Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Mickey Mouse Enters Public Domain, Quickly Turns Evil (Daily Rundown by Newser)

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January 2, 2024
 
The Big Rundown
It's officially 2024, which means Disney's Mickey Mouse, as he originally appeared in 1928, has entered the public domain. Keep reading
 
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More Big News
Hamas says one of its top officials, deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri, was killed in a strike in Beirut Tuesday. Keep reading
 
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Today's Jaw-Dropper
Police in Kenya on Monday recovered the body of a man believed to have been attacked by a lion while he was riding a motorcycle near a national reserve in the south of the country. Keep reading
 
 
On the Lighter Side
Someone in Michigan won a massive Powerball jackpot on the first day of 2024, the first time it has been won on New Year's Day since the game's start in 1992. Keep reading
 
Science Buzz
A NASA spacecraft paid a rare visit to an old friend over the holiday weekend—the volcanic Jupiter moon of Io, reports NPR. Keep reading
 
Wild Card
Two are dead and multiple people are injured after an early Monday car crash outside the Kodak Center in Rochester, New York—and authorities are now looking into the incident as possible terrorism, reports ABC News. Keep reading
 
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"Amidst all of this, it has been distressing to have doubt cast on my commitments to confronting hate and to upholding scholarly rigor—two bedrock values that are fundamental to who I am—and frightening to be subjected to personal attacks and threats fueled by racial animus."
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