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Judge admonishes defense witness for his behavior after prosecution rests in Trump hush money trial (apnews.com)

After Torturing Him, U.S. Breaks Guarantees of Safety to Former Guantánamo Detainee (theintercept.com)

Former Guantánamo detainee Saeed Bakhouch was sentenced by a court in Algeria to three years in prison on terrorism charges, Bakhouch’s lawyers told The Intercept....

‘Meet Baby Olivia’: anti-abortion groups target US sex-ed classes (www.theguardian.com)

Video of fetus in disembodied womb required viewing for students in two states, as classroom becomes latest front in post-Roe abortion wars...

An Israeli Company Is Hawking Its Self-Launching Drone System to U.S. Police Departments (theintercept.com)

Created by the Israeli company High Lander, Orion allows users to direct hundreds of drones at once by automating them to navigate and perform actions without user input. The software system turns drones into “next-generation security guards,” according to an Orion brochure....

706 people named Kyle got together in Texas. It wasn’t enough for a world record (apnews.com)

How many people named Kyle can fit in one place? For one Texas city, not enough....

Top oil firms’ climate pledges failing on almost every metric, report finds (www.theguardian.com)

Oil Change International says plans do not stand up to scrutiny and describes US fossil-fuel corporations as ‘the worst of the worst’...

Biden releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from Northeast reserve in bid to lower prices at pump (abcnews.go.com)

23-year-old man accused of running $100 million online narcotics marketplace (arstechnica.com)

The NYPD's Public Relations Staff has More Than Doubled in the Past Two Years (nysfocus.com)

In a statement, Brooklyn Councilmember Lincoln Restler pointed to the contrast between the dcpi’s staffing surge and Mayor Eric Adams’s cuts to other city services, including hundreds of layoffs in the Department of Buildings. “It’s stunning to see the nypd Communications Department more than double to 86 staff while so...

I was detained at a US airport and asked about Israel and Gaza for 2 hours. Why? | Ilan Pappé (www.theguardian.com)

I was held for two hours. The first round of questions was about my views on Hamas. Then the agents wished to know whether I thought Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip amount to genocide and what I think of the slogan “Palestine should be free from the river to the sea”. I said yes, I do think Israel is committing...

Israeli officials take down AP live shot of Gaza, US urges them to reverse block (apnews.com)

Original headline “Israeli officials seize AP equipment, citing new media law”

Man who sought revenge for a stolen phone pleads guilty to fire that killed a Senegalese family of 5 (www.nbcnews.com)

Kevin Bui wrongly believed people who had recently robbed him lived in the home after using an app to track his stolen iPhone to the general area, according to prior testimony in the case....

Viral kids creator Ms. Rachel says she experienced bullying after fundraising for children in Gaza (www.nbcnews.com)

Trump Trial Judge Seals the Courtroom to Unload on MAGA Lawyer (www.thedailybeast.com)

Missouri senators, not taxpayers, will pay potential damages in Chiefs rally shooting case (apnews.com)

FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg to resign after damning workplace harassment probe (www.cnbc.com)

Allegations of widespread sexual harassment and misconduct within the agency led to calls for Gruenberg to step down....

US-Congolese father killed while his son begs for his own life alongside Maryland cannabis dealer after bungled coup to overthrow DR Congo President (www.dailymail.co.uk)

One American is dead and another was left begging for his life after a botched coup was stopped in its tracks in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)....

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