Gorsuch urged to recuse himself from supreme court case over ties to oil baron (www.theguardian.com)
Philip Anschutz has hosted rightwing justice at resort and stands to benefit if court strips power from federal regulatory agencies...
More than 26K rape-related pregnancies estimated after Texas outlawed abortions, new study says (www.houstonchronicle.com)
Uproar as after-school Satan club forms at Tennessee elementary school (www.theguardian.com)
Community members in a Tennessee school district want to banish Satan from their children’s halls after the formation of a new club was announced....
Higher vehicle hoods significantly increase pedestrian deaths, study finds (arstechnica.com)
The Lost Promise of Refuge Ranch - Christian activists brought concerns about sex trafficking to prominence in Texas and then failed the survivors they sought to help (www.texasobserver.org)
In January 2023, about 10 months after it was forced to close, the Refuge reached a settlement with [the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC)] that allowed it to reopen on probation. The conditions included implementing a reopening plan, monthly team meetings to evaluate the program’s compliance and efficacy, and...
Mother of disabled girl who was allegedly raped in Starbucks bathroom sues company, school district (apnews.com)
The mother of an intellectually disabled girl who was allegedly led from school grounds by three male students and sexually assaulted in a Starbucks bathroom and a nearby empty building filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing Starbucks, Pittsburgh Public Schools and a property management company of negligence....
Homicides fell in many big U.S. cities in 2023, report says (www.msn.com)
Homicides declined last year in nearly two dozen U.S. cities, though many communities still continued to face higher levels of deadly violence than they did in 2019, before a spike in killings, according to a new report on crime trends....
FAA approves inspection process that could clear the way for grounded Boeing planes to fly again (abcnews.go.com)
Federal regulators have approved an inspection process that will let airlines resume flying their Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners, which have been grounded since a side panel blew out of a plane in midflight earlier this month....
Alaska charter company pays $900k after guide caused wildfire by not properly extinguishing campfire (apnews.com)
An Alaska fishing guide company has paid $900,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. government alleging one of its guides started a wildfire in 2019, the U.S. attorney’s office for Alaska said in a statement Wednesday....
Errors by Boeing at Renton plant led to Alaska Airlines MAX 9 blowout, industry source says (www.seattletimes.com)
Manhunt underway for 2 escaped Arkansas inmates, including murder suspect (www.nbcnews.com)
A manhunt is underway for two inmates who escaped an Arkansas detention center this week, including a capital murder suspect....
Martin Shkreli's lifetime drug industry ban upheld (www.yahoo.com)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Martin Shkreli, known for once hiking the price of a life-saving drug more than 4,000%, cannot return to the pharmaceutical industry after a federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld his lifetime ban....
How many are jailed awaiting mental health treatment in Mississippi? We still don't know (mississippitoday.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/how-many-are-jailed-awaiting-me…
Antifungals are going the way of antibiotics—overused, hitting resistance (arstechnica.com)
Justice Department report into Uvalde school shooting expected this week (apnews.com)
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department is planning this week to release findings of an investigation into law enforcement’s response to the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 students and two teachers were killed....
A rare fungal infection is popping up in an unexpected part of the U.S. (www.nbcnews.com)
The infections typically occur in the upper Midwest and parts of the Southeast. A new study suggests the fungus’ range has expanded to Vermont....
Tennessee bill targets adults who take minors out of state for abortion (thehill.com)
The Tennessee legislature introduced a bill on Monday that targets adults who take minors out of the state to have an abortion....
Boeing 737 Max 9 planes can fly again after inspection, says FAA (www.independent.co.uk)
Boeing 737 Max 9 planes that have passed a new inspection process will be permitted to fly again, the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has announced....
Amid abortion ban, Texas teen birth rate in 2022 increased for first time in 15 years (www.reporternews.com)
Supreme Court rejects Alabama death row inmate's lethal gas claim (www.nbcnews.com)
FTC Orders Maker of TurboTax to Cease “Deceptive” Advertising (www.propublica.org)
IRS will start simplifying its notices to taxpayers as agency continues modernization push (apnews.com)
The IRS wants to rewrite its complicated letters to taxpayers and speak to people in plain English....
Menendez Faces a New Accusation: Aiding the Qatari Government (www.nytimes.com)
Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey — already accused of using his political influence to benefit Egypt — was newly charged on Tuesday with using his power to help the government of Qatar....
Excessively Farting Passenger Reportedly Causes American Airlines Flight to Turn Around (people.com)
United Airlines CEO says the airline will consider alternatives to Boeing's next airplane (apnews.com)
The United Airlines CEO says he is “disappointed” in ongoing manufacturing problems at Boeing that have led to the grounding of dozens of United jetliners, and the airline will consider alternatives to buying a future, larger version of the Boeing 737 Max....
