Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Politics

More than 60% of adult AP poll respondents said they doubted President Biden’s mental capabilities and lacked confidence in his ability to serve the people effectively. (See Video) 

Attorney General Merrick Garland vowed to fight “discriminatory, burdensome, and unnecessary” voter ID laws during an appearance with Vice President Kamala Harris in Selma, Alabama on Sunday. (More)

 Jack Teixeira, a Massachusetts Air National Guardsman, agreed to plead guilty Monday to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information. As part of the agreement, Teixeira will spend 16 years in prison. (More

Allen Weisselberg, the former CFO of President Donald Trump’s company, pleaded guilty in a Manhattan court Monday to charges of lying under oath. He will spend five months in jail for perjury. (More

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Sports

An emotional Jason Kelce announced his retirement from the NFL Monday after 13 seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles. He’s a former six-time first-team All-Pro and Super Bowl champion. (See Video

The Denver Broncos have informed quarterback Russell Wilson he will be released next week. Wilson is owed $85 million in guaranteed salary over the next two seasons. (More

 The Pennzoil 400 didn’t make it 50 laps before Chris Buescher, in the #17, lost a wheel, and Daytona 500 winner William Byron ran into a trash bag, lodging a beer can in his air filter. (See Video

 Louisiana ended the University of Oklahoma softball team’s 71-game win streak, an NCAA record, with a stunning 9-7 victory on Sunday. It was OU’s first loss since the 2021 season. (More

Finance

Trend LineMarket Report   03/04/2024

NASDAQ
Natl. Assoc. of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
16,207.51
0.41%
SPX
S&P 500
5,130.95
0.12%
DJI
Dow Jones Industrial Average
38,989.83
0.25%
BTC
Bitcoin
$68,580.31
+6.95%
MSTR
MicroStrategy Incorporated
$1,334.01
+23.59%

MicroStrategy shares shot up 24% as the price of Bitcoin price surged yesterday. CEO Michael Saylor has added 193,000 Bitcoin to the company’s balance sheet—now worth over $11 billion. (More)

➤ JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines ended their attempted merger after regulatory hurdles and an antitrust lawsuit proved to be too difficult to overcome. (More

Three passengers have filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Boeing and Alaska Airlines in response to a door panel malfunction on a January 5th flight. They claim it was “preventable.” (More

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Science & Technology

For the first time, scientists observed a lone killer whale attacking and eating a great white shark’s liver. It was all over in two minutes. (See Video

New frescoes discovered during an excavation of a 2,000 year-old mansion in Pompeii depict the Greek myth of Phrixus and his sister Helle escaping with the Golden Fleece. (See Photo

NASA translated data collected by space telescopes into a “range of tones.” The process is called sonification and gives celestial objects their own unique sound. (See and Hear Video

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Travel Tuesday

JetBlue, American Airlines, and United are increasing their checked bag fees by $5 to offset rising operational costs. Experts expect more fees to come. (More)

Thrillest published a list of beautiful locations “hidden in plain sight” around the world. The Waitomo Glowworm Caves in New Zealand, Iguazu Falls in Argentina, and the Sea of Stars in the Maldives are all featured. (Photos)

Greece, Florida, and Hawaii are all heavily featured in Florida Panhandle’s list of the world’s top clearwater beaches. (See List

Et Cetera

➤ Residents of Truckee, California, near Lake Tahoe, broke out their snowplows, shovels, and skis as a weekend blizzard produced 10 feet of snow. (See Photos

➤ An Oklahoma school district is under investigation for a fundraiser that involved students licking peanut butter off the toes of “student volunteers.” (See Video

Scientists say they’ve found the world’s oldest wild platypus in a creek in Melbourne, Australia. The platypus is 24 years old, according to a tag from a previous capture. (See Video

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Poll Position

Do you own any Bitcoin?

  1. Yes
  2. No

Monday’s Results:

Do you prefer to watch movies at home or at the theater?

  1. Home: 81%
  2. Theater: 19%

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“It was a very important decision, was very well crafted, and I think it will go a long way toward bringing our country together …”

—  Former President Donald Trump, on the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision Monday 

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