Keeping up with America

• The parents of a boy who shot and killed four high school classmates must stand trial for manslaughter, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled. Ethan Crumbley, 16, has pleaded guilty to terrorism and murder charges for carrying out the shooting at Oxford High School in November 2021.

• The US government is demanding that TikTok's Chinese owners sell the social media platform, or risk facing a ban. It comes as more and more countries have been expressing concerns about what China might do with user data from the app.

• A Colorado dentist was formally charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife after he allegedly poisoned her pre-workout shakes with arsenic. James Craig, 45, appeared at the Arapahoe County District Court in Centennial, Colorado, on Thursday wearing an orange jail jumpsuit to hear the charges.

• The Arizona Supreme Court has declined to consider most of Republican Kari Lake's appeal in a challenge of her defeat in the Arizona governor's race but revived a claim that was dismissed by a trial court.

• The Canadian and U.S. governments have agreed to update an asylum seekers pact that would allow for the closure of an unofficial U.S.-Canada border crossing at Roxham Road, between New York state and the province of Quebec.

Daily World News

• Bordeaux town hall has been set on fire as French protests continued over plans to raise the pension age. More than a million people took to the streets across France, with 119,000 in Paris, according to figures from the interior ministry. Police fired tear gas at protesters in the capital and 80 people were arrested across the country.

• The U.S. will send aging A-10 attack planes to swap for more advanced combat aircraft in the Middle East as part of a Pentagon effort to shift more modern fighters to the Pacific and Europe to deter China and Russia, U.S. officials said.

• One Ukrainian paid almost $10,000 to flee the draft. Another has ignored five military summonses. A third avoids public spaces, fearing a military official will pounce and issue a call-up. (More)

Business & Tech

• Walmart lays off hundreds of workers at e-commerce facilities (More)

• Tech guru Jaron Lanier: ‘The danger isn’t that AI destroys us. It’s that it drives us insane’ (More)

• Artificial intelligence parking garage opens in Astoria, first of its kind in Queens (More)

Wealthy Wise

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• Will the banking crisis cause a recession? Jessica Dickler, CNBC. Reports show consumer confidence is declining amid renewed recession fears. The recent banking crisis was another blow to how most people feel about their financial picture. Still, thanks, in part, to a strong labor market, the economy has remained remarkably resilient, dodging a downturn so far.

• Why are used-car prices going up? What the cost bump means for inflation, more (More)

Sports and Entertainment

• Yankees worth $7.1 billion as MLB team values rise amid TV turmoil (More) | Mike Greenberg’s Wife Provides Update After ESPN Host’s Heart Procedure (More)

• Beyoncé, Adidas Mutually Agree to Part Ways (More) | ‘SNL’ Postproduction Workers Ratify First Contract, Officially Calling Off Strike Threat (More)

• Banned book attempts hit record high in 2022, nearly double last year, says library org (More) | Gwyneth Paltrow offers 'treats' to bailiffs in ski collision trial, motion objected (More)

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