South Carolina Lawmakers Are Close to Loosening Gun Laws After Long Debate (www.usnews.com)
South Carolina lawmakers appear close to approving a bill that would allow anyone who can legally own a gun to carry the weapon openly....
After speech, Biden launches major tour plus $30 million ad buy (www.reuters.com)
Espionage Probe Finds Communications Device on Chinese Cranes at U.S. Ports (www.wsj.com)
A congressional probe of Chinese-built cargo cranes deployed at ports throughout the U.S. has found communications equipment that doesn’t appear to support normal operations, fueling concerns that the foreign machines may pose a covert national-security risk.
Puigdemont warns that he will go for the independence of Catalonia again (intlmonitor.com)
INDIA More and more people killed by wild animals in Kerala, authorities blamed (www.asianews.it)
Kentucky senate passes bill granting right to collect child support for fetuses (www.theguardian.com)
Measure allows parent to seek child support up to a year after giving birth to retroactively cover pregnancy expenses...
Air Guard Member Accepts Sentence for Discord Leaks (www.improvethenews.org)
cross-posted from: fedinews.net/m/ImproveTheNews/t/6140...
Minnesota Democratic ‘uncommitted’ vote nears 20% in latest Biden rebuke (nypost.com)
Disgruntled progressive activists and organizations have embarked on a campaign to push voters to mark themselves “uncommitted” in protest of Biden’s stance on the Israel-Hamas War....
Lewiston, Maine mass shooter had traumatic brain injuries, new scan finds (www.nbcnews.com)
“Robert Card had evidence of traumatic brain injury. In the white matter, the nerve fibers that allow for communication between different areas of the brain, there was significant degeneration, axonal and myelin loss, inflammation, and small blood vessel injury,” lead author Ann McKee said in a statement issued by the family...
Former Honduran president found guilty in drug trafficking trial | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
US Supreme Court sets April 25 Trump criminal immunity argument (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Supreme Court has set April 25 as the date it will hear Donald Trump’s claim of presidential immunity from prosecution on charges related to his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss - the last day of oral arguments of its current term....
Los Angeles PD wants to remotely access 10,000 public and private security cameras (boingboing.net)
Pfizer Couldn’t Pay for Marketing This Good - The Atlantic (ghostarchive.org)
Japanese manga artist Akira Toriyama, globally famous for 'Dragon Ball,' dies at 68 - The Mainichi (mainichi.jp)
TOKYO – Japanese manga artist Akira Toriyama, famous around the world for the “Dragon Ball” series and “Dr. Slump,” among other works, died on March 1, publisher Shueisha Inc. has announced.
US and UK warn about the possibility of terrorist attacks in Moscow (intlmonitor.com)
Judge denies Trump request to delay $83.3 million payment to E. Jean Carroll (www.npr.org)
The federal judge who oversaw a New York defamation trial that resulted in an $83.3 million award to a longtime magazine columnist who says Donald Trump raped her in the 1990s refused Thursday to relieve the ex-president from the verdict’s financial pinch....
The Tel Aviv torture trail: Israel's role in the Abu Ghraib scandal (thecradle.co)
Israel’s documented torture and abuse of Palestinians may evoke comparisons to US tactics employed during the Iraqi occupation, but a closer look reveals their distinct origins rooted in the Zionist entity.
Working in ‘confined spaces’ can be dangerous because of toxic or flammable contaminants that can turn deadly. The number of deaths in those spaces is on the rise. (publicintegrity.org)
Workers are killed every year while performing dangerous jobs inside confined spaces. Some have died because of lack of oxygen, toxic gases like argon and fires, to mention a few causes. In 2022, 44 workers died in confined spaces — a 41% increase from a decade earlier, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor...