A portrait of America's young adults: More debt burdened and financially dependent on their parents (www.cbsnews.com)
Young adults in the U.S. are experiencing a very different trajectory than their parents, with more of them hitting key milestones later in life and also taking on more debt, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center....
Japan: Man sentenced to death for Kyoto anime fire which killed 36 (www.bbc.com)
The arson attack in a revered Kyoto animation studio killed 36 people and injured dozens more.
Iranian media reports unknown gunmen kill 9 foreigners near Pakistan border (www.trtworld.com)
Ukraine says it has no evidence for Russia's claim that dozens of POWs died in a shot down plane (apnews.com)
Officials in Ukraine say Russia has provided no credible evidence to back its claims that their own forces shot down a military transport plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war who were to be swapped for Russian POWs.
Chipotle wants to hire 19,000 workers ahead of 'burrito season', adds new benefits (finance.yahoo.com)
A dairy farm is accused of stealing $3 million in wages. But was there a crime? (minnesotareformer.com)
Over the past three years, dairy farmers Keith Schaefer and his daughter Megan Hill stole at least $3 million from hundreds of their workers across central Minnesota, according to a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Keith Ellison earlier this month....
Far-Right Extremists Are Organizing an Armed Convoy to the Texas Border (www.wired.com)
N.S.A. Buys Americans’ Internet Data Without Warrants, Letter Says (www.nytimes.com)
The disclosure comes amid congressional scrutiny and a Federal Trade Commission crackdown on commercial data brokers....
Babies born in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ record lower birth weight, preterm births – report (www.theguardian.com)
New report shows babies born in notorious industrial corridor experience low birth weight at three times the national average...
First female LA Times editor in newspaper’s 142-year history talks layoffs, losing journalists of color (www.nbcnews.com)
Musk brain implant company violated US hazardous material transport rules -documents (news.yahoo.com)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink was fined for violating U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) rules regarding the movement of hazardous materials, according to records from the federal agency reviewed by Reuters....
Iowa promised $75 million for school safety. Two shootings later, the money is largely unspent (apnews.com)
The June 2022 announcement was addressed to parents horrified by the massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas: Iowa would spend $75 million in federal pandemic relief funds to improve school building security....
The Nationalization of Boeing Begins (www.thebignewsletter.com)
64K women and girls became pregnant due to rape in states with abortion bans, study estimates (www.nbcnews.com)
The research letter, published by JAMA Internal Medicine, estimated that nearly 520,000 rapes were associated with 64,565 pregnancies across 14 states....
Latino journalist layoffs threaten coverage of 2024 election disinformation (www.nbcnews.com)
Job cuts, including those of Hispanic journalists at the L.A. Times and other newsrooms, raise worries of fewer watchdogs calling out misinformation and fake content aimed at Latinos....
Donald Trump storms out of closing arguments in E Jean Carroll trial (www.independent.co.uk)
‘I didn’t know what I was supposed to do’: US women who miscarry are in dangerous legal limbo post-Roe (www.theguardian.com)
With near-total bans on abortion in 14 states, the laws on miscarriage are vague – stoking fears of criminal consequences and leaving women desperate...
Has Polling Become Weaponized? (thinkbigpicture.substack.com)
Harry Connick Sr., longtime New Orleans district attorney and singer’s dad, dies at 97 (apnews.com)
Former New Orleans District Attorney Harry Connick Sr. has died at age 97. An obituary distributed by his son and namesake, Harry Connick Jr., says Connick died peacefully at his home in New Orleans on Thursday with his family by his side.
Florida could deploy state guard to Texas border under new bill (www.newsweek.com)
Top UN court says Israel must take ‘all measures’ to prevent genocide in Gaza but stops short of calling for ceasefire (www.cnn.com)
The UN’s top court ordered Israel to “take all measures” to prevent genocide in Gaza, but stopped short of calling for Israel to suspend its military campaign in the war-torn enclave....
Fake rich? Affluent millennials are more likely to exaggerate to appear wealthy (www.cnbc.com)
Chinese music student faces US trial for alleged threats to activist (news.yahoo.com)
BOSTON (Reuters) - A Chinese music student went on trial on Monday on U.S. charges that he harassed an activist who posted fliers at the Berklee College of Music in Boston supporting democracy in China and threatened to report her activities to Chinese law enforcement....
Alabama readies never-before-used execution method that some veterinarians won't even use for pets (www.cbsnews.com)
If Kenneth Eugene Smith is brought to the Alabama death chamber to face execution next week for his role in the 1988 murder-for-hire of a pastor’s wife, the state plans to use an untested and untried method to end his life, suffocating him with a stream of nitrogen gas to be delivered through a face mask....
