The NHL bans Pride Tape, setting off a backlash from players and fans (www.npr.org)
Highlights: Rainbow-colored Pride Tape has been part of pro ice hockey for seven years, symbolizing the sport’s pledge to be welcoming and inclusive. But the NHL has banned the athletic tape, quickly sparking a backlash....
Law restricting bathroom use for Idaho transgender students to go into effect as challenge continues (apnews.com)
An Idaho law restricting which bathrooms transgender students can use in schools will go into effect while a court challenge plays out....
As Israel expands Gaza offensive, it has lonely critics in Washington (www.cbc.ca)
Americans’ ardent support for Israel is palpable in poll after poll showing far greater sympathy for the Jewish state than for Palestinians....
Gaza aid stuck as Egypt says Israel not cooperating (www.reuters.com)
Cairo says the Rafah crossing, a potentially vital opening for desperately-needed supplies into the Israeli-besieged Palestinian enclave, is not officially closed but was made inoperable due to Israeli air strikes on the Gaza side....
India’s supreme court refuses to allow same-sex marriage in landmark verdict (www.msn.com)
Soaring congenital syphilis rates in US risk lives of thousands of babies (www.theguardian.com)
Biden administration urged to declare a public health emergency with key medication for preventable condition in short supply
Ford Executive Chair Bill Ford calls on autoworkers to end strike, says company's future is at stake (apnews.com)
Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford called on autoworkers to come together to end a monthlong strike that he says could cost the company the ability to invest in the future....
US supreme court blocks ‘ghost gun’ makers again from selling at-home kits (www.theguardian.com)
The US Supreme Court on Monday barred two Texas-based manufacturers from selling products that can be quickly converted at home into firearms called “ghost guns”, granting a request by Joe Biden’s administration to once again block a federal judge’s order that had sided with companies....
The Supreme Court’s very brief, very revealing new decision about guns, explained (www.vox.com)
Highlights: Late Monday afternoon, the Supreme Court handed down a very brief order establishing that sellers of “ghost guns,” weapons that are sold dismantled in ready-to-assemble kits, must comply with the same gun safety laws and anti-crime laws as any other gun seller....
Californians plead guilty in $600 million nationwide catalytic converter theft scheme (apnews.com)
Three members of a California family pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy for their role in a ring that shipped $600 million worth of stolen catalytic converters from California to New Jersey, federal prosecutors said....
[New York, USA] Mayor Adams confirms migrant families with children must move out of shelter after 60 days (gothamist.com)
Trump 'does not have the right to say and do exactly what he pleases,' Judge Chutkan says, issuing gag order (www.cnn.com)
A federal judge on Monday issued a gag order on former President Donald Trump, limiting what he can say about special counsel Jack Smith’s federal prosecution into his alleged attempt to subvert in the 2020 presidential election....
Rite Aid, Facing Slumping Sales and Opioid Suits, Files for Bankruptcy (www.nytimes.com)
US supreme court blocks ‘ghost gun’ makers again from selling at-home kits (www.theguardian.com)
Justices reverse federal judge’s order that allowed manufacturers to sell unregulated kits that convert into firearms...
US FCC chair to seek reinstating net neutrality rules rescinded under Trump (www.reuters.com)
U.S. Federal Communications Commission chair Jessica Rosenworcel plans to begin an effort to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules rescinded under then-President Donald Trump, sources briefed on the matter said Monday....
US news network MSNBC suspends Muslim anchors amid Israeli war in Gaza (www.trtworld.com)
Average American Debt: Household Debt Statistics, Average household debt hits $101,915 (www.businessinsider.com)
Twitch Streamer Hasan Piker Raises $550,000 for Palestinian Relief Organizations (www.msn.com)
Link to donate.
Gaza families ordered south return home, say nowhere is safe from Israeli bombs (www.reuters.com)
Bombing in the south of the tiny, crowded Gaza Strip killed scores of people overnight, local authorities said, and the Abu Marasa family is one of several Reuters spoke to that have concluded they may as well go back to their homes in the north....
Georgia deputy kills Black man freed from prison after wrongful conviction (www.reuters.com)
White House walks back Biden comments that he had seen pictures of beheaded Israeli children (news.yahoo.com)
The White House was forced to walk back on president Joe Biden’s claim to have seen “confirmed pictures” of “terrorists beheading children” in Israel....
Biden didn't make Israeli-Palestinian talks a priority. Arab leaders say region now paying the price (apnews.com)
The Commerce Department updates its policies to stop China from getting advanced computer chips (apnews.com)
The Commerce Department on Tuesday updated and broadened its export controls to stop China from acquiring advanced computer chips and the equipment to manufacture them....
Poles vote in huge numbers for centrist opposition after 8 years of nationalist rule (apnews.com)
Yay!