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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis suggested Tuesday that the special grand jury investigating Donald Trump and his allies’ efforts to upend the 2020 election in Georgia has recommended multiple indictments and said that her decision on whether to bring charges is “imminent.” At a hearing in Atlanta on whether to publicly release the special grand jury report. Willis, a Democrat, said she opposes making it public at the moment, citing her ongoing deliberations on charges. “Decisions are imminent,” Willis told Judge Robert McBurney. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/24/politics/fulton-county-trump-grand-jury-hearing/index.html

Germany is set to send its sought-after Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine to help bolster the country’s war effort, Der Spiegel reported on Tuesday evening, attributing to unnamed sources. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has decided to deliver the battle tanks following “months of debate,” according to the German news outlet’s exclusive report. The German parliament is due to debate the contentious issue on Wednesday morning. Deciding to send them would be a landmark moment in the West’s support for Kyiv that follows days of intense pressure on Berlin from some of its NATO partners. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/24/europe/germany-leopard-2-tanks-ukraine-announcement-intl/index.html

Washington CNN — A lawyer for former Vice President Mike Pence discovered about a dozen documents marked as classified at Pence’s Indiana home last week, and he has turned those classified records over to the FBI, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The FBI and the Justice Department’s National Security Division have launched a review of the documents and how they ended up in Pence’s house in Indiana. The classified documents were discovered at Pence’s new home in Carmel, Indiana, by a lawyer for Pence in the wake of the revelations about classified material discovered in President Joe Biden’s private office and residence, the sources said. The discovery comes after Pence has repeatedly said he did not have any classified documents in his possession. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/24/politics/pence-classified-documents-fbi/index.html

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Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica calves giant iceberg ANTARCTICA – 23 January 2023. A huge iceberg (1550 km²), almost the size of Greater London, has broken off the 150m thick Brunt Ice Shelf. It calved after cracks that have been developing naturally over the last few years extended across the entire ice shelf, causing the new iceberg to break free. This occurred on Sunday 22 January between 19.00 and 20.00 UTC during a spring tide. The iceberg calved when the crack known as Chasm-1 fully extended through the ice shelf. The break off is the second major calving from this area in the last two years and has taken place a decade after scientists at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) first detected growth of vast cracks in the ice. https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/brunt-ice-shelf-in-antarctica-calves-giant-iceberg/

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M&Ms chocolate announced on Monday that it is taking "an indefinite pause from the spokescandies" after controversy over their rebranded appearances. "In the last year, we've made some changes to our beloved spokescandies. We weren't sure if anyone would even notice," the brand said in a statement shared on Twitter. "And we definitely didn't think it would break the internet. But now we get it — even a candy's shoes can be polarizing." https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/mandms-says-its-killing-its-spokescandies-after-conservatives-were-outraged-that-the-green-one-didnt-wear-go-go-boots-anymore/ar-AA16Ew19?li=BBnb7Kz

HALF MOON BAY -- Seven people were killed in a mass shooting in Half Moon Bay Monday afternoon, and authorities said a suspect was in custody. Police were gathered at two different crime scenes in the coastal community on the San Francisco Peninsula. One crime scene was reported at the Magic Mushroom Farm at 12761 San Mateo Road/Highway 92, while a second crime scene was reported further south at 2125 Cabrillo Highway S./Highway 1. https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/half-moon-bay-shootings-cabrillo-highway-san-mateo-road/

Two students have died after a shooting at their Des Moines, Iowa, school on Monday, according to police. The third victim, a school employee, is in serious condition after the shooting at Starts Right Here, a charter school, Des Moines police spokesman Paul Parizek told reporters. The shooting, which took place inside the school, was reported just before 1 p.m. https://abcnews.go.com/US/2-critical-condition-after-shooting-des-moines-school/story?id=96617326

A Capitol Hill rioter who posed with his feet on US Democrat Nancy Pelosi's desk during the attack on Congress has been found guilty of all charges. Richard "Bigo" Barnett was among the crowd of Trump supporters who stormed the building in attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election result. He posed for cameras after breaking into Mrs Pelosi's office and boasted of swiping an envelope before leaving. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64381279

