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5:30 PM ET, February 12, 2023

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CNN:
US military shoots down high-altitude object over Lake Huron on Sunday  —  The US military shot down another high-altitude object over Lake Huron on Sunday afternoon, according to a US official and a congressional source briefed on the matter.  —  The operation marks the third day in a row …
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ABC News:
Military shoots down another high-altitude object, over Lake Huron, officials say  —  It's the latest in a string of such incidents.  —  Another high-altitude object was shot down on Sunday afternoon, this one over Lake Huron, three U.S. officials confirmed to ABC News, marking
Wall Street Journal:
Latest Flying Objects Shot Down Over North America Were Balloons, Schumer Says  —  F-16 fighter jet shoots down the object over Canadian airspace above Lake Huron  —  WASHINGTON—The U.S. shot down a fourth flying object Sunday afternoon over Canadian airspace above Lake Huron, a Congressman said in a tweet.
Associated Press:
‘Unidentified object’ downed over Lake Huron, 3rd this week  —  1 of 9  —  An “unidentified object” was shot down Sunday for the third time in as many days, this time over Lake Huron, after earlier ones in Alaska and Canada, U.S. officials said.  Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., tweeted that …
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
U.S. Shoots Down a Fourth Flying Object  —  The latest object was taken down over Lake Huron.  —  WASHINGTON — The United States shot down a fourth flying object over North America on Sunday, this one over Lake Huron in Michigan, U.S. officials said.  —  The Pentagon used an F-16 fighter jet …
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
New unidentified ‘cylindrical’ object shot down over Canada
New York Times:
Jack Smith, Special Counsel for Trump Inquiries, Steps Up the Pace  —  Named less than three months ago to oversee investigations into Donald J. Trump's efforts to hold onto power and his handling of classified documents, the special counsel is moving aggressively.
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NBC News:
Trump lawyers expected to fight Pence subpoena on executive privilege grounds
New York Times:
A Yale Professor Suggested Mass Suicide for Old People in Japan.  What Did He Mean?  —  Yusuke Narita says he is mainly addressing a growing effort to revamp Japan's age-based hierarchies.  Still, he has pushed the country's hottest button.  —  Reporting from Tokyo  —  His pronouncements could hardly sound more drastic.
Discussion: Althouse
Mitra Assadi / All Access:
Our commitment to AP African American Studies, the scholars, and the field  —  Our commitment to AP African American Studies is unwavering.  This will be the most rigorous, cohesive immersion that high school students have ever had in this discipline.  Many more students than ever …
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Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
After helping prince's rise, Trump and Kushner benefit from Saudi funds  —  An investment fund overseen by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is backing ventures that profit the former president and his senior adviser, raising questions of conflict  —  In early 2021, as Donald Trump exited the White House …
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New York Times:
DeSantis's Challenge: When, and How, to Counterattack Trump  —  As the former president lobs insults and calls him “Ron DeSanctimonious,” Gov. Ron DeSantis is carefully avoiding conflict.  But if he runs for president as expected, a clash is inevitable.  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis …
Discussion: Mediaite
Phillips P. OBrien / Phillips's Newsletter:
Weekend Update #15  —  Russia's Massive Offensive and Signs of Military Learning  —  Russia's Massive Offensive … This week has been a fascinating contrast in reporting, and once again highlights the ease with which a particular narrative about the war can quickly spread and even start influencing debates and possibly policy.
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Michael Schwirtz / New York Times:
They Are Russians Fighting Against Their Homeland. Here's Why.
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Clint Rainey / Fast Company:
A horrific environmental disaster is happening in Ohio, and you may not even have heard about it  —  A train derailment last week in Ohio has turned into a full-fledged environmental disaster, and it's received surprisingly little national media coverage.  —  Last Friday, a train belonging …
Discussion: WTAE, Washington Post and Balloon Juice
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CNN:
After a train derailment, Ohio residents are living the plot of a movie they helped make
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
In Kutztown schools, the right's culture warriors block a book on climate change  —  It's a yearly tradition in Kutztown, the eastern Pennsylvania college town surrounded by more rural “Trump Country”: Middle schoolers across grades promote a love for literacy through a “One Book, One School” …
Politico:
Republicans clash with prosecutors over enforcement of abortion bans  —  GOP lawmakers see a major flaw in their states' near-total abortion bans: Some local prosecutors won't enforce them.  —  Republicans in Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina and Texas — frustrated by progressive district attorneys …
Discussion: Political Wire
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
In 46 Words, Biden Sends a Clear Message to Israel  —  I woke up on Saturday morning, read the news from Israel that at least 50,000 Israelis had just demonstrated once more against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to strip the Israeli Supreme Court of its independence and put …
 
 
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