Florida blocks heat protections for workers right before summer (www.npr.org)
Progressive candidates are increasingly sharing their own abortion stories after Roe’s demise (www.chicagotribune.com)
For decades, only three people knew Gloria Johnson had had an abortion....
Maine lawmakers face down death threats & advance bill protecting gender-affirming care (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Ford recalls nearly 43,000 SUVs due to gas leaks that can cause fires, but remedy won't fix leaks (apnews.com)
Many FBI agents are struggling to make ends meet. Housing costs are to blame (www.wbur.org)
Many FBI agents based in cities with a high cost of living are struggling to make ends meet, forcing them to make hours-long commutes or double up in apartments, according to bureau and Justice Department officials....
Homicide suspect kills himself after fleeing through 3 states, authorities say (abcnews.go.com)
Authorities said they’re investigating a case of domestic violence that ended with a man dead and a woman injured in South Dakota, and the suspect fleeing through Wyoming before killing himself Saturday in Colorado....
O.J. Simpson, former football star acquitted of murder, dies at 76. (abcnews.go.com)
New Boeing Whistleblower Says 787 Fuselages Are Improperly Fastened Together, Could Break Apart (futurism.com)
Suicide is on the rise for young Americans, with no clear answers (www.bbc.com)
How US Intelligence and an American Company Feed Israel’s Killing Machine in Gaza (www.thenation.com)
Palantir’s AI machines need data for fuel—data in the form of intelligence reports on Palestinians in the occupied territories. And for decades a key and highly secret source of that data for Israel has been the US National Security Agency, according to documents released by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. After fleeing to...
House Votes to Extend—and Expand—Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a Major US Spy Program (www.wired.com)
After months of delays, false starts, and interventions by lawmakers working to preserve and expand the US intelligence community’s spy powers, the House of Representatives voted on Friday to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for two years....
Sketchy Botox shots spark multistate outbreak of botulism-like condition (arstechnica.com)
So far at least six people in two states have fallen ill; four of them were hospitalized....
Elon Musk’s X botched an attempt to replace “twitter.com” links with “x.com” (arstechnica.com)
Automatic text replacement let users spoof URLs ending in x, like netflix.com....
Senate Republicans furious over Trump trying to derail FISA bill (thehill.com)
Senate Republicans vented their frustration after former President Trump helped derail a compromise House bill to extend Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) authority, sending lawmakers scrambling to find a Plan B to keep the nation’s intelligence agencies from losing their ability to spy on adversaries and...
The Silver or the Lead: How White Collar Crime Prosecutors Get Punished (www.thebignewsletter.com)
Iowa-UConn women's Final Four game is the most-watched hoops game in ESPN history (www.npr.org)
Arizona State Senator Leads Prayer In Tongues On Floor Before Abortion Ruling. (www.huffpost.com)
Fuck’s sake.
Google removing links to California news websites as part of test in response to pending legislation (www.cnbc.com)
Aid ‘still not reaching Gaza’, as top US official warns famine has started (www.theguardian.com)
A promised surge in aid into Gaza that Benjamin Netanyahu promised Joe Biden a week ago has so far failed to materialise, aid workers say, as the US aid chief confirmed that famine is beginning to take hold in parts of the besieged coastal strip....
Menthol cigarettes are killing Black Americans. Advocates are suing the government to change that (www.theguardian.com)
Trump’s crusade against mail-in ballots undercuts campaign pitch to vote early (www.theguardian.com)
Campaign toils to convince Republicans to vote early, crucial to winning the election, while ensuring they don’t annoy Trump...
Why car insurance rates are so high (www.vox.com)
OJ Simpson, fallen football hero acquitted of murder in ‘trial of the century,’ dies at 76 (www.13abc.com)
LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil trial, has died. He was 76....
US lawmakers angry after Huawei unveils laptop with new Intel AI chip (www.reuters.com)
Republican U.S. lawmakers on Friday criticized the Biden administration after sanctioned Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei unveiled a laptop this week powered by an Intel AI chip....
80 Percent of Global CO2 Emissions Come From Just 57 Companies, Report Shows (www.smithsonianmag.com)
A new analysis released last week by the international non-profit InfluenceMap reveals an overwhelmingly unequal share of fossil fuel pollution worldwide. From 2016 to 2022, 80 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions were produced by just 57 companies.