US births fell last year, marking an end to the late pandemic rebound, experts say (apnews.com)
U.S. births fell last year, resuming a long national slide....
McKinsey reportedly under US criminal investigation over opioid industry work (www.theguardian.com)
Federal prosecutors looking at relationship with Purdue Pharma and other drug manufacturers, and its role in US opioid crisis...
Students arrested in California and Texas; Netanyahu compares campus protests to Nazi Germany (www.nbcnews.com)
US teacher charged with using AI to frame principal with racist audio (www.theguardian.com)
Dali ship that wrecked Baltimore bridge was 'unseaworthy' before it left port, city claims (www.usatoday.com)
Alameda County prosecutors allegedly excluded Black people and Jews from death penalty juries (oaklandside.org)
In an order issued today, U.S. District Court Judge Vince Chhabria said that the hand-written notes of prosecutors from a 31-year-old murder case “constitute strong evidence that, in prior decades, prosecutors from the [Alameda County District Attorney’s] office were engaged in a pattern of serious misconduct, automatically...
Police in riot gear moving in on pro-Palestinian protesters at USC (University of Southern California) (www.ktla.com)
What we know about the 55 people who died inside Wisconsin prisons last year (www.jsonline.com)
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U.S. bans noncompete agreements for nearly all jobs (www.npr.org)
The Federal Trade Commission narrowly voted Tuesday to ban nearly all noncompetes, employment agreements that typically prevent workers from joining competing businesses or launching ones of their own.
The FTC has banned noncompete agreements (www.theverge.com)
GDP growth slowed to a 1.6% rate in the first quarter, well below expectations: report (www.cnbc.com)
Coca-Cola is largest known contributor of branded plastic waste, global study finds (www.axios.com)
Secret service agent on Harris detail involved in altercation before flight (wapo.st)
Scottish Greens to oppose Yousaf in no-confidence vote (www.bbc.co.uk)
Police arrest more than two dozen pro-Palestine protesters on UT-Austin campus amid tense standoff (www.texastribune.org)
US Supreme Court to decide if Trump has immunity in election interference case (www.bbc.co.uk)
Horses loose in London latest: Blood on road and smashed vehicles after horses tear through city - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Several soldiers and horses are injured after five threw off their riders near Buckingham Palace and raced through London.
Women on Supreme Court Consider Need for Life-Saving Abortions (www.rollingstone.com)
Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Sonia Sotomayor questioned Wednesday when Idaho’s extreme law would allow emergency abortion care...
Reggie Bush gets Heisman Trophy back 14 years after forfeiting (www.espn.com)
US ban on worker noncompete agreements faces lawsuit from major business group (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the country’s largest business lobby, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to strike down a federal agency’s near-total ban on employers requiring workers to sign agreements not to join rivals or launch competing businesses....
USDA updates rules for school meals that limit added sugars for the first time (apnews.com)
Trump was forced to listen silently as potential jurors offered their unvarnished assessments of him (apnews.com)
New Yorkers who said they couldn’t approach the case fairly were excused during jury selection. But one of the women with the harshest assessments of him will be among those who will determine his fate on 34 counts of falsifying business records....
Government watchdog alleges Trump campaign broke the law trying to hide legal payments (www.usatoday.com)
Tennessee House passes bill allowing armed teachers, sending measure to the governor (www.tennessean.com)
Tennessee House Republicans on Tuesday passed legislation to allow some trained teachers and school staff to carry handguns despite pleas from Democrats, students and gun-reform advocates to defeat the bill....
