Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe (www.propublica.org)
Tennessee to become first US state to provide families with diapers (www.independent.co.uk)
KFSM 5Newsonline: Report: Walmart heir donates $500k to group working against Arkansas education amendment (www.5newsonline.com)
The receiving organization is known as Arkansans for Students and Educators and was formed on April 1, 2024. A statement of organization filed with the Arkansas Ethics Commission says that the group was formed “For the disqualification and/or defeat of The Arkansas Educational Rights Amendment of 2024.”...
Credit card delinquencies surge, almost 1 in 5 users maxed-out: Research (www.thehill.com)
Bernie Sanders: ICC ‘right’ to seek arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Israeli defense official (thehill.com)
Trump posts video referencing ‘unified Reich’ if reelected (www.cnn.com)
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe (www.propublica.org)
Several of 3M’s most successful products contained man-made compounds called fluorochemicals. In a spray called Scotchgard, fluorochemicals protected leather and fabric from stains. In a coating known as Scotchban, they prevented food packaging from getting soggy. In a soapy foam used by firefighters, they helped extinguish...
Blinken willing to work with Congress on potential sanctions against ICC (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden and his political opponents have sharply criticized Khan’s announcement, arguing the court does not have jurisdiction over the Gaza conflict and raising concerns over process....
Israel shuts down live camera facing Gaza under its restrictive new law (www.cnn.com)
Rich nations are earning billions from a pledge to help fix climate (www.reuters.com)
Wealthy countries sent climate funding to the developing world in recent years with interest rates or strings attached that benefited the lending nations, a Reuters data analysis found....
Trump will dismantle key US weather and science agency, climate experts fear (www.theguardian.com)
Plan to break up Noaa claims its research is ‘climate alarmism’ and calls for commercializing forecasts, weakening forecasts...
Secure cages and Swat teams: Arizona county’s drastic steps to protect the vote (www.theguardian.com)
Extraordinary measures turn Maricopa county elections office into fortress ahead of 2024 vote to protect staff and ballots...
Trump says he's "looking at" allowing bans on birth control, backtracks after criticism (www.salon.com)
Fox News cuts off furious Trump in middle of rant about not 'fair' criminal trial (www.rawstory.com)
Inside India’s secret campaign to threaten and harass Americans (www.vox.com)
Narendra Modi’s government is trying to silence US critics of its authoritarian turn — and it’s succeeding....
The lunch rush is dead as Americans live for the weekend, office workers are pinching lunchtime pennies (www.nbcnews.com)
More than half the world cannot speak freely, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
Half the world’s population cannot freely speak their mind according to a new report on freedom of expression....
2 killed, 3 others injured in shooting at [Philadelphia Suburb] Chester linen company; suspect in custody (www.inquirer.com)
MAGA Lawyer Gets Dismantled by His Own Damning Trump Emails (www.thedailybeast.com)
Consumers are so demoralized by inflation and high rates they've given up on saving for the American Dream and are spending money instead, economist says (fortune.com)
Bump stock ruling could trigger booming rapid-fire marketplace [Clayton Vickers | 05/21/24 | The Hill] (thehill.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15645865...
After the only hospital in town closed, a North Carolina city directs its ire at politicians (apnews.com)
Weeds have punctured through the vacant parking lot of Martin General Hospital’s emergency room. A makeshift blue tarp covering the hospital’s sign is worn down from flapping in the wind. The hospital doors are locked, many in this county of 22,000 fear permanently....
Julian Assange wins right to appeal against extradition to US (www.theguardian.com)
Julian Assange has been granted leave to mount a fresh appeal against his extradition to the US on charges of leaking military secrets and will be able to challenge assurances from American officials on how a trial there would be conducted....
These Child Sex Abuse Victims Had an Opportunity to Get Justice. The Louisiana Supreme Court Took It Away. (www.motherjones.com)
Massive invasive snakes are on the loose and spreading in Puerto Rico (www.vox.com)
