https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/07/turkeys-president-erdogan-declares-state-of-emergency-for-earthquake-hit-regions.html

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared a three-month state of emergency in 10 of the country's provinces Tuesday.

https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/desantis-disney-reedy-creek-improvement-district-bill-1235514601/

DeSantis to Take Control of Disney's Orlando District Under New Bill

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis would get to appoint all five leaders of Disney's special tax district in Orlando, under new legislation that was released on Monday. The bill would make good on DeS...

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/biden-economy-waning-inflation-record-jobs-lingering-uncertainty-2023-02-07/

The Biden economy: Waning inflation, record jobs, lingering uncertainty

Joe Biden speaks to the nation tonight at a time of record low unemployment, rising wages, and diminishing fears of recession - facts the president is likely to trumpet as a sign his plans are working.

JulieAzel626: https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/biden-economy-waning-inflation-record-jobs-lingering-uncertainty-2023-02-07/

The Biden economy: Waning inflation, record jobs, lingering uncertainty

Joe Biden speaks to the nation tonight at a time of record low unemployment, rising wages, and diminishing fears of recession - facts the president is likely to trumpet as a sign his plans are working.

Why this is bad news for Joe Biden.

https://nyti.ms/3HHsnxJ

Memphis Officer Texted Photo of Tyre Nichols After Beating

The revelation came in Memphis police documents related to the firing of five officers who have been charged with murder in Mr. Nichols's death.

https://nyti.ms/3I0lqsY

Outnumbered and Worn Out, Ukrainians in East Brace for Russian Assault

The war is intensifying in a string of villages on the eastern front, where doctors struggle to handle an influx of gruesome injuries and soldiers fret about a Russian army sending waves of new conscripts.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/07/politics/marty-walsh-leaving/index.html

Labor Secretary Marty Walsh is expected to depart the Biden administration soon, according to two people familiar with the matter, marking the first Cabinet secretary departure of President Joe Biden's presidency.

https://abc7.com/multiple-socal-schools-receiving-false-reports-of-shootings/12782475/

Multiple Southern California schools were locked down temporarily after receiving false reports of shootings Tuesday, officials say.

https://apnews.com/article/law-enforcement-tyre-nichols-memphis-crime-93033874b99a4893c6c996fd56676795

Amid soaring crime, Memphis cops lowered the bar for hiring

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Beyond the beating, kicking, cursing and pepper spraying, the video of Tyre Nichols' deadly arrest at the hands of young Memphis police officers is just as notable for what's missing - any experienced supervisors showing up to stop them.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/07/us/memphis-city-council-tyre-nichols/index.html

Seven additional Memphis police officers are facing discipline in the wake of Tyre Nichols' death, City Attorney Jennifer Sink told CNN's Nick Valencia on Tuesday.

https://apnews.com/article/science-politics-disaster-planning-and-response-middle-east-syria-c727c62abe97d9f6171462351dc4584c

Fears grow for untold numbers buried by Turkey earthquake

NURDAGI, Turkey (AP) - Rescuers raced against time early Wednesday to pull survivors from the rubble before they succumbed to cold weather two days after an earthquake tore through southern Turkey and war-ravaged northern Syria.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/07/politics/house-ethics-committee-probe-george-santos/index.html

New York Republican Rep. George Santos is expected to face an investigation from the House Ethics Committee, a probe that could derail his already imperiled political career depending on the secretive panel's findings.

https://nyti.ms/3DyxIpU

Who Should Get a Covid Booster Now? New Data Offers Some Clarity.

