Biden sees highest approval rating since November (thehill.com)
Reuters photographer Mohammed Salem wins 2024 World Press Photo of the Year award (www.reuters.com)
Reuters photographer Mohammed Salem won the prestigious 2024 World Press Photo of the Year award on Thursday for his image of a Palestinian woman cradling the body of her five-year-old niece in the Gaza Strip....
America's nonreligious are a growing, diverse phenomenon. They really don't like organized religion (apnews.com)
Mike Dulak grew up Catholic in Southern California, but by his teen years, he began skipping Mass and driving straight to the shore to play guitar, watch the waves and enjoy the beauty of the morning. “And it felt more spiritual than any time I set foot in a church,” he recalled....
US approves Rafah op. in exchange for no Israeli counter-strikes on Iran - report (www.jpost.com)
Missouri mother accused of allowing 8-year-old son to drive after drinking too much (www.usatoday.com)
Creating sexually explicit deepfakes to become a criminal offence (www.bbc.com)
The creation of sexually explicit “deepfake” images is to be made a criminal offence in England and Wales under a new law, the government says....
Smithsonian responds after report of ending long-held drag shows following Republican angst (www.advocate.com)
Vince McMahon is taking vacations and in touch with Trump as WWE tries to move on from scandal-plagued ex-CEO (www.cnbc.com)
Trump supporters gather outside courthouse and ask: Who among us hasn’t paid for sex? (www.independent.co.uk)
Donald Trump has not been accused of paying for sex, but several supporters protesting outside of his trial on Monday wanted to make it clear that they have. It seems the crowds that come out to protest the persecution of the former president are getting smaller, and weirder...
Columbine school shooters glorified by young followers: Inside the scary online obsession (www.usatoday.com)
A Huge Number of Homeowners Have Mortgage Rates Too Good to Give Up (www.nytimes.com)
Mysterious object that hit Florida man's roof was part of the International Space Station (www.cbc.ca)
Climate damages by 2050 will be 6 times the cost of limiting warming to 2° (arstechnica.com)
Americans Sleeping Less, More Stressed (news.gallup.com)
Dickey Betts, Allman Brothers Band Singer-Guitarist, Dead at 80 (www.rollingstone.com)
Proposed changes to state Medicaid plans could shake up health coverage for 1.8 million low-income Texans (www.texastribune.org)
The move, which has not been finalized, would drop three large health plans run for two decades by nonprofit children’s hospitals....
Anonymous users are dominating right-wing discussions online. They also spread false information (apnews.com)
The reposts and expressions of shock from public figures followed quickly after a user on the social platform X who uses a pseudonym claimed that a government website had revealed “skyrocketing” rates of voters registering without a photo ID in three states this year — two of them crucial to the presidential contest....
An Atlanta Movie Exec Praised for His Diversity Efforts Sent Racist, Antisemitic Texts (www.propublica.org)
Mexico, facing US pressure, will halt incentives to Chinese EV makers (www.reuters.com)
World faces ‘deathly silence’ of nature as wildlife disappears, warn experts (www.theguardian.com)
Loss of intensity and diversity of noises in ecosystems reflects an alarming decline in healthy biodiversity, say sound ecologists...
Graduation rates for low-income students lag while their student loan debt soars (theconversation.com)
US drug shortages reach record high with 323 meds now in short supply (arstechnica.com)
These Mormon women are rejecting Trump, fraying GOP support in a key state (www.npr.org)
Stephen Miller epically roasted for calling Donald Trump a “style icon” (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Incarcerated people died 3.5 times more frequently at Covid peak than those outside – report (www.theguardian.com)
Study from University of California, Irvine and Brigham and Women’s Hospital shows prison mortality rate spiked at least 50%...
