The gays bring surge to D.C. Metro ridership for Capital Pride Parade (www.advocate.com)
US banana giant ordered to pay $38m to families of Colombian men killed by death squads (www.theguardian.com)
Landmark verdict against Chiquita marks first time major US company held liable for funding human rights abuses abroad...
US lifts weapons ban on Ukraine's Azov brigade (www.bbc.co.uk)
With a Democrat’s Help, the F.E.C. Goes From Deadlock to Deregulation (www.nytimes.com)
Judge calls DeSantis ban on transgender care unconstitutional (www.washingtonpost.com)
A federal judge blocked most of a law championed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ® that strictly limited transgender health care for adults and banned it completely for children....
GOP book bans could shut down this independent bookstore in Pete Buttigieg's hometown (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Washington man allegedly kills teen because he mistook an airsoft gun for a real firearm - ABC News (abcnews.go.com)
If the teens had real guns, peace would have erupted, instead....
‘The motion is denied’: Trump co-defendant in Georgia RICO case loses bid to pause her case because she is not part of the effort to disqualify DA Fani Willis (lawandcrime.com)
Massive fire breaks out at Miami apartment building, employee of building found shot at scene (www.nbcnews.com)
Over 70 firefighters and 38 fire trucks are on the scene of the ongoing blaze at the Temple Court Apartments, according to Miami Fire Rescue....
Mystery as Russian judge dies after falling from window (www.newsweek.com)
Right-wing campaign urges Supreme Court to protect fossil fuel interests (www.motherjones.com)
"That is not justice": Missouri sets execution date for a man who even prosecutors say is innocent (www.salon.com)
3 Nixon justices helped end his presidency. Will the 3 Trump appointees force him to stand trial? (apnews.com)
Fifty years ago, three of the justices Richard Nixon appointed to the Supreme Court joined in an 8-0 decision in the Watergate tapes case that effectively ended his presidency, ruling only 16 days after hearing the case. Nixon resigned from office just over two weeks later....
Americans Are Leaving Both Parties. This Colorado City Shows Why. (www.politico.com)
America has more independent voters than Democrats or Republicans. Are they changing American politics?
FBI's latest data shows 'historic' drop in crime: Garland (abcnews.go.com)
The first three months of 2024 saw a continued drop in levels of violent crime and murder across the country, according to data released by the FBI on Monday – a trend that Attorney General Merrick Garland called “historic.”...
Virginia NAACP files suit against school board that restored names of Confederate leaders (www.nbcnews.com)
The state chapter of the influential civil rights organization argues that restoring the names of the pro-slavery military figures created “an unlawful and discriminatory educational environment for Black students.”...
Apple Matches Worker Donations to IDF and Illegal Settlements, Employees Allege (theintercept.com)
An open letter from Apple employees and shareholders demands the tech giant stop matching employee donations to organizations with ties to the Israeli military assault on the Gaza Strip and ongoing illegal settlement development in the West Bank....
Don’t Call It an ‘Ethnic’ Grocery Store: As Asian groceries like H Mart, Patel Brothers and 99 Ranch expand, they are reshaping American eating habits, and the American grocery market (www.nytimes.com)
Last year, Americans bought half a billion packets of Shin Ramyun, the spicy, beefy Korean instant noodle. The bold red-and-black packaging feels inescapable: It’s a staple of college dorm rooms, bodegas, middle-of-the-country Walmarts and viral TikTok videos....
Anchorage Alaska police won't release bodycam video of 3 shootings. It's creating a fight over transparency (apnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/anchorage-police-body-cameras-k…
Former Foster Youth Are Eligible for Federal Housing Aid. Georgia Isn’t Helping Them Get It. (www.propublica.org)
Malik Johnson thought he was doing well after he turned 21 and left foster care, working two jobs to afford his apartment south of Atlanta....
American troops begin withdrawal from Niger | Africanews (www.africanews.com)
This withdrawal follows the departure of the French army from Niger at the end of 2023 and the arrival of Russian military instructors, as Niger seeks to diversify its defense partnerships.
Researchers find higher levels of dangerous chemical than expected in southeast Louisiana (apnews.com)
Researchers using high-tech air monitoring equipment rolled through an industrialized stretch of southeast Louisiana in mobile labs and found levels of a carcinogen in concentrations as much as 10 times higher than previously estimated, according to a paper published Tuesday in the journal Environmental Science & Technology....
Trump Can Only Think of Himself After Fans Collapse at Town Hall (www.thedailybeast.com)
Graduate's father arrested for blocking Black superintendent from shaking daughter's hand (www.rawstory.com)
The father of a Baraboo High School graduate blocked his daughter from shaking the hand of the Black superintendent as she graduated, video of the incident shows....
Union: 4 Florida police officers indicted for 2019 shootout that left UPS driver and passerby dead (apnews.com)
