by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, January 3.
- Hannah Ritchie: ‘Doomsday predictions are a dream for climate deniers’
- Polar bear dies from bird flu as H5N1 spreads across globe (“Current outbreak, which started in 2021, is estimated to have killed millions of wild birds and thousands of mammals globally”)
- Beaver ponds may exacerbate warming in Arctic, scientists say (“Rising temperatures have spurred an influx of beavers to Alaska and northern Canada ‘on a huge scale’”)
- Blasts heard over Russian city and occupied Crimea
- Vladimir Putin will use election to show war-weary Russia he’s still calling the shots
- Putin’s Gangster State Is Back for One Last Scare (“On the verge of being written off, Putin unleashed hell by turning open the prisons to fight Ukraine and cracking down on dissent under cover of war. Can he control the anarchy?”)
- Senior Hamas leader killed in Beirut blast, group says, raising specter of wider clash
- Hamas Leader Killed in Beirut Was Linchpin of Relations With Iran, Hezbollah (“Israel, which hasn’t officially claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s killing, is on high alert for retaliatory strikes”)
- Fury over US anti-racism campaigner’s ‘Zionist’ doctors slur (Absolutely repulsive, vicious anti-Semitism.)
- Hamas Doesn’t Want a Cease-Fire (“It wants the war to expand.” Correct. And neither does Netanyahu, btw.)
- Israel Prepares To Defend Itself Against Genocide Claims In First Hearing At The Hague
- US denounces comments by far-right Israeli officials on resettlement of Palestinians
- Killing of senior Hamas leader in Beirut is likely to be seen as warning to Iran
- Israel on alert for possible Hezbollah response after senior Hamas leader is killed in Beirut strike
- Israel signals shift in Gaza amid US pressure — but war presses on
- Maersk’s Red Sea shipping pause highlights challenges for U.S.-led efforts to protect trade
- Xi’s Mixed Messages Leave Whiplashed Investors Wary of China
- China’s 2024 outlook will be shaped by decisions beyond its borders
- ‘Hawkish’ China military squeeze on Taiwan likely after election
- Japan earthquake: death toll rises to 62 amid warnings of landslides and aftershocks
- Japanese police are probing possible professional negligence in the Tokyo runway crash that killed 5
- Renewable energy’s share on German power grids reaches 55% in 2023
- UK use of gas and coal for electricity at lowest since 1957, figures show
- Saving the Panama Canal Will Take Years and Cost Billions, If It’s Even Possible
- 2 Trump-aligned GOP operatives face foreign agent charges for helping Qatar
- Will we turn away from fossil fuels in time? (“To be clear, the U.S. transition away from fossil fuels and into cleaner, renewable forms of energy is a question of when, not if.”)
- A Tearful Farewell to the 21 Species We Declared Extinct in 2023
- These U.S. cities had their hottest year on record in 2023
- Why 2024 could be a year of American optimism
- U.S. Auto Sales Bounced Back in 2023
- Emergency rooms not required to perform life-saving abortions, federal appeals court rules (This ruling was issued by – yes – a Trump-appointed judge. Because of course it was…)
- It’s Time to Start Taking the 14th Amendment Very Seriously (“The 14th Amendment is the only reason that the original Constitution isn’t a dust-bound relic of antebellum America, slavery and all.”)
- Want to know how real conservatives think? Read their brief on immunity. (“Conservatives respect the text of the Constitution.”)
- These politicians denied democracy on Jan. 6. Now, they want your vote. (Bob Good, Ben Cline, Morgan Griffith are on this list. All should be booted off the ballot.)
- “It would not surprise me”: Experts on how Supreme Court may bail out Trump in Colorado and Maine
- Trump, 14th Amendment put Supreme Court on the spot
- How death threats get Republicans to fall in line behind Trump (Horrifying and 100% unacceptable.)
- Trump appeals Maine’s decision to ban him from the primary ballot
- Jack Smith Keeps Telegraphing Some Very Serious Trump Crimes
- Biden will start the year at sites of national trauma to warn about dire stakes of the 2024 election
- Biden to travel to Mother Emanuel AME in South Carolina
- Biden campaign running ‘like the fate of our democracy depends on it’
- Audio: Biden Campaign Declares, “We are running a campaign like the fate of our democracy depends on us – because it does!” (“The threat that Donald Trump posed in 2020 to American democracy has grown even more dangerous than it was when President Biden ran last time”)
- Biden to jump-start 2024 campaign with focus on fight for democracy
- Republicans want to avoid clash with Trump on border security deal
- Why Haley and DeSantis don’t dare hit Trump over his greatest liability
- Is Donald Trump Getting Nervous About Nikki Haley?
- Trump, Haley and DeSantis qualify for CNN Iowa debate
- Lawsuit seeks to remove Scott Perry from Pennsylvania ballot using 14th amendment
- RFK Jr. hires top anti-vaccine activist as campaign communications director (Of course he does…)
- Bill Johnson to resign Jan. 21 from Congress, start as YSU president the next day (The slim U.S. House Republican majority down another notch…)
- Sen. Bob Menendez facing even more charges in new superseding indictment
- Disgraced former Iowa Rep. Steve King endorses Ramaswamy
- What we know about the shooting at the Colorado Supreme Court building
- Man forces way into Colorado Supreme Court days after Trump ballot decision
- HARVARD PRESIDENT CLAUDINE GAY RESIGNS, SHORTEST TENURE IN UNIVERSITY HISTORY (Great work by the student journalists at Harvard on this. BTW, this should not be a top headline, and also the national media almost completely botched this story.)
- How a Proxy Fight Over Campus Politics Brought Down Harvard’s President
- Harvard President Claudine Gay Resigns—Seemingly Over Plagiarism, Not Jewish Genocide Hearing
- Rep. John Curtis to run for Utah Senate seat to replace retiring Mitt Romney
- Richmond council elects new leadership
- MAGA Crowd Has A Breakdown After Green Day Swipes Them on Live TV
- Virginia Congressional 4Q2023 Fundraising Numbers Starting to Come In
- Flu and COVID cases are rising again in Virginia, but there’s good news
- Federal judge dismisses effort to block Trump from Virginia ballot
- Virginia’s court-appointed attorneys don’t come cheap
- Virginia is trying to get broadband to 162,000 locations without it. Old utility poles may get in the way.
- Sen. Stanley says Youngkin’s budget isn’t fair to rural Virginia (“The Franklin County Republican says cutting income taxes and raising sales taxes hurts rural Virginia the most.”)
- Will Governor Youngkin be successful in his “digital personal property tax” proposal?
- Alexandria is exploring e-bike incentives. Could a statewide program be next?
- Shakeup at Virginia’s Massive Resistance-linked scholarship fund concerns advocates
- Mountain Valley proposes shrinking Southgate extension
- Rape investigation of FL GOP chairman expands to video voyeurism
- Nicole Jones joins Richmond City Council
- Tunnel connecting Virginia Capitol, General Assembly Building open to public
- VCU Health rationing RSV vaccine for babies amid shortage
- D.C.-area forecast: Staying seasonable chilly ahead of potential weekend rain and snow
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