Virginia teacher shot by 6-year-old can proceed with $40 million lawsuit, judge rules (apnews.com)
A judge in Virginia has ruled that a teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in class can press forward with a $40 million lawsuit.
Biden administration waives 26 federal laws to allow border wall construction in South Texas (apnews.com)
Florida man sentenced to 1 year in federal prison for trying to run over 6 Black men (apnews.com)
A 62-year-old white man convicted of attempting to run down six Black men at the site of the Rosewood massacre has been sentenced to a single year in prison....
Greta Thunberg charged with public order offense in UK after arrest outside oil industry conference (apnews.com)
Amazon Prime Video will soon come with ads, or a $2.99 monthly charge to dodge them (apnews.com)
Amazon Prime Video will soon come with ads, or a $2.99 monthly charge to dodge them::Amazon’s Prime Video will begin showing ads during shows and movies early next year.
Thousands sign up to experience magic mushrooms as Oregon’s novel psilocybin experiment takes off (apnews.com)
Psilocybin tea, wind chimes and a tie-dye mattress await those coming to an office suite in Eugene to trip on magic mushrooms. For roughly six hours, adults over 21 can experience what many users describe as vivid geometric shapes, a loss of identity and a oneness with the universe....
Women in Iceland including the prime minister go on strike for equal pay and an end to violence (apnews.com)
Iceland’s prime minister and women across the island nation are on strike to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence.
Trump accused of asking staffer to delete camera footage in Florida classified documents case (apnews.com)
Two Vegas casinos fell victim to cyberattacks, shattering the image of impenetrable casino security (apnews.com)
Officials can’t interfere with local Tennessee Pride festival under anti-drag law, judge rules (apnews.com)
A federal judge ruled Friday that law enforcement officials can’t use a Tennessee law that strictly limits drag shows to interfere with a local Pride festival this weekend, favoring event organizers who sued after a district attorney warned he intends to enforce the new statute even after another federal judge ruled it...
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signs law restricting release of her travel, security records (apnews.com)
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a law Thursday restricting release of her travel and security records after the Legislature wrapped up a special session marked by a fight to more broadly scale back the state Freedom of Information Act....
Police who fatally shot a pregnant woman are sued by her family in Colorado (apnews.com)
Destinee Thompson was supposed to be on her way to lunch with her stepmother in August 2021 when Colorado police, mistaking her for a robbery suspect, fatally shot the pregnant mother as she fled in her minivan.
'Amtrak Joe' Biden is off to Delaware to give out $16 billion for passenger rail projects (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden — perhaps the nation’s biggest Amtrak fan — is set to promote new federal investments for trains on the heavily trafficked Northeast Corridor....
A Batman researcher said 'gay' in a talk to schoolkids. When asked to censor himself, he quit (apnews.com)
Bank that handles Infowars money appears to be cutting ties with Alex Jones’ company, lawyer says (apnews.com)
A bank recently shut down the accounts of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ media company, citing unauthorized transactions — a move that caused panic at the business when its balances suddenly dropped from more than $2 million to zero, according to a lawyer for the company....
Berlin Wall relic gets a 'second life' on US-Mexico border as Biden adds barriers (apnews.com)
As the U.S. government built its latest stretch of border wall, Mexico made a statement of its own by laying remains of the Berlin Wall a few steps away....
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law requiring big businesses to disclose emissions (apnews.com)
Large businesses in California will have to disclose a wide range of planet-warming emissions under a new law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Saturday — the most sweeping mandate of its kind in the nation....
Germany bans far-right group that tried to indoctrinate children with Nazi ideology (apnews.com)
Russia halts wartime deal allowing Ukraine to ship grain. It’s a blow to global food security (apnews.com)
Alabama inmate opposes being ‘test subject’ for new nitrogen execution method (apnews.com)
An Alabama inmate would be the test subject for the “experimental” execution method of nitrogen hypoxia, his lawyers argued, as they asked judges to deny the state’s request to carry out his death sentence using the new method....
NY woman who fatally shoved singing coach, age 87, is sentenced to more time in prison than expected (apnews.com)
A New York judge sentenced a woman who pleaded guilty to fatally shoving an 87-year-old Broadway singing coach onto a Manhattan sidewalk to six months more in prison than the eight years that had been previously reached in a plea deal.
Biden picks female admiral to lead Navy. She'd be first woman on Joint Chiefs of Staff (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden has chosen Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy, an unprecedented choice that, if she is confirmed, will make her the first woman to be a Pentagon service chief and the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
New 'joint employer' rule could make it easier for millions to unionize - if it survives challenges (apnews.com)
The rule — announced late last month by the National Labor Relations Board –- sets new standards for determining when two companies should be considered “joint employers” under the National Labor Relations Act....
Mexico is likely to get its first female president after top parties choose 2 women as candidates (apnews.com)
With the selection of former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum as the candidate of the country’s ruling party in next June’s election, Mexico will for the first time have time two women from its main political movements competing for the presidency....