Dying Earth:
Volcanic Eruption Likely Starting in Iceland, close to Captial
Exxon Mobil ordered to pay $14.25M penalty in pollution case (0.007% of 2020 profits)
Dying Americans:
U.S. gets 'C-,' faces $2.59 trillion in infrastructure needs over 10 years
South Carolina adds firing squad to execution methods to address lethal injection shortage
"South Carolina is the fourth state to bring in a firing squad as part of its executions, behind Utah, Oklahoma and Mississippi."
1/6 Capital Riot:
Capitol riot was act of terrorism says FBI director Chris Wray
Police preparing for possible militia ‘plot to breach the Capitol’ in Washington on Thursday
Parler drops case against Amazon for pushing it offline over Capitol violence
US militia group draws members from military and police, website leak shows
Killer Cops & Courts:
Hanging KKK flag next to Black family’s home ‘unfortunately’ not a crime, prosecutor says
After Spending 20 Years In Jail, UP Man Found 'Wrongly Convicted' In Rape Case
COVID-19:
Blast strikes Dutch COVID-19 test centre; police call it an attack
'Tip Of the Iceberg': Interpol Says Fake COVID-19 Vaccines Were Smuggled Across Continents
International Affairs:
Market:
SPY up. BTC up. GME sideways.
Google won't use other web tracking tools after phasing out cookies
Amazon worker died by suicide at Las Vegas facility
The coroner later determined the man died by suicide...Shortly afterward, Amazon staff members began installing barricades adjacent to where the worker was found, the employee said..."Employees were sent home with pay shortly after the incident," an Amazon spokesperson said.
Art
Boy Scouts Will Sell Nearly 60 Norman Rockwell Works to Pay Sex-Abuse Claims
Bunny Wailer, last surviving founder member of the Wailers, dies aged 73
Space:
Image from NASA's Mars Perseverance rover, 3/2/21, NASA
