today in history: https://www.historynet.com/today-in-history/

· Illinois banned several firearms. Some Sheriffs are refusing to enforce the new law.

· Microsoft laid off 10,000 (or 5% of its workforce)

· People have started smuggling eggs across the US/Mexico border.

· The FBI raided a Chinese secret police station

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illinois

https://www.dailywire.com/news/illinois-becomes-9th-state-in-union-to-ban-dozens-of-firearms

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/18/politics/illinois-gun-ban-lawsuits

https://www.theblaze.com/news/sheriffs-refuse-gun-ban-threat

https://abc7chicago.com/assault-weapons-weapon-ban-illinois/12715336/

https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-gun-ban-lawsuits-sheriffs-20230118-5jk5zjan6radllmis3vr4bvw4u-story.html

https://abcnews.go.com/US/illinois-latest-us-state-ban-assault-weapons/story?id=96356906

 

Microsoft

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/01/19/micr-j19.html?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral

https://www.wspa.com/news/business/job-cuts-in-tech-sector-spread-microsoft-lays-off-10000/?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral

https://tennesseestar.com/2023/01/19/microsoft-lays-off-10000-as-major-companies-continue-job-cuts/?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral

https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2023/01/501_343891.html?utm_source=fl&utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral

https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/01/19/news/job-cuts-in-tech-sector-spread-microsoft-lays-off-10000/1874956?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230119_04/?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral

 

Eggs

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64337403

https://nypost.com/2023/01/19/egg-smuggling-up-108-at-us-mexico-border-as-prices-soar/

https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/egg-seizures-at-border-crossings-on-the-rise/509-8a870b2e-aea0-4c29-a58a-e3f60c9327fc

https://fox8.com/news/egg-seizures-up-at-border-crossings-as-prices-soar-in-u-s/

https://pix11.com/news/egg-seizures-up-at-border-crossings-as-prices-soar-in-u-s/

 

New York

https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-raids-nyc-building-where-communist-china-is-accused-of-conducting-secret-police-operations-report

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11633841/FBI-raids-Manhattan-building-used-secret-Chinese-POLICE-STATION-used-illegal-cops.html

https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/01/fbi-counterintelligence-raided-chinese-police-station-in-new-york-report/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSSllFclGkI

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/world/europe/china-outpost-new-york.html