCarthy gives Fox News and Tucker Carlson access to 44,000 hours of surveillance footage from the Jan 6 insurrection, but does not grant access to the public or other news organizations
CBS News—Most companies that tested a four day workweek want to keep it after a six month trial
CNN.com—The Mormon Church and its investment manager fined $5 million for attempting to conceal the church's ownership of a $32 billion investment fund
ABCnews.com—Home Depot will raise its minimum wage to $15 per hour in the US and Canada
USA Today—Study finds that the top 1% find loopholes to avoid paying their fair share in taxes that cost the US $160 billion in revenue each year
BBC News—85 year old Florida woman killed by alligator as she was walking her dog


2.22.23
BBC News—US hit with severe winter storms and record-breaking heat wave, leading to a 100 degree temperature differential in the continental US
CNN.com—National Labor Relations Board rules that companies can no longer tie severance pay for laid off employees to a non-disparagement clause
ABCnews.com—Webb Space Telescope discovers massive galaxies dating from 600 million years after the Big Bang
CBS News—Three killed in mass shooting in Orlando, including a news employee who was there to cover the story
USA Today—Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner subpoenaed by DOJ special counsel
NBC News—Woman charged with hate crime after intentionally burning a rainbow pride flag hanging outside a Manhattan restaurant


2.23.23
USA Today—Former Arizona AG withheld report that debunked 2020 election fraud claims
BBC News—Victoria & Albert museum acquires 80,000 piece archive of David Bowie's ephemera, including costumes, lyrics, photos, and drawings
ABCnews.com—Amazon completes $3.9 billion purchase of healthcare company One Medical
NBC News—Steve Bannon sued for $500,000 in upaid legal bills
CNN.com—Value of unused gift cards in the US estimated to be over $20 billion
CBS News—Two million air fryers recalled over burn and fire hazards


2.27.23
BBC News—Cocaine bricks worth $330 million found in banana shipment bound for Belgium
CNN.com—Distrbutor and publisher of drop Dilbert comic strips after creator Scott Adams makes racist remarks on podcast
ABCnews.com—Former UVA and Davidson basketball coach Terry Holland dies at 80 after battle with Alzheimer's
CBS News—JPMorgan Chase bans employees from using ChatGPT for work purposes
USA Today—Different US agencies in conflict over whether Covid made a natural jump from animals or was a result of a lab leak
NBC News—New Jersey man attempted to board a flight with an AR-15, a taser, and a fake US Marshal badge


2.28.23
CNN.com—In a deposition released publicly earlier this week, Ruper Murdoch admits that Fox News hosts endorsed stolen election claims that they knew were false
NBC News—White student who was expelled from Howard University's law school (an HBCU) sues the school for racial discrimination
ABCnews.com—USPS buys over 9,000 electric vans and 14,000 charging stations
CBS News—Multiple lawsuits against Twitter allege millions in unpaid expenses since Elon Musk took over the company
USA Today—Sanitation company based in Wisconsin fined $1.5 million for having minors as young as 13 clean dangerous meat processing equipment with hazardous chemicals
BBC News—Ukrainian drone crashes outside of Moscow in what Russia claims was a failed attack

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