The Supreme Court says it is adopting a code of ethics, but it has no means of enforcement (news.yahoo.com)
The Supreme Court on Monday adopted its first code of ethics, in the face of sustained criticism over undisclosed trips and gifts from wealthy benefactors to some justices, but the code lacks a means of enforcement. The policy, agreed to by all nine justices, does not appear to impose any significant new requirements and leaves...
Sullivan says 9 U.S. citizens, 1 green card holder missing after Hamas attack (thehill.com)
National security adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday that nine Americans and one green card holder were still unaccounted for following the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7....
Unpublished study finds elevated cancer rates at US military base (www.reuters.com)
As a veteran, it is frustrating to deal with the government to prove exposure to toxins....
Biden stresses support for unions and meets with UAW president after strike (www.nbcnews.com)
President Joe Biden on Thursday emphasized his support for unions during a trip to Illinois and celebrated the reopening of a Stellantis plant after tentative deals were recently struck between the United Auto Workers and three major U.S. automakers following a strike that lasted weeks....
The Great Grift: COVID-19 fraudster used stolen relief aid to purchase a private island in Florida (www.seattletimes.com)
The stolen funds financed the high-rolling lifestyle of Lee E. Price III, a Houston resident with prior felony convictions for forgery and robbery. He swindled nearly $1.7 million by submitting bogus aid applications on behalf of businesses that existed only on paper, according to court records....
SAG-AFTRA Approves Deal to End Historic Strike (variety.com)
Colorado funeral home owner, wife, arrested on charges linked to the handling of at least 190 bodies (apnews.com)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The owner of a Colorado funeral home and his wife were arrested Wednesday in Oklahoma on charges linked to the discovery of 190 sets of decaying remains at one of their facilities, including some that apparently had been languishing there for four years.
Humanity Just Witnessed Its First Space Battle (gizmodo.com)
The death toll in Gaza surpasses 10,000 as the conflict enters a second month (www.npr.org)
Israeli forces have reached the coast of Gaza, splitting the besieged area in half and essentially cutting off the north from the south.
With return of three pandas to China, U.S. could soon have none (www.nbcnews.com)
The National Zoo’s beloved bears are set to leave this month, while the loan agreement for the country’s only other pandas, at Zoo Atlanta, is expiring next year....
FDA warns consumers against using 26 eye drop products because of infection risk (www.cbsnews.com)
Bibi’s War: How Incompetence, Opportunism, and Rejection Led to a Catastrophe for Israel and Palestine (www.rollingstone.com)
Bibi and Hamas both thrive when there is no hope for peace and when Israelis and Palestinians hate one another
‘We’re the tip of the iceberg,’ say PFAS contaminated farmers (www.mlive.com)
California's prized redwood forests are going extinct: 'We're losing them at a rate that is something that we can’t sustain' (fortune.com)
California has lost over 1,760 square miles—nearly 7%—of its tree cover since 1985, according to a recent study....
Washington state senator arrested in Hong Kong for carrying a gun through airport (amp.cnn.com)
From my town lol
Florida man allegedly threatened to shoot someone at CVS unless given 'all bottles' of Viagra (www.nbcnews.com)
Federal forecasters predict warm, wet US winter but less snow because of El Nino, climate change (apnews.com)
The upcoming United States winter looks likely to be a bit low on snow and extreme cold outbreaks, with federal forecasters predicting the North to get warmer than normal and the South wetter and stormier.
Dwindling fuel supplies for Gaza's hospital generators put premature babies in incubators at risk (apnews.com)
His life hinges on the constant flow of electricity, which is in danger of running out imminently unless the hospital can get more fuel for its generators. Once the generators stop, hospital director Iyad Abu Zahar fears that the babies in the ward, unable to breathe on their own, will perish....
Maryland authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Judge Andrew Wilkinson was killed in an apparent shooting in the northern Maryland city of Hagerstown, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said....
Former San Diego detective, 3 women sentenced to prison for operating sex parlors (www.cbsnews.com)
Poles vote in huge numbers for centrist opposition after 8 years of nationalist rule (apnews.com)
Yay!
I-25 both directions closed after train derails north of Pueblo (www.cbsnews.com)
I-25 is closed going both directions after a train derailed just north of Pueblo Sunday afternoon....
Netflix plans to open brick and mortar locations (www.npr.org)
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Titanic salvage plan scrapped after Titan implosion killed mission head (www.theguardian.com)
Paul-Henri Nargeolet was onboard the ill-fated submersible that was likely crushed by the ocean earlier this year, killing all five crew