Mysterious screams on B.C. island turn out to be from a 'sad' goat, RCMP say (bc.ctvnews.ca)
The sound of screams off a ravine prompted a police response on Quadra Island last month, and Mounties say the unusual call didn't involve a person in distress, but rather a 'sad' goat.
Attorney general going after Jeffrey Epstein’s estate says she was fired for her dogged pursuit: ‘My bar license, my integrity were more important to me’ (fortune.com)
Denise George knew from the beginning that she was going up against powerful players on Wall Street over their supposed links to Jeffrey Epstein. But she soon sensed that she was also up against forces here at home, in the US Virgin Islands, where the financier seemed to have preyed on women and girls with impunity....
Italy's parliament approves ban on lab-grown food amid tensions (www.reuters.com)
Connecticut judge sets new primary date for mayor’s race tainted by alleged ballot box stuffing (apnews.com)
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut judge has set Jan. 23 as the date for a new Democratic primary election in the Bridgeport mayor’s race after having tossed out the September election results because of alleged ballot box stuffing.
Landlord Party In Berkeley Ends In Fights (www.berkeleyside.org)
[crosspost from kbin] violence disrupts election in papua new guinea’s enga province (kbin.social)
https://kbin.social/m/politics/t/638672
Mike Johnson to publicly release 44,000 hours of sensitive January 6 footage (www.theguardian.com)
US House speaker to make good on promise to far-right Republicans including Matt Gaetz and Donald Trump
China's "predatory" trawler fleet and the fishing industry's dirty secret (www.newsweek.com)
WHO says Gaza's Shifa hospital a 'death zone,' urges evacuation (www.japantimes.co.jp)
The World Health Organization said Sunday it had led an assessment mission to Shifa hospital in Gaza City and determined it was a "death zone," urging a full evacuation.
This Louisiana Town Runs Largely on Traffic Fines. If You Fight Your Ticket, the Mayor Is Your Judge. (www.propublica.org)
Fenton, population 226, brings in over $1 million per year through its mayor’s court, an unusual justice system in which the mayor can serve as judge even though he’s responsible for town finances.
Patients and staff leave Gaza's biggest hospital, and dozens are killed at a crowded refugee camp (apnews.com)
“We left at gunpoint,” Mahmoud Abu Auf told The Associated Press by phone after he and his family left the crowded hospital. “Tanks and snipers were everywhere inside and outside.” He said he saw Israeli forces detain three men....
South Dakota tribe to declare state of emergency due to rampant crime on reservation (apnews.com)
‘Impossible’: Panic as Israel orders Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital to evacuate (www.aljazeera.com)
Thousands of displaced people and patients, many in critical condition, do not have ambulances or a means to move.
OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO (www.theverge.com)
Altman is “ambivalent” and wants governance changes.
Union Pacific Fired Him Rather Than Heed His Warnings of Dangerous Rail Conditions (www.propublica.org)
Sean Combs, Cassie settle her bombshell rape, sex trafficking lawsuit day after filing (www.cnbc.com)
Native American Advocates Seek Plan to Handle Missing and Murdered Cases (www.voanews.com)
Advocates are calling out New Mexico's Democratic governor for disbanding a task force that was charged with crafting recommendations to address the high rate of killings and missing person cases in Native American communities.
US women now live six years longer than men. American life expectancy is still dire | Arwa Mahdawi (www.theguardian.com)
The most “powerful nation in the history of the world” may be very good at funding wars abroad but it’s less adept at looking after its own citizens. US life expectancy has declined dramatically in recent years: it’s now the shortest it’s been in nearly two decades. It’s particularly bad if you’re male: new...
Trial delayed for North Dakota state senator accused of traveling abroad to have sex with child (www.inforum.com)
Russia Moves to Ban International LGBT Movement as Extremist (www.wsj.com)
Police say there has been a shooting with multiple victims at a New Hampshire psychiatric hospital (apnews.com)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) —...
IDF evidence so far falls well short of al-Shifa hospital being Hamas HQ (www.theguardian.com)
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The lazy, entitled millennials trope just doesn’t hold up. Whoopi in hot water again... (www.msnbc.com)
Whoopi Goldberg argued on “The View” that millennials feel that raising a family and buying a house are out of reach because they simply aren’t working hard enough.
More than 100 pro-Palestine rallies to take place across UK, say organisers (www.theguardian.com)
