CT begins exploring ranked-choice voting merits, logistics (ctmirror.org)
Justice Department charges nearly 200 people in $2.7 billion health care fraud schemes crackdown (apnews.com)
Nearly 200 people have been charged in a sweeping nationwide crackdown on health care fraud schemes with false claims topping $2.7 billion, the Justice Department said on Thursday....
Supreme Court shifts power over federal regulations from agencies to judges (www.politico.com)
The Supreme Court on Friday killed off a judicial doctrine that has protected many federal regulations from legal challenges for decades — delivering a major victory for conservatives and business groups seeking to curb the power of the executive branch....
Uvalde grand jury indicts officers tied to botched shooting police response (www.statesman.com)
Labeling social media as harmful would provide a vital, helpful nudge • Kansas Reflector (kansasreflector.com)
Giant sinkhole swallows part of Illinois soccer field where children often play (www.cbc.ca)
A giant sinkhole has swallowed the centre of a soccer complex that was built over an operating limestone mine in southern Illinois, taking down a large light pole and leaving a gaping chasm where squads of kids often play....
[Suggestion] Disallow the use of sources deprecated by the Wikipedia editing community for unreliability (en.m.wikipedia.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/23066599...
China honours woman who died saving Japanese family (www.bbc.com)
A Chinese woman who tried to shield a Japanese mother and her child from a knife attack has died....
Alito’s Dissent in Emergency Abortion Case Provides “Building Blocks” for More Extreme Bans (theintercept.com)
WHERE ABORTION IS concerned, it appears there is at least one thing on which ideological opposites Justices Samuel Alito and Ketanji Brown Jackson agree: The Supreme Court’s decision this week to avoid ruling on whether federal law protects abortion care in emergency situations was the wrong one....
Trump Biopic Inches Toward Distribution Deal (www.nytimes.com)
NYTimes Gift Article, no paywall
Vast majority of German companies support tariffs on Chinese products, including e-cars, demand stop of technology transfers to China over fears tech could be used for Chinese military, study says (www.iwkoeln.de)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/249116...
Turmoil at the Daily Beast has staffers headed for the exits (www.washingtonpost.com)
Argentine Congress seals 1st legislative win for President Milei after months of debate and protests (apnews.com)
Sandy Hook Families’ Fight for Alex Jones’s Money Takes an Ugly Turn (www.nytimes.com)
‘The state encourages it’: Amid the full-scale war in Ukraine, thousands of Russians have reported their fellow citizens for dissent (meduza.io)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/249790...
Rashida Tlaib, Lone Palestinian-American in Congress, Rebukes Colleagues for Trying to Erase Gaza Death Toll (www.jezebel.com)
Dr Disrespect Knowingly Sent Explicit Messages to a Minor, Former Twitch Employee Says (www.rollingstone.com)
“I recall that Dr Disrespect was made aware by the individual that they were underage during the conversation, after which he indicated that this was no problem and continued on,” the former employee says. “There was no confusion. Messages sent after this was acknowledged were no less graphic and in sexually explicit...
Seoul warns Russia over North Korea-supplied weapons (ptv-news.com.pk)
Most Americans plan to watch the Biden-Trump debate, and many see high stakes, an AP-NORC poll finds (apnews.com)
“Why does Fox News put on so many Biden people?”: Trump rants on Truth Social ahead of debate (www.salon.com)
A Palestinian was shot, beaten and tied to an Israeli army jeep. The army says he posed no threat (apnews.com)
After a couple of hours, Israeli soldiers found him. He says they struck his head and face and in the areas where he had been shot. Then they dragged him by his legs, lifted him by his hands and feet and threw him onto the hood of the military jeep....
A 988 crisis lifeline for LGBTQ youths launched a year ago. It's been swamped. (www.usatoday.com)
