Trump appeals New York civil fraud verdict (www.cnbc.com)
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‘Disinformation on steroids’: is the US prepared for AI’s influence on the election? (www.theguardian.com)
Robocalls of President Biden already confused primary voters in New Hampshire – but measures to curb the technology could be too little too late...
Trump’s sale of D.C. hotel proved prescient as new owner defaults on loan (www.wsj.com)
Miami-based CGI purchased the lease rights from the Trumps for $375 million...
Trump's lawyers seek to suspend $83M defamation verdict, citing 'strong probability' it won't stand (apnews.com)
Donald Trump’s lawyers asked a New York judge Friday to suspend an $83.3 million defamation verdict against the former president, saying there was a “strong probability” that it would be reduced on appeal, if not eliminated....
Israel plans to build 3,300 new settlement homes. It says it's a response to a Palestinian attack (www.independent.co.uk)
Vice Media will stop publishing on its website and lay off hundreds. Read the memo its CEO sent to staff. (www.businessinsider.com)
In stunner, House GOP bid to impeach Mayorkas fails (thehill.com)
Marijuana dispute led to California desert massacre ; 5 arrested - Los Angeles Times (www.latimes.com)
Recreational marijuana and registered marijuana grows are legal in California. Dicus, however, cited the marijuana black market as a cause of violence....
How right-wing influencers turned airplanes and airports into culture war battlegrounds (www.nbcnews.com)
In recent weeks, right-wing pundits have zeroed in on airline DEI programs and the presence of migrants in airports....
Virgilio Aguilar Méndez is Facing Murder Charges for an Officer Who Died of Natural Causes While Attacking Him (scheerpost.com)
An officer died of a heart attack while attacking Virgilio Aguilar Méndez; now Aguilar Méndez is facing murder charges.
Japan: Man sentenced to death for Kyoto anime fire which killed 36 (www.bbc.com)
The arson attack in a revered Kyoto animation studio killed 36 people and injured dozens more.
The Buy Now, Pay Later holiday debt hangover has arrived, as consumers wonder how they'll pay bills (www.cnbc.com)
Entire Edition Of Newspapers Stolen On Day It Publishes Story About Rape At Police Chief’s Home (www.huffpost.com)
“It’s pretty clear that someone didn’t want the community to read the news this week,” said Ouray County Plaindealer co-publisher Erin McIntyre.
Kids of color get worse health care across the board in the U.S., research finds (www.npr.org)
From neonatal and primary care to emergency medicine, kids got lower-quality care than their white peers, researchers found. Disparities include longer waits and less pain medication after surgery.
DOJ report on Uvalde shooting cites 'cascading failures' (abcnews.go.com)
Supreme Court conservatives signal willingness to roll back the power of federal agencies (www.cnn.com)
The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority spent several hours Wednesday attacking a longstanding legal doctrine that gives federal agencies wide latitude to create policies and regulations in various areas of life....
Parents want district to improve security more after deadly Iowa school shooting (www.pbs.org)
Several parents in an Iowa town where a deadly school shooting took place earlier this month told school officials on Monday they want more preventative measures and transparency as the school board plans for students’ return....
The rich now own a record share of stocks (www.axios.com)
North Carolina pastor arrested after police say he tried to push wife's coworker into McDonald's deep fryer (www.cbsnews.com)
Weed farmer outraged over cops throwing pizza party after raid (www.newsweek.com)
A weed farmer in California recently filed a lawsuit against the a local sheriff’s office alleging that they conducted an illegal raid of his farm and then threw a pizza party to celebrate....
'Cashing in on Genocide': Israeli Firm Pitches Beachfront Real Estate in Leveled Gaza (www.commondreams.org)
AI image-generators are being trained on explicit photos of children, a study shows (apnews.com)
Those same images have made it easier for AI systems to produce realistic and explicit imagery of fake children as well as transform social media photos of fully clothed real teens into nudes, much to the alarm of schools and law enforcement around the world....
Missouri Supreme Court strikes down law against homelessness, COVID vaccine mandates (apnews.com)
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a law that threatened homeless people with jail time for sleeping on state land....
Alleged half-siblings in romantic relationship attack Evansville (Indiana) police officers (www.wthr.com)
Police said one officer was hospitalized with a broken orbital bone, had loss of vision in one eye, as well as swelling behind the eye socket.
Virginia Confederate memorial to be removed despite Republicans’ objection (www.theguardian.com)
