Man who was almost sucked off plane among group suing Alaska and Boeing (www.theguardian.com)
Seven people who allegedly suffered injuries after a door-sized panel blew off mid-air file suit against airline and manufacturer...
California’s minimum wage isn’t enough to keep up with workers’ costs of living, new report says (calmatters.org)
The IRS launches Direct File, a pilot program for free online tax filing available in 12 states (apnews.com)
After weeks of testing, an electronic system for filing returns directly to the IRS is now available to taxpayers from 12 selected states....
How the House revived the TikTok ban bill before most of us noticed (www.theverge.com)
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Biden administration discussing using Guantanamo Bay to process possible influx of Haitian migrants (www.cnn.com)
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Sandy Hook Lawyer To Aaron Rodgers: 'Could You Please Shut The F**k Up?' (www.huffpost.com)
Attorney Mark Bankston, who has represented Sandy Hook families, didn’t mince words when discussing Rodgers’ alleged false and conspiratorial beliefs....
The economy was just hit with a one-two punch of bad data (fortune.com)
Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis after city council forces them to pay drivers more (apnews.com)
Lyft and Uber said they will cease operations in Minneapolis after the city’s council voted Thursday to override a mayoral veto and require that ride-hailing services increase driver wages to the equivalent of the local minimum wage of $15.57 an hour....
Montana man used animal tissue and testicles to breed 'giant' sheep for sale to hunting preserves (apnews.com)
A Montana rancher illegally used tissue and testicles from wild sheep killed by hunters in central Asia and the U.S. to breed “giant” hybrid sheep for sale to private hunting preserves in Texas, according to court documents and federal prosecutors....
Girls Basketball Team Kicked Out Of Boys League Championship After Defeating Boys Teams (www.comicsands.com)
A 6th grade girls team from Kentucky was set to go for the year-end championship tournament, but was told they were banned due to fears boys teams might ‘retaliate’ if they lost to the girls team.
Mississippi police officer pleads guilty to forcing prisoner to drink his own urine (www.theguardian.com)
Michael Christian Green faces up to year in prison after pleading guilty over incident in town of Pearl in December...
Exclusive: Trump launched CIA covert influence operation against China (www.reuters.com)
Two years into office, President Donald Trump authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to launch a clandestine campaign on Chinese social media aimed at turning public opinion in China against its government, according to former U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the highly classified operation....
American dream of owning a home is dead, majority of renters say (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: most renters surveyed by Harris Poll say the areas they live in have become so unaffordable they are ‘barely livable’...
‘Massacre’: Israel forces attack crowds waiting for aid in Gaza, killing 21 (www.aljazeera.com)
At least 21 Palestinians have been killed after Israeli forces opened fire on thousands of people waiting for aid in Gaza City in the same area that was targeted hours earlier, government officials said....
The Real Lessons of the Alabama IVF Ruling (www.theatlantic.com)
In fact, the case had essentially nothing to do with abortion. Three families pursuing IVF sued their clinic after another patient apparently wandered into the facility’s freezers without the staff realizing it and picked up a container of embryos. The extreme cold burned that person’s hand, causing them to drop the...
More than 4,000 plastic chemicals are hazardous, report finds (www.nature.com)
The report was released on 14 March, in time for the next round of negotiations for a United Nations treaty on global plastic pollution. Scientists have been campaigning for the treaty, which deals with all aspects of plastic production and waste management, to include a list of plastic polymers and chemicals of concern — some...
Connecticut considering barring legacy admissions at private colleges, in addition to public ones (apnews.com)
Connecticut lawmakers are considering banning the use of legacy and donor preferences in admissions to all colleges and universities across the state, including private ones like Yale University....
Dauphin County cut power to men in jail’s ‘hole’ for 2 weeks: ‘Darkness creates depression’ (www.pennlive.com)
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Boeing to face ‘enormous’ scrutiny after mishaps: Buttigieg (www.seattletimes.com)
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the Federal Aviation Administration will rigorously assess Boeing after the blowout of a fuselage section on an Alaska Airlines flight in January....
Elon Musk smears Haitian migrants with 'cannibal' claims amid crisis (www.nbcnews.com)
As Haiti faces an extreme political and societal crisis amid a wave of intense violence, tech billionaire Elon Musk and right-wing pundits online are weaponizing unverified claims of cannibalism coming out of the conflict to advance a political agenda on immigration....
LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Now at 7.6% (news.gallup.com)
Abused by the Badge: Hundreds of law enforcement officers have been accused of sexually abusing children over the past two decades, a Washington Post investigation found (www.washingtonpost.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/new-orleans-police-child-sexual…