News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
This is an OPEN THREAD, folks. Chat about any of the stories listed, share links to stories that caught your eye today, and generally have a good time discussing whatever you want.
BREAKING: The Chinese surveillance balloon has been shot down in U.S. airspace, according to a senior U.S. official. https://t.co/iJBbpnCO5E
— ABC News (@ABC) February 4, 2023
The balloon poses no safety threat to civilians, despite conflicting narratives from U.S. and Chinese officials. But that hasn't stopped people from tracking its route. https://t.co/CFN4e9xmWM
— NPR (@NPR) February 4, 2023
An American volunteer aid worker, Pete Reed, was killed in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut on Thursday while aiding civilians, according to a statement from Global Response Medicine https://t.co/bgJbcui8Kq
— CNN (@CNN) February 4, 2023
Tennessee's emergency medical services board voted to suspend the licenses of two first responders accused of failing to provide treatment to Tyre Nichols. https://t.co/E4b5T6lSuY
— Axios (@axios) February 4, 2023
#BREAKING: DNC approves adjusted early presidential primary schedule https://t.co/cBXADcK1oT pic.twitter.com/OUBbXdY18r
— The Hill (@thehill) February 4, 2023
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Friday announced proposed changes to school food guidelines that would both limit added sugars and reduce sodium limits. https://t.co/8oWt00Bkzm
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 4, 2023
Robb Elementary is the site of the second-deadliest elementary school shooting in American history. The school is set to be demolished. https://t.co/5WhxFIzFRs
— ABC News (@ABC) February 4, 2023
A growing online conspiracy theory is using the words “died suddenly” to baselessly claim COVID-19 vaccines are killing people. “Died suddenly” — or a misspelled version of it — has surged more than 740% in tweets about vaccines over the past two months. https://t.co/lEVtOYlArR
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 4, 2023
A hospice facility in Iowa has been fined $10,000 after mistakenly presuming a woman dead hours before she was discovered gasping for air inside a body bag at a funeral home, officials say. https://t.co/6Fk59MOIqj
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 4, 2023
On Friday, a San Francisco jury cleared billionaire Elon Musk of any wrongdoing in a trial over his tweets about Tesla. Jurors found Musk did not defraud investors and was not liable for losses when he tweeted that he had secured financing to take Tesla private in 2018. pic.twitter.com/65CWUaE3mn
— CBS Saturday Morning (@cbssaturday) February 4, 2023
Exclusive: Justices used personal email accounts, among other lax internal procedures, before the leak of a draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade https://t.co/TdXSwlorXv
— CNN (@CNN) February 4, 2023
Several cold weather records were shattered as the Northeastern U.S. continues dealing with temperatures in the single or negative digits. https://t.co/fsZc74PWMs
— Axios (@axios) February 4, 2023
