Off-duty US Park Police officer unintentionally shot fellow officer in Virginia, police say (apnews.com)
Fairfax County detectives determined that the officer pulled the trigger on a gun he believed was unloaded early Sunday, striking Jesse Brown Hernandez inside an apartment in McLean, Virginia, according to a police statement....
Baltimore church to end religious services after priest suspended over sexual harassment settlement (apnews.com)
The Archdiocese of Baltimore will end religious services at one of the city’s Catholic churches after its longtime pastor was recently suspended from ministry because he admitted to making a payment several years ago to settle sexual harassment allegations....
CNN Host Left Stunned As IDF Confirms Israel Hit Refugee Camp With Airstrike (newrepublic.com)
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Man accused of Antarctic assault was then sent to remote icefield with young graduate students (www.nbcnews.com)
Stephen Tyler Bieneman has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault over the incident last November at McMurdo Station....
Captain found guilty of 'seaman's manslaughter' in boat fire that killed 34 off California coast (apnews.com)
A scuba dive boat captain was convicted Monday of criminal negligence in the deaths of 34 people killed in a fire aboard the vessel in 2019, the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history....
U.S. diplomats slam Israel policy in leaked memo (www.politico.com)
The document offers a window into internal fury at the State Department over President Joe Biden’s Middle East policies.
Likely human skull found in Halloween section of Florida thrift store (www.cbsnews.com)
An anthropologist made a surprising discovery in a Florida thrift shop’s Halloween section on Saturday, officials said....
What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the cases against police and paramedics (apnews.com)
Morale down, cronyism up after DeSantis takeover of Disney World government, ex-employees say (qz.com)
Since allies of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took over Walt Disney World’s government earlier this year, morale has deteriorated, the governing district has been politicized and cronyism permeates the organization
Indiana woman crashes car into what she thought was Jewish school 'on purpose,' police say (abc7chicago.com)
Building belonged to Israelite School of Universal and Practical Knowledge, classified as anti-Israel extremist group by ADL...
Israeli show’s satirizing of US student support for Hamas goes viral (www.timesofisrael.com)
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USA Today hires a Taylor Swift reporter. Who is he? (www.nbcnews.com)
F.B.I. Raids Home of Eric Adams’s Fund-Raising Chief (www.nytimes.com)
Israel-Palestine crisis: UN humanitarians plead for ‘access, access, access’ (news.un.org)
A month since Hamas militants killed 1,400 people in Israel, taking over 240 hostage, and as the Israeli offensive into Gaza continues which has led to thousands of civilian deaths, UN humanitarians on Tuesday issued a heartfelt appeal for access to the enclave.
Millions of dollars of psychedelic mushrooms seized in a Connecticut bust (apnews.com)
Law enforcement officials came across a staggering find after being tipped off about possible drug-dealing: dozens of dog-food-size bags of psychedelic mushrooms worth an estimated $8.5 million at a home in rural Connecticut.
Los Angeles Wants Its Citizens to Stay at Home for the 2028 Olympics (www.bloomberg.com)
Inspired by online dating, AI tool for adoption matchmaking falls short for vulnerable foster kids (apnews.com)
Former social worker Thea Ramirez has developed an artificial intelligence-powered tool that she says helps social service agencies find the best adoptive parents for some of the nation’s most vulnerable kids.
Russia's Putin to stay in power past 2024, sources to stay (www.reuters.com)
Californians bet farming agave for spirits holds key to weathering drought and groundwater limits (apnews.com)
Leo Ortega started growing spiky blue agave plants on the arid hillsides around his Southern California home because his wife liked the way they looked....
They Tried to Expose Louisiana Judges Who Had Systematically Ignored Prisoners’ Petitions. No One Listened. (www.propublica.org)
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Bodies of Israeli dad, wheelchair-bound 16-year-old daughter found 12 days after Hamas’ music fest massacre (nypost.com)
Arbitrating police terminations could result in a ‘decade of police impunity’ [in Chicago] (chicagoreader.com)
Police accountability experts warn a proposal under consideration by the Chicago City Council could prove disastrous for efforts to curb police misconduct....