California shooting death toll rises to 11 WATCH: Suspect 'fancied himself' very good at dance Congresswoman Judy Chu says that the killer was a serious dancer and offered to give free lessons to people. She said he divorced his wife in 2005 because he had been very critical of her dance moves. Chu, the former mayor of Monterey Park, spoke to BBC News outside of a victim’s support centre set up at a group home for senior citizens. https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-64365251

Japan's prime minister says his country is on the brink of not being able to function as a society because of its falling birth rate. Fumio Kishida said it was a case of "now or never." Japan - population 125 million - is estimated to have had fewer than 800,000 births last year. In the 1970s, that figure was more than two million. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64373950

A former high-level F.B.I. official has been indicted on charges that he conspired to violate U.S. sanctions on Russia by taking secret payments from a Russian oligarch, Oleg V. Deripaska, in return for investigating a rival oligarch, the authorities said on Monday. The former official, Charles McGonigal, who had been the special agent in charge of the F.B.I.’s counterintelligence division in New York before he retired in 2018, had supervised and participated in investigations of Russian oligarchs, including Mr. Deripaska, the government said. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan said Mr. McGonigal, 54, violated U.S. sanctions by agreeing to provide services to Mr. Deripaska, who himself was indicted last year on sanctions charges. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/nyregion/fbi-money-laundering-charles-mcgonigal.html?searchResultPosition=1\ Story also here: https://abcnews.go.com/US/former-fbi-official-charles-mcgonigal-arrested-ties-russian/story?id=96609658

The Estonian ambassador in Russia has been ordered to leave the country by 7 February after the Kremlin accused the country of "Russophobia". In a statement, the Russian foreign ministry said Estonia had "purposefully destroyed" relations with Moscow. Margus Laidre is the first ambassador Russia has expelled since invading Ukraine last year. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64372508

It was the spring of 2021, and Mr. Murdaugh, a South Carolina lawyer whose prominence was rooted in the legal dynasty that his family had built over generations, was about to see that legacy come crashing down. His law firm was asking him about missing money, and he was being pressured in court to disclose his finances, potentially unraveling what prosecutors say were yearslong schemes to steal millions of dollars from clients and colleagues. Then, on June 7, 2021, Mr. Murdaugh’s wife, Maggie Murdaugh, 52, and the younger of his two sons, Paul Murdaugh, 22, were shot to death on the family’s expansive hunting property in a rural corner of South Carolina’s Lowcountry. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/us/alex-murdaugh-trial.html For those who may encounter a paywall, here is another source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/01/22/alex-murdaugh-murder-trial-what-we-know-crime-saga/11083120002/

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One of the first ever Tesla raffles had to find an alternative prize because so many past entrants were too upset with Elon Musk to buy another ticket this year, its organizer told Insider. Since 2015, the Boston-based nonprofit Climate XChange has offered the chance to win a luxury electric-vehicle for a $250 ticket. Proceeds help the organization campaign for climate-related policies in all 50 states, although the raffle director, Peter Kirby, told Insider: "We tend to sell more tickets to people who are Tesla enthusiasts who happen to support the climate." https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-raffle-struggles-sell-tickets-due-to-elon-musk-actions-2023-1

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Doctors have amputated the testicle of a young man who got clubbed in the groin by a police officer during a huge Paris demonstration, according to a report. The man plans to file a lawsuit, daily French newspaper Liberation quoted him as saying in an article published on Sunday (local time). The incident occurred during a spurt of violence at a mostly peaceful march Thursday by tens of thousands of people opposed to a hotly contested government pension reform plan. https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300790134/man-loses-testicle-after-clubbing-by-paris-police--report

Tennessee has fired two top officials after a report revealed numerous errors in the state's lethal injection system. The Department of Corrections has fired head lawyer, Debra Inglis, and Inspector General Kelly Young. The independent report found drugs used in Tennessee's lethal injections were not properly tested for contaminants. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64347169

Police surround white van after California shooting Driver of white van 'may have shot himself' - report If you're just joining us, police are hunting the suspect in a shooting that killed 10 people in Monterey Park, near Los Angeles. There is currently a stand-off between police and a white van that police say might be connected to the case. Eyewitness accounts have said the driver of the parked van, in Torrance, which is south of Monterey Park, appears to be slouched over the wheel without moving. "As officers gave commands for the occupant to exit the van, they heard and believed the driver may have shot himself,"... https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-64365251