February 3: Chinese spy balloon raises tensions. Rideshare robbers make drivers’ job more dangerous.

J. Scott Wilson

2 years ago

Good morning! It’s Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. Here’s a look at your news across the nation:

1️. Chinese spy balloon found hovering over US

FILE – The Pentagon is seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington, March 2, 2022. The U.S. has now collected 510 reports of unidentified flying objects, many of which are flying in sensitive military airspace. While there’s no evidence of extraterrestrials, they still pose a threat, the government said in a declassified report summary released Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

2. Drivers lured into danger in brazen rideshare robberies

Rideshare robbery snapshot

3. Hunter Biden’s lawyer says letters don’t mean laptop is his

Hunter Biden leaves after President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 17 people during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

4. DEA: Cartels greatest drug threat US has ever faced

FILE – In this Feb. 22, 2014 file photo, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the head of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, is escorted to a helicopter in Mexico City following his capture in the beach resort town of Mazatlan, Mexico. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said on Wednesday, Jan. 18 2023 that the government will analyze El Chapo’s request to be returned to Mexico to carry out his life prison sentence. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

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MURDAUGH TRIAL: WITNESSES DETAIL ALLEGED FINANCIAL CRIMES

The firm’s Chief Financial Officer Jeanne Seckinger bluntly outlined evidence the firm found of Murdaugh’s alleged scheme dating back to 2011.

Alex Murdaugh, center, listens to Britt Dove, SLED agent specialist in computer forensics, speak about information from his cellphone during his trial for murder at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. (Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool)

📅 What we’re watching

🔴 The U.S. Labor Department will release unemployment numbers for January (the unemployment rate in December was 3.5%).

🔴 The MusiCares Persons of the Year award will be presented to Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy at the annual MusiCares Gala Tribute dinner.

🔴 President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris deliver remarks at the Democratic National Committee winter meeting.

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