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)
3 Nixon justices helped end his presidency. Will the 3 Trump appointees force him to stand trial? (apnews.com)
Fifty years ago, three of the justices Richard Nixon appointed to the Supreme Court joined in an 8-0 decision in the Watergate tapes case that effectively ended his presidency, ruling only 16 days after hearing the case. Nixon resigned from office just over two weeks later....
Singer sues hospital, says staff thought he was mentally ill and wasn't member of Four Tops (apnews.com)
The lead singer of the Four Tops said a Detroit-area hospital restrained him and ordered a psychological exam after refusing to believe that he was part of the Motown music group....
Union: 4 Florida police officers indicted for 2019 shootout that left UPS driver and passerby dead (apnews.com)
Iceland issues license for 128 fin whales to be hunted this year (apnews.com)
Iceland issues license for 128 fin whales to be hunted this year (apnews.com)
Researchers find higher levels of dangerous chemical than expected in southeast Louisiana (apnews.com)
Researchers using high-tech air monitoring equipment rolled through an industrialized stretch of southeast Louisiana in mobile labs and found levels of a carcinogen in concentrations as much as 10 times higher than previously estimated, according to a paper published Tuesday in the journal Environmental Science & Technology....
Malawi's vice president and 9 others have died in a plane crash, the president says (apnews.com)
Malawi’s vice president, Saulos Chilima, was among 10 people killed when a small military plane crashed in a mountainous region in the north of the country, the the president said Tuesday. Chilima was 51....
Justice Alito questions possibility of political compromise in secret recording (apnews.com)
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is heard questioning whether compromise between the left and right is possible in a conversation posted on social media Monday. The conservative justice is also heard agreeing with a woman who says the United States should return “to a place of godliness.”...
Japan's economy is shrinking, although slightly less than previously thought (apnews.com)
Japan's economy is shrinking, although slightly less than previously thought (apnews.com)
Baltimore shipping channel fully reopens after bridge collapse (apnews.com)
The main shipping channel into Baltimore’s port has fully reopened to its original depth and width following the March 26 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which blocked most maritime traffic into the harbor....