Why is US energy demand soaring – putting climate goals at risk? (www.theguardian.com)
New industries such as cryptocurrency and cannabis are boosting industry forecasts, straining efforts to cut emissions...
Banksy: Artist confirms new London tree mural is his own work (www.bbc.com)
Don't trust Trump's 'impossible' appeal bond claims, attorney general tells judges (abcnews.go.com)
KEY POINTS...
Reddit prices IPO at $34 per share, sources say (www.cnbc.com)
Escaped white supremacist inmate and accomplice still at large after Idaho hospital ambush (apnews.com)
Authorities are searching for a white supremacist Idaho prison inmate and an accomplice who fled after the accomplice shot and wounded corrections officers as they were transporting the inmate from a Boise hospital, according to police....
Incarcerated people in New Jersey still waiting on pay raises promised over a year ago (newjerseymonitor.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/incarcerated-people-still-waiti…
Justice Department to sue Apple for antitrust violations as soon as Thursday (www.seattletimes.com)
The Justice Department is poised to sue Apple as soon as Thursday, accusing the world’s second most valuable tech company of violating antitrust laws by blocking rivals from accessing hardware and software features of its iPhone....
US abortions reach highest level in over a decade, sparked by surge in medication abortion (www.cnn.com)
Abortions are on the rise in the United States, despite bans that have taken effect in more than a dozen states since the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision that revoked the federal right to abortion in June 2022....
Chasing Clicks in the Jungle: Right-Wing Influencers Descend on the Darién Gap (www.nytimes.com)
Archive,...
Children unintentionally shot and killed at least 157 people last year, Everytown says (www.nbcnews.com)
At least 157 people were killed and 270 were injured last year in unintentional shootings by children, according to Everytown, an advocacy group for firearm safety.
California tribe that lost 90% of land during Gold Rush to get site to serve as gateway to redwoods (apnews.com)
The Yurok will be the first Native people to manage tribal land with the National Park Service under a historic memorandum of understanding signed Tuesday by the tribe, Redwood National and State Parks and the nonprofit Save the Redwoods League....
Airport executive shot in firefight with federal agents at his home in Arkansas (www.yahoo.com)
US and UK doctors in Washington to warn of IDF’s ‘appalling atrocities’ in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
A delegation of American and British doctors is in Washington DC to tell the Biden administration the Israeli military is systematically destroying Gaza’s health infrastructure in order to drive Palestinians out of their homes....
Trump can appeal ruling that kept Georgia prosecutor on case, judge says (www.reuters.com)
A Georgia judge on Wednesday said Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump and eight of his co-defendants in the state’s criminal election subversion case could appeal a ruling that let lead prosecutor Fani Willis remain on the case....
1 of 17 bus companies sued by NYC agrees to temporarily stop transporting migrants, Mayor Adams says (www.cbsnews.com)
One of 17 charter bus companies that Mayor Eric Adams sued for transporting busloads of asylum seekers to New York City has agreed to stop, for now....
Cleveland Promised Oversight of Police Cameras. But the Work Remains Undone. (www.themarshallproject.org)
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Legal spending by Trump group accelerated in February -disclosures (www.reuters.com)
A fundraising group run by Donald Trump, who is facing four criminal trials as he seeks the U.S. presidency, stepped up spending on legal fees last month, further draining money from efforts to return him to the White House, financial disclosures showed on Wednesday....
3 separate shootings erupt within 1 hour in Jacksonville Beach, Florida (abcnews.go.com)
Three separate, unrelated shootings erupted within an hour in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, on Sunday night, leaving one person dead and several hurt, according to authorities....
Truth Social hit by major outage (www.newsweek.com)
3rd of 6 former officers in Mississippi gets 17.5 years for racist torture of 2 Black men (apnews.com)
May I introduce to you … the Goon Squad....
EPA issues new auto rules aimed at cutting carbon emissions, boosting electric vehicles and hybrids (apnews.com)
The Biden administration announced new automobile emissions standards Wednesday that officials called the most ambitious plan ever to cut planet-warming emissions from passenger vehicles....
2 more former Mississippi 'Goon Squad' deputies sentenced in torture of 2 Black men (www.npr.org)
Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attack (apnews.com)
8-hour time-restricted eating linked to a 91% higher risk of cardiovascular death (newsroom.heart.org)
As a big fan of IF, I find this really depressing.
More alleged victims accuse former FBI agent of ‘revenge porn’ (www.kjrh.com)
