Residents in wealthy California town block access to public hot springs with boulders (www.theguardian.com)
County officials alert Montecito homeowners that they face prosecution, including daily fines of $850 if stones are not removed...
Bill to make marrying your first cousin illegal in Tennessee passes but not without a fight (www.wsmv.com)
5 killed as Israeli army shells hundreds of displaced Palestinians returning to northern Gaza (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
Hundreds of Palestinians are trying to return to northern Gaza via the Al-Rashid Street and very few of them, all of them women and children, succeeded in reaching the northern Gaza Strip, according to an Anadolu correspondent....
3 children, 1 adult injured in drive-by shooting outside of Kentucky health department (www.usatoday.com)
How to tackle crime in Indian Country? Empower tribal justice, ex-Justice Department official says (apnews.com)
Public safety statistics reflect the serious challenges. Native Americans and Alaska Natives are more than twice as likely to be victims of a violent crime, and Native American women are at least two times more likely to be raped or sexually assaulted compared with others....
‘Shhh or I’ll shoot you’: family of jailed Christian woman tell of Israeli raid (www.theguardian.com)
The Israeli troops arrived at about 4am last Saturday to take 23-year-old Layan Nasir away at gunpoint from her parents’ home in the West Bank town of Birzeit. There was no arrest warrant or charges, and her parents haven’t been notified of where she is held....
US will not take part in any Israeli retaliatory action against Iran (www.reuters.com)
President Joe Biden warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the U.S. will not take part in a counter-offensive against Iran, an option that Netanyahu’s war cabinet favors after a mass drone and missile attack on Israeli territory, according to officials....
FBI opens criminal probe into Maryland bridge collapse, Washington Post says (gazette.com)
The FBI has opened a federal criminal probe into the March 26 bridge collapse in Maryland, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing two U.S. officials familiar with the matter....
‘Grownup’ leaders are pushing us towards catastrophe, says former US climate chief (www.theguardian.com)
Paris agreement negotiator Todd Stern attacks premiers who say that decarbonisation programmes are unrealistic and should be slowed down...
A Huge Number of Homeowners Have Mortgage Rates Too Good to Give Up (www.nytimes.com)
Murder of second world war veteran milkman in Florida solved after 50 years (www.theguardian.com)
The Attacks on HBCUs Extend Beyond Tennessee (www.themarysue.com)
We know Republicans hate diversity. We see attacks on everything from voting rights to DEI initiatives to teaching accurate American history in schools. Education is, of course, a favorite target for the GOP. In the state of Tennessee, Governor Bill Lee just dissolved the board at the state’s only HBCU, Tennessee State...
Blackstone is said to be pursuing a purchase of Jersey Mike's for around $8 billion (www.restaurantbusinessonline.com)
Trump repeats attack on ex-lawyer on eve of trial despite gag order (www.reuters.com)
Donald Trump once again attacked his former lawyer Michael Cohen on Saturday, potentially testing the limits of a gag order that bars him from making public statements about witnesses concerning their testimony in his upcoming criminal trial in New York....
Axios: Biden told Netanyahu U.S. won't support an Israeli counterattack on Iran (www.axios.com)
“I told Prime Minister Netanyahu that Israel demonstrated a remarkable capacity to defend against and defeat even unprecedented attacks — sending a clear message to its foes that they cannot effectively threaten the security of Israel,” Biden said.
Forgiving medical debt after it is sent to collections has fewer benefits – study (www.theguardian.com)
Experts partnered with RIP Medical Debt, a medical non-profit that buys and forgives debt, found it had little effect on people’s credit scores and mental health...
Thousands of Palestinians attempt to return home to northern Gaza, but face Israeli fire | CNN (www.cnn.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14299625...
Texas surgeon accused of secretly blocking patients from getting transplants (arstechnica.com)
The motive for the alleged data manipulation is unknown....
Man stabs 6 people to death in Sydney shopping center before being fatally shot by police. (www.npr.org)
Iran's Revolutionary Guard seizes a container ship near Strait of Hormuz amid tensions with West (apnews.com)
Commandos from Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard rappelled down from a helicopter onto an Israeli-affiliated container ship near the Strait of Hormuz and seized the vessel Saturday, the latest in a series of attacks between the two countries....
Ohio police release body camera video of officer shooting 15-year-old boy who had toy gun seconds after initial encounter (www.nbcnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/ohio-police-release-body-camera…
Arizona anti-abortion activists aren’t letting up after Supreme Court victory (www-nbcnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org)
The activists said they will continue protesting at clinics for the next two weeks and work to penalize self-managed abortions....
Iran Deploys Powerful Russian-Made Avtobaza-M EW System aka "Drone Killer" to Defend Tehran (defencesecurityasia.com)
Google Workers Revolt Over $1.2 Billion Contract With Israel (time.com)
The protest group, called No Tech for Apartheid, now has more than 200 Google employees closely involved in organizing, according to members, who say there are hundreds more workers sympathetic to their goals. TIME spoke to five current and five former Google workers for this story, many of whom described a growing sense of...
Executor of O.J. Simpson's estate plans to fight payout to the families of Brown and Goldman (apnews.com)
Simpson’s will was filed Friday in a Clark County court in Nevada, naming his longtime lawyer, Malcolm LaVergne, as the executor. The document shows Simpson’s property was placed into a trust that was created this year....
