Pence told Jan. 6 special counsel harrowing details about 2020 aftermath, warnings to Trump: Sources (abcnews.go.com)
Speaking with special counsel Jack Smith’s team earlier this year, former Vice President Mike Pence offered harrowing details about how, in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, then-President Donald Trump surrounded himself with “crank” attorneys, espoused “un-American” legal theories, and almost pushed the...
Pro-Israel Lobby Offers $20M to Another Senate Candidate to Run Against Tlaib (truthout.org)
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Winnipeg officer shoots man dead after being pinned by vehicle during traffic stop, police say (www.cbc.ca)
Health care system "collapse": Doctors, experts sound alarm over Puerto Rico's medical system (www.cbsnews.com)
“The collapse is caused mainly by debt and the economic crisis in Puerto Rico and historic privatization of the health care system there. Our research shows patients are waiting for six to eight months to get an appointment with a specialist. If that’s not a sign of collapse, I don’t know what is,” said Varas-Diaz.
Jill Stein formally launches 2024 White House bid as Green party candidate (www.theguardian.com)
At Meta, Millions of Underage Users Were an ‘Open Secret,’ States Say (www.nytimes.com)
Meta has received more than 1.1 million reports of users under the age of 13 on its Instagram platform since early 2019 yet it “disabled only a fraction” of those accounts, according to a newly unsealed legal complaint against the company brought by the attorneys general of 33 states....
Tensions are bubbling up at thirsty Arizona alfalfa farms as foreign firms exploit unregulated water (apnews.com)
School Hate Crime: Racist Kid Yells “N Word” While Attacking Black Girl, Breaks Her Nose And Hospitalizes Her. Black Girl Gets Suspended (kansascitydefender.com)
In a shocking, horrifying incident at Shawnee Mission East High School, a Black student was hospitalized after being attacked by a white male student. Despite being the victim, she faces suspension in a case highlighting systemic racism and administrative negligence.
EU revealed as hub for ‘cruel’ live animal transport amid fears of disease (www.theguardian.com)
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)
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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....