Cooking spray burn victim awarded $7.1 million in damages after can 'exploded into a fireball' (abcnews.go.com)
Top UN official in New York steps down citing ‘genocide’ of Palestinian civilians (www.theguardian.com)
Craig Mokhiber, director of human rights body, accuses the US, UK and much of Europe as ‘wholly complicit in the horrific assault’
US House defeats move to expel Republican George Santos (www.reuters.com)
The 35-year-old New York lawmaker has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of crimes including laundering funds to pay for his personal expenses, illegally receiving unemployment benefits and charging donors’ credit cards without their consent....
Mpox (monkeypox) circulated for five years before global explosion in 2022, research finds (www.theguardian.com)
Current government has failed on all fronts in Uttar Pradesh. (geotvnews.com)
The Middleman Economy: Why Realtors Just Took a Big Loss and Homebuyers Might Benefit (www.thebignewsletter.com)
Realtor must pay $1.8B for inflating commissions (www.cbsnews.com)
Maybe high realtor commissions will come down now. Would you really care if your U.S. realtor shows up in a Civic instead of a Cadillac?
UAW Strikers Have Scored a Historic, Transformative Victory (jacobin.com)
Justice Department opens civil rights probes into South Carolina jails beset by deaths and violence (apnews.com)
Two South Carolina jails where incarcerated people have died violently at the hands of employees or others held behind bars are under federal investigation, the U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday....
Maine's mass shooter found dead (www.cbsnews.com)
Millions of fruit flies will be dropped on Los Angeles (thehill.com)
‘We’ve Had It With Them’: Jesse Watters Goes on Shocking Rant About ‘Arab Americans’ and ‘The Muslim World’ (www.mediaite.com)
Fox News host Jesse Watters went on a bizarre rant aimed at "Arab Americans" and "the Muslim world," declaring, "We've had it" with issues in the Middle East.
Uber, Lyft to pay $328 million to settle New York wage theft claims (www.reuters.com)
Under the settlements, drivers outside New York City (OP note: in New York state, I assume) will receive a minimum $26 per hour during rides and for sick leave, adjusted annually for inflation.
Panera now displaying warning about its caffeinated lemonade in all stores after lawsuit over customer's death (www.nbcnews.com)
Sarah Katz, 21, had a heart condition and died hours after she drank Panera’s Charged Lemonade, a large cup of which contains more caffeine than Red Bull and Monster energy drinks combined....
The Canary Mission’s doxxing needs to stop (dailycollegian.com)
Speech is being discouraged and student’s futures threatened
Newspaper publisher and reporter arrested and accused of revealing grand jury information (apnews.com)
A smalltown newspaper publisher and reporter in Alabama were arrested after authorities accused them of publishing an article that revealed information about a grand jury investigation involving the local school system.
Judge indicates she may delay Trump trial on charges he hid classified documents at Mar-a-Lago (apnews.com)
A federal judge in Florida indicated Wednesday that she may delay the start of the classified documents trial of Donald Trump, pointing to the other criminal cases the former president is facing as well as the mounds of evidence his attorneys need to review....
Ivanka Trump's bid to block fraud trial testimony crashes and burns: report (www.rawstory.com)
Ivanka Trump has lost her appeal to try to overturn the order forcing her to testify in former President Donald Trump's civil fraud trial, reported Law360's Frank G. Runyeon on Thursday evening."Ivanka Trump must testify after NY appellate court rejects her bid to freeze her trial subpoena," wrote R...
Wild pig-like animals are tearing up an Arizona golf course. The internet is delighted (www.salon.com)
Unstoppable javelinas love coyote pee like it’s “bacon bits in their salad.” Here's why golf courses are peeved
“Racist and bigoted”: AOC claims AIPAC is an “extremist organization that destabilizes US democracy” (www.salon.com)
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Cornell University cancels class Friday after student was charged with threatening its Jewish community (www.cnn.com)
Cornell University has canceled classes Friday to acknowledge the “extraordinary stress” its campus has been under as one of its students is accused of making violent antisemitic threats against Jewish people at the college, where unease over the Israel-Hamas war has been escalating for weeks....
Trump attempting to delay trials 'at any cost,' special counsel tells judge (abcnews.go.com)
The special counsel leading both the classified documents probe and the Jan. 6 election interference investigation says that former President Donald Trump is trying to delay both trials “at any cost,” after Trump’s attorneys filed a motion for a stay in the Jan. 6 case....
'Pharmageddon' could close hundreds of pharmacies as protest spreads (www.nbcnews.com)
News outlets take a more critical stance towards Israel Defense Forces as civilian deaths mount in Gaza (www.cnn.com)
Three charged with sending Russia electronics for Ukraine war (www.cnbc.com)
