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Woman who said she was ‘too good looking’ to be arrested is jailed for murder (www.independent.co.uk)

Colorado releases additional 5 gray wolves as part of reintroduction effort (apnews.com)

Wildlife officials in Colorado have released an additional five gray wolves in the state, bringing the total so far under a voter-approved reintroduction program to 10....

When Immigrant Dairy Farm Workers Get Hurt, Most Can’t Rely on Workers’ Compensation (www.propublica.org)

Wisconsin’s exemption for small farms is one of many federal and state carve-outs that have historically left farm workers — and dairy workers in particular — with fewer rights and protections than others....

Massachusetts cop with body-cam searches middle school for LGBTQ-themed book: report (www.rawstory.com)

A cop’s decision to sport a body camera and search a Massachusetts middle school for a book has raised serious concerns among civil liberties experts, a new report shows....

Mexico's president is willing to help with border migrant crush but wants US to open talks with Cuba (apnews.com)

Mexico’s president said Friday that he is willing to help out with a surge of migrants that led to the closure of border crossings with the United States, but he wants the U.S. government to open talks with Cuba and send more development aid to migrants’ home countries....

Mass shooting in the center of Prague: 15 deaths confirmed (www.telegraph.co.uk)

New migrants face fear and loneliness. A town on the Great Plains has a storied support network (apnews.com)

Magdalena Simon’s only consolation after immigration officers handcuffed and led her husband away was the contents of his wallet, a few bills....

A Black woman in Ohio was charged after miscarrying in her bathroom. Experts warn of the dangerous precedent. (www.nbcnews.com)

Brittany Watts, 33, was charged after police searched her toilet following her miscarriage in September....

Jury finds two Aurora paramedics guilty in 2019 death of Elijah McClain (www.axios.com)

A jury on Friday found Aurora paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec guilty of criminally negligent homicide in Elijah McClain's 2019 death....

These Oklahomans Needed Mental Health Care. Instead, They Died in Jail. (oklahomawatch.org)

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State attorney argues Iowa schools have been too broad in banning books under SF 496 (www.desmoinesregister.com)

The attorney representing the state of Iowa suggested in federal court Friday that school districts have been too broadly interpreting a new state law that restricts schools from teaching about LGBTQ-related topics and requires them to ban books depicting sex acts....

Iowa won't participate in US food assistance program for kids this summer (apnews.com)

Iowa will not participate this summer in a federal program that gives $40 per month to each child in a low-income family to help with food costs while school is out, state officials have announced....

Multiple people injured in shooting at Florida mall, police say (abcnews.go.com)

Exclusive: Israeli Military Censor Bans Reporting on These 8 Subjects (theintercept.com)

The highly unusual, English-language order for the Gaza war breaks from the secretive and informal way IDF censorship normally works.###

‘Zombie deer disease’ epidemic spreads in Yellowstone as scientists raise fears it may jump to humans (www.theguardian.com)

Alaska's rivers are turning orange and no one knows why (www.newsweek.com)

Lawmakers condemn vandalism of California Hindu temple thought to be hate crime (thehill.com)

Lawmakers are condemning a recent defacement of a Hindu temple in Newark, Calif., that local authorities are looking into as a possible hate crime....

How the anti-vaccine movement is gaining power in statehouses (www.washingtonpost.com)

A wave of lawmakers who oppose vaccine requirements are winning elections for state legislatures amid a national drop in childhood vaccination rates and a resurfacing of preventable deadly diseases....

New York will set up a commission to consider reparations for slavery (apnews.com)

New York state will create a commission tasked with considering reparations to address the persistent, harmful effects of slavery in the state, under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday....

Deputy AG says GOP attacks on DOJ have contributed to an ‘unprecedented rise’ in threats (www.nbcnews.com)

Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly disparaged Lisa Monaco and other Justice Department officials involved in the various legal cases against him....

The Race to Put Brain Implants in People Is Heating Up (www.wired.com)

In September, Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink announced the much-anticipated news that it would start recruiting volunteers for a clinical trial to test its device. Known as a brain-computer interface, or BCI, it collects electrical activity from neurons and interprets those signals into commands to control an...

Police fatally shoot Black woman who called 911 for domestic violence (www.theguardian.com)

A Los Angeles county sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a 27-year-old woman who had called 911 to report that she was under attack by a former boyfriend, police officials and lawyers for the victim’s family said on Thursday. Records show the deputy had killed another person in similar circumstances three years ago....

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