Millions of additional salaried workers could get overtime pay under Biden proposal (www.npr.org)
The proposed rule would raise the threshold under which workers are automatically eligible for overtime pay to about $55,000 a year, from the current level of about $35,000.
Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis Wrote Letters in Support of Danny Masterson Ahead of Rape Sentencing; Kutcher Called Him a ‘Role Model’ (variety.com)
Americans Are Less Motivated to Work This Year Compared to Last, New Data Shows (www.bloomberg.com)
Several wounded when gunmen open fire on convoy in Mexican border town (www.cbsnews.com)
At least three people were wounded when a convoy of vehicles crossing into Mexico from the U.S. was attacked by armed civilians early Saturday, Mexican authorities said....
First renderings show new California city that tech billionaires want to build (www.sfchronicle.com)
X sues Calif. to avoid revealing how it makes “controversial” content decisions (arstechnica.com)
Dunwoody dinosaur display to go extinct after complaint sent to city (www.wsbtv.com)
After a city notice to remove the dinosaurs deflated the display's joy, neighbors rallied behind it.
California moves to decriminalize use of magic mushrooms and other natural psychedelics (www.latimes.com)
California lawmakers on Thursday narrowly approved a bill supported by veterans and criminal justice reform advocates to decriminalize the possession and personal use of a limited list of natural psychedelics, including “magic mushrooms.”...
Powerful earthquake in Morocco kills more than 600 people (www.reuters.com)
The magnitude 7.2 quake struck in Morocco’s High Atlas mountains late on Friday night. A local official said most deaths were in mountain areas that were hard to reach. State media said 632 people had been killed and another 329 injured, citing an updated initial toll from the Interior Ministry....
Brett Kavanaugh says justices are working on ‘concrete steps’ on ethics (www.cnn.com)
Justice Brett Kavanaugh said Thursday that the Supreme Court is working on “concrete steps” to address ethics issues at the high court amid an array of recent news stories on justices’ travel and relationships with political donors....
'WE ARE EVERYWHERE' Videos Show Angry Neo-Nazis Cursing and Screaming Slurs During March in Florida (www.rollingstone.com)
Members of white supremacist and antisemitic hate groups marched outside Orlando, Florida, on Saturday screaming invectives, raising the Nazi salute, and yelling “Heil Hitler” and “white power.”...
Antarctica warming much faster than models predicted in ‘deeply concerning’ sign for sea levels (www.theguardian.com)
Study finds ‘direct evidence’ of polar amplification on continent as scientists warn of implications of ice loss...
Colorado Lawsuit Seeks to Keep Trump Off Ballots Under 14th Amendment (www.nytimes.com)
Huntington Beach City Council approves banning mask and vaccine mandates (www.cbsnews.com)
The Huntington Beach City Council narrowly voted to approve a declaration to ban universal mask and COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the city....
Elon Musk ‘committed evil’ with Starlink order, says Ukrainian official (www.theguardian.com)
Ukrainian presidential adviser says deaths of civilians ‘the price of a cocktail of ignorance and big ego’...
Thousands of migrant children test NYC schools system (www.bbc.com)
Since April 2022, 110,000 migrants have come to New York, with 10,000 arriving a month, largely bused here to the Port Authority terminal by conservative leaders from border states like Texas, in a political dispute about border security....
Powerful earthquake strikes Morocco, killing more than 1,000 (edition.cnn.com)
The 6.8-magnitude earthquake shook Morocco’s High Atlas mountain range shortly after 11 p.m. local time on Friday at the relatively shallow depth of 18.5 kilometers (11.4 miles), the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, with the epicenter located about 72 kilometers (44.7 miles) southwest of Marrakech, a city of some...
'How am I in this war?': New Musk biography offers fresh details about the billionaire's Ukraine dilemma (www.cnn.com)
Elon Musk secretly ordered his engineers to turn off his company’s Starlink satellite communications network near the Crimean coast last year to disrupt a Ukrainian sneak attack on the Russian naval fleet, according to an excerpt adapted from Walter Isaacson’s new biography of the eccentric billionaire titled “Elon...
Artists want complete control over their public exhibitions. Governments say it’s not that simple (apnews.com)
If things had gone as originally planned, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum would be launching its fall exhibition Friday. But officials postponed the show six weeks before the opening over concern that a painting by activist-artist Shepard Fairey could be seen as “disparaging toward some City of Mesa employees.”...
California moves closer to historic caste discrimination ban (www.reuters.com)
California moved closer to becoming the first U.S. state to ban caste discrimination after a bill to outlaw the practise passed the California Assembly late on Monday....
US climate scientist risks felony by chaining herself to pipeline drill (www.theguardian.com)
Rose Abramoff was one of two protesters who helped temporarily shut down construction of Mountain Valley pipeline
Fulton County special grand jury recommended charges against Lindsey Graham and 2 Georgia US senators | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
The special grand jury in Fulton County investigating the 2020 presidential election in Georgia recommended charges against Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and former GOP Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler of Georgia, according to the special counsel grand jury report released Friday.
Pennsylvania inmate escaped by crab-walking up a prison wall, video shows (www.npr.org)
A murderer made a brazen escape from a suburban Philadelphia jail yard by scaling a wall, climbing over razor wire and jumping from a roof in a breakout that wasn’t detected by guards for a full hour, authorities said Wednesday as the killer eluded a widening manhunt for a seventh day....