Trump gave top US firms staggering tax cuts, with some paying $0 or less – report (www.theguardian.com)
Among lowest taxpayers were companies whose CEOs have become high-profile advocates for corporate social responsibility...
Richard Lewis Dies: Beloved Comic, ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Actor Was 76 (deadline.com)
Joe Biden hopeful of Gaza ceasefire by Monday as details of proposal emerge (www.theguardian.com)
Homeowner narrowly saves trees from removal scam (www.wsmv.com)
Meningitis outbreak kills students in northern Nigeria | Africanews (www.africanews.com)
The Starbucks Workers’ Union Has Finally Broken Through (jacobin.com)
Pentagon leak suspect Jack Teixeira expected to plead guilty in federal case (apnews.com)
BOSTON (AP) — Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of leaking highly classified military documents on a social media platform, is expected to plead guilty in his federal case, according to court papers filed Thursday....
Israeli troops ‘fire on people waiting for aid’ as Gaza death tolls hits 30,000 (www.msn.com)
Kamel Abu Nahel, who was being treated for a gunshot wound at Shifa Hospital, said he and others went to the distribution point in the middle of the night because they heard there would be a delivery of food. “We’ve been eating animal feed for two months,” he added....
Navalny: Hearse drivers refuse to take body to Moscow funeral, Putin critic’s team say | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Pornhub operator broke federal privacy law, federal watchdog finds (www.cbc.ca)
The federal privacy watchdog says the operator behind Pornhub and other pornographic sites broke the law by enabling intimate images to be shared on its websites without direct knowledge or consent....
Idaho halts execution by lethal injection after 8 failed attempts to insert IV line (www.aol.com)
Tesla must face racism class action from 6,000 Black workers, judge rules (arstechnica.com)
Black factory workers can sue Tesla collectively; trial set for October 2024.
World's Largest Psych Association Passes Policy Supporting Trans Youth Care By Massive Margin (www.erininthemorning.com)
West Virginia Senate OKs bill requiring schools to show anti-abortion group fetal development video (apnews.com)
West Virginia’s Republican-majority Senate greenlit a bill on Tuesday that would make a video on fetal development produced by an anti-abortion group required viewing in public schools....
Kellogg’s CEO advice to cash-strapped shoppers: Let them eat Corn Flakes for dinner (www.cnn.com)
Palestinian factions seek unity at Moscow meeting as Russia vies for greater role in Gaza war | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
US military pulls the trigger, uses AI to target air strikes (www.theregister.com)
The US Department of Defense has deployed machine learning algorithms to identify targets in over 85 air strikes on targets in Iraq and Syria this year....
Israel-Hamas war has now killed at least 30,000 Palestinians, most of them civilians (www.nbcnews.com)
McConnell will step down as the Senate Republican leader in November after a record run in the job (apnews.com)
E. Jean Carroll tells judge to reject Trump’s request to delay $83 million judgment, calling him the ‘least trustworthy of borrowers’ (www.cnn.com)
E. Jean Carroll said Donald Trump should not be given more time to post the $83.3 million she was awarded in her defamation trial against the former president, telling the judge that Trump is the “least trustworthy of borrowers.”...
SRI LANKA – IRAN Colombo turning to Iranian oil (circumventing US sanctions) (www.asianews.it)
ASIA TODAY Syria: Turkish drones kill three members of a Christian militia in the north-east (www.asianews.it)
EU citizens, pls sing for Tempi Train Crash (Greece) (chng.it)
On February 13, 2023, a train derailed near Tempi, Greece, killing 58 people and injuring 78 others. The victims’ families have been struggling to get justice and compensation from the Greek authorities, who have been accused of negligence and corruption. They need your support to demand accountability and transparency. Please...
Kellogg CEO now faces backlash for suggesting people eat 'cereal for dinner' to save money (www.nbcnews.com)
Judge skeptical of lawsuit brought by Elon Musk's X over hate speech research (www.npr.org)
The nonprofit sued by Elon Musk's X says the legal tactic is an attempt to silence criticism of the company. The Center for Countering Digital Hate published reports documenting hate speech on X.
