Israeli communications minister seeks shutdown of Al Jazeera bureau (www.reuters.com)
Local Newspapers Are Vanishing. How Should We Remember Them? (www.propublica.org)
As smaller newspapers shrink or disappear, it’s easy to romanticize the role they played. But one reporter’s memories of the heyday of local journalism reveal a much more complicated reality.
A Palestinian kid paying farewell to his mom killed by Israel airstrikes in Gaza genocide (lemmy.ml)
Dell Suicide: Employee died from suicide by shooting at Dell Technologies (news.snbc13.com)
Dell Technologies had $102.3 Billion in revenue.
California becomes the first state to ban four chemicals in food, including red dye No. 3 (www.nbcnews.com)
The food and drink additives, which have been linked to health issues, could be removed from products nationwide as a result of the new law....
Gaza residents lose entire families, fear more destruction (www.reuters.com)
She was told her twin sons wouldn’t survive. Texas law made her give birth anyway. (www.texastribune.org)
In December 2022, Miranda and her partner, Levi Langley, packed up the whole family, all their possessions and their pet chameleon and set out for Texas. It was time to come home....
Blue checks aren't protecting sex workers from X's porn crackdown (techcrunch.com)
Goldman is back with a 16-years-later look at the housing market crash of 2008—and finds affordability is even worse right now (fortune.com)
Executive at Donald Trump’s company says ‘presidential premium’ was floated to boost bottom line (apnews.com)
Donald Trump’s top corporate deputies considered adding a “presidential premium” when calculating the value of his Trump Tower penthouse, Mar-a-Lago resort and other assets during his White House years, a gambit that would’ve padded his net worth by nearly $145 million, an executive at the former president’s company...
Judge Howell order in Freeman, *et al* v. Giuliani (storage.courtlistener.com)
In short, Giuliani is ordered to compensate plaintiffs for their legal fees in connection with the three motions filed by plaintiffs to compel discovery, which Giuliani has been loathe to produce....
Netflix plans to open brick and mortar locations (www.npr.org)
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Breakingviews - Jamie Dimon makes anxiety a feature not a bug (www.reuters.com)
In defiance of external ructions, JPMorgan reported a 22% yearly increase in earnings for the three months ended Sept. 30, including a 40% return on equity in its giant consumer bank. Its future is also rosy. Despite sharp rate hikes and softening household finances, the lender raised its interest-income forecast for 2023, while...
'Ring of fire' eclipse brings cheers and shouts of joy as it moves across the Americas (apnews.com)
First came the darkening skies, then the crescent-shaped shadows on the ground, and finally an eruption of cheers by crowds that gathered Saturday along the narrow path of a rare “ring of fire” eclipse of the sun....
The New York Times tried to block the Internet Archive: another reason to value the latter (walledculture.org)
Israel is using white phosphorous in Gaza, human rights group says (www.cbc.ca)
For two days, Shaymaa Ziara has been seeing messages in WhatsApp group chats from family and friends in Gaza about how to keep themselves safe from white phosphorous bombs that are allegedly part of Israel’s airstrikes on Gaza....
Poll Majority blames gov’t for Hamas massacre says Netanyahu must resign (www.jpost.com)
An overwhelming majority of 86% of respondents, including 79% of coalition supporters, said the surprise attack from Gaza is a failure of the country's leadership.
A Stanford University instructor has been removed from the classroom amid reports they called Jewish students colonizers and downplayed the Holocaust (www.cnn.com)
An instructor at Stanford University has been removed from teaching duties as the school investigates reports that during a discussion on the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the instructor downplayed the Holocaust and singled out students “based on their backgrounds and identities.”...
BBC journalists held at gunpoint by Israeli police (www.bbc.com)
Muhannad Tutunji, Haitham Abudiab and their BBC Arabic team were driving to a hotel when their car was intercepted....
UttarPradesh: Stalkers push teen in front of train; she loses legs, hand (indianexpress.com)
US has seen increase in domestic threats since Hamas attacks in Israel, FBI says (www.theguardian.com)
FBI director Christopher Wray has reiterated part of an FBI statement that the US domestic security agency does not have “specific and credible intelligence indicating a threat to the United States stemming from the Hamas attacks in Israel”....
New California law raises minimum wage to $25 for California health care workers (calmatters.org)
More than 400,000 Californians are expected to get a pay increase under the new law, which gradually raises the minimum wage to $25 an hour for health care employees....
'Kindness costs nothing', says Australian PM in final plea ahead of Indigenous referendum (www.reuters.com)
Australians have to vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to a question asking whether they agree to alter the 122-year-old constitution to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people, and create an Indigenous body, called the Voice to Parliament, that can provide advice to the government on Indigenous issues....
Executive who had business ties to Playgirl magazine pleads guilty to $250M fraud at lending company (apnews.com)
A Florida executive whose family business once owned Playgirl magazine has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud for misleading investors in another of his companies — one that made high-interest loans to small businesses....
