News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Thousands of mourners, some chanting “No to war,” attended Aleksei Navalny’s funeral in Moscow on Friday. The outpouring turned the opposition leader’s last rites into a striking display of dissent in Russia at a time of deep repression. https://t.co/a6HjLEh4Tf pic.twitter.com/82N97rKVdC
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 1, 2024
The shattered Ukrainian town of Orikhiv has emptied to roughly 1,000 people from its pre-war population of around 14,000. Nearly all its of buildings are damaged, but those who remain say they aren't going anywhere https://t.co/lQl35W1Upd pic.twitter.com/9zqIvND8M9
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 1, 2024
The Biden administration is trying to salvage cease-fire negotiations after at least dozens of Palestinians were killed while waiting in line for aid in Gaza, according to U.S. officials. https://t.co/YWEmF6qOs3
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 1, 2024
Biden announced today that the U.S. will airdrop humanitarian aid into Gaza in the coming days, saying Israel didn’t allow enough aid to enter Gaza.
— POLITICO (@politico) March 1, 2024
"We’re going to pull out every stop we can,” he said of the airdrops.
Full story: https://t.co/czvDlT5THn pic.twitter.com/5AuQzYLI8U
LIVE UPDATES: Aid convoy deaths in Gaza require an independent investigation, U.N. chief says. https://t.co/5Wf8lOAPwS
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 1, 2024
JUST IN: Pres. Biden signed a short-term spending measure that keeps one set of federal agencies operating through March 8 and another set through March 22 — officially staving off a partial government shutdown that would have started on Sunday. https://t.co/9YdBuBu7vO
— ABC News (@ABC) March 1, 2024
Judge Cannon signals doubts about Jack Smith’s timeline for Trump trial in Florida https://t.co/e74279bwxo
— POLITICO (@politico) March 1, 2024
JUST IN: Jack Teixeira, the Air National guardsman accused of leaking highly classified Pentagon documents to the online gaming service Discord, will plead guilty in a Boston court on Monday, per multiple reports. https://t.co/B7hpoh51rN
— Axios (@axios) February 29, 2024
BREAKING: The New Jersey businessman who gave a Mercedes-Benz to Sen. Bob Menendez' wife has pleaded guilty to bribery and agreed to cooperate in the case against Menendez. https://t.co/RUXppVbN48
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 1, 2024
"Resign now": Protesters repeatedly interrupted Athens Mayor Kelly Girtz as he spoke with reporters for the first time since the murder of Augusta University nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus. pic.twitter.com/aIVELTMNBo
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 1, 2024
Walgreens and CVS, two of the largest U.S. pharmacy chains, plan to start offering abortion pills this month. https://t.co/V4N4pIk1oa
— Axios (@axios) March 1, 2024
Cyberattack on UnitedHealth still impacting prescription access: "These are threats to life." https://t.co/kvixVs71rG
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 1, 2024
