❌Liddy was behind the Watergate break-in that led to Richard Nixon's downfall ❌G. Gordon Liddy, the Richard Nixon 1972 reelection campaign operative who played a central role in the Watergate scandal that led to the former president’s resignation, died Tuesday at the age of 90. Liddy’s son, Thomas, confirmed his death. He did not provide a cause of death but noted that COVID-19 was not a factor. ❌A...

Nike is suing the art collective behind the Lil Nas X "Satan Shoes" that have sparked a social media backlash. In a lawsuit filed Monday, Nike accuses MSCHF Product Studio, Inc. of trademark infringement over the designer's 666 pairs of modified Nike sneakers made in collaboration with the "Old Town Road" singer. All 666 pairs sold out Monday. MSCHF has not responded to repeated requests for comment...

❌ The stranded container ship blocking the Suez Canal for almost a week was re-floated on Monday and is currently being secured, Inchcape Shipping Services said, raising expectations the vital waterway will soon be reopened. ❌ The ship was successfully re-floated at 4.30 am local time and was being secured at the moment, Inchcape, a global provider of marine services said on Twitter. ❌ Ship-trac...

◾ Since it was completed in 1869, the Suez Canal has been one of the world's most important bodies of water; a portal between East and West that has been controlled by multiple countries, threatened to ignite war, and become a bedrock of the global economy. ◾ But the mammoth container ship that has lodged itself across the waterway poses a very modern problem: About a tenth of global trade passes...

◾ Five people were killed Thursday as tornado-producing storms ripped through central Alabama, destroying homes and structures along the way, Calhoun County Coroner Pat Brown confirmed to Fox News Thursday. ◾ Severe weather warnings were issued for the parts of the Mid-South and Tennessee River Valley, with tornados expected across the region. ◾ The National Weather Service (NWS) declared a number...

◾ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is planning to impose sanctions on two conglomerates controlled by Myanmar’s military over the generals Feb. 1 coup and a deadly crackdown, two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. ◾ The move by the U.S. Treasury to blacklist Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC) and Myanmar Economic Holdings Ltd (MEHL) and freeze any assets they hold in the United...

◾ Several attempts to refloat the 400m-long Ever Given have failed, leading to a tailback of other ships ◾ A giant container ship has run aground in the Suez canal, causing a traffic jam of vessels at either end of the vital international trade artery. ◾ The 220,000-tonne, 400m-long Ever Given became stuck in the canal on Tuesday and several attempts to refloat it failed....

◾ After years of debate and thousands of public comments, California finally approved an ethnic studies model curriculum for its K-12 students last week. ◾ The nearly 900-page curriculum was approved by the state Board of Education on Thursday, following hours of public comments. The curriculum has been under development for nearly four years and the version approved was the fourth draft. ◾ Though...

◾ SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian authorities are planning to evacuate thousands more people on Monday from flood-affected suburbs in Sydney’s west, which is set for its worst flooding in 60 years with drenching rain expected to continue for the next few days. ◾ Unrelenting rains over the past three days swelled rivers in Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales (NSW), causing widespread damage...

Biden administration has come under pressure to share vaccine, which has been authorized in other countries but not yet in US The United States plans to send roughly 4m doses of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine that it is not using to Mexico and Canada in loan deals with the two countries. Mexico will receive 2.5m doses of the vaccine and Canada will receive 1.5m doses, the official said. “This virus...