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National News:

Russia downplays West's move on tanks, strikes Ukraine again

From Washington to Berlin to Kyiv, a Western decision to send battle tanks to Ukraine was hailed enthusiastically.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-politics-government-military-technology-1982a1e06b21743ab6c5c4eccf91772b

Republicans Didn’t Get Less Popular After All That Speaker Drama — They Were Already Unpopular

The election for speaker of the House may have gripped Washington, D.C., for almost a week earlier this month, but the rest of the country apparently reacted wi…

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/republicans-house-speaker-polls/

Digital scan unwraps secrets of mummy from 2,300 years ago

Team at Cairo University conclude teenager was rich and he may point to evidence non-Egyptians were mummified

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jan/24/digital-scan-unwraps-secrets-of-mummy-from-2300-years-ago?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

State News:

Health commissioner declines to answer reporters’ questions on HIV funds – Tennessee Lookout

Dr. Ralph Alvarado, new commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Health, dodged questions about cuts to funding for HIV prevention.

https://tennesseelookout.com/2023/01/25/health-commissioner-declines-to-answer-reporters-questions-on-hiv-funds/

Local News:

Piedmont Lithium a leading global developer of lithium resources critical

to the U.S. electric vehicle supply chain, recently announced the addition

of its first Tennessee-based employees to support the Tennessee Lithium

project. Lee Montgomery joins Piedmont Lithium as a Community Relations Manager and Ashley Copeland as a Corporate Communications

Specialist. Both Montgomery and Copeland are residents of McMinn

County, underscoring Piedmont’s commitment to hiring locally whenever

possible.

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The Arts:

Oscar Nominations

Nominations for the 95th annual Academy Awards were announced yesterday, led by "Everything Everywhere All at Once," with 11 nominations. The multiverse science fiction film's Michelle Yeoh becomes the first Asian woman nominated for best actress. "All Quiet on the Western Front" and "The Banshees of Inisherin" follow with nine nominations each.

Major blockbusters hit big this year—the 10 best picture nominees have grossed a combined nearly $1.6B in domestic ticket sales, with "Top Gun: Maverick" and "Avatar: The Way of Water" accounting for a combined $1.3B. The nominations come at a time when the Academy is trying to attract more viewers. Last year's ceremony marked the second least-watched and lowest-rated telecast in Oscars history.

See the biggest snubs and surprises here. Winners in all 23 categories will be announced live during the ceremony, which takes place March 12 (8 pm ET, ABC), with Jimmy Kimmel returning as host.

See the Muppet version of each best picture nominee here.

Bill Freeman is Southern Progressive Newsletter

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