Lawmakers demand EPA action on troubled cleanup of lead-contaminated L.A.-area homes

After a Times investigation into project lapses, California members of Congress call on the EPA to help in troubled Exide lead cleanup.
Read more: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-17/federal-epa-urged-to-assist-in-troubled-exide-clean-up?source=Snapzu

Norway seizes record $5.8 million of crypto stolen by North Korea

Norway has seized a record $5.8 million worth of cryptocurrency that was stolen by North Korean hackers last year, Norwegian police said in a statement on Thursday.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/technology/norway-seizes-record-58-million-crypto-stolen-by-north-korea-2023-02-16/?source=Snapzu

Investigation under way as ninth dead whale washes up in New Jersey

Authorities looking into ‘unusual mortality events’ amid concern from conservatives and activists that wind turbines are at fault
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/15/new-jersey-whale-death-wind-turbines?source=Snapzu

Fox News Loses Bid To Shut Down Voting Tech Company's Multibillion-Dollar Lawsuit

Smartmatic accuses the conservative network of spreading lies that it helped “steal” the 2020 election from Donald Trump.
Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fox-news-lawsuit-voting-tech-company_n_63ec97a6e4b02c2573799946?source=Snapzu

Death Of a Programmer. Life Of a Farmer

Finding and figuring out which is which is not the easiest thing to do, and many people spend all of their days being content with not knowing the difference. For me, it took a lot of death to find what keeps me alive.
Read more: https://journal.media/death-of-a-programmer-life-of-a-farmer-3x25nr068c?source=Snapzu

MJ, turning 60, makes historic $10M donation

Six-time NBA champion Michael Jordan is celebrating his 60th birthday on Friday by making a $10 million donation to Make-A-Wish.
Read more: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/35664652/michael-jordan-donates-10m-make-wish-60th-birthday?source=Snapzu

Forensic study finds Chilean poet Pablo Neruda was poisoned

The toxin clostridium botulinum was in his body when he died in 1973, days after Chile’s military coup
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/14/forensic-study-finds-chilean-poet-pablo-neruda-was-poisoned-says-nephew?source=Snapzu