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February 15, 2024     "A good heart will help you to a bonny face, my lad, and a bad one will turn the bonniest into something worse than ugly." —Emily Bronte   1 Biden or Trump? Putin Makes His Pick During Tucker Carlson's much-ballyhooed sit-down with Vladimir Putin earlier this month, the Russian president had a bit of fun at the former Fox News host's expense, needling him for being a history major and for not being accepted into the CIA. Keep reading   2 Chiefs Fans Tackled Gunman Trey Filter hoped to log some cool-parent points by taking his sons to the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl celebration. Keep reading   From our sponsors New Policy for Cars Used Less Than 70 Miles/ Day Drivers over 30, living in select zip codes that drive less than 70 miles/day could save big on car insurance in 2023. Enter your zip code, compare rates, and potentially slash your bill like many others in your state. Don't miss out on savings up to $610/year. Learn More >   At a Glance A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is launched from a pad at Kennedy Space Center, seen from Port Canaveral, Fla., on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. With the launch of a lunar lander was early Thursday, Texas-based Intuitive Machines is aiming to become the first private company to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon. (Malcolm Denemark/Florida Today via AP) Keep reading   3 Cisco Systems Announces Mass Layoffs Internet networking pioneer Cisco Systems is jettisoning more than 4,000 employees, joining the parade of technology companies in a trend that has helped boost their profits and stock prices while providing a sobering reminder of the job insecurity hanging over an industry increasingly embracing artificial intelligence, the AP reports. Keep reading   4 NY Murderer Freed Because He Was Held in Wrong Prison A man convicted for a 2015 killing in western New York has been freed and his indictment has been dismissed solely because he was held at the wrong prison according to an interstate law on detainees. Keep reading   5 Lawmaker Calls Congress Broken, Says He's Out Rep. Mark Green on Wednesday announced that he won't run for a fourth term, pointing to the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas the day before as among the reasons it is "time for me to return home." Keep reading   6 Animal Cruelty Warrant Leads to Daylong Standoff in DC Three police officers were shot trying to make an animal cruelty arrest that touched off an hourslong standoff in the nation's capitol on Wednesday, which ended late at night with a man's arrest, the AP reports. Keep reading     7 9 Children Among the Wounded in Kansas City In a grim update on the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl celebration in downtown Kanas City on Wednesday, police said nine children were among at least 21 people wounded by gunfire. Keep reading   8 Trump Repeats His Controversial NATO Remarks President Biden said the worst thing about former President Trump's NATO comments is that Trump really means them—and indeed, Trump doubled down on his remarks Wednesday during a campaign rally in South Carolina. Keep reading   This Day in History On Feb. 15, 1898, the US battleship Maine mysteriously blew up in Havana Harbor, killing more than 260 crew members and bringing the United States closer to war with Spain. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2014: 1 in 4 Americans Don't Know Earth Circles Sun   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved