French warship shoots down two drones coming from Yemen (www.reuters.com)
Florida mother fears her family will be devastated as trial on trans health care ban begins (apnews.com)
The mother of a transgender girl sobbed in federal court Wednesday as she contemplated having to move away from her Navy officer husband to get health care for her 12-year-old if Florida’s ban on gender dysphoria treatments for minors is allowed to take affect....
Border policies under consideration could overwhelm system, DHS officials warn (www.nbcnews.com)
Department of Homeland Security officials are warning about the impact of policies being discussed in negotiations between the White House and Congress that would increase deportations, deny many migrants the right to seek asylum and make detention mandatory, according to current and former officials who spoke to NBC News....
Every homeopathic eye drop should be pulled off the market, FDA says (arstechnica.com)
7 students ate gummy bears from a bag that tested positive for fentanyl and fell sick. Now 2 people have been arrested (www.cnn.com)
Two people have been arrested and charged after seven Virginia elementary students ate gummy bears from a plastic baggie that later tested positive for the potentially deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl, the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday....
Appeals court again upholds gag order barring Donald Trump from commenting about judge’s staff (www.nbcnews.com)
The court ruled the former president’s lawyers used the wrong legal mechanism to fight the restriction....
62% of Americans are still living paycheck to paycheck, making it ‘the main financial lifestyle,’ report finds (www.cnbc.com)
Breaking news: in one of the most productive countries / economies in the entire history of humanity, the majority of people creating that productivity do not get to enjoy the rewards of that productivity....
The excitement of 70,000 Swifties can shake the Earth (ghostarchive.org)
‘Aliens,’ or a foreign power? Pentagon UFO chief says someone is in our backyard (thehill.com)
This week, the director of the U.S. government’s UFO analysis office stated that there is “evidence” of concerning unidentified flying object activity “in our backyard.” According to physicist Seán Kirkpatrick, who heads the congressionally-mandated All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, this alarming UFO activity can...
Rate of suicide in the U.S. peaks among older men, a hard demographic to reach (www.usatoday.com)
The murderous creature you live with is a murderous creature, study confirms (www.npr.org)
More scientific evidence has surfaced to show that while mittens may be your sweet angel, letting her roam outside is also a big threat to biodiversity.
'I feel trapped': Scores of underage Rohingya girls forced into abusive marriages in Malaysia (apnews.com)
Last year, the Rohingya girl sacrificed herself to save her family, embarking on a terrifying journey from her homeland of Myanmar to a country she had never seen, to marry a man she had never met....
Man arrested in slaying of 16-year-old cheerleader found dead in bathtub of Texas apartment (www.nbcnews.com)
Police have arrested a suspect in the killing of a 16-year-old cheerleader who was found dead by her mother in her bathtub earlier this week in Edna, Texas....
Ohio clinics want abortion ban permanently struck down in wake of constitutional amendment passage (apnews.com)
Abortion clinics in Ohio are pushing for a court to strike down abortion restrictions now that voters have enshrined abortion rights into the state Constitution, arguing that even the state’s Republican attorney general says the amendment invalidates the ban....
Scientists Discover 512-Year-Old Shark, Which Would Be The Oldest Living Vertebrate On The Planet (www.beautyofplanet.com)
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Supreme Court leaves Illinois semiautomatic gun ban in place (text.npr.org)
The nation’s largest credit union rejected more than half its Black conventional mortgage applicants (us.cnn.com)
Encounter with humpback whales reveals potential for nonhuman intelligence communication (phys.org)
New Hampshire attorney general files second complaint against white nationalist group (apnews.com)
The New Hampshire attorney general is again accusing a white nationalist group of civil rights violations, this time in response to a demonstration outside a Concord café hosting a drag story hour event....
Jail populations are bouncing back to near pre-pandemic levels (text.npr.org)
Use of Plan B "morning after" pills doubles, teen sex rates decline in CDC survey (www.cbsnews.com)
The share of American women who say they have ever used emergency contraception after having sex has more than doubled since the so-called “morning after” or Plan B brand pills were approved to be sold without a prescription, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday....
Hungary Blocks Ukraine Aid After E.U. Opens Door to Membership (www.nytimes.com)
Hungary on Friday blocked the European Union from approving a financial aid package for Ukraine, though E.U. leaders agreed to officially open accession negotiations for Ukraine to join the bloc, an important breakthrough for Kyiv as it tries to bolster support from its allies....
Declassified US Intelligence Reveals Massive Russian Losses in Ukraine (www.voanews.com)
Zelenskyy will arrive on Capitol Hill to grim mood as Biden's aid package for Ukraine risks collapse (apnews.com)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will arrive on Capitol Hill to a darker mood than when he swooped in last winter for a hero’s welcome, as the Russian invasion is grinding into a third year and U.S. funding hangs in balance....
New York removes medical debt from credit reports (apnews.com)
Unpaid medical debt will no longer appear in New York residents’ credit reports under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday....
