Influential LGBTQ+ group pulls Biden endorsement over 'perilous' handling of Israel-Hamas war (www.advocate.com)
Two people killed in Texas after 350,000 pound load detaches from trailer, crushes vehicle: officials (www.yahoo.com)
Imagine being crushed by a 350k pound load while out driving. Holy moly Batman!
A Doctor at Cigna Said Her Bosses Pressured Her to Review Patients’ Cases Too Quickly. Cigna Threatened to Fire Her. (www.propublica.org)
Video footage reveals ‘Kill the Jews’ remark used to explain police intervention made by pro-Israel counterprotester in provocation (huntnewsnu.com)
Footage taken late Friday night of a tense confrontation between pro-Palestine demonstrators and pro-Israel counter-protesters at the encampment revealed it was a pro-Israel student demonstrator who said “Kill the Jews,” asking the pro-Palestine demonstrators “anybody on board; anybody on board?”...
The president could "assassinate" political rivals and still enjoy total immunity, Trump lawyer says (www.salon.com)
'Numerous' law enforcement officers struck by gunfire in Charlotte: Police (abcnews.go.com)
Journalist’s lawsuit forces Allegheny County in Pennsylvania to revise jail policies (www.rcfp.org)
A First Amendment lawsuit brought by journalist Brittany Hailer has forced Allegheny County to revise policies that previously barred its jail employees and contractors from speaking publicly and with members of the news media about matters of public concern without permission, changes that could result in more accountability...
TikTok Ban Bill Becomes Law, Gives TikTok 9 Months To Sell (www.entrepreneur.com)
Boeing: Dead whistleblower warned of safety breaches (www.bbc.com)
A former Boeing employee, who was found dead in March, accused the company of “countless” violations of US law in testimony given just before his death....
Immigrant with disabilities repeatedly assaulted by deputies at Calhoun County jail in Michigan, civil rights groups allege (www.metrotimes.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/immigrant-with-disabilities-rep…
West Virginia and North Carolina's transgender care coverage policies discriminate, judges rule (www.pbs.org)
West Virginia and North Carolina’s refusal to cover certain health care for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance is discriminatory, a federal appeals court ruled Monday in a case likely headed to the U.S. Supreme Court....
Michigan AG executes search warrants on Google and X in ongoing 2020 fake electors probe (www.cnn.com)
Google and X, formerly Twitter, recently provided hundreds of files to Michigan prosecutors for their 2020 election subversion probe, complying with search warrants that investigators obtained after CNN revealed secret social media accounts belonging to pro-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, who played a major role in the fake...
Florida outdoor workers rally against law banning local regulations against extreme heat [Rocío Magnani | Apr 29 2024 | LatinTimes] (www.latintimes.com)
Protesters took to the streets to march against HB433...
New Orleans police accused of excessive force as Gaza protesters arrested (www.theguardian.com)
Officers used batons and tasers against protesters in the square, including some who had not entered the park at all. At least three people were tased, according to witnesses and video of the protest....
Bernie Sanders issues scathing statement directed at Netanyahu (www.independent.co.uk)
‘They Are Just Pissed Off’: Scott Galloway Warns Young People Are ‘Opting Out of America’ As Older Generations Failed Them (www.mediaite.com)
‘Do not bow’: ex-Black Panther praises pro-Palestinian student protesters from prison (www.theguardian.com)
In a powerful and rousing live address to students at the City University of New York (CUNY) on Friday night, the incarcerated Black political activist Mumia Abu-Jamal praised the pro-Palestinian movement growing at US colleges as being on the right side of history....
About 1 in 4 US adults 50 and older who aren't yet retired expect to never retire, AARP study finds (abcnews.go.com)
About one-quarter of U.S. adults age 50 and older who are not yet retired say they expect to never retire and 70% are concerned about prices rising faster than their income, an AARP survey finds....
Pro-Palestinian Columbia students occupy academic building (www.politico.com)
The move recalls a 1968 student occupation of the same building by civil rights and anti-war protesters.
Miami-Dade County Schools officer arrested, 3-year-old son shot himself with her gun: Police (www.usatoday.com)
USDA says it is testing beef for H5N1 bird flu virus (www.cnn.com)
GOP House hard-liners won’t compromise. They’re losing key fights because of it. (www.washingtonpost.com)
Democrats, Johnson told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt last week, “move in a herd” and “act like a union” following their leader because there’s no diversity of opinion causing them to stray. Their groupthink could even be described as the behavior of “socialists,” he asserted. Republicans, however, can’t be...