Born to die: Florida’s infant mortality crisis (www.sun-sentinel.com)
Did grocery chains take advantage of COVID shortages to raise prices? FTC says yes in new report (www.usatoday.com)
Google, Apple breakups on the agenda as global regulators target tech (www.reuters.com)
Big Tech is facing its biggest challenge in decades as antitrust regulators on both sides of the Atlantic crack down on alleged anti-competitive practices that could result in break-up orders to Apple and Alphabet’s Google, a first for the industry....
Blinken: US condemns ‘heinous’ Moscow attack and ‘stands with people of Russia’ (www.theguardian.com)
Statement comes after shooting and fire at Russian concert hall kills more than 100 people and injures more than 100 more...
Denying Your Medical Care is Big Business in America (www.nytimes.com)
World’s largest oil companies ‘way off track’ on emissions goals, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
Despite splashy climate pledges, firms including BP and Saudi Aramco have plans to expand fossil fuel production, says analysis...
Arkansas airport executive killed in shootout was under investigation for weapons sales (www.nbcnews.com)
Bryan Malinowski, executive director of Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, was fatally wounded in a shootout as ATF agents tried to serve a search warrant at his home....
US embassy in Russia warned Americans about imminent attack by ‘extremists’ weeks ago (www.independent.co.uk)
US embassy on 7 March repeatedly urged all American citizens to leave Russia immediately, giving no further details about nature of threat...
‘Keep your filthy hands off Trump Tower!’: Trump begs fans to pay his $464m bond (www.independent.co.uk)
Former president blasts New York Attorney General Letitia James as an ‘insane radical’ in a desperate plea for cash – claiming Democrats are trying to ‘intimidate’ him into abandoning his campaign for the White House...
Russia says 60 dead, 145 injured in concert hall raid; Islamic State group claims responsibility (apnews.com)
Assailants burst into a large concert hall in Moscow on Friday and sprayed the crowd with gunfire, killing over 60 people, injuring more than 100 and setting fire to the venue in a brazen attack just days after President Vladimir Putin cemented his grip on power in a highly orchestrated electoral landslide....
Russian officials suggest without evidence that Ukraine may have been involved in terror attack (www.cnn.com)
A handful of Russian officials have suggested without evidence that Ukraine may have been involved in Friday’s attack on the Crocus City complex near Moscow....
Germany ‘Takes Note’ of Kejriwal's Arrest, Expects Standards of Judicial Independence to Apply (thewire.in)
cross-posted from: lemy.lol/post/22142782
At the [Koch-funded] Heritage Foundation, the anti-DEI crusade is part of a bigger war (www.motherjones.com)
Jan. 6 defendant who was the subject of a conspiracy theory pleads guilty (www.nbcnews.com)
Rally Runner, an amateur mascot formerly known as Daniel Donnelly Jr., pleaded guilty in connection with efforts to push his way into the Capitol during the riot....
Donald Trump Should Probably File for Bankruptcy, but Likely Won’t Because He’s Worried It Would Make Him Look Like a Loser: Report (www.vanityfair.com)
FAA considers temporary action against United following series of flight mishaps, sources say (www.cbsnews.com)
The Federal Aviation Administration is weighing possible temporary action against United Airlines beyond what was described in a letter the company sent to employees Friday, two sources familiar tell CBS News....
How rightwing groups used junk science to get an abortion case before the US supreme court (www.theguardian.com)
Anti-abortion researchers ‘exaggerate’ and ‘obfuscate’ in their scientific papers – but by the time they’re published, it’s too late...
Republicans' Election Riddled With Errors After Hand Counting Ballots (www.newsweek.com)
Republican efforts to hand count ballots in a seemingly low-profile Texas county primary election has led to a number of errors....
A New York man's pet alligator was seized after 30 years. Now, he wants Albert back (abcnews.go.com)
The owner of an 34-year-old alligator seized by conservation officers near Buffalo is fighting for its return
Alex Jones declares Israel's actions "mass genocide" (www.newsweek.com)
Alex Jones has caused controversy online with his remarks about Israel, accusing the country of committing “mass genocide” in its war with Hamas....
Exclusive: Texas AG Ken Paxton could see criminal charges dropped in deal with prosecutors (www.statesman.com)
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is nearing a resolution to the 9-year-old securities fraud charges that have dogged his tenure as the state’s top attorney through a special agreement with prosecutors, the American-Statesman has learned....
Russia adds 'LGBT movement' to list of extremist and terrorist organisations (www.dw.com)
Angela Chao: Shipping billionaire intoxicated when she drowned in Tesla, police report shows (www.bbc.com)
Shipping tycoon Angela Chao was drunk when she inadvertently reversed her Tesla into a pond and drowned last month at a Texas ranch, police say....