Bridge between US and Canada closed following explosion. (Rainbow Bridge at Niagara Falls) (abcnews.go.com)
Fort Worth cop fired after officials say he showed up to work intoxicated (www.audacy.com)
Railyard explosion, inspections raise safety questions about Union Pacific's hazmat shipping (apnews.com)
Former state department official loses job after Islamophobic tirade at New York street vendor (www.theguardian.com)
Halal food worker might soon be able to take legal action against the explicit and racist abuse after the attacker’s firm offered free representation...
Bayer's Monsanto To Pay More Than $1.5 Billion Over Claims Weed-Killer Caused Cancer (themessenger.com)
Bayer’s Monsanto was ordered to pay more than $1.5 billion Friday over claims its patented weed-killer, Roundup, was linked to users’ cancer, Bloomberg reported....
Tesla workers report explosions, concussions, and grisly robot injuries at Texas factory (www.theverge.com)
Former Obama adviser in custody, faces hate crime charges after halal cart confrontation (abc7ny.com)
The owners of the cart say there have been several ugly confrontations at the cart over the last two weeks amid conflict in the Mideast.
As Groundwater Dwindles, Powerful Players Block Change (www.nytimes.com)
From a small brick building in Garden City, Kan., 13 men manage the use of groundwater across five million acres in the southwest corner of the state, some of the most productive farmland in America for corn, wheat and sorghum....
Meet 3 people whose designs are finalists for the new Minnesota flag (www.mprnews.org)
Minnesota’s most intensely debated art contest in memory is down to six designs for the next state flag and just a handful for the official seal, a tiny fraction of the more than 2,500 in total submissions....
Charleston Elected Its First Republican Mayor Since The 1870s This Week (www.huffpost.com)
The city of Charleston, South Carolina elected its first Republican mayor since the 1870s this week....
Hit by war, Israelis defer loan repayments in October - banks regulator (www.reuters.com)
Right-wing U.S. media covered fiction as fact: A non-existent terrorist attack from Canada at Rainbow Bridge (www.cbc.ca)
News reports were awash in misinformation following an explosion at the Canada-U.S. border crossing at Rainbow Bridge near Niagara Falls....
Democrats who swept Moms For Liberty off school board fight superintendent’s $700,000 exit deal (www.politico.com)
The battle in Pennsylvania is part of years of infighting.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear declares state of emergency over train derailment, chemical spill (abcnews.go.com)
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency in Rockcastle County following a multi-car train derailment on Wednesday that his office said resulted in a chemical spill....
Pro-Palestinian Protesters Briefly Disrupt Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (www.msn.com)
China is using the world's largest known online disinformation operation to harass Americans, a CNN review finds (www.cnn.com)
The Chinese government has built up the world’s largest known online disinformation operation and is using it to harass US residents, politicians, and businesses—at times threatening its targets with violence, a CNN review of court documents and public disclosures by social media companies has found....
Tesla Investors Call for Musk's Suspension, Apple Pulls Ads on X (gizmodo.com)
Biden Campaign Starts Reminding America Why It Dumped Trump In The First Place (www.huffpost.com)
Both the president and his reelection campaign are going after his coup-attempting predecessor even before the first GOP primary ballots are cast....
Scientists detect a cosmic ray that’s almost as powerful as the ‘Oh-My-God’ particle | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Israel unveils what it claims is a major Hamas militant hideout beneath Gaza City's Shifa Hospital (apnews.com)
Dozens of soldiers escorted journalists through a narrow stone tunnel — which the military said stretched 150 meters (164 yards) — to a series of underground bunkers beneath Shifa Hospital in a shattered Gaza City....
Big tech companies refuse to take down illegal site stealing from journalists | Ricochet (ricochet.media)
Last week, we identified a major criminal enterprise operating a website that has been stealing articles from reputable news sites around the world, including this one, for at least three and a half years....
OpenAI Employees Say Firm's Chief Scientist Has Been Making Strange Spiritual Claims (futurism.com)
Geert Wilders' victory in Netherlands election spooks Europe (www.bbc.com)
Hotel still 'hostile and unwelcoming' to Native Americans despite DOJ order: lawsuit (www.rawstory.com)
A South Dakota hotel at the heart of a Justice Department case that forced the owner to resign for discriminating against Native Americans is accused of going back to its old tricks in a new lawsuit, reported The Daily Beast."The Department of Justice reached an agreement with South Dakota’s Grand ...
Indy nurse charged with stealing drugs from hospital where she worked (fox59.com)
INDIANAPOLIS – An Indianapolis nurse is facing criminal charges for allegedly stealing various drugs from the hospital where she worked.