Florida ‘callously’ strips healthcare from thousands of children despite new law (www.theguardian.com)
Governor Ron DeSantis’s challenging of a ‘continuous eligibility’ rule has booted over 22,000 children off insurance since January...
Violence breaks out at UCLA after officials declare pro-Palestinian encampment 'unlawful' (www.latimes.com)
STATEMENT FROM BESIEGED UCLA PALESTINE SOLIDARITY ENCAMPMENT: x.com/PplsCityCouncil/status/1785620846700351510
USC cancels graduation ceremony and dozens are arrested on other campuses as anti-war protests grow (apnews.com)
Gaza war protesters shut down Golden Gate Bridge, block traffic in other cities (www.nbcnews.com)
EU probes Meta for killing tool that enables real-time election monitoring | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
Biden admin moves to protect LGBTQ+ kids in foster care (www.advocate.com)
A family member finally shows up to Donald Trump's hush-money trial (www.motherjones.com)
Sexsomnia: An embarrassing sleep disorder no one wants to talk about (www.cnn.com)
A 38-year-old man repeatedly tries to force his wife to have sex in the middle of the night but has no memory of his actions when he wakes up....
George Santos's latest money-making plot? Reviving his drag persona, Kitara Ravache (www.advocate.com)
$1.3 billion Powerball jackpot winner is a Laotian immigrant battling cancer (www.nbcnews.com)
Cheng “Charlie” Saephan, who was born in Laos and immigrated to the U.S. in 1994, plans to split the money with a friend and find himself a “good doctor.”...
Bird flu virus has been spreading in US cows for months, RNA reveals (www.nature.com)
A strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been silently spreading in US cattle for months, according to preliminary analysis of genomic data. The outbreak is likely to have begun when the virus jumped from an infected bird into a cow, probably around late December or early January. This implies a protracted, undetected...
3 law officers killed, 5 others wounded trying to serve warrant in North Carolina, authorities say (apnews.com)
Fox News takes down Hunter Biden ‘mock trial’ miniseries after lawsuit threat (www.cnn.com)
Secret document says Iran security forces molested and killed teen protester (www.bbc.com)
Elon Musk goes ‘absolutely hard core’ in another round of Tesla layoffs (www.theverge.com)
Israeli Minister Reportedly Asks IDF To Kill Palestinians Instead Of Arresting Them (www.huffpost.com)
The Israeli Defense Force’s chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, briefed ministers at a security cabinet meeting last week about recent operations in Gaza, where Israel has been carrying out a military offensive for almost seven months now in response to Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7 that killed about 1,200 people and captured...
Woman facing eviction told she would cope living on the streets (www.bbc.com)
A 56-year-old woman who is due to be evicted on 1 May has been told she should be able to “function reasonably well” if she ends up on the streets....
Biden administration restores protections for gay and transgender Americans seeking health care (www.cnn.com)
Cable News Viewers Have a Skewed Attitude Toward Gaza War, Survey Finds (theintercept.com)
Americans who get their news primarily from cable are the only people who believe that Israel is not committing a genocide in Gaza, according to according to a new survey that examined the relationship between attitudes toward the war and news consumption habits....
Tesla facing federal probe days after fatal Autopilot crash in Monroe, WA (www.seattletimes.com)
Federal auto regulators announced Friday they are opening an investigation into the safety of Tesla’s Autopilot feature, less than a week after a Tesla driver believed to be using it allegedly struck and killed a motorcyclist in Monroe....
Lawmakers and advocates scramble to extend affordable internet subsidy (www.pbs.org)
Twenty-three million families in the U.S. will have bigger internet bills starting in May. That’s because a federal broadband subsidy program they’re enrolled in is nearly out of money....
Columbia University threatens suspension over pro-Palestinian protests (www.aljazeera.com)
Columbia University, a prestigious Ivy League school in the United States, has announced that its negotiations with student protesters has fallen through, opening up the potential for severe consequences for those involved in a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus....
Sword-wielding man attacks passersby in London, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring 4 others (apnews.com)
Israel fears ICC will issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and other top officials (www.nbcnews.com)
US finds five Israeli military units guilty of 'gross human rights violations' (www.middleeasteye.net)
“After a careful process, we found five Israeli units responsible for individual incidents of gross violations of human rights. All of these were incidents much before October 7th and none took place in Gaza,” State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said Monday....
