New role for Amy Coney Barrett’s father inside Christian sect sparks controversy (www.theguardian.com)
Alleged abuse survivors at People of Praise worry Michael Coney may block group’s handling of sexual abuse from becoming public...
Sanctions are hitting Russian air carriers. Three aircraft of Russian airlines experienced engine failures during the flight • World News (ua-stena.info)
Sanctions are hitting Russian air carriers...
‘Rage’ abortion donations dry up, leaving funds struggling to meet demand (thehill.com)
Abortion funds that help people cover the costs of getting the procedure are struggling with money as the waves of donations that followed the end of Roe v. Wade have begun to dry up....
Teacher who showed Muhammad cartoon still in hiding 3 years later, The former head of religious studies at Batley Grammar School in West Yorkshire is unlikely ever to return home, his family say (www.thetimes.co.uk)
List of killings ordered by mohammad...
Shunned in computer age, cursive makes a comeback in California (news.yahoo.com)
FULLERTON, California (Reuters) - A generation of children who learned to write on screens is now going old school....
Texas Lt. Governor Responds to Question About Possible 'Civil War' (www.newsweek.com)
The title should read, Texas Lt. Governor does everything possible to foment civil war in a horrible situation of their own making
Costco is testing out a new system for entering stores (www.cnn.com)
Bad news if you’re mooching off of someone else’s Costco membership: The retail giant is cracking down....
United Auto Workers union endorses Joe Biden for president (www.theguardian.com)
The powerful United Auto Workers (UAW) formally endorsed Joe Biden’s re-election campaign on Wednesday at the union’s national community action program conference in Washington DC....
Special monitor suggests Trump falsified disclosures over $48 million loan in what could be tax evasion, report says (www.businessinsider.com)
A court-appointed monitor in Trump’s fraud case said his company filed disclosures with "errors."...
Drone that killed US soldiers in Jordan followed American drone onto base, causing confusion (www.cnn.com)
The drone that killed three US Army soldiers and wounded dozens more in Jordan on Sunday approached the US military outpost, Tower 22, around the same time an American drone was returning to the base, which led to uncertainty over whether it was hostile and caused a delay to the US response, two US officials told CNN....
California man Marcus Eriz found guilty of killing 6-year-old boy Aiden Leos in road rage incident (abcnews.go.com)
Marcus Eriz has been found guilty of murder in the Orange County, California, road rage incident that killed 6-year-old Aiden Leos in 2021....
Religious trauma still haunts millions of LGBTQ Americans (www.nbcnews.com)
Some mental health experts are advocating for religious trauma to be considered an official disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders....
Anti-Muslim incidents jump in US amid Israel-Gaza war (www.reuters.com)
Woman who fatally stabbed man 108 times gets probation, no prison time (ktla.com)
During that psychotic break, she stabbed O’Melia multiple times, eventually killing him. She also stabbed herself repeatedly, officials said....
Mystical Nighthawk: Its Spiritual Symbolism and Meaning (yourspiritanimals.com)
The nighthawk is a mysterious nocturnal bird that holds deep symbolic meaning for many cultures. With its spectral presence and nighttime habits, this avian inspires our spiritual imagination.
What happened at the nation's first nitrogen gas execution: An AP eyewitness account (apnews.com)
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — As witnesses including five news reporters watched through a window, Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted and sentenced to die in the 1988 murder-for hire slaying of Elizabeth Sennett, convulsed on a gurney as Alabama carried out the nation’s first execution using nitrogen gas.
IRS set to launch its free tax-filing pilot program for some taxpayers. Here's what to expect (www.cnbc.com)
Some taxpayers will soon qualify for Direct File, a free tax-filing option from the IRS....
China Evergrande has been ordered to liquidate. The real estate giant owes over $300 billion (apnews.com)
A Hong Kong court ordered China Evergrande, the world’s most heavily indebted real estate developer, to undergo liquidation following a failed effort to restructure $300 billion owed to banks and bondholders that fueled fears about China’s rising debt burden....
With the World Stumbling Past 1.5 Degrees of Warming, Scientists Warn Climate Shocks Could Trigger Unrest and Authoritarian Backlash (insideclimatenews.org)
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Israeli police repressing anti-war protests with ‘iron fist,’ say activists (www.972mag.com)
Since October 7, Israel's police have systematically banned, restricted, and attacked protests against the army's assault on Gaza.
Proposed CA bill would electronically restrict cars from going 10mph over speed limit (abc7.com)
Black Pastors Pressure Biden to Call for a Cease-Fire in Gaza (www.nytimes.com)
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E. Jean Carroll says she plans to use $83 million on 'something Donald Trump hates' (abcnews.go.com)
MacKenzie Scott trims Amazon stake by $10B, philanthropist now owns about 1.9% of tech giant: 'I have a disproportionate amount of money to share' (fortune.com)
CDC warns health care workers to be on alert for measles amid rising number of cases (abcnews.go.com)
There have been 23 confirmed cases of measles since December 2023....
