Louisiana authorities search for 2 escaped jail inmates (apnews.com)
Four inmates escaped a south Louisiana jail over the weekend and two were still missing Tuesday, authorities said....
Gov. Abbott pardons Daniel Perry for 2020 fatal Black Lives Matter protest shooting after recommendation from pardons board | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Daniel Perry, a former US Army sergeant who was convicted of murdering a protester at a Black Lives Matter rally in 2020, was released from prison Thursday after he was pardoned by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott....
Exclusive: Musk's Neuralink has faced issues with its tiny wires for years, sources say (www.reuters.com)
Neuralink’s disclosure last week that tiny wires inside the brain of its first patient had pulled out of position is an issue the Elon Musk company has known about for years, according to five people familiar with the matter....
Jennifer Lawrence royally roasts Mike Pence over his support for conversion therapy (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Catholic Group Defrocks AI Priest After It Gave Strange Answers (futurism.com)
US fertility rate dropped to lowest in a century as US births dipped in 2023 (www.cnn.com)
The fertility rate in the United States has been trending down for decades, and a new report shows that another drop in births in 2023 brought the rate down to the lowest it’s been in more than a century....
Secret document says Iran security forces molested and killed teen protester (www.bbc.com)
Bill that would fine parents for kids’ crimes passes Tennessee legislature [Ashley Paul and David Royer | 04/25/24 | TheHill] (thehill.com)
Parents of kids who commit crimes in Tennessee will face fines up to $1,000 for each offense after the first one, under a bill that’s headed to Gov. Bill Lee’s Bill Lee...
Alameda County prosecutors allegedly excluded Black people and Jews from death penalty juries (oaklandside.org)
In an order issued today, U.S. District Court Judge Vince Chhabria said that the hand-written notes of prosecutors from a 31-year-old murder case “constitute strong evidence that, in prior decades, prosecutors from the [Alameda County District Attorney’s] office were engaged in a pattern of serious misconduct, automatically...
Elon Musk accuses Australia of censorship after court bans violent video (apnews.com)
‘I cannot afford to live’: Gen Z is full of financial angst despite inheriting a golden job market (www.cnn.com)
Stubbornly high US inflation grew stronger than expected in March , vaulting to a 3.5% increase from last year (www.cnn.com)
Trump’s Lawyers Told the Court That No One Would Give Him a Bond. Then He Got a Lifeline, but They Didn’t Tell the Judges. (www.propublica.org)
Florida Supreme Court gives voters final say on recreational marijuana (www.tallahassee.com)
In a blow to Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Florida conservatives opposed to the measure, the state’s Supreme Court on Monday approved a recreational marijuana constitutional amendment for the November 2024 statewide ballot....
Trump's coming stock bust (www.businessinsider.com)
Some state lawmakers want school chaplains as part of a 'rescue mission' for public education (apnews.com)
Lawmakers in more than a dozen states have proposed legislation to allow spiritual chaplains in public schools, a move that proponents say will ease a youth mental health crisis, bolster staff retention and offer spiritual care to students who can’t afford or access religious schools....
Lego tells California police: stop putting our heads on your mugshots (www.theguardian.com)
Toy company makes request after altered images – which hide suspects’ identities in line with state law – go viral...
Strippers' bill of rights bill signed into law in Washington state (apnews.com)
Legislation in Washington state known as the strippers’ bill of rights, which advocates say includes the most comprehensive statewide protections in the nation, was signed into law on Monday....
Alex Jones declares Israel's actions "mass genocide" (www.newsweek.com)
Alex Jones has caused controversy online with his remarks about Israel, accusing the country of committing “mass genocide” in its war with Hamas....
Israel kills police officer in charge of securing aid convoys (www.middleeasteye.net)
The Palestinian police general killed by Israeli forces on Monday morning was in charge of securing the entry of aid trucks into northern Gaza, according to Al Jazeera....
FTC probing Reddit plan to let AI firms use user-generated content to train software (thehill.com)
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is probing Reddit’s plan to let artificial intelligence (AI) firms utilize user-generated content to train their software, according to the social media company’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing Friday....
Texas' largest-ever wildfire that killed at least 2 was ignited by power company facilities, company admits (www.cbsnews.com)
Oregon undoes groundbreaking drug decriminalization law (www.theguardian.com)
Measure 110, an experiment approved in 2020, gets overhauled as state grapples with fentanyl crisis and growing public drug use...
Bathroom Bills Are Back — Broader and Stricter — In Several States (kffhealthnews.org)
Republican lawmakers in several states have resurrected and expanded the fight over whether transgender people may use bathrooms and other facilities that do not match their sex assigned at birth....
Fight hasn’t been ruled out as cause of Nex Benedict’s death, police say (www.nbcnews.com)
A police spokesman said previous statements that Nex Benedict didn’t die as a result of “trauma” didn’t rule out the fight as a contributing factor.
