The average price for a dozen large Grade A eggs in December hit $4.25, up from $1.79 the year before, according to federal watchdogs. Also in the news: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is stepping down and there's still a lot we don't know about President Joe Biden's recently recovered classified documents. |
Now, here we go with Thursday's news. |
Here's why egg prices are soaring across the US |
Egg prices continue to skyrocket – up 60% in December from a year earlier. Last year, the average price for a dozen large Grade A eggs in the U.S. was $1.93 in January. By December, when egg demand peaked, the price surged to $4.25. But why? Three reasons: an increase in holiday demand, higher production costs for farmers, and an outbreak of bird flu, a highly contagious virus that can be fatal to poultry such as chickens and turkeys. Read more | Anyone going to buy a dozen eggs these days will have to be ready to pay up because the lingering bird flu outbreak, combined with soaring feed, fuel and labor costs, has driven prices up significantly.
Seth Wenig, AP |
'I no longer have enough in the tank' |
Jacinda Ardern said Thursday she is stepping down as New Zealand's prime minister and will not contest this year's general elections. Fighting back tears, Ardern told reporters that Feb. 7 will be her last day in office. "I know what this job takes, and I know that I no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice," she said. Arden was lauded globally for her country's initial handling of the coronavirus pandemic after New Zealand managed for months to stop the virus at its borders. Read more | New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern announces she will resign, plans to step in February
AP |
Key questions we still don't know about Biden's documents |
The revelation of classified documents at the home and former personal office of Joe Biden has turned into a White House crisis, blunting the president's momentum from the midterm elections and handing Republicans new attacks. |
Adding to the blowback: The inability – or unwillingness – of the White House to answer several basic questions about the handling of the documents, which date back to the Obama administration when Biden served as vice president. |
| • | Why didn't the White House publicly disclose the documents immediately? Instead, the White House waited until CBS News first reported the discovery on Jan. 9 to confirm that a batch was found Nov. 2 – days before the midterm elections – at Biden's former office at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C. | | • | Have all the documents been discovered? Following the first discovery of classified documents in November at the Penn Biden Center, Biden's attorneys adopted a protocol to suspend the search and notify the Justice Department when future documents are found. As a result, Biden's lawyers can't guarantee that more documents won't turn up. | | President Joe Biden speaks at the National Action Network's Martin Luther King, Jr., Day breakfast, Jan. 16, 2023, in Washington.
Manuel Balce Ceneta, AP |
Human trafficking laws were supposed to help women. Victims' stories say otherwise. |
The Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act was supposed to help people, many of them new and sometimes undocumented immigrants. But more than two decades after the law took effect, women are still being trafficked all across the U.S. It takes many forms, but one of the most organized – and lucrative – is through massage. A USA TODAY investigation published this National Human Trafficking Prevention Month shows that law enforcement and prosecutors struggle to build cases that lead to convictions. Police often rely on victims to say they've been forced and to identify perpetrators – which has proven an unrealistic expectation. Read more | "Shirley" worked at a Baltimore house being used for illicit massage, performing sex acts for men who rang the doorbell at all hours.
Jennifer Altman |
Attorneys representing Devin Willock's family call press conference to discuss legal action |
The parents of Georgia football player Devin Willock are scheduled to appear outside an Athens courthouse on Thursday at a press conference where legal action to be taken will be discussed after their son's death Sunday in a car crash. The press conference would come four days after Willock and Georgia recruiting staffer Chandler LeCroy were killed in a single-car crash at about 2:45 a.m. The crash report released by the Athens-Clarke County police cited excessive speed as a contributing factor. Attorney Roy T. Willey IV and members of the legal team will be discussing the accident investigation details. Read more | Georgia offensive lineman Devin Willock played in all 15 games for the Bulldogs this season, including in the national championship game against TCU.
Mark J. Rebilas, USA TODAY Sports |
📷 Photo of the day: Climate change is melting ice in Greenland 📷 |
The shrinking and melting of Greenland's ice sheet over the past decade — driven by hotter summer temperatures — is likely unprecedented over 1,000 years, researchers said in a new study. Greenland's ice sheet plays an important role in the global climate system, storing a huge amount of water, one expert said. If unmitigated carbon emissions continue, researchers believe the ice sheet is projected to contribute up to 19 inches of global mean sea level rise by 2100. Read more about it here and click here to see more photos of the shrinking ice sheet. | Ice calving from the Russel Glacier in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, in July 2022.
Sepp Kipfstuhl, Alfred Wegener Institute | A representative for Kardashian beat out at least three other bidders for the necklace, Sotheby's said. The piece, called the Attallah cross, consists of square-cut amethysts, circular-cut diamond accents and flowery details
Phillip Faraone/Getty Images; Herman Knippertz/AP Photo |
Associated Press contributed reporting. | | | |
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