NHL players can now say gay (www.salon.com)
Highlights: On Tuesday, the NHL reversed a ban on using Pride Tape — rainbow-striped hockey tape — and other shows of LGBTQ+ support on the ice. “After consultation with the NHL Players Association and the NHL Player Inclusion Coalition, players will now have the option to voluntarily represent social causes with their...
Federal forecasters predict warm, wet US winter but less snow because of El Nino, climate change (apnews.com)
The upcoming United States winter looks likely to be a bit low on snow and extreme cold outbreaks, with federal forecasters predicting the North to get warmer than normal and the South wetter and stormier.
Tom Emmer withdraws from House speaker race hours after GOP nomination (www.nbcnews.com)
UN finds further evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
Report points to ‘wilful killing, torture, rape and other sexual violence, and the deportation of children to the Russian Federation’
Executive order bans gender-neutral language in Arkansas government documents (fayettevilleflyer.com)
DHS proposes changes to H-1B work visas (thehill.com)
The Biden administration Monday rolled out a series of proposals to change how work visas are granted and what rights they convey to foreign nationals....
Misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war is flooding social media. Here are the facts (apnews.com)
While plenty of real imagery and accounts of the ensuing carnage have emerged, they have been intermingled with users pushing false claims and misrepresenting videos from other events....
NHL drops its Pride tape ban after players protest (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Colorado cannot ban unproven abortion pill reversal treatment, judge says (www.reuters.com)
U.S. District Judge Daniel Domenico said in an opinion on Saturday that a Colorado law banning so-called medication abortion reversal treatment likely violates the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of religious freedom. His order stops the state from enforcing the law against Bella Health and Wellness, which sued to block it, or...
5,000 autoworkers walk out at Texas GM's largest plant, as UAW expands strike for second day in a row (thehill.com)
Instagram linked to depression, anxiety, insomnia in kids - US states' lawsuit (www.reuters.com)
In a complaint filed in the Oakland, California, federal court on Tuesday, 33 states including California and Illinois said Meta, which also operates Facebook, has repeatedly misled the public about the substantial dangers of its platforms and knowingly induced young children and teenagers into addictive and compulsive social...
Rodin Sculpture Has Been Missing From Scottish Museum Collection for Nearly 75 Years (www.smithsonianmag.com)
The piece is a plaster version of one of the figures from the French sculptor’s “Les Bourgeois de Calais”
Ex-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows granted immunity, tells special counsel he warned Trump about 2020 claims (abcnews.go.com)
Man who was living in New Hampshire woods found guilty of murder in deaths of retired couple (www.nbcnews.com)
After deliberating for a day and a half, the jury found Logan Clegg, 27, guilty of second-degree murder in the deaths of Stephen and Djeswende Reid in April 2022
Manhunt continues for Nashville police chief’s son suspected in shooting of 2 Tennessee officers (www.nbcnews.com)
Fight over Texas anti-abortion transport bans reaches biggest battlegrounds yet (www.reuters.com)
Two Texas jurisdictions will consider measures this week to outlaw the act of transporting another person along their roads for an abortion, part of a strategy by conservative activists to further restrict abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade....
Louisiana pileup caused by super fog turns deadly on I-55 near New Orleans (www.foxweather.com)
Wildfires in the drought-stricken state have been burning all summer. The combination of smoke and fog turned deadly.
Roman Catholic diocese warns fake priests are preying on California parishioners (www.nbcnews.com)
A Roman Catholic diocese in California is warning its flock to beware of wolves in priestly clothes....
Fourth defendant negotiates plea deal with Fulton prosecutors (www.ajc.com)
Attorney Jenna Ellis on Tuesday became the fourth defendant in the Fulton County election interference case to strike a deal with prosecutors.
New deadly bird flu cases reported in Iowa, joining 3 other states as disease resurfaces (apnews.com)
Two commercial turkey farms in Iowa have been hit by the reemerging highly pathogenic bird flu, causing about 100,000 birds to be killed to prevent the disease from spreading....
Apple Cancelled Jon Stewart Because Feckless Tech Executives Were Afraid Of The Pesky Truth (www.techdirt.com)
Last week, the New York Times reported that Apple had cancelled “The Problem With Jon Stewart.” More importantly, the Times noted that Apple executives, clearly not at all worried about the need for a healthy editorial firewall, had grown uncomfortable with the way that the program was planning to cover issues such as China...
Kirjastot kamppailevat kasvaneiden varausmäärien kanssa: ”Olemme miettineet, miten ihmiset saisi hakemaan kirjan itse hyllystä” (yle.fi)
Former NSA worker pleads guilty to trying to sell U.S. secrets to Russia (www.nbcnews.com)
A former National Security Agency employee from Colorado pleaded guilty Monday to trying to sell classified information to Russia....
No evidence found linking synagogue president's fatal stabbing to antisemitism, Detroit police chief says (www.nbcnews.com)
Detroit police said Sunday that they have found no evidence that indicates the fatal stabbing of a Detroit synagogue president this weekend was linked to antisemitism....