Sunday Reads: Feb. 16

Here’s this week’s reading list, stay warm out there.

NPR: CDC releases MMWR on bird flu spreading undetected in cows and people

NBC News: Man linked to Alicia Navarro, teen missing for 4 years, sentenced to 100 years for child sex abuse

NBC News: Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers but can’t figure out how to reach them

The New York Times: D.C. plane crash happened after years of warnings

The Washington Post: Ukraine rejects initial Trump request for half its mineral wealth

The New York Times: Eggs over easy? Not these days.

Eater: For undocumented restaurant workers, everything is in question

DefenseScoop: NORAD commander says hundreds of drone incursions were detected at U.S. military installations

Associated Press: Trump signs a plan for reciprocal tariffs on US trading partners, ushering in economic uncertainty

The Washington Post: Internal documents show how DOGE planned DEI purge — and whom they want to fire next

Reuters: Trump’s tariffs lift U.S. metals prices but underscore production struggles

The Washington Post: Israel likely to strike Iran in coming months, warns U.S. intelligence

The Economist: The world’s 50 most walkable cities

The Economist: What walking from Washington to New York reveals about America

Route Fifty: Utah lawmaker wants police to disclose when they use artificial intelligence

The Washington Post: American hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen released by Hamas after 16 months in captivity, following tense week during Gaza ceasefire deal

CBS News: Canned tuna sold by major U.S. grocers recalled due to botulism concerns

NPR: States aim to cut energy costs for low-income households with community solar projects

The Atlantic: Citrus greening is an existential threat to the orange juice industry

The New York Times: Cyber attack disrupts publication of Lee newspapers across the U.S.

Associated Press: White House fires USAID inspector general after warning about funding oversight, officials say

Texas Monthly: After the raid

The Washington Post: Justice officials seek to drop Eric Adams case after 7 veteran prosecutors resign over request to do so

Reuters: Under threat of Trump tariffs, UK posts rare goods trade deficit with U.S.

Chicago Tribune: Chicago says it hopes to open city-owned market instead of city-owned grocery store

Route Fifty: A simple fix could stop millions in food stamp theft. Will New York commit?

The Washington Post: California city votes to criminalize helping people in homeless camps

The New York Times: Trump’s W.H.O. exit throws smallpox defenses into upheaval

CyberScoop: In Paris, U.S. signals shift from AI safety to deregulation

The Seattle Times: Washington state bill could require testing biosolids for PFAS

Associated Press: Alabama lawmakers seek more money for prison construction

NPR: Jan. 6 court evidence ‘disappeared,’ attorneys for press group say

The Salt Lake Tribune: ‘Trash soup’ fills this old landfill after storms. The Utah Inland Port Authority plans to clean it up.

The New York Times: The word salad on dine dining menus

The New Yorker: How the sounds of nature change after wildfires