Louisiana man sentenced to 50 years in prison, physical castration for raping teen (www.cbsnews.com)
A Louisiana man has been sentenced to decades in prison and physical castration after pleading guilty to raping a teenager, according to a news release from the region’s district attorney....
Arizona senate passes repeal of 1864 near-total abortion ban (www.theguardian.com)
Democrats pick up support of two Republicans to repeal law reinstated three weeks ago, with governor expected to ratify repeal...
Mystery of ancient Roman dodecahedron baffling experts as it goes on display in UK (www.independent.co.uk)
A mysterious Roman object unearthed in an amateur dig has baffled experts as it goes on display in Britain for the first time....
Wisconsin school district says active shooter 'neutralized' outside middle school, lockdown ordered (apnews.com)
Harvey Weinstein faces New York retrial after 2020 rape conviction overturned (www.theguardian.com)
Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, says his team is determined to retry case against the disgraced movie mogul...
All the ways streaming services are aggravating their subscribers this week | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
Streaming services like Netflix and Peacock have already found multiple ways to aggravate paying subscribers this week....
Police Fire Rubber Bullets at UCLA’s Pro-Palestine Protesters (www.thedailybeast.com)
UCLA clashes: Police criticised for 'delayed' response to violence (www.bbc.com)
The office of California’s governor has criticised the police response to violence on campus at the University of California, Los Angeles....
Columbia University threatens to expel student protesters who occupied administration building (apnews.com)
Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag from a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war on college campuses nationwide. The school promised they would face expulsion....
Kristi Noem defends killing her own puppy (www.motherjones.com)
Martin Myers tried and failed to steal a cigarette. Why has he spent 18 years in prison for it? (www.theguardian.com)
Police clear pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University while clashes break out at UCLA (apnews.com)
NEW YORK (AP) — The pro-Palestinian demonstration that paralyzed Columbia University ended in dramatic fashion, with police carrying riot shields bursting into a building that protesters took over the previous night and making dozens of arrests. On the other side of the country, clashes broke out early Wednesday between...
Man allegedly pours bleach into Oregon hatchery tank and kills 18,000 salmon (www.theguardian.com)
House passes antisemitism bill with broad bipartisan support amid campus arrests (www.nbcnews.com)
Fix The Tix: 300 Musicians Back New Senate Bill for Reforming Concert Ticket Sales in the ‘Fans First Act’ (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
Bill Barr says Trump often suggested executing rivals in heated White House outbursts (www.independent.co.uk)
Despite Bill Barr’s repeatedly voicing concerns about Donald Trump, he has now said he will vote for him again this November...
Campus protests: UCLA students in standoff with police as demonstrations spread across US (www.theguardian.com)
Tensions are growing at the University of California where hundreds of police in riot gear have gathered after warning pro-Palestinian protesters to disperse or face arrest, a day after their encampment was violently attacked by masked counter-protesters....
It’s Not Just Gaza: Student Protesters See Links to a Global Struggle (www.nytimes.com)
'This Will Ruin My Life and Career': Cheating Site Ashley Madison Is Overflowing With Sextortionists (gizmodo.com)
Emergency Slide Falls Off Plane, Winds Up At Home Of Lawyer Whose Firm Is Suing Boeing (www.huffpost.com)
An emergency slide that fell off of a Delta passenger jet shortly after take-off last week reportedly turned up two days later outside the home of a lawyer whose firm is coincidently suing the Boeing plane manufacturer over safety issues....
GOP attorney general throws support behind 8th-graders who protested trans girl’s right to compete (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Jessica Seinfeld and Bill Ackman Fund Pro-Israel Counterprotests at Colleges (www.thedailybeast.com)
Jerry Seinfeld’s wife funding agitators
Pentagon's reduction in military medical costs is criticized as going too far (www.npr.org)
In the past decade, the Pentagon tried to tame its massive health care costs by pushing medical care, especially for family members, into the private sector....
How shifting U.S. policies led to one of the deadliest incidents involving immigrants in Mexico’s history (www.texastribune.org)
Forty men were killed and more than two dozen were injured in one of the deadliest incidents involving immigrants in Mexico’s history. Investigators put the blame for the incident on the migrants who set the blaze and the guards who failed to help them. The United States urged immigrants to take heed of the tragedy and pursue...
