Biden's retaliatory strikes in Middle East come with significant political risk: Experts (abcnews.go.com)
Atmospheric river parks over Southern California, posing potentially deadly flood threat for millions (www.cnn.com)
Family of Black girls handcuffed by Colorado police, held at gunpoint reach $1.9 million settlement (apnews.com)
A Black woman and a group of four young girls who were wrongfully forced out of their car, held at gunpoint and handcuffed by police in suburban Denver in 2020 have reached a $1.9 million legal settlement.
Biden's vow of affordable internet for all is threatened by the looming expiration of subsidies (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden recently traveled to North Carolina to promote his goal of affordable internet access for all Americans, but the promise for 23 million families across the U.S. is on shaky ground....
Economists say the labor market is strong — but job seekers don't share that confidence. Why getting a job feels impossible right now (www.cnbc.com)
Sotomayor says she feels ‘frustration’ daily as conservative justices move US to right (thehill.com)
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Monday she feels daily “frustration” as conservative justices move the country to the ideological right....
An affordability crisis is making some young Americans give up on ever owning a home (www.cnn.com)
Americans are living through the toughest housing market in a generation and, for some young people, the quintessential dream of owning a home is slipping away....
Far-right Israeli minister's criticism of Biden sparks anger at a sensitive time for US ties (apnews.com)
The Biden administration has skirted Congress to rush weapons to Israel and shielded its ally from international calls for a cease-fire in the four months since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack that triggered the war. But the White House has also urged Israel to take greater measures to avoid harming civilians and to facilitate the...
Northwestern Students Face Criminal Charges for Pro-Palestine College Newspaper Parody (theintercept.com)
Mayorkas is driven by his own understanding of the immigrant experience. Many in GOP want him gone (www.independent.co.uk)
Supporters of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says he brings a prosecutor’s tenacity and a personal understanding of the immigrant experience in America to the job of running the sprawling agency...
Senate presses toward vote on border policies and Ukraine amid Republican backlash (apnews.com)
Senate negotiators on Sunday night released a $118 billion package of border enforcement policy and funding for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, hoping that the details would win over skeptics. The bill represented a rightward tilt in Senate negotiations over border measures, yet the backlash was intense from...
The U.S. economy is booming. So why are tech companies laying off workers? | Washington Post (www.yahoo.com)
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Grant program for Black women comes under tough questioning in key anti-DEI lawsuit (apnews.com)
A small venture capital firm faced tough questions from conservative judges Wednesday as it defended a grant program for Black women-owned businesses in a lawsuit that has become emblematic of a growing legal backlash against corporate diversity programs.
DOJ says First National Bank discriminated against Black, Latino borrowers in North Carolina (apnews.com)
First National Bank of Pennsylvania discriminated against Black and Latino homebuyers in North Carolina for a period of at least four years, the Justice Department said Monday, the latest in a long list of banks who have been caught redlining....
Outrage over Bigotry, Islamophobia in Wall Street Journal and New York Times (www.commondreams.org)
The nation’s leading newspapers were under fire this weekend after publishing opinion pieces seen as “Bigoted,” “Islamophobic,” “Racist,” and “Reckless.”...
Barry John: Legendary Wales and Lions fly-half dies aged 79 (www.bbc.co.uk)
The King is dead
The 91-year-old Republican suing to kick Donald Trump off the ballot (www.washingtonpost.com)
Norma Anderson, a trailblazing former GOP legislator, is among the Colorado voters who have challenged the Republican front-runner’s candidacy in a case that will be heard by the Supreme Court...
6 activists convicted of illegally blocking abortion clinic in Tennessee (apnews.com)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee jury has convicted six anti-abortion protesters of violating federal laws after they blocked the entrance of a reproductive clinic outside Nashville nearly three years ago....
Ukraine-born Miss Japan relinquishes crown following affair (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Karolina Shiino's decision, the first time a Miss Japan winner has relinquished their title, follows a report that she was dating a married man.
Arrest made in L.A. dognapping that left frantic owner clinging to car hood (www.nbcnews.com)
Sadie Slater is being charged with robbery after allegedly driving off with the French bulldog....
Protests as Atlanta council adopts new rules for referendum on Cop City (www.theguardian.com)
2.7 million student-loan borrowers' accounts will be switched to a company that the Education Department previously punished for poor customer service (www.businessinsider.com)
Russian oil getting into UK via refinery loophole, reports claim (www.bbc.com)
The UK is among many Western countries to ban the import of all oil and oil products that originate in Russia in a bid to hit the amount of cash Moscow can generate from fossil fuels....
Employees are spending the equivalent of a month's grocery bill on the return to the office–and growing more resentful than ever, new survey finds (fortune.com)
Unrwa chief says Israel has not yet presented evidence on its accusations (www.middleeasteye.net)
The UN agency Unrwa’s commissioner general, Philippe Lazzarini, has told the Financial Times that Israel has yet to present any evidence to it over its accusations that around a dozen Unrwa staff had been involved in the 7 October attacks against Israel....
