3 skiers missing in Utah avalanche, search underway: Police (abcnews.go.com)
World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target (www.theguardian.com)
Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists finds...
Biden says US won't supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah, in warning to ally (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he would not supply offensive weapons that Israel could use to launch an all-out assault on Rafah — the last major Hamas stronghold in Gaza — over concern for the well-being of the more than 1 million civilians sheltering there....
CFPB rule to save Americans $10 billion a year in late fees faces possible last-minute freeze (www.cnbc.com)
Naming names, it’s up to Texas Judge Mark T. Pittman.
Federal judge indefinitely postpones Trump classified documents trial (www.cnn.com)
Ron DeSantis bans 'global elite' lab-grown meat (www.bbc.com)
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has banned lab-grown meat, saying he will “save our beef” from the “global elite” and its “authoritarian plans”....
Israel-Gaza live: Israel shells Rafah as Biden warns against major ground offensive - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Heavy shelling is reported in Rafah, in the southern Gaza strip, as US President Joe Biden warns Israel against a major offensive there...
More than a trade war: Trump is targeting Mexico (www.salon.com)
After Raids, NYPD Denied Student Protesters Water and Food in Jail (theintercept.com)
Students arrested during the police crackdown on protests at universities in New York City last week were denied water and food for 16 hours, according to two faculty members at Columbia University’s Barnard College who collected reports from students who were inside....
Defense moves for mistrial over Daniels' testimony (abcnews.go.com)
Trump’s defense team has moved for a mistrial over Stormy Daniels’ testimony...
Mom’s Fatal Fall at Ohio State Graduation Was No Accident: Coroner (www.thedailybeast.com)
They Bought Tablets in Prison—and Found a Broken Promise (www.wired.com)
A Bureau of Prisons spokesperson reportedly issued a statement in October 2022 confirming that it was “in the process of introducing the Keefe Score 7c tablet into federal institutions, offering it for sale through the commissaries at a cost of $118.” Initially, the bureau said, the tablets could only be used for music...
US revokes Intel, Qualcomm's export licenses to sell to China's Huawei, sources say | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
Exclusive: Bernie Sanders worries young people are underestimating the threat from Trump (www.usatoday.com)
Transgender activists flood Utah tip line with hoax reports to block bathroom law enforcement (apnews.com)
Transgender activists have flooded a Utah tip line created to alert state officials to possible violations of a new bathroom law with thousands of hoax reports in an effort to shield trans residents and their allies from any legitimate complaints that could lead to an investigation....
Panera says it's phasing out its controversial Charged Lemonade nationwide (www.nbcnews.com)
Lawsuits have blamed the highly caffeinated drink for at least two deaths....
After calls for gun safety, Tennessee votes to arm teachers (www.npr.org)
Analysis: Misinformation has created an alternative world for some Americans (www.cnn.com)
There’s a tendency in this heated political climate to simply reject people who are saying false things and to write off conspiracy theorists writ large....
Trump Posts -- Then Deletes -- Rant About Stormy Daniels Testifying (www.rollingstone.com)
Blinken Says Israeli Units Accused of Serious Violations Have Done Enough to Avoid Sanctions. Experts and Insiders Disagree. — ProPublica (www.propublica.org)
Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna reveal bill to ‘cancel all medical debt’ (www.theguardian.com)
Small-Town Politics, National Consequences: The Supreme Court takes up a Texas power struggle involving allegedly retaliatory arrests of two councilwomen. (www.texasobserver.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/small-town-politics-national-co…
Republican clerk charged in Michigan voting-system breach (www.reuters.com)
A Michigan township clerk was charged with multiple felonies on Wednesday, the latest turn in a state inquiry into efforts by Donald Trump supporters to tamper with voting machines to prove his false claim that he lost the 2020 election due to fraud....
GOP Lawmakers in Louisiana Reject Adding Rape & Incest Exceptions for Children to Abortion Ban. Again. (www.jezebel.com)
RFK Jr. says he had parasitic brain worm and undisclosed memory loss (www.washingtonpost.com)
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