Thursday, February 29

🚨NATION

📌 Supreme Court to decide Trump’s lifetime immunity claim in election interference case (NBC NEWS)

📌 Idaho halts execution by lethal injection after 8 failed attempts to insert IV line (AP)

📌 Video of the devastating Texas wildfires, sparking evacuations and cutting off power to thousands of homes and businesses (MO NEWS)

📌 Federal court rules Indiana ban on gender-affirming care for minors can take effect (PBS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 French Senate votes to enshrine abortion in constitution, a world first (AP)

📌 Ghana’s parliament passed one of Africa’s strictest anti-LGBTQ+ bills, folks could serve prison time for being gay; A look at anti-LGBTQ+ laws across Africa (SEMAFOR)

📌 UK descending into mob rule, PM warns police (BBC)

📌 Pope Francis hospitalized briefly after dealing with flu symptoms (FOX NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Google under attack for ‘woke AI’ fiasco (INSIDER)

📌 Wendy's backtracks: Says it isn't planning to introduce surge pricing (NPR)

📌 Boiling tap water can remove 80% of the microplastics in it (NEW SCIENCE)

📌 Any use of marijuana linked to higher risk of heart attack and stroke, study says (CNN)

📌 Reliance, Disney to merge India media assets to create $8.5 billion powerhouse (REUTERS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Actor Richard Lewis of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ dies at 76 (DEADLINE) Video: His 10 best ‘Curb’ Scenes (USA TODAY)

📌 James Beard Foundation honors 'beloved' local restaurants with America's Classics (USA TODAY)

📌 Andy Cohen snorts cocaine with coterie of favorite ‘Housewives,’ bombshell Leah McSweeney lawsuit claims (PAGE SIX)

📌 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were dangerously chased in New York City, NYPD says (PEOPLE)