1.  Magician Says Dem Operative Hired Him to Make Biden Robocall

 ‘SCARY EASY’ 

“I was in a situation where someone offered me some money to do something, and I did it. There was no malicious intent,” Paul Carpenter told NBC News.

POLITICS

2.  3 College Swimmers Killed in Crash on ‘Highway of Death’

  ‘HEARTSICK’ 

The stretch of US-287 where they died has seen 15 fatal accidents in the past five years.

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3.  Meta Failing to Act on Sick DMs Sent to Kid Influencers: NYT

 DEPRAVED 

The platform has also allegedly stopped worried parents from blocking their children’s followers by setting daily limits.

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4.  Texas Docs Refused to Treat Woman’s Ectopic Pregnancy

 LIFE AND DEATH 

Her life was at risk due to an ectopic pregnancy, one of the few conditions that makes abortion legal in Texas. But doctors still balked.

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5.  Jan. 6-Themed Pinball Machine Turns Heads at CPAC 2024

 ‘THE TRUTH’ 

The game was just one of a number of right-wing branded items available at the annual conference.

POLITICS

6.  NPR Affiliate Shutters Local News Site DCist

 AXE FALLS 

The site became the latest casualty of media cuts during a 10-minute layoff announcement call on Friday morning.

MEDIA

7.  Top Anime Producer Arrested on Child Porn Charges in Japan

 SHOCKING 

He’s accused of buying nude selfies from a 15-year-old girl.

ENTERTAINMENT

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8.  Israeli Forces Killed Partygoer Mistaken for Hamas: Report

 FATAL MISTAKE 

Ofek Atun was reportedly shot multiple times by a volunteer kibbutz security guard. His girlfriend and the kibbutz disagree on what happened.

WORLD

9.  Republican Memo Urges Senate Candidates to Defend IVF

  BACK IT UP 

The memo warned that the ruling served as “fodder for Democrats hoping to manipulate the abortion issue for electoral gain."

POLITICS

10.  Reddit Files for IPO, Reveals It Paid CEO $193M Last Year

 CASHING IN 

Nineteen years since its founding, the social media site is finally going public.

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11.  Star Accuses ‘Inebriated’ Andy Cohen of Sexual Harassment

 EXPLOSIVE ALLEGATIONS 

The Bravo boss said he’d been “clearly joking” in a video that Brandi Glanville said was sexually harassing, but apologized, saying it was “totally inappropriate.”

ENTERTAINMENT

12.  Vice Media to Lay Off Hundreds, Cease Publishing on Website

 WHEN WILL IT END? 

The private equity firm that now owns the one-time digital publishing giant will slash what remains of its existing workforce in the next few days and shutter the main website.

MEDIA

13.  Cops Who Botched Uvalde to Testify to Grand Jury: Report

 A IS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY 

It is unclear exactly how many officers—of the nearly 400 who descended on Robb Elementary School in May 2022—have been ordered to appear.

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