HOUR 1
- U.S. Intelligence leaks on the Internet / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/08/us/politics/leaked-documents-russia-ukraine-war.html? / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/04/09/doj-pentagon-investigate-leak-classified-docs?
- A Home Depot customer was bitten in the face by a dog while shopping in Colorado last month, according to authorities / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/us/colorado-home-depot-customer-gets-attacked-dog-owner-flees-store
- Trump popularity heightening after his NY indictment / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-still-not-prepared-announce-2024-presidential-run
- The Dalai Lama has apologized after footage showed him asking a boy if he wanted to suck the Tibetan spiritual leader's tongue / (BBC) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-65229327
- Sean “Diddy” Combs revealed that he pays Sting $5,000 per dayfor sampling the singer’s “Every Breath You Take” on his own 1997 track, “I’ll Be Missing You”—a tribute to Biggie Smalls.
- The IRS is hiring. The tax agency, flush with $80 billion in new funding, plans to bring on 30,000 staff in the next two years to replenish its depleted workforce, ramp up enforcement, and improve customer service.
- This year, shareholders filed around 540 proposals as of mid-February asking companies to address environmental, social and corporate governance issues, according to Proxy Preview / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/04/09/1168446621/businesses-face-more-and-more-pressure-from-investors-to-act-on-climate-change
- An Anchorage man who called a police officer a “pig” and asked if he was drinking on the job in an encounter at a gas station near downtown last summer was arrested minutes later on disorderly conduct and harassment charges / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2023/04/09/an-anchorage-man-called-a-police-officer-a-pig-and-ended-up-arrested-now-hes-suing-the-city/
HOUR 2
- The National Weather Service at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport measured two inches of snow on Sunday, putting the city at 100.4″ for the 2022-2023 season (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/04/08/get-ready-snowy-easter/
- Rep. Kevin McCabe legislative update
- At least five people were killed and eight others were injured in a shooting at a bank in downtown Louisville, Ky., on Monday morning, the police said. The suspected gunman died at the scene / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/10/us/louisville-kentucky-shooting.html?
- Rachel Kallander provides an update on the success of the 2023 Arctic Encounter Symposium / https://www.arcticencounter.com/#index