They paid thousands to give up their U.S. citizenship. Now they want a refund (www.nbcnews.com)
Many “accidental Americans” filed a lawsuit after the State Department announced it would lower the fee to renounce citizenship.
Liberty University broke safety laws for years, government asserts (ghostarchive.org)
Liberty failed to warn the campus community about gas leaks, bomb threats and people credibly accused of repeated acts of sexual violence — including a senior administrator and an athlete — according to the report, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Post. Two people familiar with the conclusions, who spoke on the...
Hand grenade fragments found in bodies of victims after Yevgeny Prigozhin plane crash - Vladimir Putin says (news.sky.com)
Prada and Axiom Space collaborate to design NASA's lunar spacesuits (www.reuters.com)
Inside the anti-LGBTQ effort to put Christianity back in schools (www.nbcnews.com)
Three-Time Convicted Sex Offender, 73, Gets 25 Years for Molesting 5-Year-Old Girl at USD Church (timesofsandiego.com)
The US government seems ready to order a recall of millions of air bag inflators for safety concerns (apnews.com)
The U.S. government appears poised to order a recall of millions of air bag inflators due to a manufacturing flaw that could send metal shrapnel rocketing through a car’s interior....
Boston City Council approves police intelligence unit funding despite progressive pushback (www.wbur.org)
The vote caps off a political fight that’s pitted the body’s left wing against Mayor Michelle Wu, who was once the council’s progressive standard-bearer....
The use of jailhouse snitches in Orange County bungled at least 57 criminal cases, public defender says (ghostarchive.org)
Defense attorneys said last year they believe 21 defendants accused of murder and other serious felonies were affected by the scandal and had their convictions vacated, sentences reduced or new trials ordered. It was around that time the U.S. Department of Justice’s civil rights division found that the Orange County...
Trump accused of sharing US nuclear submarine information with Australian businessman, sources say (www.wftv.com)
Indianapolis police shootings highest in years. What is going on? (www.indystar.com)
Paywall on this one was a bit stubborn, so best workaround I have is this screenshot - lemmy.world/…/844c7b3f-86cb-4c69-92b1-5b55d541e69…...
George Tyndall, former USC gynecologist accused of abusing hundreds of women, found dead (abc13.com)
George Tyndall, the former University of Southern California campus gynecologist accused of sexually abusing hundreds of women, was found dead Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles, his attorney told ABC News. He was 76....
Pelosi says interim House speaker McHenry has ordered her to vacate her office in the Capitol building (www.cnn.com)
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday said the newly named interim speaker, GOP Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, has ordered her to vacate her office in the Capitol building....
The Climate Crisis Is Driving People to Substance Abuse (www.wired.com)
Extreme weather has decimated crops and incomes in northern India. To soothe their anxiety, agricultural workers are turning to tobacco and alcohol....
Baltimore CEO, 26, was killed by a repeat offender who should have never been on the street, officials allege (www.nbcnews.com)
In 2015, Billingsley was sentenced to 30 years in prison, with 16 years suspended, after he pleaded guilty to a first-degree sex offense, court records show....
America’s Crisis of Confidence: Rising Mistrust, Conspiracies, and Vaccine Hesitancy After COVID-19 - The Survey Center on American Life (www.americansurveycenter.org)
America is experiencing a crisis of expertise—one that has worsened since the COVID-19 pandemic and shows little sign of abating. A nationally representative survey conducted by the Survey Center on American Life finds that a growing number of Americans are distrustful of scientific and medical experts. This phenomenon cuts...
Further evidence points to footprints in New Mexico being the oldest sign of humans in Americas (apnews.com)
New research confirms that fossil human footprints in New Mexico are likely the oldest direct evidence of human presence in the Americas, a finding that upends what many archaeologists thought they knew about when our ancestors arrived in the New World....
Child gun deaths and fatal drug poisonings skyrocketed over past decade, researchers find (www.cbsnews.com)
Fatal injury rates have spiked over the past decade for children and teens in the U.S., especially deaths involving guns and drugs, according to new research published in the journal Pediatrics Thursday....
"We have the technology, but we’re not going to save your kid because we can’t make any money on you’? Really?" (www.nature.com)
Muslims and left Groups Protest against an Exmuslim Atheist Novelist's Views on Islam. (europeanconservative.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/6281406...
US set to resume deportation flights for Venezuelan migrants (www.theguardian.com)
The Biden administration is going to resume deporting migrants to Venezuela, two US officials told the Associated Press on Thursday....
Widow of driver killed in Troy collision files negligence suit (www.timesunion.com)
Sabeeh Alalkawi, 30, died after his Honda was broadsided by a police SUV traveling at high speed through a red light
Cop outted as OnlyFans model after pulling over subscriber: ‘I saw you have sex’ (www.dexerto.com)
Even the cops are making OnlyFans. She should have just given him an autograph.
Tulsa mom pleads guilty to allowing 12-year-old daughter to get pregnant by grown man (www.fox23.com)
It was one of the most bizarre sex crimes in recent Tulsa history. Now it’s over, and both adults involved are headed to prison....
A livid Donald Trump rants against judge hearing his New York fraud case (www.dailykos.com)
Donald Trump has been in a New York court today to defend himself against charges of longtime financial fraud, but during a recess in the proceedings, he targeted the judge hearing his case with a livid, deluded eight-minute rant....
