* NY Times publishes lengthy and graphic story about Hamas weaponizing sexual assault * former NIH director gets candid about “mistakes” of singular focus on COVID response * “free” versus “subsidized” * Seattle appears to have a repeat offender tree cutter * GUEST: KC Councilman, Reagan Dunn, addresses the failures of the KC Prosecutor’s Office juvenile division particularly regarding accused sex offenders * a Metro bus driver attacked in Bellevue and suspect is still at large * Ron DeSantis criticizes Nikki Haley for her answer about the cause of the US Civil War * was Nikki Haley running for