If you are high-risk, the answer is straightforward. If you are low-risk, there is less consensus.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/06/china/china-response-suspected-spy-balloon-intl-hnk/index.html

'Total miscalculation': China goes into crisis management mode on balloon

As the new year got underway in China, hopes appeared to be running high that an easing of tensions with the United States could unfold in the months ahead.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-infuse-software-with-more-ai-google-rivalry-heats-up-2023-02-07/

Microsoft Corp is revamping its Bing search engine and Edge web browser with artificial intelligence, the company said on Tuesday, in one of its biggest efforts yet to lead a new wave of technology and reshape how people gather information.

https://apnews.com/article/if-chatgpt-wrote-state-of-the-union-8b4dc4774acd0f4ba4ad2fb1ea768d47

AP to ChatGPT: Do the State of the Union, as Shakespeare

WASHINGTON (AP) - If you've heard it once in a president's State of the Union speech, you've heard it 100 times: There is nothing the American people can't do when they pull together. But you haven't heard that thought in a State of Union address from William Shakespeare: "Lo," said the bard.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/exploding-problem-fires-sparked-lithium-batteries-are-confounding-fire-rcna65739

Fires sparked by lithium batteries are confounding firefighters

With the number of fires caused by lithium batteries soaring across the U.S., firefighters and other experts say the training needed to fight them effectively is lagging in many places.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/sen-josh-hawley-wants-create-legal-age-social-media-rcna69045

Ahead of SOTU, Sen. Josh Hawley says he's going to be pushing a legislative package aimed at protecting kids online -- including setting the minimum age to be on social media at 16.

JulieAzel626: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/sen-josh-hawley-wants-create-legal-age-social-media-rcna69045

Ahead of SOTU, Sen. Josh Hawley says he's going to be pushing a legislative package aimed at protecting kids online -- including setting the minimum age to be on social media at 16.

That's going to go over well with teenagers.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/07/zoom-to-lay-off-1300-employees-or-about-15percent-of-its-workforce.html

Zoom on Tuesday announced plans to cut about 1,300 workers, or 15% of its workforce, according to a blog post shared to the company's website.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/07/fed-chief-powell-says-the-the-disinflationary-process-has-begun-but-has-a-long-way-to-go.html

Fed Chair Powell says inflation is starting to ease, but still has a long way to go

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-aides-keep-trying-torch-state-union-address-presidents-kee-rcna68926

White House aides keep trying to torch the State of the Union address

Obama aides tried to move the speech to a gymnasium in Ohio. That didn't work.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/06/stock-market-futures-open-to-close-news.html

Dow finishes more than 250 points higher, Nasdaq climbs 1.9%

Investors reacted to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's comments on inflation and interest rate hikes.

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/fate-americas-largest-supply-helium-air-rcna69309

The fate of America's largest supply of helium is up in the air

The Federal Helium Reserve was supposed to be sold off in 2021. Scientists hope it will remain in government hands.

The Washington Post

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The U.S. intelligence community has linked the Chinese spy balloon shot down on Saturday to a vast surveillance program run by the People's Liberation Army, and U.S. officials have begun to brief allies and partners who have been similarly targeted.

The surveillance balloon effort, which has operated for several years partly out of Hainan province off China's south coast, has collected information on military assets in countries and areas of emerging strategic interest to China including Japan, India, Vietnam, Taiwan and the Philippines, according to several U.S. officials, who, like others interviewed for this story, spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the matter's sensitivity.

Officials have said these surveillance airships, operated in part by the PLA air force, have been spotted over five continents.

"What the Chinese have done is taken an unbelievably old technology, and basically married it with modern communications and observation capabilities" to try to glean intelligence on other nations' militaries, said one official. "It's a massive effort."

On Monday, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman led a briefing on China's balloon espionage for some 150 people from about 40 embassies, said a senior administration official familiar with the matter. The department has also sent to every U.S. Embassy a "detailed information" on the espionage that can be shared with allies and partners.

https://twitter.com/RepTedLieu/status/1623038888938770434

So proud that members of the @LACOFD Urban Search and Rescue team are headed to Turkey as part of @USAID's mission to find earthquake survivors and save lives.

https://twitter.com/TheLeadCNN/status/1623109800169988097

CNN Exclusive: 2022 Air Force report reveals Chinese spy balloon drifted past Hawaii and over Florida during Trump administration in 2019.

https://twitter.com/NBCPolitics/status/1623111646993317889

Speaker McCarthy has quietly appointed Rep. Gaetz, who led the unsuccessful push to derail McCarthy's bid for speaker, to the select committee investigating the so-called weaponization of the federal government.