But not all of them
FDA’s rejection of Moderna threatens to stifle broader vaccine industry
Experts predict innovation will move overseas: ‘Do we know what the rules are?’
Stat
More than 10,000 nurses end largest strike in New York City history, others continue striking
Unionized nurses are set to vote on tentative agreements with Montefiore and Mount Sinai Hospitals, while 4,200 nurses are still striking at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Prism
Even a Decade of Unintentional Shootings Could Not Slow America’s Top Pistol Maker
SIG Sauer’s P320 has prompted scores of lawsuits for alleged safety issues. Insiders say a push to make more guns led to shoddy manufacturing.
The Trace
Kansas governor vetoes anti-trans bathroom bill, citing ‘numerous and significant consequences’
Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a controversial bill that forces transgender people to use bathrooms that match their biological sex at birth, saying the poorly drafted legislation would have far-reaching consequences.
The Democratic governor now hands House Substitute for Senate Bill 244 back to a Legislature that has enough Republican votes to override her veto and put the bill into law.
Florida Phoenix
Department of Homeland Security enters shutdown, amid dispute over funding
While the agency Trump tasked with carrying out his mass deportation campaign of immigrants will shut down, enforcement will continue because Congress allocated a separate stream of money, about $75 billion for U.S. Immigration and Enforcement Services.
Ohio Capital Journal
The Liberal Case for Public Power
When power is treated as a public good, it becomes cheaper, more reliable, and better positioned to meet the challenges of the future than privately held electrical utilities have ever demonstrated.
Liberal Currents
Exposure to ICE Violence Threatens Children’s Health and Future Wellbeing
Federal agents have created a climate of fear for families trying to maintain the routines and normalcy of childhood.
Truthout
Jasmine Crockett Is Not Running a Traditional Campaign. It’s Making Allies Anxious.
The Democratic Senate candidate hasn’t named a campaign manager or run broadcast TV ads.
NotUs
Minnesota marches honor missing and murdered Indigenous people
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Day of Remembrance is held each Feb. 14. The day brings awareness to the epidemic of Indigenous people who have gone missing or have been murdered.
MPRNews
Parents who owe child support could lose US passports under expanded enforcement plans
Parents who owe a significant amount of child support soon could lose their ability to travel internationally as the Trump administration expands and steps up enforcement of a 30-year-old law that allows the federal government to revoke American passports until payments are made, three U.S. officials told The Associated Press.
The Baltimore Banner
Exhausted Justice Department Lawyer to Federal Judge: “This Job Sucks”
Le’s courtroom breakdown reflects a Justice Department that is coming apart at the seams, hemorrhaging attorneys at the same time as Trump’s immigration policies are causing caseloads to explode. Six federal prosecutors resigned from the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office in mid-January in response to the administration’s immigration directives, including instructions to block a state investigation of the immigration officer who killed Renee Good, and to open a federal investigation into Good’s widow instead.
Balls and Strikes
How glow-in-the-dark sterile flies are being used to combat New World screwworm
The harmful parasite continues to inch over to the Texas-Mexico border, with the northernmost active case around 200 miles from the border. Experts and officials say the flesh-eating parasite poses a threat to the livestock industry, pets, and people.
Texas Public Radio
Citizenship voting requirement in SAVE America Act has no basis in the Constitution – and ignores precedent that only states decide who gets to vote
This marks the third year in a row that the House has passed similar legislation. Passage in the Senate, which would require Democratic votes, continues to appear unlikely. But Republicans from President Donald Trump on down are clearly interested in finding ways to enhance election security – although critics contend the SAVE America Act would unfairly disenfranchise millions of citizens.
The Conversation
Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Advance Offshore U.S. Aquaculture
The MARA Act would support farming research for deep ocean waters. It has a good chance of passing.
Civil Eats
The Oil Industry’s Latest Disaster: Trillions of Gallons of Buried Toxic Wastewater
Documents show the industry and regulators knew decades ago that injecting drilling’s toxic liquid leftovers underground wasn’t safe
Rolling Stone
The Olympics continue
Researchers in Africa are using AI to fill the global health care gap
That pilot, run by the Kenyan Ministry of Health with technical support from the startup Ubenytics, is now active in more than 420 facilities across eight counties. Early results of the pilot study published in The Lancet Digital Health in March 2025 show a 31 percent reduction in inappropriate antibiotic prescribing and a 19 percent drop in severe malaria complications in intervention areas.
Global Voices
Photos: The flying doctors of Lesotho won’t let their wings be clipped
For decades, the Flying Doctor Service was their lifeline, until the impact of President Donald Trump’s aid cuts in January 2025 all but severed it. Now, after a tumultuous year fighting for its very existence, the service is picking up the pieces and starting to rebuild. And with the aid cuts serving as a wake-up call, the tenacious flying doctors of Lesotho are now looking to bounce back stronger, more efficient and less reliant than ever before — with or without U.S. support.
NPR
With Friends Like These
To defend itself from Trump’s thuggery, Canada must seek new friends.
Liberal Currents
Epstein files fallout takes down elite figures in Europe, while U.S. reckoning is muted
European royals, government officials, politicians and others are losing jobs and titles over their connection to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. European law enforcement agencies are opening investigations based on recent troves of documents released by the U.S. government.
WFDD
Israel’s “Yellow Line” Is a Death Trap for Palestinians. We Drove Into It.
The ever-changing “Yellow Line” is a slow-moving takeover of Gaza’s territory.
Truthout
Death of an Indian tech worker
A wave of suicides and widespread AI-fueled layoffs reveal a workforce under extreme pressure.
Rest of World
Malaysian journalist briefly detained for sedition over a question during a public lecture
Malaysian journalist Rex Tan, formerly of the outlet Free Malaysia Today (FMT), was detained for half a day as he faced a sedition probe over a question he raised in a public lecture.
Global Voices
