Myanmar scam town Laukkai empties out as war approaches (www.straitstimes.com)
Mistrial declared after federal jury deadlocks in trial of ex-officer in deadly Breonna Taylor raid (www.politico.com)
Texas inmate Syed Rabbani taken off death row after original appeal was left pending for decades (www.texastribune.org)
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Americans don't want to fight for their country anymore (www.newsweek.com)
Starbucks' unionized workers plan walkout on "Red Cup Day" this week (www.cbsnews.com)
Thousands of unionized Starbucks workers will walk off their jobs on Thursday, with the one-day work stoppages coming to protest the company’s stance with shops that voted to organize, according to Starbucks Workers United....
Gracie Spinks: police response to stalking case ‘diabolical’, parents say (www.theguardian.com)
Michael Sellers, who killed 23-year-old, was categorised as ‘low risk’ by Derbyshire force, which admits failings
Report finds Arizona 911 dispatchers fail to help lost migrants (www.hcn.org)
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Alice Cooper Calls Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Kids a ‘Fad,’ Condemns ‘the Whole Woke Thing’ (www.billboard.com)
He becomes the latest shock rocker to share his distaste for gender-affirming care after Dee Snider and Paul Stanley shared similar views.
Those who read very little are the ones vulnerable to manipulation (www.theweek.in)
Nashville college freshman Jillian Ludwig dies after being hit by a stray bullet at a local park (www.nbcnews.com)
Republican Senators Are Taking the Class War Way Too Literally (www.thenation.com)
Top companies' lobbying undermines their climate pledges, study finds (www.reuters.com)
When Trump tells you he’s an authoritarian, believe him (www.vox.com)
Georgia prosecutors seek protective order after leak of videos in Trump case (www.theguardian.com)
The request came after several media outlets published details of videotaped statements that former Trump lawyers Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro gave as part of plea deals to avoid being tried as racketeering co-defendants with the former president....
He Claimed God Sent Hitler to Create Israel. Now He’s Speaking at the Pro-Israel Rally. What? (www.motherjones.com)
Expert recommends isolating dogs amid deadly, highly contagious, ‘mysterious illness’ (www.kiro7.com)
Meta allows Facebook and Instagram ads saying 2020 election was rigged (www.theguardian.com)
Meta is now allowing Facebook and Instagram to run political advertising saying the 2020 election was rigged....
The world's first gene therapy for sickle cell disease has been approved in Britain (apnews.com)
Britain’s medicines regulator has authorized the world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that could offer relief to thousands of people with the crippling disease in the U.K....
Elon Musk agrees with X post that claims Jews ‘push hatred’ against White people (www.cnn.com)
Agreeing with an antisemitic post on his social media platform X, Elon Musk concurred that Jewish communities push “hatred against Whites.”
Israel orders residents from southern Gaza towns, raising fear of war's spread (www.reuters.com)
In the north of the Hamas-ruled Palestinian enclave, Israel said its forces were still present at Gaza’s biggest hospital, Al Shifa, but gave no further details of their operations since the previous day when they entered the facility culminating a days-long siege....
Trump goes all in on Nazi rhetoric, and the media gives him another free pass (thehill.com)
Virginia mother of child who shot teacher sentenced to 21 months in prison (www.bbc.co.uk)
Deja Taylor was convicted on the relatively rare charge of owning a gun while being a cannabis user.
Salman Rushdie makes rare appearance for ‘Lifetime Disturbing the Peace Award’ (www.independent.co.uk)
‘I don’t feel at all mysterious. But it made life a little simple,’ Rushdie says about his mystery appearance
A history of neglect, botched investigations, and flawed data reveal systemic issues with the way Chicago police treat missing person cases. (chicagoreader.com)
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'They Want To Be The Gatekeepers': Car Dealers Are Stopping Customers From Buying EVs (jalopnik.com)
