FTC Takes Action Against Tax Prep Company H and R Block For Wiping Consumers’ Data, Deceptively Marketing ‘Free’ Online Filing (www.ftc.gov)
In an administrative complaint, FTC staff alleges that H&R Block’s online tax filing products lead consumers into higher-cost products made for more complicated tax filings, despite many consumers not needing the additional tax forms and schedules offered by those products. In addition, H&R Block fails to clearly explain which...
Republicans, Trump try to contain backlash from Alabama fertility ruling | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
How the Justice Department foils assassination plots in the U.S. (www.npr.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/how-the-justice-department-foil…
Judge formally says Trump owes $454 million in civil fraud case, countdown starts for him to put up the money for appeal (www.cnn.com)
A New York judge on Friday formally ordered Donald Trump to pay $454 million, including interest, a move that will give the former president one month to post nearly half a billion dollars to appeal the fraud verdict....
Man guilty in Black transgender woman's killing in 1st federal hate crime trial over gender identity (apnews.com)
A South Carolina man was found guilty Friday of killing a Black transgender woman in the nation’s first federal trial over a hate crime based on gender identity....
“We Must Not Let History Repeat Itself:” Race-Baiting and Revenge in Richmond (themainlander.com)
New Israeli report alleging 'systematic and intentional rape' by Hamas relies on debunked Western media reports - The Grayzone (thegrayzone.com)
The contents of the Israeli Association of Rape Crisis Center’s paper alleging “systematic” Hamas rape derive largely from discredited second-hand testimonies and debunked media reports. Among its most heavily cited sources is a dubious NY Times article that triggered a staff revolt at the paper.
Suspect in death of Augusta University student found on UGA campus taken into custody (www.cnn.com)
Campus police arrested a suspect in the killing of an Augusta University College of Nursing student on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, according to local authorities....
Lawyer of girl who died in CBP custody alleges ‘systemic problems’ with agency (www.borderreport.com)
Nex Benedict's mom raises doubts about police statements: It's a "big cover" (popular.info)
The mother of Nex Benedict — the non-binary Oklahoma teen who was assaulted in a school bathroom and died the following day — is raising doubts about statements released by the local police. On Wednesday, the Owasso Police posted a statement to the department's Facebook page, which appeared to defend the Owasso High School's...
Small, nonthreatening balloon intercepted over Utah by NORAD (www.seattletimes.com)
A small, nonthreatening balloon spotted flying high over the mountainous Western United States was intercepted by a fighter jet over Utah on Friday, according to the North American Aerospace Defense Command....
Trump says he strongly supports IVF after Alabama court ruling puts new pressure on Republicans (apnews.com)
Schools say dress codes promote discipline, but many Black students see traces of racism (www.pbs.org)
For as long as schools have policed hairstyles as part of their dress codes, some students have seen the rules as attempts to deny their cultural and religious identities....
Very cool: trees stalling effects of global heating in eastern US, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Vast reforestation a major reason for ‘warming hole’ across parts of US where temperatures have flatlined or cooled...
Nuclear fusion reaction releases almost twice the energy put in (www.newscientist.com)
Gaza aid delivery hampered by Israeli attacks on police, rising chaos (www.washingtonpost.com)
The volume of aid delivered to Gaza has collapsed in recent weeks as Israeli airstrikes have targeted police officers who guard the convoys, U.N. officials say, exposing them to looting by criminal gangs and desperate civilians....
Unvaccinated Florida kids exposed to measles can skip quarantine, officials say (arstechnica.com)
On Tuesday, nearly 20 percent of the school's 1,067 students were reportedly absent.
Alabama seeks to carry out second execution using controversial nitrogen gas method (apnews.com)
Alabama is seeking to put a second inmate to death using nitrogen gas, a move that comes a month after the state carried out the first execution using the controversial new method....
Trump asks judge to delay enforcing the $355 million civil fraud decision for one month (www.cnn.com)
Former President Donald Trump asked the judge overseeing the civil fraud case to delay enforcing the $355 million judgment against him for one month....
Air Force: Ukraine shoots down another Russian A-50 aircraft over Azov Sea (kyivindependent.com)
Netanyahu dismisses election calls as thousands protest in Tel Aviv (ca.news.yahoo.com)
Netanyahu has seen his popularity plummet in opinion polls since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack that sparked the devastating war in Gaza....
Judge says Mike Lindell must pay $5 million to man who won his 'Prove Mike Wrong' challenge (www.nbcnews.com)
Andrei "Murz" Morozov is reported to have shot himself. (infosec.pub)
cross-posted from: infosec.pub/post/8688332...
UNRWA reaches 'breaking point' as US intel says 'low confidence' about Israeli claims (thecradle.co)
Questions continue to arise about Israeli claims that UNRWA has ‘ties to Hamas,’ an accusation that prompted over a dozen western nations to cut vital funding for the agency