Columbia University faces full-blown crisis as rabbi calls for Jewish students to “return home” (www.cnn.com)
The situation at Columbia has even drawn the attention of the White House, joining local leaders in urging calm....
US vetoes Palestinian request for full UN membership (www.theguardian.com)
The US has vetoed a Palestinian request to the United Nations security council for full UN membership, blocking the world body’s recognition of a Palestinian state....
NSA ’just days from taking over the internet’ warns Edward Snowden (cointelegraph.com)
Leaked Cables Show White House Opposes Palestinian Statehood (theintercept.com)
Ahead of the United Nations Security Council action to consider the Palestinian Authority’s application to become a full member of the international body, the United States is lobbying nations to reject such membership, hoping to avoid an overt “veto” by Washington. The lobbying effort, revealed in copies of unclassified...
South Carolina’s Dawn Staley comes out supporting transgender athletes ahead of championship game (www.advocate.com)
Netanyahu pushes to shut Israeli office of Qatar's Al Jazeera TV (www.euractiv.com)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Monday (1 April) to shutter the local office of Qatari satellite television network Al Jazeera while the war in Gaza continues....
Salt Lake City police defend not arresting Ahn Pham after initial hit and run case (ksltv.com)
The Salt Lake Police Department is defending itself in the case of the man accused of a string of hit-and-runs in the city and questions about why Ahn Pham wasn’t arrested after the initial hit-and-run last August....
UN Security Council resolution calls for Gaza ceasefire (www.bbc.com)
‘The final act’: fears US journalism crisis could destabilize 2024 election (www.theguardian.com)
Job losses, declining circulations and local newspaper closures could mean spread of misinformation in pivotal election year...
Forget the paycheck, employees really want a raise in emotional salary (www.fastcompany.com)
A small city in Oklahoma elected a white nationalist. Will it be able to vote him out? (www.nbcnews.com)
Judd Blevins, a city commissioner in Enid, Oklahoma, marched in the 2017 white nationalist Unite the Right rally. Now he faces a recall vote....
Highly contagious Norwalk gastrointestinal virus on the rise in the US. (www.sacbee.com)
Wash your hands! This is an awful thing to contract.
RTO doesn’t improve company value, but does make employees miserable: Study (arstechnica.com)
Overall, the analysis, released as a pre-print, found that RTO mandates did not improve a firm’s financial metrics, but they did decrease employee satisfaction....
House Republicans impeach Mayorkas by a single vote (www.washingtonpost.com)
House Republicans moved in historic fashion and impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas by a single vote on Tuesday night, succeeding on their second try in punishing the steward of President Biden’s immigration policy....
US won’t punish Israel for Rafah op that doesn’t protect civilians (www.politico.com)
Trump Denied Immunity in DC Election Case by Appeals Court (www.bloomberg.com)
US and UK hit 30 Houthi targets in Yemen in second set of strikes in region (www.theguardian.com)
The United States and Britain struck at least 30 Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday in a second wave of assaults meant to further disable Iran-backed groups that have relentlessly attacked US and international interests in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war, American officials told the Associated Press....
Paypal billionaire Peter Thiel invests in controversial doped Olympics (www.independent.co.uk)
Peter Thiel, the billionaire co-founder of PayPal, has joined a multi-million dollar investment in the controversial Enhanced Games, a proposed Olympics-style mega-event without drug testing....
Israel’s campaign in Gaza ‘plausibly’ amounts to genocide, US court finds (www.theguardian.com)
A federal court in California has ruled that Israel’s military campaign in Gaza “plausibly” amounts to genocide, but dismissed a case aimed at stopping US military support for Israel as being outside the court’s jurisdiction....
Man arrested after video post showed severed head of his father, police say, amid political rant that stayed online for hours | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Record number of Americans are homeless amid nationwide surge in rent, report finds (www.cbsnews.com)
After Alabama pioneers nitrogen gas execution, Ohio may be poised to follow (apnews.com)
Ohio politicians may be poised to consider whether the state might break its unofficial moratorium on the death penalty by following Alabama in using nitrogen gas to execute inmates....
Elon Musk’s X to hire 100 content moderators in wake of Taylor Swift, AI fiasco (nypost.com)
The San Francisco-based company formerly known as Twitter announced on Friday that it will build a “trust and safety center” in Austin, Texas.
Trump’s Cash Stockpile at Risk From $450 Million Dual Verdicts (www.bloomberg.com)
Donald Trump is facing a pair of major legal verdicts in New York that risk wiping out most — if not all — of the cash the billionaire says he has on hand, a potential blow to the presidential candidate whose persona is tied up with financial success and wealth....
Texas Lt. Governor Responds to Question About Possible 'Civil War' (www.newsweek.com)
The title should read, Texas Lt. Governor does everything possible to foment civil war in a horrible situation of their own making
