Alabama town that hasn’t held elections in decades sued to allow voting (www.theguardian.com)
The town of Newbern saw white officials deny its first Black mayor, Patrick Braxton, from exercising his duties for three years...
Song lyrics getting simpler, more repetitive, angry and self-obsessed – study (www.theguardian.com)
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Famine is now probably present in Gaza, US says (www.theguardian.com)
Researchers analysed songs lyrics across several genres from 1980 to 2020, found that song lyrics getting simpler, more repetitive, angry and self-obsessed (www.theguardian.com)
‘Staggering’ rise in women with reproductive health issues near DRC cobalt mines – study (www.theguardian.com)
Investigation reveals reports of miscarriages, infections and birth defects among women and girls in mining communities...
Ted Cruz, US senator mocked for flight to Cancún, seeks airport police escorts (www.theguardian.com)
Republican senator, who flew to Mexico as Texas faced deadly cold snap, complains of ‘serious security threats’ to lawmakers...
Bolivian Indigenous groups assert claim to treasure of ‘holy grail of shipwrecks’ (www.theguardian.com)
Descendants of enslaved miners who dug up gold, silver and emeralds worth billions call on Colombia to halt plan to lift cargo...
Revealed: Idaho professor behind extremist site that spread conspiracies (www.theguardian.com)
BSU’s Scott Yenor ran Action Idaho, which attacked the university, LGBTQ+ people and Republicans deemed not rightwing enough...
Vegetables are losing their nutrients. Can the decline be reversed? (www.theguardian.com)
In 2004, Donald Davis and fellow scientists at the University of Texas made an alarming discovery: 43 foods, mostly vegetables, showed a marked decrease in nutrients between the mid and late 20th century....
Russian police detain journalist who filmed last video of Alexei Navalny alive (www.theguardian.com)
A journalist who filmed the last video of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny before he died, Antonina Favorskaya, has been detained by authorities....
‘Get on a plane’: Danish minister urged to meet Greenland coil scandal women (www.theguardian.com)
The Danish health minister should “get on a plane and visit” some of the thousands of women thought to be living with the consequences of being forcibly fitted with the contraceptive coil as children, Greenland’s gender equality minister has said....
Crystal Mason: Texas woman sentenced to five years over voting error acquitted (www.theguardian.com)
A Texas appeals court has thrown out a five-year prison sentence for Crystal Mason, a Texas woman who was sentenced for trying to cast a provisional ballot in the 2016 presidential election that was rejected....
How are musicians supposed to survive on $0.00173 per stream? (www.theguardian.com)
Russia criticised for using veto to end UN monitoring of North Korea sanctions (www.theguardian.com)
Russia has blocked the renewal of a UN panel monitoring sanctions against North Korea, weeks after the body said it was investigating reports of arms transfers between Moscow and Pyongyang....
Taliban edict to resume stoning women to death met with horror (www.theguardian.com)
The Taliban’s announcement that it is resuming publicly stoning women to death has been enabled by the international community’s silence, human rights groups have said....
Israeli settlers call for UN agency’s closure in Jerusalem protest (www.theguardian.com)
Massachusetts: robotic police dog shot and credited with averting bloodshed (www.theguardian.com)
Nick Cave on love, art and the loss of his sons: ‘It’s against nature to bury your children’ (www.theguardian.com)
‘Everybody has a breaking point’: how the climate crisis affects our brains (www.theguardian.com)
A long read for normal Lemmy posts, but well cited including a study on stress during pregnancy. The links to the studies do have statistics if you are interested in further reading....
‘Tone-deaf’ fossil gas growth in Europe is speeding climate crisis, say activists (www.theguardian.com)
Just 2% of continent’s gas capacity has planned retirement date despite pledges to decarbonise, study shows...
Baltimore bridge collapse: two bodies recovered from water, officials say (www.theguardian.com)
Authorities say bodies of Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes and Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera found by divers in pickup truck...
US maritime union sounds alarm over global shipping standards (www.theguardian.com)
Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association warned of the dangers of bigger cargo vessels and smaller crews not at par with US levels...
Luis Rubiales faces 30 month jail sentence for Jenni Hermoso kiss (www.theguardian.com)
Luis Rubiales could face a prison sentence of two and a half years if convicted of kissing Jenni Hermoso on the lips against her will, court documents have shown. The former Spanish football federation chief has been charged with one count of sexual assault and one of coercion in the aftermath of the kiss, offences carrying jail...
State department official’s resignation highlights rifts over US Gaza policy (www.theguardian.com)
A human rights official has resigned from the US state department over Gaza saying the Biden administration is flouting US law by continuing to arm Israel, and is hushing up evidence that the US had seen on Israeli human rights abuses.
State department official’s resignation highlights rifts over US Gaza policy (www.theguardian.com)
A human rights official has resigned from the US state department over Gaza saying the Biden administration is flouting US law by continuing to arm Israel, and is hushing up evidence that the US had seen on Israeli human rights abuses....