15 Portland police cars badly burned Thursday morning; arson suspected (www.oregonlive.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14943650
‘Indefensible’: UK prisoner jailed for 23 months killed himself after being held for 17 years (theguardian.com)
Does the American Diabetes Association work for patients or companies? A lawsuit dared to ask | Neil Barsky (www.theguardian.com)
The ADA just settled an explosive legal case accusing the organization of betraying people with diabetes
Announcement of LibreOffice 24.2.3 Community (9to5linux.com)
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Whistleblower who accused Boeing supplier of ignoring defects dies | Aviation News (www.aljazeera.com)
Second Boeing whistleblower dies in less than two months (www.newshub.co.nz)
How shifting U.S. policies led to one of the deadliest incidents involving immigrants in Mexico’s history (www.texastribune.org)
Forty men were killed and more than two dozen were injured in one of the deadliest incidents involving immigrants in Mexico’s history. Investigators put the blame for the incident on the migrants who set the blaze and the guards who failed to help them. The United States urged immigrants to take heed of the tragedy and pursue...
Four UCLA student journalists attacked by pro-Israel counterprotesters on campus (www.latimes.com)
Four student journalists who work for the UCLA Daily Bruin were attacked shortly before 3:30 a.m. Wednesday by Pro-Israel counterprotesters during a campus demonstration that turned violent....
Top 100 from Quote Database Home (web.archive.org)
Thought I’d share this beautiful source of hilariousness! These are quotes/discussions from IRC, saved for a reason. Worth checking out if you need cheering up....
Google Photos will soon more easily let you block someone's face from Memories (9to5google.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14927799...
Armored police clear Pro-Palestinian encampment on Tulane's campus in New Orleans, Louisiana (www.nola.com)
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In This Police Youth Program, a Trail of Sexual Abuse Across the U.S. (www.themarshallproject.org)
The youth program that introduced Birchmore to the officers is among hundreds of such chapters at police agencies around the country. Created by the Boy Scouts of America decades ago, law enforcement Explorer posts are designed to help teens and young adults learn about policing....
Pentagon's reduction in military medical costs is criticized as going too far (www.npr.org)
In the past decade, the Pentagon tried to tame its massive health care costs by pushing medical care, especially for family members, into the private sector....
Second Boeing whistleblower dies suddenly (www.newsweek.com)
MTG Cites Antisemitic Fable Jews ‘Handed Over’ Jesus To Be Killed (talkingpointsmemo.com)
I’m Jewish and have been told very angrily that I killed Jesus more than once. It’s fun.
Climbers have turned Mount Everest into a high-altitude garbage dump, but sustainable solutions are within reach (theconversation.com)
EU unveils €1-billion aid package for Lebanon to curb refugee flows (www.euronews.com)
The European Union will provide €1 billion in financial aid to Lebanon over three years to prop up the country’s economy and help prevent a surge in refugees leaving for Europe....
Chimps are dying of the common cold. Is great ape tourism to blame? (www.theguardian.com)
Viruses that cause mild sniffles in humans are devastating populations of chimpanzees and gorillas. In some ape communities, it’s a bigger killer than habitat loss or poaching...
The fight for full press freedom in Ukraine: ‘We can write what we want, but bad actors try to intimidate us’ (www.theguardian.com)
Kyiv Independent’s Olga Rudenko is set on telling the truth in wartime, despite clumsy instances of state harassment...
Fix The Tix: 300 Musicians Back New Senate Bill for Reforming Concert Ticket Sales in the ‘Fans First Act’ (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
Harvey Weinstein faces New York retrial after 2020 rape conviction overturned (www.theguardian.com)
Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, says his team is determined to retry case against the disgraced movie mogul...
"Disable adblocker"-thing on YouTube is back (fedia.io) German
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