Driver dies after crashing into security barrier around the White House complex, authorities say (www.nbcnews.com)
The Secret Service said security protocols were put in place and that there was no threat to the White House....
The lessons from colleges that didn’t call the police (www.vox.com)
Supreme Court leaves in place a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify users' ages (www.seattletimes.com)
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to block a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify the age of their users....
Drag restaurant slaps hate protestors with a lawsuit for relentless “groomer” accusations (www.lgbtqnation.com)
MTG Cites Antisemitic Fable Jews ‘Handed Over’ Jesus To Be Killed (talkingpointsmemo.com)
I’m Jewish and have been told very angrily that I killed Jesus more than once. It’s fun.
After Roe, the network of people who help others get abortions see themselves as 'the underground' (apnews.com)
Waiting in a long post office line with the latest shipment of “abortion aftercare kits,” Kimra Luna got a text. A woman who’d taken abortion pills three weeks earlier was worried about bleeding — and disclosing the cause to a doctor....
Whistleblower who accused Boeing supplier of ignoring defects dies | Aviation News (www.aljazeera.com)
Arizona is boosting efforts to protect people from the extreme heat after hundreds died last summer (apnews.com)
Israel is being charged with war crimes for killing a boy in the West Bank (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
‘Seize all cannabis’: Inside the surprising federal crackdown on New Mexico weed farmers (www.politico.com)
… U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers have seized more than $300,000 of state-licensed cannabis in New Mexico in the last two months. These seizures occurred at border patrol checkpoints, some of which lie as far as 80 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border....
Trump celebrates Billboard success of J6 Prison Choir recording at donor retreat (www.usatoday.com)
Who were the ‘outsiders’ at Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall? (www.nbcnews.com)
When James Carlson was arrested inside Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall, he was already under investigation for snatching an Israeli flag out of a man’s hand near campus and setting it on fire....
California man charged with threatening to kill Fani Willis (www.theguardian.com)
Wisconsin police kill student who came to middle school with a gun (www.theguardian.com)
Authorities described the student as a juvenile male but did not provide further identification or specifics pending an investigation...
Chicago police won't discipline 9 officers tied to Oath Keepers extremist group (chicago.suntimes.com)
Chicago Police Department leaders said Thursday they have decided not to punish any officers whose names appeared on the leaked membership list of the Oath Keepers, an anti-government extremist group that played a key role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol....
Ikea is rolling out its third round of price cuts in a year across thousands of products as it eases shoppers’ inflation pain (uk.finance.yahoo.com)
California police are using a controversial tactic after someone dies in their custody (www.motherjones.com)
After a vegan blue cheese won the Good Food Award, panicked dairy cheese makers forced the foundation to disqualify it (boingboing.net)
Frank Stella, influential American artist, dies aged 87 (www.theguardian.com)
His constantly evolving works have been hailed as landmarks of the minimalist and post-painterly abstraction art movements...
B.C. man 3D-prints a moving, beeping R2-D2 (www.cbc.ca)
Keith Hampe of Prince George, B.C., is ready to show off his passion project at Northern FanCon weekend: a full-size R2-D2, with bleeps and all. CBC Daybreak North’s Jason Peters found the droid he was looking for on a visit to the Hampe house....
JPMorgan says its Russia assets may be seized after lawsuits in Russia, US (www.reuters.com)
JPMorgan Chase said in a filing on Wednesday that its assets in Russia may be seized after lawsuits in Russian and U.S. courts....
Poultry enterprise in California to pay $4.8M after employing children to work with sharp knives (abcnews.go.com)
The wage settlement is one of the largest ever reached for U.S. poultry workers....
AM radio law opposed by tech and auto industries is close to passing | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
A controversial bill that would require all new cars to be fitted with AM radios looks set to become a law in the near future. Yesterday, Senator Edward Markey (D-Mass) revealed that the “AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act” now has the support of 60 US Senators, as well as 246 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives, making...
In 1st Sit-Down, Brittney Griner Talks Suicidal Ideations in Russian Detainment (www.jezebel.com)
