Air Force One will probably be repainted in President Donald Trump’s preferred red, white, gold and dark blue color scheme — a design proposed throughout his first time period in workplace however later reversed by the Biden administration. The change will exchange the newborn blue and white livery that has outlined the presidential plane for greater than 60 years.
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will face grieving households at present when he takes the stand in a landmark social media addiction trial in Los Angeles. He will testify for the primary time earlier than a jury on claims that his Facebook and Instagram platforms have harmed younger customers by making the apps deliberately addictive. In the courtroom will probably be mother and father and households from throughout the US who say their youngsters had been harmed — and even died — because of social media. The case might set a precedent for holding social media firms accountable for harmful design choices, after years of tech giants heading off lawsuits below Section 230, the regulation that shields them from legal responsibility for person content material.
New Mexico’s House of Representatives has accepted making a bipartisan particular committee to examine the ranch that the late intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein owned within the state. The measure directs the committee, often called the Truth Commission, to study “allegations of criminal activity” on the property known as Zorro Ranch and decide whether or not additional “legislative action” is required. The committee’s creation is the newest name for transparency and additional investigation within the aftermath of the Justice Department’s launch of a trove of Epstein information, which has despatched shockwaves by a number of industries after revelations concerning the late financier’s ties to prominent figures.
The search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, mom of “Today” present host Savannah Guthrie, stays heightened, with authorities canvassing neighborhoods in Arizona and reviewing 1000’s of suggestions in hopes of finding her safely. On Tuesday, the Pima County Sheriff’s Office reported that DNA recovered from gloves discovered about two miles from Guthrie’s dwelling didn’t match any profiles within the FBI’s offender database and confirmed no connection to DNA collected at her residence. Guthrie was final seen on January 31 and is believed to have been kidnapped from her secluded dwelling with out her telephone or important drugs.
The US navy has struck three extra suspected drug-trafficking boats within the jap Pacific and Caribbean, killing 11 folks, US Southern Command stated Tuesday. The newest operation brings the dying toll from the US campaign against international drug trafficking — launched in September — to at the least 135. Prior to September, alleged cartel members and drug smugglers had been handled as criminals with due course of rights. Democrats and authorized consultants argue the strikes quantity to murdering civilians because the US will not be in a declared, congressionally approved warfare with drug cartels.
Iran and the US walked away from Tuesday’s nuclear negotiations with “guiding principles” for future talks, in accordance to Iran’s overseas minister. This comes because the US navy continues to build up its assets in the Middle East and as President Trump has warned Iran of a “very traumatic” final result in the event that they don’t agree to a deal within the coming weeks. US officers additionally stated “progress was made” in the course of the discussions and that the US expects to obtain detailed proposals from the Iranian authorities within the subsequent two weeks to handle gaps between their positions.
Rescuers are braving a brutal winter storm in a search for at the least 9 skiers lacking after a California avalanche. So far, six have been pulled to safety.
Multiple skiers lacking after California avalanche
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