‘Coyote vs. Acme’ No Longer Dead After Big Backlash to Warner Bros. (www.rollingstone.com)
Hungarian plan to target foreign influence fuels NGO and media fears (www.theguardian.com)
U.S. Army overturns convictions of 110 Black soldiers in 1917 Houston riot at Camp Logan [Houston Chronicle] (www.houstonchronicle.com)
“More than a century has passed since 110 Black soldiers stationed at Camp Logan were convicted of mutiny, murder, and assault in the 1917 Houston Riot, with 19 of them executed at Fort Sam Houston. Now those convictions have been overturned.”...
NY AG walks out amid "frustrations" that judge let Don Jr. turn testimony into "infomercial" (www.salon.com)
Amid blowback over Clarence Thomas travel, Supreme Court says it will honor a code of conduct for the first time (www.usatoday.com)
It is the first time in its 234-year history the Supreme Court will honor a code of conduct....
DOJ announces arrests in ‘high-end brothel network’ used by elected officials, military officers and others (www.cnn.com)
Suella Braverman sacked as home secretary after article criticising police (www.theguardian.com)
China to hold joint military exercises with Malaysia and four south east Asian countries (www.malaymail.com)
Mississippi River hit record-low levels in October (www.noaa.gov)
U.S. struck with record 25 separate billion-dollar disasters so far this year
The 20 Farming Families Who Use More Water From the Colorado River Than Some Western States (projects.propublica.org)
Kansas mayor who tried to rid city library of LGBTQ books loses school board race (www.rawstory.com)
TOPEKA — St. Marys Mayor Matthew Childs, who previously attempted to ban LGBTQ books from the city’s public library, lost on his school board bid. Tuesday’s election saw several candidates from the religion-dominated area attempt to win school board seats on the USD 321 Kaw Valley School Board...
Worst-ever contamination of Ireland’s largest lake: What’s to blame? (www.aljazeera.com)
Israel-Hamas fake news thrives on poorly regulated online platforms (www.theguardian.com)
Claims on X and Telegram include downplaying 7 October Hamas attack and allegations Palestinians are faking scenes of suffering
The Panama Canal is so clogged up that a shipping company paid $4 million to jump the line: report (www.businessinsider.com)
Nadia Mohamed is Minnesota’s first Somali American Mayor (minnesotareformer.com)
Nadia Mohamed has been elected the mayor of St. Louis Park, making her the city’s first Black mayor in 170 years, Minnesota’s first Somali American mayor and the second known Somali mayor in U.S. history....
NJ officials investigate unusual spike in Legionnaires' disease (www.livescience.com)
The 4-day workweek: How one Ohio manufacturer is making it work (www.npr.org)
When Bill Kowalcic first heard that his company Advanced RV was trying out a four-day workweek, he was filled with questions....
The Marvels, goofy and bold, shows there’s still some magic left in the MCU (www.vox.com)
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Christian photographer wins right to discriminate against LGBTQ+ couples (www.lgbtqnation.com)
His win is a direct result of the Supreme Court’s decision in a pivotal LGBTQ+ rights case.
Report: 7 October testimonies strike major blow to Israeli narrative (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
Disclaimer: This is very biased source. **However, ** the quoted Israeli sources indicate a number of Israeli civilians were killed in a panicked response by the IDF on October 7th.
Israel-Gaza live news: Firing outside Gaza hospitals, with patients and staff trapped inside - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has now weighed in on the hospital situation in northern Gaza....
The crackdown on pro-Palestinian students is a disaster for free speech (www.motherjones.com)
Antisemitic Hate Crimes Soar in New York City (www.nytimes.com)
Several high-profile incidents are being investigated as hate crimes in New York, where anti-Jewish incidents more than tripled in October compared with last year.
Companies are demanding employees spend more days in the office, yet they’re also reducing their office space. Here’s why that isn’t paradoxical (fortune.com)
Return-to-office mandates are increasingly common, but companies are rapidly downsizing their offices and worried about whether they’ll be able to keep their current ones....
Unpublished study finds elevated cancer rates at US military base (www.reuters.com)
As a veteran, it is frustrating to deal with the government to prove exposure to toxins....
