The U.S. just expanded its territory by a million square kilometers (www.earth.com)
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Mexican marines detain alleged leader of Gulf drug cartel, the gang that kidnapped, killed Americans (apnews.com)
Mexican marines detained one of the top leaders of the Gulf drug cartel, the gang that kidnapped four Americans and killed two of them in March 2023....
Five dead as Texas man kills family, including niece, 8 (www.independent.co.uk)
A Texas man shot four family members including his eight-year-old niece, before turning the gun on himself, authorities have said....
Long Covid explanation in new study possibly paves way for tests and treatments, reveals major insights on a potential cause (www.nbcnews.com)
Hospitals owned by private equity are harming patients, reports find (arstechnica.com)
Hospital ratings dive and medical errors rise when private equity firms are in charge....
Police chief fired after twice asking captain’s wife for nude photos on Snapchat (nypost.com)
A Dover Massachusetts man hid financial ruin from his family. Then he got a gun. [TW: family annhilator] (www.bostonglobe.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/kamal-family-dover-killing-fina…...
New Shell Files Could Aid Climate Cases, Attorneys Say (www.desmog.com)
Newly-discovered Shell documents dating back decades could help strengthen lawsuits aiming to hold the oil major to account for climate damages, climate attorneys say. Among the files, reported for the first time today by DeSmog and Follow The Money, and published on Climate Files, there is a 1970 industry journal article where...
Walmart pay raise: Store managers, hourly workers to get wage increase, restructure store manager bonuses (www.axios.com)
Hate Crime and Stalking Charges Against Ex White House Adviser to Be Dropped (www.vice.com)
Stuart Seldowitz has agreed to complete an anti-bias course after telling a halal food cart worker that 4,000 dead Palestinian children “wasn’t enough.”
Kenneth Smith could be the first person executed with nitrogen gas. He spoke with NPR (www.kpbs.org)
Alabama has already tried once to execute Kenneth Smith. On the evening of Nov. 17, 2022, Smith lay on a gurney as workers tried for an hour to insert needles into the veins of his hand, arms and collarbone so they could put him to death by lethal injection. Just before midnight, the execution was called off....
When families need housing, Georgia will pay for foster care rather than provide assistance (www.propublica.org)
In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be cheaper to help families get housing....
Missouri abortion rights groups launch effort to place constitutional amendment on the 2024 ballot (www.nbcnews.com)
Missouri is the latest state where abortion-rights advocates have sought to put the issue directly on the ballot in the post-Roe era....
Italian province orders all dogs to be DNA tested in poo crackdown (www.theguardian.com)
Owners in Bolzano, northern Italy, must pay €65 for test, which police can use to search for dog muck culprits...
Trump lawyer tries to discredit E Jean Carroll in bizarre exchange during trial (www.theguardian.com)
E Jean Carroll’s New York defamation trial against Donald Trump resumed on Thursday with the ex-president’s lawyer trying to discredit her on cross-examination with a bizarre dialectic about genitals and by intimating that she has loose morals....
A year after gaining freedom following wrongful conviction, Lamar Johnson sues St. Louis over his 28 years in prison (www.stlpr.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/a-year-after-gaining-freedom-la…
Arnold Schwarzenegger held at Munich airport over luxury watch (www.theguardian.com)
Customs officials reportedly charge actor €35,000 after alleged failure to declare item intended for climate charity auction...
Poultry processor hit with proposed $212,646 fine after second worker, a teen, killed by machine | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)
Teen deepfake victim pushes for federal law targeting AI-generated explicit content (www.nbcnews.com)
Rep. Joe Morelle, D.-N.Y., appeared with a New Jersey high school victim of nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfakes to discuss a bill stalled in the House.
Arizona may join Italy by banning lab-grown meat from the state (www.foodsafetynews.com)
Israel forbids doctors from speaking to UN group investigating Oct. 7 atrocities (www.timesofisrael.com)
The Health Ministry on Monday instructed members of the healthcare system not to cooperate with the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, citing its perceived anti-Israel stance....
Teen sued Utah over social media law requiring curfew for minors (arstechnica.com)
A California man dies after 3 different drivers hit him but never stop (www.nbcnews.com)
A Southern California pedestrian died after he was struck by three separate vehicles and none of them stopped to help, authorities said....
Capitol rioter who assaulted at least 6 police officers is sentenced to 5 years in prison (apnews.com)
A Florida man described by prosecutors as one of the most violent rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison, court records show....
US Stuck in Quagmire of Gaza: Iranian FM (theblankpageofficial.blogspot.com)
