Cats suffer H5N1 brain infections, blindness, death after drinking raw milk (arstechnica.com)
Mistrial Declared in Abu Ghraib Torture Suit Against US Contractor (www.commondreams.org)
US remains committed to diplomacy despite North Korea’s nuclear escalation (www.voanews.com)
Fox News is now claiming that young people are identifying as seasons. They made it up. (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Exclusive: Russian troops enter base housing US military in Niger, US official says (www.reuters.com)
Russian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting U.S. troops, a senior U.S. defense official told Reuters, a move that follows a decision by Niger’s junta to expel U.S. forces from the country....
Anti-LGBTQ+ laws lead to 'public health crisis' with higher suicide rates among queer youth (www.advocate.com)
EPA Proposes Ban on Pesticide Widely Used on Fruits and Vegetables (www.propublica.org)
United Methodists remove anti-gay language from their official teachings on societal issues (apnews.com)
Student Gunman ‘Neutralized’ Outside Wisconsin Middle School: Officials (www.thedailybeast.com)
NYPD union sues Adams administration over new ‘zero tolerance’ policy on steroid use among cops (www.nydailynews.com)
New York City’s largest cop union is suing Police Commissioner Edward Caban and Mayor Adams for implementing a new “zero tolerance” policy on NYPD officers using steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs, the Daily News has learned....
Union plans strike vote over crackdown on University of California Gaza protests (www.theguardian.com)
Police shoot rubber bullets at UCLA protesters as encampment cleared (www.newsweek.com)
Sports Team Owners Face New Scrutiny From IRS Over Tax Avoidance (www.propublica.org)
Boeing’s deliberately defective fleet of flying sky-wreckage (pluralistic.net)
Arizona senate passes repeal of 1864 near-total abortion ban (www.theguardian.com)
Democrats pick up support of two Republicans to repeal law reinstated three weeks ago, with governor expected to ratify repeal...
Mystery of ancient Roman dodecahedron baffling experts as it goes on display in UK (www.independent.co.uk)
A mysterious Roman object unearthed in an amateur dig has baffled experts as it goes on display in Britain for the first time....
Wisconsin school district says active shooter 'neutralized' outside middle school, lockdown ordered (apnews.com)
Harvey Weinstein faces New York retrial after 2020 rape conviction overturned (www.theguardian.com)
Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, says his team is determined to retry case against the disgraced movie mogul...
All the ways streaming services are aggravating their subscribers this week | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
Streaming services like Netflix and Peacock have already found multiple ways to aggravate paying subscribers this week....
Police Fire Rubber Bullets at UCLA’s Pro-Palestine Protesters (www.thedailybeast.com)
UCLA clashes: Police criticised for 'delayed' response to violence (www.bbc.com)
The office of California’s governor has criticised the police response to violence on campus at the University of California, Los Angeles....
Columbia University threatens to expel student protesters who occupied administration building (apnews.com)
Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag from a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war on college campuses nationwide. The school promised they would face expulsion....
Kristi Noem defends killing her own puppy (www.motherjones.com)
Martin Myers tried and failed to steal a cigarette. Why has he spent 18 years in prison for it? (www.theguardian.com)
Police clear pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University while clashes break out at UCLA (apnews.com)
NEW YORK (AP) — The pro-Palestinian demonstration that paralyzed Columbia University ended in dramatic fashion, with police carrying riot shields bursting into a building that protesters took over the previous night and making dozens of arrests. On the other side of the country, clashes broke out early Wednesday between...
