daily links: april 2023

4.10.23
CNN.com—Bank employee livestreams his mass shooting at his workplace where he killed 5 and wounded 8 more
CBS News—Secret Service officers to testify before grand jury in classified documents probe
ABCnews.com—Biden officially ends the Covid national emergency
NBC News—Mother of first grader who shot his teacher is charged with felony child neglect
BBC News—Bank of England previews new bank notes featuring King Charles, but they won't be in public circulation until mid-2024
USA Today—Baltimore Ravens sign star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. to a one-year deal


4.11.23
CNN.com—Manhattan DA sues GOP committee chair to prevent the congressman's interference in New York's trial of Donald Trump on business fraud charges
NBC News—Louisville shooter legally bought an AR-15 less than a week before committing mass murder with the weapon
ABCnews.com—FBI warns against using public USB charging ports in malls and airports
CBS News—Whole Foods to temporarily close flagship San Francisco store after one year due to high crime
USA Today—78 year old woman charged with bank robbery after being released on probation in 2021 for another bank robbery
BBC News—Autographed pair of Air Jordans worn by Michael Jordan during his final championship season with the Chicago Bulls sells for $2.2 million at auction


4.12.23
CNN.com—Trump sues his former attorney Michael Cohen for $500 million, alleging breach of contract
CBS News—NPR leaves Twitter after Elon Musk attaches a label to their accounts calling them "state-affiliated media", a term typically reserved for the propaganda arms of authoritarian regimes
USA Today—Judge in Dominion lawsuit sanctions Fox News and questions its truthfulness and whether it withheld evidence
NBC News—Democrats call on Democratic senator Diane Feinstein to resign after a two month absence for health reasons with no timetable on her return
ABCnews.com—Man who was freed from prison two years ago after being wrongfully imprisoned for 33 years for a muder he did not commit must now return to prison after appeals court overturns the verdict that overturned his original conviction
BBC News—Two black Tennesse lawmakers who were expelled by the GOP majority for participating in a gun regulation protest are reinstated to their original positions by their county commissioners


4.13.23
CNN.com—21 year old member of Air National Guard arrested in connection with leak of classified documents on Discord
NBC News—Donald Trump sits for second deposition in business fraud investigation in New York
BBC News—E-cigarette maker Juul agrees to pay $462 million to settle claims that it marketed its products to minors and falsely claimed that vaping was less addictive than traditional cigarettes
ABCnews.com—Dairy plant explosion kills an estimated 18,000 cattle
CBS News—New York Red Bulls player suspended six games by MLS after using a racial slur against an opposing player during a match
USA Today—Embattled NFL owner Dan Snyder agrees to sell the Washington Commanders for $6 billion


4.17.23
USA Today—Two police officers and a county commissioner in Oklahoma are heard on audio discussing murdering a reporter and hanging black people
CBS News—Traditionally coastal species have found a new home in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
CNN.com—Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts signs five year deal that makes him the highest paid player in NFL history
ABCnews.com—SpaceX scrubs planned first test launch of its giant new Starship rocket
NBC News—Apple launches savings account with 4.15% interest rate exclusively for Apple Card users
BBC News—Sega to buy Angry Birds maker Rovio for over $750 million


4.18.23
CBS News—Fox News settles Dominion lawsuit in order to avoid trial, and admits that it told lies about voting machine company on the air in addition to paying the company $787 million
USA Today—Movie and television writers authorize a strike if a new deal on compensation isn't reached by May 1
ABCnews.com—FAA briefly grounds all Southwest flights in the US
CNN.com—Netflix winding down its foundational DVD-through-the-mail business after 25 years
BBC News—Apple opens its first Apple Store in India
NBC News—Two Iowa teenagers plead guilty to beating their Spanish teacher to death after she gave them bad grades


4.19.23
BBC News—Netflix to start cracking down on password sharing
CNN.com—India will surpass China as the world's most populous country sometime this year
NBC News—Collapse of parking garage in NYC leaves 1 person dead
USA Today—Frank Ocean pulls out of performing at the second weekend of Coachella after injuring his leg
ABCnews.com—Elon Musk's Twitter removes policy prohibiting deadnaming or misgendering trans people
CBS News—Expedia launches ChatGPT-powered trip planning tool


4.20.23
USA Today—DeSantis expands Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law so that no discussions of gender identity or sexual orientation will be allowed in public schools through 12th grade
ABCnews.com—SpaceX's giant new Starliner rocket explodes in flight minutes after its first test launch
BBC News—After Microsoft announces plans to drop Twitter from its advertising budget, Elon Musk threatens to sue the tech giant for using Twitter data to train AI programs without permission
NBC News—Charges dropped against Alec Baldwin for accidental on-set shooting
CNN.com—My Pillow CEO Mike Lindells ordered to pay the $5 million to a data expert who debunked his stolen election claims, which Lindell promised to pay to anyone who could disprove his lies about the election being rigged
CBS News—BuzzFeed lays off 15% of its employees and completely shutters its news division


4.24.23
CNN.com—Tucker Carlson abruptly fired from Fox News for as-yet unknown reasons
ABCnews.com—Don Lemon fired from CNN
BBC News—NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell ousted after "inappropriate relationship" with female colleague
NBC News—Bed Bath and Beyond files for bankruptcy and plans to close all its remaining stores
CBS News—An empty half acre lot of beachfront on a Dubai island sells for a record $34 million
USA Today—Packers trade star quarterback Aaron Rodgers to the Jets in a deal that has been months in the making


4.25.23
BBC News—First privately-funded moon landing appears to have failed
ABCnews.com—Biden officially announces his 2024 presidential run
CBS News—Fox News loses over $500 million from its stock market valuation after firing Tucker Carlson
NBC News—Comedian Richard Lewis shares that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease
CNN.com—Harry Belafonte dies at 96
USA Today—Chevy to stop production of its Bolt EV by the end of 2023


4.26.23
CNN.com—Disney sues Ron DeSantis and his handpicked oversight board
CBS News—Two associates of Steve Bannon sentenced to years in prison for fraudulent "We Build the Wall" fundraiser
NBC News—Promising new malaria vaccine approved for human use in Ghana and Nigeria
ABCnews.com—Colorado becomes first state to pass "right to repair" law for farm equipment
BBC News—UK regulator blocks Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard
USA Today—Barbie releases new doll with Down syndrome


4.27.23
BBC News—Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes delays the start of her 11 year prison sentence with another appeal
NBC News—Texas agriculture commissioner orders his employees to dress according to their biological genders
ABCnews.com—Three teenagers arrested in Colorado for throwing a large rock at a moving car that killed the 20 year old driver
CNN.com—Former talk show host Jerry Springer dies at 79
CBS News—Cigarette smoking is at all time low among adult Americans
USA Today—Wendy's to start selling canned version of its chili in grocery stores

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