Coal-producing West Virginia is converting an entire school system to solar power (apnews.com)
An entire county school system in coal-producing West Virginia is going solar. The project in Wayne County Schools represents what a developer and U.S. Sen.
GM sees $9.3 billion hit from labor deals, outlines $10 billion stock buyback (www.reuters.com)
‘A betrayal’: Google workers protest Israeli military contract at vigil for ex-intern killed in airstrike (www.theguardian.com)
Mexico president asks lawmakers to let US military trainers into Mexico (www.reuters.com)
‘Storm of the century’ washes away Russia’s Crimea bridge barriers (www.telegraph.co.uk)
High-income Americans rarely mix with poorer people. Restaurants like Applebee's and Olive Garden are the exception (www.msn.com)
Arizona voting officials charged for refusing to certify 2022 election results (www.theguardian.com)
Republican county supervisors Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd initially refused to certify their county’s election results...
André 3000 Surpasses Tool For Longest [song length] Hot 100 Hit Of All Time (www.stereogum.com)
André 3000 has surpassed Tool for the longest Hot 100 hit of all time. As Billboard reports, his track “I Swear, I Really Wanted To Make A ‘Rap’ Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time” charted at #90 on the Hot 100 this week — it’s the first song on his new instrumental album New Blue Sun. It...
Montana's first-in-the-nation ban on TikTok blocked by judge who says it's unconstitutional (apnews.com)
Banksy’s identity: Elusive artist reveals his name in resurfaced interview - National | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)
Trump targets ‘young people’ in dark op-ed: Live (www.independent.co.uk)
Signs of mysterious respiratory illness affecting dogs reported in at least a dozen states (www.cnn.com)
An infectious respiratory disease among dogs that continues to baffle veterinarians has now been reported in at least a dozen US states, from Washington, Oregon and California to New Hampshire, Florida and Pennsylvania....
Jezebel to be brought ‘back to life’ after being acquired by Paste Magazine (www.cnn.com)
China says US arms sales to Taiwan are turning the island into a 'powder keg' (apnews.com)
Warner Bros. CEO Claims Scrapping Films Like Coyote vs. Acme, Batgirl 'Took Real Courage' (www.ign.com)
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav commented about shelving completed or nearly completed films like Coyote vs. Acme and Batgirl, saying the decisions "took real courage."
Oklahoma prepares to execute man for 2001 double slaying despite self-defense claim (www.nbcnews.com)
MSNBC cancels Mehdi Hasan, a truth-teller in a time of crisis (presswatchers.org)
No high-profile journalist has been more assertive about Palestinian rights than Mehdi Hasan, and MNSBC punished him on Thursday by taking away his shows.
Appeals court reinstates gag order that barred Trump from maligning court staff in NY fraud trial (apnews.com)
A New York appeals court Thursday reinstated a gag order that barred Donald Trump from commenting about court personnel after he disparaged a law clerk in his New York civil fraud trial....
Texas abortion case puts doctors' agency in treating pregnancy complications in the spotlight (www.statnews.com)
The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday heard a case that could end up deciding whether abortion in the state should be protected under its constitution when it’s provided for medical reasons. Also at stake is the issue of how much agency doctors have to exercise their medical judgment in the treatment of the most complicated...
Pentagon official overseeing federal schools arrested in Georgia human-trafficking sting (nypost.com)
Dr. Henry Kissinger Dies at Age 100 (finance.yahoo.com)
A crash course on this asshole: thenation.com/…/kissinger-100-crimes-watergate/
Brazilian city enacts an ordinance that was secretly written by ChatGPT (apnews.com)
Elon Musk on X antisemitism controversy: “Don’t advertise. Go f*** yourself” (arstechnica.com)
Oh no!..anyway…