Friday, February 9, 2024

Biden Responds to Special Counsel Report: 'How Dare He?' (Newser Morning 8)

Newser Newsletter
February 9, 2024
 
 
"Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck."
—F. Scott Fitzgerald
 
1
During his controversial sit-down with Vladimir Putin, Tucker Carlson asked the Russian president to release US journalist Evan Gershkovich, who has been detained in Russia on an espionage charge since March of last year, as a gesture of goodwill. Keep reading
 
2
President Biden addressed the special counsel report on his handling of classified documents, aggressively pushing back on the comments regarding his memory. Keep reading
 
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At a Glance
At a glance
Members of Cambodia's Chinese community perform a lion dance on Friday morning, Feb. 9, 2024, in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) Keep reading
 
3
Two Colorado funeral home owners accused of abandoning nearly 200 bodies took payments from families that were meant for cremations and burials and instead bought vehicles, cryptocurrency, a $1,500 dinner in Las Vegas, and other personal items, prosecutors and an FBI agent said Thursday. Keep reading
 
4
As expected, Donald Trump won Nevada's Republican presidential caucuses Thursday after he was the only major candidate to compete, the AP reports. Keep reading
 
5
Passengers on Finland's national airline are being asked to get on a scale at the departure gate—with their carry-on bags—to help Finnair collect accurate data on passenger weight. Keep reading
 
6
Kansas' attorney general is telling public schools they're required to tell parents their children are transgender or non-binary even if they're not out at home, though Kansas is not among the states with a law that explicitly says to do that, the AP reports. Keep reading
 
7
An organization that works to raise awareness about the dangers of food allergies says it doesn't see the humor in an Uber Eats commercial planned to air during the Super Bowl. Keep reading
 
8
Republicans objected Thursday to the special counsel's decision not to charge President Biden over his handling of classified documents, while Democrats wondered who asked for Robert Hur's opinion of the president's mental capabilities. Keep reading
 
This Day in History
On Feb. 9, 1964, the Beatles made their first live American television appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show," broadcast from New York on CBS. The quartet played six songs, including "Love Me Do" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand," to a crowd of screaming teenagers in person and more than 70 million viewers across the country.
Find out what else happened on this date here.
 
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