Former US ambassador arrested in Florida, accused of serving as an agent of Cuba, AP source says (apnews.com)
Israeli forces reported to be pushing into southern Gaza (www.bbc.com)
The BBC has also verified pictures on social media which shows an Israeli tank operating near the city....
Dead longhorn found on Oklahoma State fraternity lawn the day before championship game with Texas (apnews.com)
Police say a dead longhorn cow was found on the lawn of an Oklahoma State University fraternity on Friday, the day before the school’s football team plays the University of Texas Longhorns in the Big 12 championship game....
The Pentagon says a US warship and multiple commercial ships have come under attack in the Red Sea (apnews.com)
One of the three Palestinian-American students shot in Vermont is paralyzed (www.theguardian.com)
Twenty-year-old Hisham Awartani paralyzed from the chest down after a bullet lodged in his spine, his family say...
Pending home sales drop to a record low, even worse than during the financial crisis (www.cnbc.com)
LGBTQ teens won a grant for their school. Adults sent the money back. (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Jury convicts man of child stealing in rural Stillwater [Oklahoma] (www.1600kush.com)
(Stillwater, Okla.) — In a remarkably rapid verdict, a Payne County jury took only 35 minutes to convict a man, who considers himself a sovereign citizen and represented himself at his trial last week, of child stealing, possessing guns illegally, and obstructing an officer in rural Stillwater.
Avoid cantaloupe unless you know its origins, CDC warns amid salmonella outbreak (www.npr.org)
Americans are ‘doom spending’ — here’s why that’s a problem (www.cnbc.com)
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Chinese borrowers default in record numbers as economic crisis deepens (www.ft.com)
"Defaults by Chinese borrowers have surged to a record high since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, highlighting the depth of the country’s economic downturn and the obstacles to a full recovery,” the Financial Times reports.
Lacking counselors, US schools turn to the booming business of online therapy (apnews.com)
As schools across the U.S. grapple with the student mental health crisis, the use of telehealth therapy for students has skyrocketed.
Mobile internet ban lifted in Manipur in most areas after 7 month (www.hindustantimes.com)
‘Right to speak’ is a lie
Return to office is ‘dead,’ Stanford economist says. Here’s why (www.cnbc.com)
Democrats Clash Over Move to Add Asylum Changes to War Funding Bill (www.nytimes.com)
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Chinese celebrity chef vows to never cook egg fried rice again after nationalist backlash (www.cnn.com)
Light, tasty and simple to make, egg fried rice has long been a beloved dish in China and one of most recognizable icons of Chinese cuisine around the world....
Breaches by Iran-affiliated hackers spanned multiple U.S. states, federal agencies say (apnews.com)
Kentucky two-year-old’s high IQ makes her youngest female member of Mensa (www.theguardian.com)
Isla McNabb’s ability to read back words written on an erasable tablet led her parents to contact Guinness World Records...
New York could see more legal pot shops after state settles cases that halted market (apnews.com)
New York could soon start to get more recreational marijuana dispensaries after a judge on Friday approved legal settlements to end lawsuits that halted the state’s legal cannabis licensing program....
Two federal programs vital to national security may end unless Congress acts, DHS officials say (www.nbcnews.com)
Trump targets a bigger, cheaper and more popular Obamacare. Why the law could be harder to repeal in 2025 than it was in 2017. (www.politico.com)
The Obamacare that Donald Trump pledges to scrap in 2025 is not the same law that the GOP targeted during his first year in office — making it politically uncomfortable for the former president’s fellow Republicans to embrace a wholesale repeal....
Broadcom CEO tells VMWare workers to 'get butt back to office' after completing a $69 billion merger of the two companies (fortune.com)
Broadcom is laying off 1,267 Palo Alto-based VMware workers following its acquisition of the company...
Texas Judge Orders Release of Uvalde Shooting Records (www.propublica.org)
The ruling by 261st Civil District Court Judge Daniella DeSeta Lyttle calls on DPS to fulfill 28 records requests filed by the news organizations, which include ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, subject to redactions such as personal information of police officers and blurring the faces of minor victims in crime scene...
West Virginians Could Get Stuck Cleaning Up the Coal Industry’s Messes (www.propublica.org)
West Virginia’s fund to clean up abandoned coal mines is in such dire shape that it threatens to stick taxpayers with hundreds of millions — perhaps even billions — of dollars in cleanup costs. And yet, little is being done to turn things around....
U.S. life expectancy rose in 2022, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level (www.statnews.com)
S. life expectancy rose last year — by more than a year — but still isn’t close to what it was before the Covid-19 pandemic....
