'There's a gun': When kids take weapons to school, Arizona parents face few consequences (www.azcentral.com)
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Who Is David Pecker, the First Witness in the Trump Hush-Money Trial? (time.com)
US vetoes Palestinian request for full UN membership (www.theguardian.com)
The US has vetoed a Palestinian request to the United Nations security council for full UN membership, blocking the world body’s recognition of a Palestinian state....
US government agrees to $138.7M settlement over FBI's botching of Larry Nassar assault allegations (apnews.com)
Chaos in Dubai as UAE records heaviest rainfall in 75 years | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Yale University: Dozens arrested during US Gaza campus protests (www.bbc.com)
Biden Administration sets higher staffing mandates. Most nursing homes don’t meet them (kffhealthnews.org)
The Biden administration finalized nursing home staffing rules Monday that will require thousands of them to hire more nurses and aides — while giving them years to do so....
Columbia Law School Faculty Condemn Administration for Mass Arrests and Suspensions (theintercept.com)
On Sunday, 54 Columbia Law School professors sent a letter to university leadership condemning the school’s decision to summarily suspend student protesters and to authorize a police raid on campus. The procedural irregularity of the mass suspensions, the lack of transparency about how decisions were made, and the involvement...
Tensions are so high at Columbia ahead of Passover that all classes will be virtual today (www.cnn.com)
Officials at Columbia University, facing surging tensions on campus that raised safety concerns, have announced all classes will be virtual on Monday as Passover begins....
UC Berkeley’s campus is in turmoil. It’s unlike anything in recent memory. (www.politico.com)
Liberal members of the state’s legislative Jewish caucus have publicly castigated UC Berkeley for its handling of hostility toward Jewish students and professors amid the war. They’re pushing state laws targeting antisemitism in response to the events — including a violent protest of an Israeli speaker in late February...
Homelessness case before US supreme court could have far-reaching effects (www.theguardian.com)
Justices to consider constitutionality of punishing people for sleeping outside as western states seek to address encampments...
Layoffs could spike as one labor-market indicator says a recession is already here, market forecaster says (www.businessinsider.com)
18 children among 22 killed by Israeli strikes in Rafah, Palestinian health officials say (www.cbc.ca)
Israeli strikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight killed 22 people, including 18 children, health officials said Sunday....
Georgia Republicans Have Spent $1.7 Million on Trump-Related Trial Fees (www.newsweek.com)
Georgia’s Republican Party has reportedly paid massive legal bills after promising to defend GOP officials charged alongside former President Donald Trump in the Fulton County election subversion criminal case.
Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Yale, Columbia cancels in-person classes (www.reuters.com)
Black death row inmates suffer botched executions at twice rate of whites in US (www.theguardian.com)
A glaring racial disparity is evident in the 73 botched procedures involving lethal injections since 1976, report by Reprieve finds...
From Sin City to the City of Angels, building starts on high-speed rail line (apnews.com)
Work is set to begin Monday on a $12 billion high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area, with officials projecting millions of ticket-buyers will be boarding trains by 2028....
Documents found on a North Korean server suggest US studios may have unknowingly outsourced animation work (edition.cnn.com)
The files were discovered in December by Nick Roy, a Boston-based cyber-sleuth who regularly scans the North Korean internet as a hobby. Roy found a new North Korean website that outside visitors didn’t need a password to access, unlocking a trove of animation sketches, and shared them with the Stimson Center, a...
UC Berkeley students begin Sproul Plaza sit-in and establish Free Palestine Encampment to protest Gaza war, Cal's investments (www.berkeleyside.org)
A progressive congresswoman made history in 2022. Can a billionaire stop her re-election? (www.theguardian.com)
NY court will publish transcripts from Trump's hush money trial. Here's how you can access them. (www.usatoday.com)
‘Sovereign citizen’ shot, killed during exchange with Harris County deputies (www.houstonpublicmedia.org)
Oil Companies Must Set Aside More Money to Plug Wells, a New Rule Says. But It Won’t Be Enough. (www.propublica.org)
Billionaire donors rethink Columbia University support amid pro-Palestinian protests (www.cnbc.com)
San Francisco sues Oakland over new airport name that includes 'San Francisco' (apnews.com)
San Francisco on Thursday sued Oakland after officials there voted in favor of changing the name of the city’s airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport, saying the change will cause confusion and is already affecting its airport financially....
