NTSB chair says Norfolk Southern interfered with derailment probe after botching vent-and-burn call (apnews.com)
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that Norfolk Southern repeatedly tried to interfere with the agency’s investigation into the East Palestine derailment and shape its conclusions about the flawed decision to blow open five tank cars and burn the vinyl chloride inside....
Christian nationalists are opening private schools. Taxpayers are funding them. (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Evanston ranked choice voting ordinance passes, hopes to push county clerk’s office (archive.ph)
Tesla recalls Cybertrucks over wiper, trim issues in latest setback (www.reuters.com)
Tesla said on Tuesday it was recalling most Cybertrucks in the United States over issues with their windshield wipers and exterior trim, the latest setback for the futuristic truck whose mass production is expected to start next year....
Melting? Fossil Fuels Have Made Extreme Heat 35 Times More Likely in North America (www.motherjones.com)
Hillary Clinton: I’ve Debated Trump and Biden. Here’s What I’m Watching For. (www.nytimes.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/16925582...
AI's Most Ambitious Music Generators Accused of 'Massive' Infringement In New Lawsuit (www.rollingstone.com)
Federal judge rejects $30 billion settlement between Visa, Mastercard and retailers | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)
Alarms Raised Over For-Profit Medicare Advantage Using AI to Deny Care to Seniors (www.commondreams.org)
Title IX Mandates Universities to Accommodate Students Who Have Had Abortions. Texas Is Suing. (msmagazine.com)
Has Facebook Stopped Trying? (www.404media.co)
In spring, 2018, Mark Zuckerberg invited more than a dozen professors and academics to a series of dinners at his home to discuss how Facebook could better keep its platforms safe from election disinformation, violent content, child sexual abuse material, and hate speech. Alongside these secret meetings, Facebook was regularly...
Cop: Jeff Bezos’ WaPo CEO Deceived Police, Framed U.K. Prime Minister (www.thedailybeast.com)
Hunter Biden requests new trial after conviction in gun case (www.theguardian.com)
Campaign aims to put ranked-choice voting to a referendum in Ithaca - The Ithaca Voice (ithacavoice.org)
Trump expects Biden to be a 'worthy debater' after spending months attacking his mental fitness (abcnews.go.com)
This is way up there with the stupidest excuses Trump has ever made:...
The Federal Government Just Acknowledged the Harm Its Dams Have Caused Tribes. Here’s What It Left Out. (www.propublica.org)
My Health Insurance Company Is Trying To Kill Me (www.huffpost.com)
One such encounter went like this:...
Trump’s mass purge of state department likely to sow chaos, US diplomats say (www.theguardian.com)
Project 2025 blueprint for second Trump term envisages replacing thousands of career staff with political loyalists...
A Texas Democrat voted against rights for trans kids. This queer Black mom challenged her – and won (www.independent.co.uk)
Man guns down 3 women, including his mom, in separate shootings within 1 hour: Florida police - ABC News (abcnews.go.com)
What’s there to say that hasn’t been said?
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ATTACKED ME FOR MY REPORTING — AND THEY’RE DOING IT TO HIDE INFO FROM THE PUBLIC (theintercept.com)
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