{"id":33306,"date":"2024-02-09T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/friday-headlines-its-a-gettin-closer#id33082"},"modified":"2024-02-09T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T18:00:00","slug":"friday-headlines-its-a-gettin-closer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/friday-headlines-its-a-gettin-closer\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday headlines: It\u2019s a gettin\u2019 closer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In describing Biden as a &#8220;sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory,&#8221; the special counsel&#39;s report opened a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/politics\/2024\/2\/8\/24066529\/biden-special-counsel-report-memory\">front in the election.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Vox<\/span><\/p>\n<p>See also: &#8220;[The special counsel], a lifelong Republican and creature of DC, didn&#39;t have a case against Biden, but he knew exactly how his swipes could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/02\/09\/biden-hur-report-00140658\">hurt Biden politically.&#8221;<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Politico<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Inside the Maryland clinic that has become a destination for desperate patients in need of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2024\/02\/12\/a-safe-haven-for-late-abortions\">late-term abortions.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The New Yorker<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Months after mistakenly paying at least nine teachers tens of thousands in bonuses, Oklahoma&#39;s Dept. of Education is demanding they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/02\/08\/1230107486\/oklahoma-mistakenly-gave-bonuses-to-these-teachers-do-they-have-to-pay-it-back\">return the money.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ NPR<\/span><\/p>\n<p>New York therapists say that since the pandemic, they&#39;ve been treating more and more children for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curbed.com\/article\/teenagers-tweens-subway-anxiety-therapy-agoraphobia.html\">subway anxiety.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Curbed<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The demand for e-bikes means cheaper models&mdash;some of which can have dangerous batteries&mdash;are flooding the market, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-68055288\">raising fire concerns.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ BBC<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Um: &#8220;Chinese hackers infiltrated plane, train and water systems for five years, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/feb\/08\/chinese-hack-us-transportation-infrastructure\">US says.&#8221;<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The Guardian<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To try and read the Herculaneum papyri, scrolls that were frozen in time when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, a contest among technologists and whatever methods <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/features\/2024-ai-unlock-ancient-world-secrets\/?embedded-checkout=true\">they dream up.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Bloomberg<\/span><\/p>\n<p>See also: Here&#39;s the first <a href=\"https:\/\/scrollprize.org\/grandprize\">round of winners.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Vesuvius Challenge 2023 <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can wear them everywhere, even at a party.&#8221; The $1.50 sandals that are the preferred footwear for street soccer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/07\/world\/africa\/ivory-coast-leke-africa-cup-of-nations.html?unlocked_article_code=1.UE0.a8_0.50iYAV8K0Ynw&amp;smid=url-share\">in Ivory Coast.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The New York Times [+]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>What led to Buddy Holly&#39;s death: a poorly planned tour in a single bus criss-crossing a frozen Midwest made the allure of a chartered plane <a href=\"https:\/\/chrisdallariva.substack.com\/p\/the-tragedy-of-buddy-hollys-death\">too much to resist.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Can&#39;t Get Much Higher<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On dancing CEOs: &#8220;It was still fun to watch your boss dance.&#8221; No, no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/american-tech-ceos-dance-in-china-lunar-new-year-f9a397d0?st=cxo5xkt2ob82rjr&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink\">it was not.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The Wall Street Journal [+]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/themorningnews.org\/p\/friday-headlines-its-a-gettin-closer\">View Post &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In describing Biden as a &#8220;sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory,&#8221; 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