A new California bill aims to ban paraquat. Yep, that toxic stuff is still around. (www.motherjones.com)
Suspect arrested in arson at Sen. Bernie Sanders’s Vermont office (thehill.com)
Heat-trapping carbon dioxide and methane levels in the air last year spiked to record highs again (apnews.com)
The levels of the crucial heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere reached historic highs last year, growing at near-record fast paces, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration....
Scientists confirm record highs for three most important heat-trapping gases (www.theguardian.com)
Global concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide climbed to unseen levels in 2023, underlining climate crisis...
Why more Americans are making hardship withdrawals from retirement accounts (www.pbs.org)
A conservative appeals court in the South seems to be exasperating the Supreme Court (www.cnn.com)
If there is a down-to-the-deadline scramble at the Supreme Court to intervene on a hot-button case with far-reaching implications, there is a good chance that the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals is the source of the legal fracas....
Meta is accused of censoring a non-profit newspaper and an independent journalist who criticized the company (www.cnn.com)
Ultra-conservative lawmakers target Louisiana libraries as culture war rages on • Louisiana Illuminator (lailluminator.com)
'We pay taxes so the corporations don’t have to': Amazon to get 100% tax cut for project in Mississippi — when the state has the ‘highest rate of poverty in America.' (finance.yahoo.com)
Israeli military fires two senior officers as report finds strike on aid workers was in ‘violation of commands’ (www.cnn.com)
Alabama governor signs law banning diversity programs in schools (www.reuters.com)
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed into law on Wednesday a ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public schools, making the state one of a few to enact broad measures against what she and other Republicans call a leftward tilt in U.S. education....
Work permits grow, but undocumented immigrants are left hungry for access (thehill.com)
‘He was a human being’: US prisoners are dying from treatable conditions (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: a Guardian investigation finds that inmates who died of preventable conditions were deemed malingerers and ‘time wasters’...
Woman breaks her neck inside St. Clair County Jail, isn't taken to the hospital for days (www.wxyz.com)
‘They were moving me all around and I had a broken neck.’...
Fredericktown veterinarian charged with sex with a pony, 2 counts of domestic violence (www.knoxpages.com)
Fredericktown veterinarian charged with sex with a pony, 2 counts of domestic violence...
Baltimore bridge salvage: 'This is a game of Jenga you don't want to lose' (www.bbc.com)
US Army Colonel Estee Pinchasin looks out at the thousands of tonnes of twisted, broken steel and concrete jutting out from the dark waters of Maryland’s Patapsco river, and delivers her assessment: an “unforgiving mangled mess”....
‘In 24 Hours, You’ll Have Your Pills’: American Women Are Traveling to Mexico for Abortions (www.wired.com)
Since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, more women have been crossing the border to Mexico for abortion medications and procedures....
Animal control services in Atlanta suspended as city and county officials snipe over contract (apnews.com)
The dogcatcher may not be coming when Atlanta residents call....
California fast-food workers’ minimum wage win stirs up old economic debate (www.theguardian.com)
Business groups claim hard-fought $20 hourly wage victory will cause reduced hours, layoffs and price hikes – critics say otherwise...
Israeli military reduces troops in southern Gaza, spokesperson says (www.reuters.com)
The Israeli military has withdrawn all ground troops from the southern Gaza Strip except for one brigade, a military spokesperson said on Sunday....
Baltimore bridge collapse: two bodies recovered from water, officials say (www.theguardian.com)
Authorities say bodies of Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes and Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera found by divers in pickup truck...
Fire at Bernie Sanders' Vermont office investigated as arson (www.nbcnews.com)
A fire at Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Vermont office is being investigated as arson, the Burlington Fire Department said Friday.
Trump’s legal delaying tactics dealt a blow as he lashes out at judge’s family (www.theguardian.com)
New York hush-money trial still on course for 15 April start but ruling in classified documents case has prosecutors concerned...
Three Indigenous American tribes to get funding to manage ocean and coasts (www.theguardian.com)
Communities in Washington, California and Maine will receive $755,000 under the Infrastructure Act to build climate resilience...
Israel moves to shut down Al Jazeera after new law allows for ‘security threat’ bans on international media | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to shut down news network Al Jazeera following the passage Monday of a sweeping law allowing the government to ban foreign networks perceived as posing a threat to national security....
