'Want to abuse for 2 hours': UP man seeks approval to insult newspaper officials (www.indiatoday.in)
Fox News stops running MyPillow commercials in a payment dispute with election denier Mike Lindell (apnews.com)
Lindell went public by tweeting that that Fox, which had been one of MyPillow’s biggest advertising outlets, had canceled him. He said in his tweet that he didn’t know why but that he suspected that the network was trying to silence him. Fox denied that....
As legal challenges mount, some companies retool diversity and inclusion programs (apnews.com)
The case against the Fearless Fund alleges that one of its grant programs discriminates against non-Black women and asks the courts to imagine a similar program designed only for white applicants. It is among a growing list of lawsuits against corporate diversity and inclusion programs that are making their way through the...
States with big climate goals strip local power to block green projects (apnews.com)
Clean energy developers had planned a 75-turbine wind farm in mid-Michigan’s Montcalm County before local voters shot down the idea in 2022 and recalled seven local officials who had supported it....
A Proud Boys member who wielded an axe handle during the Capitol riot gets over 4 years in prison (apnews.com)
A jailed member of the Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Friday to more than four years in prison for his role in a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol three years ago, court records show....
IRS has collected more than $520M in back taxes from delinquent millionaires so far (www.nbcnews.com)
The agency credited the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act for its stepped-up ability to pursue high-income, high-wealth individuals who owe money....
Republican secretary of state threatens to kick Biden off the ballot as Trump payback (www.nbcnews.com)
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft said that while he didn’t want to do it, he had to remind people of how “severe” the situation is....
FBI arrests Florida man accused of threatening ‘mass casualty event’ (www.cnn.com)
A Florida man accused of posting online threats to carry out mass violence has been arrested and charged with making an interstate threat and a weapon violation, federal court records show....
Tennessee after-school Satan club holds first meeting despite protests (www.theguardian.com)
Jewish students sue Harvard over 'rampant' anti-semitism (www.bbc.co.uk)
Harvard University has been sued by Jewish students alleging it “has become a bastion of rampant anti-Jewish hatred and harassment”....
Jewish students sue Harvard, alleging lack of action against antisemitism on campus (abcnews.go.com)
EPA sets out rules for proposed 'methane fee' for waste generated by oil and natural gas companies (apnews.com)
Oil and natural gas companies for the first time would have to pay a fee for methane emissions that exceed certain levels under a rule proposed Friday by the Biden administration....
Taiwan defies China, electing a new president Beijing labeled a separatist ‘troublemaker’ (www.nbcnews.com)
Voters in Taiwan elected Vice President Lai Ching-te as their next president on Saturday, defying warnings from Beijing not to support a candidate it has called a separatist and a “troublemaker.”...
US delivers ‘private message’ to Iran after Yemen strikes (www.bbc.com)
President Biden says the US has delivered a “private message” to Iran about the Houthis in Yemen after the US carried out a second strike on the group....
Eight 'suspicious' US deaths in Colombia linked to dating apps (www.bbc.com)
US citizens travelling to Colombia have been warned against using dating apps in the country after the “suspicious deaths” of eight American tourists in two months....
Trump: Civil War didn't need to happen, could have been "negotiated" (boingboing.net)
At least five states are considering requiring full minimum wages for tip earners this year (www.nbcnews.com)
eBay agreed to pay maximal possible fine of $3 million after employees harassed, intimidated, and stalked a Massachusetts couple in retaliation for their critical reporting of the online marketplace (arstechnica.com)
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Ending affirmative action in college admissions opened a floodgate, reporter says (www.npr.org)
Human rights in decline globally as leaders fail to uphold laws, report warns (www.theguardian.com)
Human rights across the world are in a parlous state as leaders shun their obligations to uphold international law, according to the annual report of Human Rights Watch (HRW)....
US transportation head says no grounded Boeing 737 Max 9 planes will return to air ‘until it is safe’ (www.theguardian.com)
The US transportation secretary announced on Wednesday afternoon that no grounded Boeing 737 Max 9 would return to service “until it is safe”, after Alaska Airlines announced the cancellation of all flights on its 737 Max 9 planes at the direction of the Federal Aviation Administration....
Multiple Canadian universities facing class-action lawsuit, claiming antisemitism (www.ctvnews.ca)
Six prominent Canadian universities are facing a series of proposed class-action lawsuits with claims that Jewish students are unsafe on campus....
More US pharmacists can now prescribe birth control and soon, prescriptions won’t be needed at all for some (www.cnn.com)
Access to hormonal birth control — such as birth control pills and patches — is getting major changes in 2024....
Feds say Texas is blocking Border Patrol from a section of the border, ask U.S. Supreme Court to intervene (www.texastribune.org)
The Justice Department says agents can’t access 2.5 miles of the border and a boat ramp in Eagle Pass....
