Trump’s Most Unhinged Plans for His Second Term (nymag.com)
Houthi rebels hijack 'Israeli' cargo ship, report says; Netanyahu: 'Iranian attack against international vessel' (www.ynetnews.com)
Man's morning jog turns terrifying after Austell neighbor fires rifle at him (www.fox5atlanta.com)
Elon Musk to file ‘thermonuclear lawsuit’ as advertisers desert X (www.theguardian.com)
100 years overdue, book finally returned to St. Paul Public Library (www.mprnews.org)
It must have been a very good read....
Ohio priest gets life in prison for grooming, sex trafficking boys with opioid addictions (local12.com)
TOLEDO, Ohio (WKRC) - A Catholic priest in Ohio was sentenced to life in prison for grooming and sex trafficking children and adults....
Postal worker among 3 charged in $24 million stolen check scheme, officials say (www.nbcnews.com)
A U.S. Postal Service worker and two others have been charged in a scheme in which $24 million worth of checks were stolen from the mail and offered for sale online, federal prosecutors said....
US lawmakers urge scrutiny of SpaceX worker injuries after Reuters report (www.reuters.com)
Three U.S. lawmakers are calling for greater scrutiny of worker safety at Elon Musk's SpaceX following a Reuters investigation that documented hundreds of injuries at the rocket company's U.S. manufacturing and launch sites....
Ex-federal prison guard sentenced to 8 years in sex abuse scandal (www.nbcnews.com)
Eight correctional officers at FCI Dublin have been charged. The U.S. inspector general said there was a “culture of sexual abuse” of female inmates.
‘Astounding’: Alabama woman with two uteruses is pregnant in both wombs (www.theguardian.com)
Kelsey Hatcher, a 32-year-old mom of three was born with a rare uterine anomaly called uterus didelphys, or two uteruses. However, she was not diagnosed with the condition until last spring, when she discovered she was pregnant – in each uterus....
The flu is soaring in 7 U.S. states and rising in others, health officials say (www.pbs.org)
The U.S. flu season is underway, with at least seven states reporting high levels of illnesses and cases rising in other parts of the country, health officials say....
Africa's flourishing art scene is a smash hit at Art X (www.npr.org)
“I wanted to create a moment for Lagos on the global art calendar,” says Tokini Peterside-Schwebig, the founder of Art X, sitting in a chic private booth within the fair. “A moment that brought the rest of Africa together here and enabled us on home soil to encounter those around the world and ourselves.”
"They tortured him"; police used Taser on special needs teen for breaking window before shooting him (www.cbsnews.com)
CHICAGO (CBS) – It was a broken window complaint that led to a 14-year-old boy being shot by a police officer....
Bill Cosby accuser files new lawsuit under expiring New York survivors law (apnews.com)
A woman who said Bill Cosby sexually assaulted her when she was a young comedy writer more than 50 years ago filed a lawsuit against the actor Thursday under a soon-to-expire New York law that gave victims of sexual abuse a one-year window for claims that would otherwise be barred by time limits....
Texas woman convicted and facing up to life in prison for killing pro cyclist Mo Wilson (apnews.com)
A woman convicted of murder in the shooting death of rising professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson faces up to life in prison in Texas when sentenced in a case that led investigators on a 43-day international search to find her....
Forty-six million Americans are drinking "forever chemicals" in their tap water, report finds (www.salon.com)
This Youth Detention Center Superintendent Illegally Locks Kids Alone in Cells. No One Has Forced Him to Stop. (www.propublica.org)
They Started Playing Football as Young as 6. They Died in Their Teens and Twenties With C.T.E. (www.nytimes.com)
Century-overdue library book is finally returned in Minnesota (apnews.com)
Nearly 450 hospital patients in Massachusetts could have been exposed to hepatitis and HIV (www.livescience.com)
We are living in a disconnected world, when did we start rewarding bad behavior? And when did bad behavior become so commonplace? (www.bostonglobe.com)
Taylor Swift postpones scorching Rio de Janeiro show after fan's death (www.reuters.com)
U.S. singer Taylor Swift postponed her show on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro due to scorching heat, the day after the death of a fan who fell ill in the sweltering concert venue.
H.S. football coach is fired after holding a baptism for players after practice (www.nbcnews.com)
A Georgia high school football coach who was criticized for holding a baptism on school grounds for some of his players has been fired weeks later....
The former host of ‘Reading Rainbow’ used to encourage kids to read books. Now he’s telling adults not to ban them (www.cnn.com)
CNN —...
Colombia to Sterilize Pablo Escobar’s ‘Cocaine Hippos’ (www.nytimes.com)
