Missouri senators, not taxpayers, will pay potential damages in Chiefs rally shooting case (apnews.com)
After the only hospital in town closed, a North Carolina city directs its ire at politicians (apnews.com)
Weeds have punctured through the vacant parking lot of Martin General Hospital’s emergency room. A makeshift blue tarp covering the hospital’s sign is worn down from flapping in the wind. The hospital doors are locked, many in this county of 22,000 fear permanently....
Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ ubiquitous in Great Lakes basin, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
PFAS chemicals present in air, rain, atmosphere and water in basin, which holds nearly 95% of US freshwater...
Lawyer opens defense of US Sen. Bob Menendez in his corruption trial by blaming his wife (apnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/bob-menendez-bribery-trial-gold…
When Texas jails issue tablets, it comes at cost for inmates and families - A handful of Texas jails have issued electronic tablets to inmates. Counties can make money off their use. (www.texastribune.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/texas-prisons-jails-tablets/
Suspect who allegedly lassoed and raped Bronx woman arrested by NYPD (www.foxnews.com)
The video, which circulated widely online Thursday, shows the masked man sneak up behind his victim, snag her around the throat with a looped belt and drag her to the ground.
No one will take credit for calling state police on UVa campus protesters: Neither the governor's office nor the school's president nor the university police chief have taken credit for the decision (dailyprogress.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/article_ea6bd3f0-0c0b-11ef-bc6c…
GOP Lawmakers in Louisiana Reject Adding Rape & Incest Exceptions for Children to Abortion Ban. Again. (www.jezebel.com)
Steve Albini, Influential Producer of ’90s Rock and Beyond, Dies at 61 (www.nytimes.com)
Steve Albini, a rock musician and revered audio engineer who played a singular role in the development of the sound of alternative rock music in the 1980s, the ’90s and beyond — recording acclaimed albums by Nirvana, PJ Harvey, Pixies and hundreds of others — while becoming an outspoken critic of the music industry, died...
Drake's Security Guard Seriously Injured After Shooting at Rapper's Toronto Home (www.etonline.com)
Ex-Purdue president says student protesters who break laws should be expelled and replaced [Sarah Fortinsky | 05/05/24 | The Hill] (thehill.com)
The lessons from colleges that didn’t call the police (www.vox.com)
Israel-Hamas war protests close on a handful of US campuses as arrests exceed 2,300 (apnews.com)
I want to see the people coming into these threads defending the cops closing down these camps defend the cops arresting 2300 people.
‘It’s like winning the lottery’: the mobile home owners buying the land they live on (www.theguardian.com)
Residents of manufactured housing parks typically own their homes – but not the parks themselves, which can be incredibly lucrative. Now some residents are forming cooperatives, and taking control...
Bird flu outbreak in dairy cows fails to deter US raw milk sellers (www.reuters.com)
LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO, May 2 (Reuters) - U.S. sellers of raw milk appear undeterred by federal health warnings for consumers to avoid drinking unpasteurized milk in light of a bird flu outbreak that has affected dairy herds in nine states and sickened at least one dairy farm worker....
Arizona senate passes repeal of 1864 near-total abortion ban (www.theguardian.com)
Democrats pick up support of two Republicans to repeal law reinstated three weeks ago, with governor expected to ratify repeal...
Israeli Minister Reportedly Asks IDF To Kill Palestinians Instead Of Arresting Them (www.huffpost.com)
The Israeli Defense Force’s chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, briefed ministers at a security cabinet meeting last week about recent operations in Gaza, where Israel has been carrying out a military offensive for almost seven months now in response to Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7 that killed about 1,200 people and captured...
Texas sues Biden administration for right to discriminate against LGBTQ+ students (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Gov. Greg Abbott ordered schools in the state to ignore new rules from the Biden administration....
'Numerous' law enforcement officers struck by gunfire in Charlotte: Police (abcnews.go.com)
What happens now that Harvey Weinstein's conviction was overturned in New York (www.nbcnews.com)
US Supreme Court justices scrutinize Trump immunity claim (www.reuters.com)
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Thursday quizzed lawyers for Donald Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith about the former president’s claim of immunity from prosecution for trying to undo his 2020 election loss, posing questions about what happens if a president sells nuclear secrets, takes a bribe or orders a coup or...
Horses loose in London latest: Blood on road and smashed vehicles after horses tear through city - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Several soldiers and horses are injured after five threw off their riders near Buckingham Palace and raced through London.
More and more Americans are becoming 'ALICEs.' They can't afford rent and groceries but are falling through the cracks in the country's safety net. (www.businessinsider.com)
US says it will defend Israel but would not be part of Iran attack response (www.usatoday.com)
