ProPublica Updates “Supreme Connections” Database With New Justice Disclosures (www.propublica.org)
She was a top supporter of a right-wing mogul. Now she’s a star witness against him. (www.motherjones.com)
Trump cites Biden’s 'disturbing grin' in effort to terminate limited gag order in hush money case - ABC News (abcnews.go.com)
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Ukrainian children aged 8 to 15 who were abducted by Putin's military listed on Russian adoption sites with at least two kids having Russified variant of their original names, investigation finds (www.pressreader.com)
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‘The big story of the 21st century’: is this the most shocking documentary of the year? (www.theguardian.com)
In 2013, the US food conglomerate Smithfield Foods – the country’s largest pork producer and maker of the famous holiday ham – was sold to a Hong Kong-based company called WH Group in a deal worth $7.1bn. It was the largest ever Chinese acquisition of an American company; virtually overnight, WH Group, formerly called...
Southern Baptists expel Virginia church for believing women can serve as pastors (apnews.com)
Even as they prepare to vote on a formal ban on churches with women pastors, delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to boot one such church from its ranks....
Abused by the badge: police officer child sexual abuse in America. (www.washingtonpost.com)
Joey Chestnut Barred From Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest Due to Vegan Sponsor Beef (www.thedailybeast.com)
Exclusive: US House panel finds Wall St 'colluded' to curb emissions (www.reuters.com)
Residential treatment centers put profits ahead of children's safety, Senate report finds (www.nbcnews.com)
“War on white America”: Influential Texas group hosting pro-Christian nationalism conference (www.texastribune.org)
True Texas Project has for years worked with Attorney General Ken Paxton, Sen. Ted Cruz and other prominent Republicans....
Oregon man who drugged daughter's friends with insomnia medication at sleepover gets prison term (apnews.com)
An Oregon man who drugged his daughter and her friends with fruit smoothies laced with a sleeping medication after they didn’t go to bed during a sleepover was sentenced to two years in prison....
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas loses legal challenge in CAS ruling (www.usatoday.com)
Republicans push conspiracy theories after Hunter Biden verdict: ‘A fake trial’ (www.theguardian.com)
Rightwing politicians repeat unfounded theories that gun trial verdict is a ‘distraction’ from worse Biden crimes...
New Biden rule cracks down on insurers’ use of prior authorization (thehill.com)
A new Biden administration rule released Wednesday aims to streamline the prior authorization process used by insurers to approve medical procedures and treatments....
Turning Point USA is promoting drinking raw milk amid bird flu outbreak (www.mediamatters.org)
Bill to Fund Stillbirth Prevention and Research Passes Congress (www.propublica.org)
The bill expands the use of existing federal money to be used to fight stillbirths. Lawmakers cited ProPublica’s reporting on the issue as key to adding urgency and building support for the measure....
Washington man arrested after fatally shooting teen who had BB gun (www.usatoday.com)
Myers, who says he’s a licensed security guard, was sitting in his car Wednesday to conduct “overwatch” while his son trains because “he has seen numerous crimes occur” in the parking lot, according to the probable cause statement....
Man convicted in killings of 8 from another Ohio family seeks new trial - ABC News (abcnews.go.com)
Far-right gains in the EU election deal stunning defeats to France's Macron and Germany's Scholz (apnews.com)
Far-right parties rattled the traditional powers in the European Union and made major gains in parliamentary elections Sunday, dealing an especially humiliating defeat to https://apnews.com/article/france-macron-election-legislative-parliament-national-rally-07b742fe000170af8ee410e292bf23e2...
Jamaican man in UK for 38 years must wait another 10 to apply for citizenship (www.theguardian.com)
Outrage over ‘massacre’ in Gaza as Israel rescued four hostages (www.theguardian.com)
At least 274 Palestinians were killed and 698 wounded in Israeli strikes on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, Gaza’s health ministry said on Sunday. The Israeli military said its forces came under heavy fire during the daytime operation....
Anne Sacoolas said she ‘drove like an American’, Harry Dunn inquest told (www.theguardian.com)
Justice Alito questions possibility of political compromise in secret recording (apnews.com)
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is heard questioning whether compromise between the left and right is possible in a conversation posted on social media Monday. The conservative justice is also heard agreeing with a woman who says the United States should return “to a place of godliness.”...
Virginia NAACP sues school board that restored Confederate names (www.npr.org)
