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1. Beloved breakfast restaurant owned by Cracker Barrel closes for good

   The Alabama venue is the latest to be abruptly shuttered, as Cracker Barrel struggles with ongoing fallout from a disastrous logo rebrand that saw it lose $94 million in a single day

2. House will vote on requiring locator systems that would have prevented Washington midair collision

   Legislation on the floor of the U.S. House could determine whether planes are required to carry more locator technology

3. Employee with endometriosis wins appeal after dismissal in landmark case

   Sanju Pal was dismissed for not meeting performance targets after being diagnosed with severe endometriosis

4. Court backlog ‘absolutely dire’ and will get worse before it gets better, minister admits

   David Lammy has pledged to fix the UK’s broken judicial system amid a spiralling case backlog

5. Russians describe senior officers ordering brutal execution of fellow soldiers

   Russian soldiers told how they witnessed their comrades being killed at point-blank range on the order of senior commanders for refusing to be thrown into ‘meat storm’ missions in Ukraine

6. The Latest: Northeast snowstorm forces millions to stay home, disrupts flights and closes schools

   Neighbors, government workers and a powerful railroad snow-clearing machine nicknamed “Darth Vader” have been digging out from a brutal storm that forecasters are calling the strongest in a decade

7. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor latest: Government backs files release as ex-duke accused of ‘self-enriching hustle’

   A vote is expected following the Lib Dems opposition day debate

8. Iran military helicopter crashes into central fruit and vegetable market, reportedly killing 4

   An Iranian army helicopter has crashed into a market in central Iran and reportedly killed at least four people

9. Ukraine-Russia war latest: Macron ‘very sceptical’ about peace talks on fourth anniversary of invasion

   French president expressed doubt that a lasting peace deal could be agreed due to Moscow’s lack of willingness

10. Aid groups petition Israeli court to let them keep working in Gaza after ban over new rules

    Seventeen international aid groups have petitioned Israel’s Supreme Court to allow them to keep working in the Gaza Strip and other Palestinian areas as Israel is set to bar them for refusing to comply with new rules