Missouri Supreme Court strikes down law against homelessness, COVID vaccine mandates (apnews.com)
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a law that threatened homeless people with jail time for sleeping on state land....
Target blamed theft and violence for 9 store closures. Crime is higher at locations it kept open nearby (www.cnbc.com)
Florida man pleads guilty to threatening to kill a Supreme Court justice (www.nbcnews.com)
A Florida man has pleaded guilty in connection with threatening to kill a Supreme Court justice....
Trump tells rally immigrants are ‘poisoning the blood of our country’ (www.theguardian.com)
Clarence Thomas’ Private Complaints About Money Sparked Fears He Would Resign (www.propublica.org)
Man arrested for shouting 'gas the Jews' outside DC synagogue (www.jpost.com)
The incident is being investigated as a hate or bias-motivated crime.
Storm slams East Coast with wind-swept rain flooding streets, delaying travel (www.usatoday.com)
An intense storm system battered the Northeast with torrential rains and fierce winds on Monday, snarling traffic, delaying flights and knocking out power across the region....
Tesla blamed drivers for failures of parts it long knew were defective (www.reuters.com)
Wheels falling off cars at speed. Suspensions collapsing on brand-new vehicles. Axles breaking under acceleration. Tens of thousands of customers told Tesla about a host of part failures on low-mileage cars. The automaker sought to blame drivers for vehicle ‘abuse,’ but Tesla documents show it had tracked the chronic...
How Do Animals Make Collective Decisions on Timing? (researchinenglish.com)
There were nearly 400 strikes in 2023, and experts think there's more to come: 'Nothing succeeds like success' (www.cnbc.com)
‘Never thought I’d be in this situation’: US readers on their housing realities (www.theguardian.com)
Philadelphia's 6ABC helicopter crashes in South Jersey (www.cbsnews.com)
Kevin McCarthy submits official House resignation (thehill.com)
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) submitted his official resignation from Congress on Tuesday, effective Dec. 31....
Migrant families rally for end to New York’s new 60-day limits on shelter stays (apnews.com)
Migrant families and their advocates marched outside New York City Hall on Tuesday to demand Mayor Eric Adams end his plan to limit the number of days newly arrived immigrants can remain in city-run shelters....
Video shows Texas National Guard soldiers appearing to ignore a mother and baby’s pleas for help in the Rio Grande (www.tpr.org)
Video shows Texas National Guard soldiers appearing to ignore a mother and baby’s pleas for help in the Rio Grande
South dominates US population gains as deaths drop (apnews.com)
South Carolina and Florida were the two fastest-growing states in the U.S., as the South dominated population gains in 2023, and the U.S. growth rate ticked upward slightly from the depths of the pandemic due to a drop in deaths, according to estimates released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau....
These kids want to go to school. The main obstacle? Paperwork (apnews.com)
After more than a year of some form of pandemic online learning, students were all required to come back to school in person. Tameka was deeply afraid of COVID-19 and skeptical the schools could keep her kids safe from what she called “the corona.” One morning, in a test run, she sent two kids to school....
A woman who had a miscarriage is now charged with abusing a corpse as stricter abortion laws play out nationwide | CNN (www.cnn.com)
cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/6666536...
Justice Department creates database to track misconduct records by federal law enforcement (www.pbs.org)
Ex-Proud Boys leader is sentenced to over 3 years in prison for Capitol riot plot (apnews.com)
A former leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Tuesday to more than three years behind bars for joining a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol nearly three years ago....
FDA finds 'extremely high' lead levels in cinnamon at Ecuador plant that made tainted fruit pouches (apnews.com)
U.S. food inspectors found “extremely high” levels of lead in cinnamon at a plant in Ecuador that made applesauce pouches tainted with the metal, the Food and Drug Administration said Monday. The recalled pouches have been linked to dozens of illnesses in U.S. kids....
Growing Up With Cats Linked to Higher Schizophrenia Risk (gizmodo.com)
People who got colon cancer in their 20s or 30s describe what it was like and the signs that were ignored (www.nbcnews.com)
Unfazed by latest lawsuit, Giuliani re-ups fraud claims that cost him $148 million (www.politico.com)
“They are suing me in order to lie to them. I’m sorry, I can’t do it,” he said....
Vase woman buys for $3.99 at Virginia thrift shop sells for more than $100,000 (www.theguardian.com)
A woman who bought a glass vase for $3.99 at a local Goodwill charity shop has seen the piece auctioned off for more than $100,000 after it turned out to be a rare and valuable piece of Italian glassware....
