The Right Is Passing Bills That Ban the Teaching of Empathy and Care in Schools (truthout.org)
Tornados left a swath of destruction in parts of Tennessee. A baby swept up in a twister was found alive on a downed tree (www.cnn.com)
By the time the tornado siren sounded one week ago, the roof of Sydney Moore’s mobile home in Clarksville, Tennessee, had been sheared off and her 4-month-old son Lord sucked up by the twister....
US homelessness up 12% to highest reported level as rents soar and coronavirus pandemic aid lapses (apnews.com)
NPR's Top Global Posts of 2023 (www.npr.org)
Some good stuff that you, like me, may have missed.
Xcel fined $14K for storing radioactive water without permit at Monticello plant (bringmethenews.com)
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) said Xcel began to store the tritium-contaminated groundwater in aboveground storage tanks without obtaining a required permit from the state.
Material From Russia Investigation Went Missing as Trump Left Office (www.nytimes.com)
Material from a binder with highly classified information connected to the investigation into Russian efforts to meddle in the 2016 election disappeared in the final days of Donald J. Trump’s presidency, two people familiar with the matter said....
Israeli soldiers beating up a reporter (t.me)
Supreme Court to decide whether to restrict abortion drug nationwide (www.cnn.com)
The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will consider whether to restrict access to a widely used abortion drug — even in states where the procedure is still allowed....
International court rules against Guatemala in a landmark Indigenous and environmental rights case (apnews.com)
The landmark verdict marks a monumental step in a four-decade struggle for Indigenous land rights and a long, bitter legal battle, which has at times spilled into the streets of northern Guatemala....
South Korea's military says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters (apnews.com)
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff didn’t immediately say what type of missile it was or how far it flew....
Prelude to War by US Puppet Yun Seok Yol (www.youtube.com)
Obviously biased propaganda. Why don’t they just get The Guardian in DPRK?
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Florida fines high school for allowing transgender student to play girls volleyball (apnews.com)
Florida’s state athletic board fined a high school and put it on probation Tuesday after a transgender student played on the girls volleyball team, a violation of a controversial law enacted by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature....
The nation’s largest credit union rejected more than half its Black conventional mortgage applicants (www.cnn.com)
A major credit union serving military members and veterans rejected more than half of its Black conventional mortgage applicants
Texas woman leaves state to have abortion after Texas Supreme Court paused ruling that would have allowed it, her lawyers say (www.cbsnews.com)
Top Illinois NAACP Official Caught on Leaked Call Apparently Calling Migrants 'Savages' Who Have ‘Been Raping People’ (themessenger.com)
A civil rights leader in Illinois is facing calls to resign after referring to migrants as “savages” during a Zoom meeting....
Warning about Maine gunman on verge of shooting taken 'seriously' but with 'grain of salt,' police were told (abcnews.go.com)
Quaker Oats recalls granola products over concerns of salmonella contamination (apnews.com)
Quaker, which is owned by PepsiCo, said in a news release that it has not received any reports of salmonella infections related to the recalled granola products. The full list of recalled foods includes granola oats cereals and Quaker Chewy Bars, which are also sold in PepsiCo’s snack mixes....
Family of 11-year-old shot by police vows to seek justice after officer gets no charges (www.theguardian.com)
Doctors With Histories of Big Malpractice Settlements Now Work for Insurers (www.propublica.org)
Doctors working for health insurers can rule on 10,000 or more requests for care a year. At least a dozen were hired by major insurance companies after being disciplined by state medical boards or making multiple or outsized malpractice payments.
As Trump threatens to repeal Obamacare, these 'insurance godmothers' are signing Florida Latinos up (apnews.com)
Salsa music blares from the food court in a rundown Miami shopping center as Latinos head to a kiosk and an office showing signs for “ Obamacare,” where they hope to renew their health coverage plans before the year ends....
Conspiracy Theorists Think A24's 'Civil War' Is Actually 'Programming' Americans For Civil War (www.vice.com)
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US Supreme Court lets Illinois assault weapon ban stand - for now (www.bbc.com)
The US Supreme Court has declined to put a temporary hold on an Illinois law that bans the sale of assault-style weapons and a variety of other guns and accessories....
Teamsters authorize strike at Anheuser-Busch's US breweries (www.reuters.com)
Students and Educators in Idaho Show Us What It’s Like When a State Fails to Fund School Repairs (www.propublica.org)
No other state spends less on school infrastructure per student than Idaho. As a result, many students, especially those in rural districts, deal with leaking ceilings, freezing classrooms and discolored drinking water. Some students have to miss school when the power or heat goes out....
