Japan’s government to ask court to strip Unification Church of legal status (www.aljazeera.com)
South Korea-based church has come under scrutiny since the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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Hollywood studios break off strike talks with actors, who slam 'bullying tactics' (apnews.com)
Talks bitterly broke off between Hollywood actors and studios late Wednesday, killing any hopes that the three-month strike by performers would come to an end anytime soon....
Democratic senator Bob Menendez facing additional charges following sweeping indictment (abcnews.go.com)
He’s been accused of violating a prohibition on members of Congress from acting as an agent of a foreign principal.
Florida law targeting drag shows can’t be enforced for now, appellate court says (apnews.com)
A ruling prohibiting the enforcement of a new Florida law targeting drag shows will stay in place for the time being, according to a federal appeals court decision....
An Oklahoma man used pandemic relief funds to have his name cleared of murder (apnews.com)
It’s a jarring change from where he was just several months ago, locked in a cell serving a life prison sentence at Oklahoma’s Joseph Harp Correctional Center in a killing he said he didn’t commit. After more than two decades behind bars, Dority had no chance at being released — until he used his pandemic relief funds to...
Prisoners Say New Jersey’s Alternative To Solitary Confinement Is Pretty Much The Same (www.typeinvestigations.org)
1 officer convicted, 1 acquitted in death of Elijah McClain (apnews.com)
Texas executes man who fatally shot 80-year-old woman during carjacking in 2000 (www.nbcnews.com)
A Texas man who unsuccessfully challenged the safety of the state’s lethal injection drugs and raised questions about evidence used to persuade a jury to sentence him to death for killing an elderly woman decades ago was executed late Tuesday....
More Americans support striking auto workers than car companies, an AP-NORC poll shows (apnews.com)
A majority of Americans support higher pay for auto workers who are on strike against Detroit’s Big Three carmakers, although approval of the workers’ other demands is more mixed, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research....
Antarctica has lost 7.5tn tonnes of ice since 1997, scientists find (www.theguardian.com)
More than 40% of Antarctica’s ice shelves have shrunk since 1997 with almost half showing “no sign of recovery”, a study has found, linking the change to the climate breakdown....
N.Y.U. Law Student Sends Anti-Israel Message and Loses a Job Offer (www.nytimes.com)
A law firm’s job offer to a New York University law student was rescinded on Tuesday for what the firm described as “inflammatory comments” about Hamas’s attack that killed at least 1,200 Israelis....
An Oklahoma judge could be removed from office for sending more than 500 texts during a murder trial (apnews.com)
The chief justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court recommended the removal of Lincoln County District Judge Traci Soderstrom in a court filing Tuesday following an investigation by the state’s Council on Judicial Complaints....
Authorities arrest mother of 3 'Soldiers of Christ' charged for the abuse and murder of South Korean woman, marking seventh arrest in case | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Harvard students scramble to take back support for letter attacking Israel as some CEOs look to blacklist them (nypost.com)
Texas prison guards put inmate into potentially permanent coma (www.hppr.org)
The violent incident saw seven guards fired, six resign, and the state said they used “excessive force.”...
Matt Gaetz got what he wanted. Now what? (www.bbc.com)
But his moment in the sun was short-lived, extinguished just two days later by his long-time political rival, Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida, who filed a motion to remove Mr McCarthy from his post....
Meet the Harvard Students Supporting Hamas’ Invasion of Israel (townhall.com)
Domestic Violence Murders in Texas Are Going Up (www.texasobserver.org)
The [Texas Council on Family Violence] tracked and analyzed hundreds of homicides from 2022 (PDF) and found it the second-highest number on record in the past 10 years, an 8 percent increase since 2021. The 216 victims included 179 women and 37 men, 17 people who were pregnant or had recently given birth, 19 teens and young...
Texas private company paid $75 million in 1 year to bus migrants out of state, report shows (abc13.com)
Texas reportedly paid a private company $75.5 million in the span of a year to transport migrants to sanctuary cities across the U.S....
Russian Olympic Committee immediately banned-IOC (www.reuters.com)
The International Olympic Committee on Thursday suspended the Russian Olympic Committee for recognising regional organisations from four territories annexed from Ukraine....
Winning $1.7 billion Powerball jackpot sold in California (www.nbcnews.com)
It’s the second-highest jackpot ever won in the multistate lottery game. The last time someone won a Powerball jackpot was in July....
