Off-duty Nebraska police officers shoot and kill two men (slatereport.com)
Two off-duty police officers in Nebraska’s largest city shot and killed two men in an SUV, though authorities have provided few details about the confrontation....
US labor official says Dartmouth basketball players are school employees, sets stage for union vote (apnews.com)
A National Labor Relations Board regional official ruled on Monday that Dartmouth basketball players are employees of the school, clearing the way for an election that would create the first-ever labor union for NCAA athletes....
WeWork’s Co-Founder Is Trying to Buy the Company (www.nytimes.com)
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China's chances of overtaking US economy "declining" (www.newsweek.com)
The possibility that China will overtake the United States as the world’s biggest economy is declining as the country faces an obvious slowdown, according to Cornell professor and former International Monetary Fund (IMF) official Eswar Prasad....
Sound Amplifies Suspense in Horror Films Without Altering Time Perception, Study Suggests (researchinenglish.com)
Over 2 percent of the US’s electricity generation now goes to bitcoin (arstechnica.com)
SpaceX just sent 2 Saudi astronauts—including the country’s first woman in space—to the ISS (fortune.com)
Rayyanah Barnawi, a stem cell researcher, became the first woman from the kingdom to go to space....
Summer Has Long Stressed Electric Grids. Now Winter Does, Too. (www.nytimes.com)
Electric utilities, which designed their system to meet peak demand in sizzling weather, are straining to keep up during the cold....
Working longer won’t solve the retirement crisis — seniors need a ‘Gray New Deal’ to retire with dignity, this economist says (finance.yahoo.com)
Family of teen who died by suicide after video of her assault was posted online sues school (www.nbcnews.com)
Adriana Kuch, 14, was attacked by other students in the hallway of her high school last year. She later died by suicide after video of the assault was posted online....
Elmo’s wellness check uncovers existential dread and despair on social media, nobody's ok right now (www.nbcnews.com)
Hispanic Caucus urges new direction in immigration talks (thehill.com)
The CHC’s Tuesday proposals also come as the group has been purposefully excluded from Senate negotiations on border policy, which reportedly have centered on ways to curtail asylum and further fortify the border without addressing calls to overhaul the legal immigration system and appeals to give longtime undocumented...
Death cuts off dreams of man recently freed after 3 decades wrongfully in prison (www.chicagotribune.com)
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North Dakota lawmaker who insulted police in DUI stop gets unsupervised probation and $1,000 fine (apnews.com)
Rios has said he is “seriously mulling all aspects” of his future, and plans to seek help for alcoholism, but he has made no plans to resign....
Louisiana governor accused of using public records law to intimidate EPA and ‘Cancer Alley’ community (www.theguardian.com)
Louisiana’s far-right government has quietly obtained hundreds of pages of communications between the Environmental Protection Agency and journalists, legal advocates and community groups focused on environmental justice. The rare use of public records law to target citizens is a new escalation in the state’s battle with the...
US corporations push to neuter laws used to hold opioid firms accountable (www.theguardian.com)
Rightwing pressure group Alec seeks to limit public nuisance laws used to take on big business from tobacco to climate crisis...
Millennials own less than half the real estate wealth of boomers—can they catch up? (creditnews.com)
Family of Black girls handcuffed by Colorado police, held at gunpoint reach $1.9 million settlement (apnews.com)
The 6-year-old Lovely watched as her mother, Brittney Gilliam, was led to a patrol car in handcuffs after she shouted in frustration at the police, who mistakenly believed the car she was driving was stolen....
Some Americans have become saddled with credit card debt as rent and everyday prices remain high (apnews.com)
While the U.S. economy is broadly healthy, pockets of Americans have run through their savings and run up their credit card balances after battling inflation for more than two years....
Appeals court rejects Trump's immunity claim in federal election interference case (abc7news.com)
Federal appeals court narrowly blocks controversial Florida law barring Chinese land ownership (www.politico.com)
“This prohibition blatantly violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s protection against discrimination,” Judge Nancy Abudu wrote....
Federal Appeals Court Denies Trump Presidential Immunity (www.usnews.com)
CNN staff say network’s pro-Israel slant amounts to ‘journalistic malpractice’ (www.theguardian.com)
Fake Biden video prompts call for Meta to label posts (www.bbc.com)
“Since the quality of AI deception and the ways you can do it keeps improving and shifting this is an important element to keep the policy dynamic as AI and usage gets more pervasive or more deceptive, or people get more accustomed to it,” Mr Gregory said....
Dearborn mayor ramps up security measures after Wall Street Journal op-ed calling city 'Jihad Capital' (www.nbcnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/dearborn-wsj-article-jihad-capi…
