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On Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil predicts six more weeks of winter

The celebrated groundhog known as Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his Pennsylvania burrow on Thursday and saw his shadow, a sign of six more weeks of frosty weather in North America, which so far has enjoyed one of the mildest winters on record.

Reuters

What Tyre Nichols' Killing Tells Us About Policing: Live With Walter Katz, Nick Gillespie, and Zach Weissmueller

Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook on Thursday at 1 p.m. ET for a discussion of Tyre Nichols, police reform, and violent crime in America, featuring Walter Katz.

Reason

Cook County’s financial divide is a local example of how policies favor the rich

What happens during the budget standoff in Congress could determine whether it becomes harder for average Americans to build wealth and pay their bills.

Chicago Sun-Times

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US pension funds are on the brink of implosion – and Wall Street is ignoring it

Private equity firms managing millions of Americans’ retirement savings may be inflating their investments

The Guardian - US

LZ Granderson: Hip-hop is turning 50, and its work is not yet done

Dear hip-hop,

Los Angeles Times

The complex simplicity of Black cops

The new-age lynching video of Tyre Nichols brings to bear an old-school dilemma

Salon

Savvy Trader Joe's shopper shares how she stretches £60 into ten meals

Jenn Lueke, 24, who lives in Boston, America, has been sharing how she manages to shop on a budget in what is considered to be the US's second most expensive city to rent in

Daily Mirror

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America’s CEOs have gone silent on national tragedies

This signals a major shift in the way leaders communicate during heightened moments of tragedy, with most opting for internal correspondence.

Axios

Commentary: Do progressives want to prove Gov. Ron DeSantis right?

Let’s suppose you were a Democrat who secretly wanted Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to become our next president. What would you do?

Chicago Tribune

Will Bunch: The NYT should tell readers whether it helped crooked FBI agents get Trump elected in 2016

It was arguably the most consequential "October Surprise" in the history of American presidential elections. In the waning days of the 2016 race, with polls showing Hillary Clinton clinging to a lead over Donald Trump, two last-minute stories broke that rekindled on-the-fence voters' ethical doubts about Democrat Clinton and quashed…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Memphis police brutality: Tyre Nichols' killing sparks outrage in US

This week, America was rocked by the brutal killing of Tyre Nichols. The 29-year-old Black man was killed during a traffic stop by an elite police unit made up of five police officers who are also Black. His beating in Memphis, Tennessee was viewed across the country through a series…

France 24

Australia prepares to unveil AUKUS nuclear submarine plans in the United States

Anthony Albanese is expected to detail Australia's preferred nuclear submarine option on American soil next month, alongside US President Joe Biden and his British counterpart Rishi Sunak – raising the prospect of a potential new boat design involving all three allies.

ABC News

Boebert hits out at Americans for ‘only’ owning 46% of world’s guns

Lauren Boebert claims ‘gun-free’ zones are ‘most dangerous’ places in America

The Independent UK

Philippines grants US more access to military bases amid China tensions

The United States and the Philippines on Thursday announced plans to expand America's military presence in the Southeast Asian nation, with access to four more bases as they seek to deter China’s increasingly aggressive actions toward Taiwan and in the disputed South China Sea.

France 24

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US Federal Reserve hikes interest rate to highest level since 2007

The US Federal Reserve has hiked its key interest rate by 0.25 percent to the highest level since 2007. America's central bank has slowed the pace of rate rises as inflation cools. But Fed Chair Jerome Powell said changes to monetary policy would be "ongoing" as "appropriate". Also in the…

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Phil McGraw, America's TV shrink, plans to end 'Dr. Phil' after 21 seasons

CBS Media Ventures announced it would stop producing new episodes of Dr. Phil after the 2023 season. The show's host plans to expand his following with a new "prime-time partnership."

Los Angeles Times

For the first time, students can take African American studies as an AP class

LOS ANGELES — On the opening day of Black History Month, the College Board is making history Wednesday by releasing details of its first Advanced Placement class on African American studies for high school students — a class that drew national attention after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis banned it in…

The Conversation

A Black history primer on African Americans' fight for equality – 5 essential reads

As the father of Black history, Carter G. Woodson had a simple goal – to legitimize the study of African American history and culture.

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How to watch Fox News online and from anywhere in the world, Bret Baier Special Report with David Grusch

Live stream the most popular cable news channel in America

The Guardian - US

Republicans aren’t going to tell Americans the real cause of our $31.4tn debt

The rich used to pay taxes. Now they loan money to the US government – at a profit that everyone else pays for

Daily Mirror

Mansion snapped up in three days despite being on fire in property listing

A $1.5 million (£1.2 million) mansion in Franklin, Tennessee, America, changed hands in just three days despite burning down in its online property listing, leaving the new homeowner with an extensive list of damages

Salon

Trump, conspiracy theories and guns

The increase in mass shootings in the Age of Trump is a symptom of deep cultural degradation

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Nichols' death shows complexities of police violence — and urgency of reform

The fact that the five Memphis former police officers accused in the beating death of Black motorist Tyre Nichols are themselves Black could actually clarify the issue of police violence, which is more complicated than just a few bigoted white cops. It highlights that policing in America is in desperate…

Tribune News Service

Review: 'The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself,' by David Mura

NONFICTION: The stories white people tell themselves, David Mura notes, prevent them from seeing American reality.

Tribune News Service

Michelle Deal-Zimmerman: We’ve seen enough of America’s brutal policing

At 7:01 p.m. Friday night I heard the breaking news alert on my phone that signaled the public release of the video showing five Memphis Police officers beating, restraining and ultimately killing 29-year-old Tyre Nichols.

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