News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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National security adviser will lead a new "interagency team" to study unidentified aerial objects https://t.co/4FNAbXreIq
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) February 13, 2023
"A heightened alert." A U.S. fighter jet shot down an "unidentified object" over Lake Huron on orders from President Joe Biden. It was the fourth such downing in eight days, which Pentagon officials believe has no peacetime precedent. https://t.co/j5pTlDYSo1
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 13, 2023
China's Foreign Ministry claimed that the U.S. has sent high-altitude balloons into its airspace more than 10 times since the start of 2022.https://t.co/n9UuWZNRPo
— Axios (@axios) February 13, 2023
The death toll from last week's earthquake is now more than 31,600 people in Turkey and more than 3,500 in Syria. Shortages of key materials are slowing aid efforts, and hospitals are struggling to care for large numbers of people needing urgent help. https://t.co/ITAQ2w6SXW
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 13, 2023
Moldovan President Maia Sandu has outlined what she described as a plot by Russia to overthrow her country’s government using external saboteurs and derail its aspirations to one day join the European Union. https://t.co/RxWDgWtWTy
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 13, 2023
The U.S. Embassy is urging any Americans who are in Russia to "depart immediately" over concerns that they could be harassed and singled out by Vladimir Putin's government – and even be forced to fight in the war in Ukraine. https://t.co/wG32aMmdrW
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 13, 2023
BREAKING: Parts of a Georgia grand jury's report on alleged election interference by former President Trump and his allies will be released later this week, judge rules. pic.twitter.com/Vb07mexUJR
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) February 13, 2023
President Biden has fired the Architect of the Capitol, J. Brett Blanton, following allegations that he misused government resources and was not physically present on the Capitol grounds during the January 6, 2021, insurrection, a White House official says https://t.co/4ZIKtDTooW
— CNN (@CNN) February 13, 2023
“He has one of those landline telephones next to his bed, and it has a blue light on it,” Trump lawyer Tim Parlatore said. “So he took the manila folder and he put it over it so that it would keep the light down so he could sleep at night.” https://t.co/ROtxo0MRP7
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 13, 2023
JUST IN: 3 more chemicals discovered in Ohio train derailment https://t.co/XKys35flmM pic.twitter.com/qbW0pM4xeb
— The Hill (@thehill) February 13, 2023
DEVELOPING: A U-Haul driver is in custody after allegedly striking pedestrians in the Brooklyn, New York, neighborhood of Bay Ridge, law enforcement sources tell ABC News. https://t.co/DSx53GANh6
— ABC News (@ABC) February 13, 2023
Archeologists detected what they believed to be 200 unmarked graves at a residential school in Canada, bringing new attention to one of the country's most shameful chapters. https://t.co/p858IrHFdZ
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 13, 2023
