Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on bump stocks, gun accessories used in 2017 Vegas massacre (apnews.com)
US-built pier in Gaza is facing its latest challenge — whether the UN will keep delivering the aid (apnews.com)
The U.S.-built pier to bring food to Gaza is facing one of its most serious challenges yet — its humanitarian partner is deciding if it can safely and ethically keep delivering supplies arriving by the U.S. sea route to starving Palestinians....
US submarine pulls into Guantanamo Bay a day after Russian warships arrive in Cuba (apnews.com)
Elon Musk wins back his $44.9 billion Tesla pay package in shareholder vote (apnews.com)
Tesla shareholders voted Thursday to restore CEO Elon Musk’s record $44.9 billion pay package that was thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year, sending a strong vote of confidence in his leadership of the electric vehicle maker....
US submarine pulls into Guantanamo Bay a day after Russian warships arrive in Cuba (apnews.com)
A U.S. Navy submarine has arrived in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a show of force as a fleet of Russian warships gather for planned military exercises in the Caribbean....
Phoenix police have pattern of violating civil rights and using excessive force, Justice Dept. says (apnews.com)
Phoenix police discriminate against Black, Hispanic and Native American people, unlawfully detain homeless people and use excessive force, including unjustified deadly force, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday....
Supreme Court, siding with Starbucks, makes it harder for NLRB to win court orders in labor disputes (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday made it harder for the federal government to win court orders when it suspects a company of interfering in unionization campaigns in a case that stemmed from a labor dispute with Starbucks....
Audit finds Minnesota agency's lax oversight fostered theft of $250M from federal food aid program (apnews.com)
Wreck of the last ship of famed Anglo-Irish explorer Shackleton found off the coast of Canada (apnews.com)
The wreck of the last ship belonging to Sir Ernest Shackleton, a famous Irish-born British explorer of Antarctica, has been found off the coast of Labrador in Canada, 62 years after it went missing. The wreck was found by an international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society....
Florida jury finds Chiquita Brands liable for Colombia deaths, must pay $38.3M to family members (apnews.com)
Apparent pro-Palestinian activists splash red paint on homes of Jewish officials at Brooklyn Museum (apnews.com)
Armenian leader announces plan to leave Russia-dominated security alliance (CSTO) as ties with Moscow sour (apnews.com)
Oklahoma Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit of last Tulsa Race Massacre survivors seeking reparations (apnews.com)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit of the last two survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dampening the hope of advocates for racial justice that the government would make amends for one of the worst single acts of violence against Black people in U.S. history....
Boeing sales tumble as the company gets no orders for the 737 Max for the second straight month (apnews.com)
Thefts of charging cables pose yet another obstacle to appeal of electric vehicles (apnews.com)
Blinken says some of Hamas’ proposed changes to a cease-fire plan in Gaza are workable and some not (apnews.com)
Heavy snows and drought of deadly 'dzud' kill more than 7 million head of livestock in Mongolia (apnews.com)
Southern Baptists expel Virginia church for believing women can serve as pastors (apnews.com)
Even as they prepare to vote on a formal ban on churches with women pastors, delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to boot one such church from its ranks....
US will send Ukraine another Patriot missile system after Kyiv's desperate calls for air defenses (apnews.com)
The United States will send Ukraine another Patriot missile system, two U.S. officials said Tuesday, answering Kyiv’s desperate calls for more air defenses as it battles an intense Russian assault on the northeastern Kharkiv region....
Linguist and activist Noam Chomsky hospitalized in his wife's native country of Brazil after stroke (apnews.com)
Oregon man who drugged daughter's friends with insomnia medication at sleepover gets prison term (apnews.com)
An Oregon man who drugged his daughter and her friends with fruit smoothies laced with a sleeping medication after they didn’t go to bed during a sleepover was sentenced to two years in prison....
Waffle House raises worker pay after strikes and pressure from labor organizers (apnews.com)
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Adult entertainment industry sues again over law requiring pornographic sites to verify users' ages (apnews.com)
An Indiana law that requires pornographic websites to verify users’ ages — one of numerous such statutes in effect across the country — is being challenged by an association of the adult entertainment industry....
Waffle House raises worker pay after strikes and pressure from labor organizers (apnews.com)
Florida jury finds Chiquita Brands liable for Colombia deaths by financing paramilitary group, must pay $38.3M to family members (apnews.com)