Pope Francis apologizes for using a homophobic slur during a meeting with bishops | CNN (www.cnn.com)
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‘Swamp Creature!’: Trump Gets Shouted Down as He Begs for Libertarian Nomination (www.thedailybeast.com)
Thousands of Americans without power due to severe weather (www.bbc.com)
Tornadoes and devastating thunderstorms have left nearly 300,000 residents across seven states without power as of Monday night....
Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed (www.theguardian.com)
NFL Kicker Accused of Sexual Assault on Team Flight (www.thedailybeast.com)
Fears rise of another landslide and spread of disease in Papua New Guinea (www.npr.org)
The U.N. agency has officials at the scene in Enga province helping shelter 1,600 displaced people. The agency estimates 670 villagers died, while Papua New Guinea’s government has told the United Nations it thinks more than 2,000 people were buried. Five bodies had been retrieved from the rubble by Monday....
Police Make First Arrest for Assault on Pro-Palestine Protesters at UCLA [Edward Carver | May 24, 2024 | Common Dreams] (www.commondreams.org)
The arrest followed a CNN investigation that documented the hourslong attack and identified key perpetrators from the pro-Israel mob.
Trump revives false claim that Biden authorized ‘deadly force’ for Mar-a-Lago search (www.theguardian.com)
How Uvalde’s GOP congressman is navigating a tense runoff and plotting to take out right-wing ‘anarchists’ | CNN Politics (edition.cnn.com)
Rep. Tony Gonzales called his GOP opponent in Texas a “neo-Nazi” and an “anarchist” intent on “burning the place down” — and said Republican hardliners seeking to oust him are a bunch of “scumbags” and MAGA wannabes....
Israel’s borrowing spree reaches Palm Beach as US municipalities pile in (www.ft.com)
One of the largest investors in Israel’s bonds is not a hedge fund titan or a Wall Street trader, but an elected municipal comptroller investing the tax dollars of Palm Beach County....
Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed (www.theguardian.com)
When the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court (ICC) announced he was seeking arrest warrants against Israeli and Hamas leaders, he issued a cryptic warning: “I insist that all attempts to impede, intimidate or improperly influence the officials of this court must cease immediately.”...
Blind and deaf dog Teddy got lost in a neighbor’s yard. Police called to help him shot him dead (www.independent.co.uk)
'US-Backed Massacre' at Rafah Camp Intensifies Fury Over IDF's Gaza Assault [Julia Conley | May 27, 2024 | Common Dreams] (www.commondreams.org)
“We will never forget the images emerging from Rafah tonight. Human beings, including babies, were burned alive and torn apart. This genocide must end, it must end now,” said one group.
Group Files New ICC Complaint Over Journalists Killed by Israel in Gaza [Brett Wilkins | May 27, 2024 | Common Dreams] (www.commondreams.org)
Reporters Without Borders says it has “reasonable grounds for thinking that some of these journalists were deliberately killed and that the others were the victims of deliberate IDF attacks against civilians.”
Rulings highlight how Trump’s classified documents case could have gone differently had it been brought in DC | CNN Politics (edition.cnn.com)
Before indicting Donald Trump last year for allegedly mishandling classified documents, federal prosecutors had to decide where to bring the charges: Washington, DC, or Florida....
Deadly Israeli strike on Rafah was a "tragic mistake," Netanyahu says (edition.cnn.com)
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Sunday’s deadly Israeli airstrike on a Rafah camp had gone tragically wrong....
‘Heads, we win; tails, you lose’: how rightwing hush-money trial coverage boosts Trump (www.theguardian.com)
Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Taylor Swift’s Private Jet (gizmodo.com)
‘Israeli soldier’ arrested for anti-Muslim abuse in UK (www.aljazeera.com)
Trying to buy a house is 'playing a game you can't win' (www.bbc.com)
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Trump Elevates a Conservative ‘Warrior’ on Education (www.nytimes.com)
California Passes Bill Requiring New Cars To Beep At You When You're Speeding (jalopnik.com)
American couple doing missionary work killed by gangs in Haiti, wife is daughter of Missouri rep. (www.nbcnews.com)
Severe Memorial Day storms leave at least 20 dead across U.S. mid-South (www.salon.com)
Group of graduates walk out of Harvard commencement chanting 'Free, free Palestine' (abcnews.go.com)
