Whistleblower who accused Boeing supplier of ignoring defects dies | Aviation News (www.aljazeera.com)
Anti-LGBTQ+ laws lead to 'public health crisis' with higher suicide rates among queer youth (www.advocate.com)
Violence breaks out at UCLA after officials declare pro-Palestinian encampment 'unlawful' (www.latimes.com)
STATEMENT FROM BESIEGED UCLA PALESTINE SOLIDARITY ENCAMPMENT: x.com/PplsCityCouncil/status/1785620846700351510
Fired Google workers ousted over Israeli contract protests file complaint with labor regulators (apnews.com)
Dozens of Google workers who were fired after internal protests surrounding a lucrative contract that the technology company has with the Israeli government have filed a complaint with labor regulators in an attempt to get their jobs back....
Elon Musk goes ‘absolutely hard core’ in another round of Tesla layoffs (www.theverge.com)
Kansas City, Missouri, police officer charged with stealing $300,000 in donations from anti-crime charity (www.kshb.com)
A federal grand jury issued a 16-count indictment Friday accusing a Kansas City, Missouri, police officer with taking $300,000 in donations from an anti-crime group and using the money for his own expenses....
Flint residents grapple with water crisis a decade later: ‘If we had the energy left, we’d cry’ (www.theguardian.com)
Years after the emergency, the Michigan city is yet to replace all lead pipes and affected families are still awaiting justice...
NY Attorney General asks judge to reject $175 million bond in Donald Trump's civil fraud case (www.usatoday.com)
25 years after Columbine, trauma shadows survivors of the school shooting (apnews.com)
Hours after she escaped the Columbine High School shooting, 14-year-old Missy Mendo slept between her parents in bed, still wearing the shoes she had on when she fled her math class. She wanted to be ready to run....
Chicago mass shooting leaves 8-year-old girl dead, 10 others injured (www.nbcnews.com)
Police say among the injured are a 1-year old and a 7-year-old who are in critical condition....
New Boeing Whistleblower Says 787 Fuselages Are Improperly Fastened Together, Could Break Apart (futurism.com)
Washington state ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines ruled unconstitutional, but state appeals (apnews.com)
A judge in Washington state ruled Monday that the state’s ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines is unconstitutional — but the law will remain in effect while the state appeals the decision....
Bloomberg: Republican Senators Poised to Kill $78 Billion Tax-Cut Deal (www.bloomberg.com)
I’m so confused as to what Republicans stand for that is legit and can be worked into a compromise....
‘In 24 Hours, You’ll Have Your Pills’: American Women Are Traveling to Mexico for Abortions (www.wired.com)
Since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, more women have been crossing the border to Mexico for abortion medications and procedures....
José Andrés Says Israel Targeted World Central Kitchen Workers 'Systematically' (www.rollingstone.com)
World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés said in an interview with Reuters on Wednesday that the seven World Central Kitchen workers who were killed by an Israeli strike while delivering aid Gaza earlier this week were targeted “systematically, car by car.”...
The Church of Trump: How He’s Infusing Christianity Into His Movement (www.nytimes.com)
Gift Link to read on NY Times.
White Supremacist Propaganda Incidents Soar to Record High in 2023 (www.adl.org)
This Startup Founder Wants to Sell Cocaine (www.thedailybeast.com)
Oath Keepers’ son emerges from traumatic childhood to tell his own story in a long shot election bid (apnews.com)
KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — The eldest son of one of America’s most infamous seditionists is building a new life since breaking free from his father’s control — juggling work, college classes and volunteer firefighting....
Lack of buses keeps Los Angeles jail inmates from court appearances and contributes to overcrowding (abcnews.go.com)
Up to one-third of the 12,000 inmates in Los Angeles County jails can’t get to their court appearances because of a shortage of functioning buses, and county supervisors this week advanced a proposal to try and fix the problem....
Reddit Opens Up 38%, as Shares Begin Trading (www.nytimes.com)
Reddit shares opened up about 38 percent on Thursday in their first day of trading, in a sign of investor eagerness that set the stage for more tech companies to reach the stock market this year....
Cuba's president blasts 'interventionist' U.S. amid protests over shortages (www.nbcnews.com)
House passes bill that could lead to a TikTok ban; fight shifts to the Senate (www.cnbc.com)
New Orleans police evidence room overrun by rodents, officials say: "The rats are eating our marijuana" (www.cbsnews.com)
At the edge of Gaza, Israelis try to stop aid trucks | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
