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Explosive device thrown onto porch of Satanic Temple in Massachusetts. No injuries were reported (apnews.com)

Israeli MK says secret plans underway for Gaza resettlement (www.newarab.com)

Israeli Knesset member Limor Son Har-Melech has said that there are “secret” Israeli plans to settle in Gaza, saying that rapid work is underway in government offices to achieve this...

‘I cannot afford to live’: Gen Z is full of financial angst despite inheriting a golden job market (www.cnn.com)

EPA imposes first national limits on 'forever chemicals' in drinking water (www.nbcnews.com)

PFAS is a class of chemicals that can linger almost permanently in air, water and soil. Research suggests they are associated with a variety of health issues, including cancer....

New York Hip-Hop Icon DJ Mister Cee Dead at 57 (www.rollingstone.com)

The longtime Hot 97 DJ was Big Daddy Kane’s first DJ and helped break the late Notorious B.I.G.

Arizona Supreme Court issues ruling banning nearly all abortions, invoking 1864 law (thehill.com)

NLRB Head Says Corporate Legal Challenges Are Anti-Union Firms' Attempt to Distract Public (www.commondreams.org)

Trump Allies Plan New Sweeping Abortion Restrictions (www.nytimes.com)

His supporters are seeking to attack abortion rights and abortion access from a variety of angles should he regain the White House, including using a long-dormant law from 1873....

Inside the MAGA Plan to Attack Birth Control, Surveil Women and Ban the Abortion Pill (www.rollingstone.com)

Republicans’ Project 2025 blueprint spells out how they’ll leverage virtually every arm, tool and agency of the federal government to attack abortion....

NYPD Officials Orchestrated Smear Campaign of Police Critic Using Confidential Details of Her Rape, Lawsuit Alleges (www.thecity.nyc)

In the lawsuit, filed in the Eastern District of New York on Monday, Rachlin alleges that in mid-2020 NYPD officials cut off her access to the North Brooklyn precincts her nonprofit serves and told precinct leaders not to work with her....

Ex-Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg will be sentenced for perjury and faces a second stint in jail (apnews.com)

Allen Weisselberg, a former longtime executive in Donald Trump’s real estate empire, is set to be sentenced Wednesday for lying under oath in the ex-president’s New York civil fraud case....

Boeing hit after new whistleblower raises safety concerns (www.bbc.com)

Boeing is facing new pressure after a whistleblower reported safety concerns over the manufacturing of some of its planes to US regulators....

Transgender Catholics say new Vatican document shows no understanding of their lives (apnews.com)

Transgender Catholics — as well as a priest who welcomes them to his parish — expressed disappointment Monday with a new Vatican document rejecting the fundamental concept of changing one’s biological sex....

The influential conservative group making it harder for Idaho districts to fix their schools (www.propublica.org)

The Idaho Freedom Foundation has gone beyond the education culture wars by targeting local bond and levy elections, which districts rely on heavily to build and repair schools....

US preparing for significant Iran attack on US or Israeli assets in the region as soon as next week (www.cnn.com)

Real-life 'Rosie the Riveters' reunite in D.C. to win the nation's top civilian honor (www.npr.org)

Stubbornly high US inflation grew stronger than expected in March , vaulting to a 3.5% increase from last year (www.cnn.com)

Israel threatens to strike Iran directly if Iran launches attack from its territory (apnews.com)

Israel’s foreign minister threatened Wednesday that his country’s forces would strike Iran directly if the Islamic Republic launched an attack from its territory against Israel, as tensions between the rival powers flare following the killings of Iranian generals in a blast at the Iranian consulate in Syria....

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the first-ever national legally enforceable drinking water standard for PFAS (www.whitehouse.gov)

Biden criticizes Netanyahu’s approach to war with Hamas as mistake (www.cnn.com)

'A dark day': Arizona governor condemns ruling on near-total abortion ban – video (www.theguardian.com)

The Arizona governor, Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, called for an Arizona supreme court ruling to be repealed that permits enforcement of an 1864 law banning almost all abortions. Speaking at a press conference the governor said: ‘The near total civil war-era ban that continues to hang over our heads only serves to create more...

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