At least 40 civilians killed by al-Qaida-linked rebels in a Burkina Faso town, UN rights office says (apnews.com)
Lead poisoning Part Two: Scientists find toxic metals in SA kitchenware (www.dailymaverick.co.za)
'Retirement isn't that easy': 3 people on working into their 90s and 100s (www.cnbc.com)
Pakistan defends charging £660 fee from Afghan refugees leaving country (www.independent.co.uk)
Iowa rights groups sue over law banning LGBTQ+ books and discussion in school (www.theguardian.com)
Suit by several families and organizations seek to have law declared as violation of students’ and teachers’ free speech
'Not easy to watch' | Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police chief responds to video of officer repeatedly punching woman (www.nytimes.com)
Archived at ghostarchive.org/archive/0emuv?wr=true...
Texas abortion case goes before state's highest court, as more women join lawsuit (www.npr.org)
On Tuesday, the Texas Supreme Court will consider this question: Are the state’s abortion laws harming women when they face pregnancy complications?...
Self-financed solar array destroyed in Lebanese farming village (www.pv-magazine.com)
Link to the go fund me to rebuild the solar array
Cyber Monday sales reach $12.4B driven by 'Buy Now, Pay Later' (www.foxbusiness.com)
Haiti’s gang wars having ‘cataclysmic’ impact on access to food staples (www.theguardian.com)
Boy held by Hamas ‘forced to watch videos of 7 October attacks’ (www.theguardian.com)
“Every time a child cried, they would threaten him with a weapon to shut him up.”...
A Horrifying Thing Happens to Your Fingernails After a Walk in Space (www.sciencealert.com)
Let’s face it, going to space is havoc on the human body. We evolved in an Earth environment, over hundreds of millions of years; so take away the Earth environment and things start going a little awry.
New research supports potential link between low-level lead exposure and liver injury (www.statnews.com)
Nearly a decade on, the Flint water crisis still looms large in the minds of environmental toxin researchers. It was — and continues to be — evidence that not all communities in the United States are equally affected by environmental pollutants....
Impala Platinum mine accident in South Africa kills 11 (www.bbc.com)
First long-haul flight fully powered by sustainable aviation fuel takes off (www.nbcnews.com)
Hawai'i's AG subpoenaes Maui agencies over deadly wildfire (www.axios.com)
Hawai'i's attorney general has announced subpoenas for three Maui agencies this week as part of an investigation into the catastrophic wildfires that reaped through the island in August....
Uganda to borrow $150 mln from China's Exim after World Bank halts funding (www.reuters.com)
After 151 years, Popular Science will no longer offer a magazine (www.theverge.com)
A mysterious illness is sickening dogs in several states. Some are dying. (www.washingtonpost.com)
Berkshire Hathaway adviser Charlie Munger dies at 99 (www.axios.com)
Conservatives Are Boycotting Froot Loops for Creating a Library of Diverse Children's Books Online (www.them.us)
Alabama priest who fled to Italy with teen he later married is expected to be defrocked (www.nbcnews.com)
State records show that a suspended Alabama priest recently married the 18-year-old woman he fled to Italy with this summer, and an archbishop said Wednesday that he expects the Vatican to pursue the man’s official dismissal from the priesthood....
Three-year cruise canceled weeks before shoving off, after one woman sold her apartment to join unique voyage (www.foxbusiness.com)
Passengers who booked trips have been told refunds will be issued in monthly installments...
U.S. Senate candidate's family business found liable in egg price-fixing (www.indystar.com)
Corrections and clarifications: John Rust is the former chair of the board of Rose Acre Farms, Inc. His brother and CEO of the company, Marcus Rust, took over the role of board chair in September....
‘It’s alarming’: diary of killed Cop City activist to play role in Georgia lawsuit (www.theguardian.com)
