Ferry operators around the country to receive $220M in federal grants to modernize fleets (apnews.com)
The Biden administration will issue $220 million in grants to modernize the country’s ferry systems, officials announced Thursday....
US govt pays AT and T to let cops search Americans' phone records – 'usually' without a warrant (www.theregister.com)
Montana’s TikTok ban blocked by federal judge (arstechnica.com)
Penguin Random House and bestselling authors sue Iowa over school book-banning law (www.nbcnews.com)
The nation’s largest publisher and several bestselling authors, including novelists John Green and Jodi Picoult, are part of a lawsuit filed Thursday challenging Iowa’s new law that bans public school libraries and classrooms from having practically any book that depicts sexual activity....
Wells Fargo accused of not paying overtime at shortstaffed US branches (www.reuters.com)
Mysterious woman tells school board that Scholastic book sparked porn addiction (popular.info)
Burkhardt's gambit has already had an impact. The Conroe school board, after listening to her story, voted to restrict access to Drama, the Scholastic book featuring a kiss, from all students in the 8th grade and below. One of the school board members, Melissa Dungan, suggested replacing Scholastic with SkyTree Book Fairs. "All...
Facebook parent Meta sues FTC, claiming 'unconstitutional authority' in child privacy case (www.msn.com)
Former Marine pleads guilty in California Planned Parenthood firebomb attack (www.nbcnews.com)
A former Marine pleaded guilty Thursday in a 2022 firebombing attack on a Planned Parenthood clinic in California, federal prosecutors said....
Human Rights Watch says rocket misfire likely cause of deadly Gaza hospital blast (www.reuters.com)
US pending home sales fell to their lowest level in 20 years last month (www.cnn.com)
US pending home sales fell to their lowest level in 20 years in October as mortgage rates surged to their highest levels of the year, according to a report released Thursday....
Russia Supreme Court Bans “LGBT Movement” as “Extremist” (www.hrw.org)
In the US, Black survivors are nearly invisible in the Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis (apnews.com)
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What is mycoplasma pneumonia, the illness driving an outbreak in Ohio? (www.nbcnews.com)
Suicide deaths reached a record high in the US in 2022, despite hopeful decreases among children and young adults (www.cnn.com)
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Pro-Trump attorney who helped orchestrate fake electors plot cooperating in Nevada criminal probe (www.cnn.com)
A Nevada state-level criminal investigation into the fake electors plot intended to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election win is ramping up with prosecutors securing the cooperation of a key witness, even as some of those who served as pro-Trump electors remain politically active ahead of the 2024 election....
Israel tells civilians to leave parts of Gaza as fighting resumes (www.the-star.co.ke)
The Israeli military has dropped leaflets warning residents in parts of southern Gaza to flee for their safety as bombing resumes....
Social media posts Trump claimed were made by judge's wife were not made by her, court says (www.cbsnews.com)
Social media posts that former President Donald Trump claimed were made by the wife of the judge in his New York fraud trial were not made by her, a court spokesperson said....
Julianna Margulies Says ‘Entire Black Community’ May Have Been ‘Brainwashed to Hate Jews’ (www.thedailybeast.com)
“As someone who plays a lesbian journalist on ‘The Morning Show,’ I am more offended by it as a lesbian than I am as a Jew,” the actress said at another point in a new interview.
For a male sexual assault survivor, justice won in court does not equal healing (apnews.com)
As many as 95% of male sexual violations go unreported, according to research cited in a review of scientific literature about male victims of sexual assault, published in April in the journal Behavioral Sciences. Four of five men who reported assaults regretted doing so, saying that police were often unsympathetic and...
The Tesla Cybertruck is already being towed and isn't on sale yet (www.autoblog.com)
Children making AI-generated child abuse images, says charity (www.bbc.com)
Details of Scott Perry’s role in Trump efforts to stay in power unsealed (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Whistleblower alleges failures in medical care at U.S. border facilities (www.washingtonpost.com)
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US says Mexican drug cartel was so bold in timeshare fraud that some operators posed as US officials (abcnews.go.com)
'Everything's like a gamble': U.S. immigration policies leave lives in limbo (www.latimes.com)
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