Nations Agree to Transition from Fossil Fuels in Climate Summit Deal (www.voanews.com)
Kate Cox sought an abortion in Texas. A court said no because she didn't show her life was in danger (apnews.com)
Kate Cox, whose fetus had a fatal condition, did not qualify for an abortion in Texas: not after four emergency room visits, elevated vital signs, risks of a uterine rupture and with her ability to have more children in jeopardy....
Florida school board votes for Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler to resign (www.nbcnews.com)
CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens hand out medical records to cops without warrants (arstechnica.com)
Lawmakers want HHS to revise health privacy law to require warrants.
‘Like we were lesser humans’: Gaza boys, men recall Israeli arrest, torture (www.aljazeera.com)
Rounded up by Israeli forces in Gaza City, Palestinians describe being stripped, blindfolded, numbered and tortured
The Census Bureau wants to change how it asks about disabilities. Some advocates don't like it (apnews.com)
The U.S. Census Bureau wants to change how it asks people about disabilities, and some advocates don't like where things are heading.
Voting rights groups push for answers from Mississippi election officials about ballot shortages (apnews.com)
One month after Mississippi’s November statewide election, voting rights groups say election officials in the state’s largest county have failed to provide enough information about the problems that led to polling precincts running out of ballots....
When the Coast Guard Intercepts Unaccompanied Kids (www.propublica.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/when-the-coast-guard-intercepts…...
Facebook and Instagram content enabled child sexual abuse, trafficking: New Mexico lawsuit (www.cnbc.com)
Meta enabled child sexual abuse, served up explicit content, and failed to disrupt trafficking on its platforms, New Mexico's attorney general said in a suit.
DA drops most charges against Austin TX police officers accused of excessive force in 2020 protests (www.texastribune.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/austin-police-2020-protests-cri…
Federal government is using data from push notifications to track contacts (www.washingtonpost.com)
Apple and Google had been told to keep the practice secret until Sen. Ron Wyden revealed it in a letter Wednesday.
Psychologists say they can't meet the growing demand for mental health care (www.npr.org)
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy to resign from Congress at year end (www.cnbc.com)
Alabama police officer caught on video using stun gun on handcuffed man: ‘Do you want it again?’ (www.al.com)
The Reform police officer is on leave while authorities investigate the weekend arrest.
Key Congress staffers in AI debate are funded by tech giants like Google and Microsoft (www.politico.com)
Supreme Court signals it will uphold a tax on foreign income and leave a wealth tax for another day (apnews.com)
On the first issue, conservative and liberal justices voiced concerns that ruling for a Washington state couple challenging a provision of the 2017 tax bill would threaten other provisions of the tax code....
Students around the world suffered huge learning setbacks during the pandemic, study finds (apnews.com)
Students around the world suffered historic setbacks in reading and math during the COVID-19 pandemic, with declines in test scores so widespread that the United States climbed in global rankings simply by falling behind less sharply, a new study finds....
Conservatives, Bloc call for Speaker to resign over video message at Ontario Liberal convention (www.cbc.ca)
Amazon broke federal labor law by calling Staten Island union organizers 'thugs,' interrogating workers (www.cnbc.com)
Avoid cantaloupe unless you know its origins, CDC warns amid salmonella outbreak (www.npr.org)
Senate Committee Authorizes Subpoenas of Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo as Part of Supreme Court Ethics Probe (www.propublica.org)
But the ultimate fate of the subpoenas is uncertain. If Crow and Leo defy the information requests — which ask for a detailed accounting of gifts, transportation and lodging the two men provided or helped organize for Supreme Court justices and the justices’ relatives — Democrats would need a 60-vote majority to enforce...
Trump targets a bigger, cheaper and more popular Obamacare. Why the law could be harder to repeal in 2025 than it was in 2017. (www.politico.com)
The Obamacare that Donald Trump pledges to scrap in 2025 is not the same law that the GOP targeted during his first year in office — making it politically uncomfortable for the former president’s fellow Republicans to embrace a wholesale repeal....
Earthquake of 7.5 strikes Philippines, tsunami expected in Philippines and Japan (www.reuters.com)
An earthquake of at least magnitude 7.5 struck Mindanao in the southern Philippines late on Saturday, triggering evacuation orders for some areas and southwestern Japanese coasts because of warnings of tsunami waves of a metre (3 feet) or more....
Illinois appeals court affirms actor Jussie Smollett’s convictions and jail sentence (apnews.com)
An appeals court upheld the disorderly conduct convictions Friday of actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and lying about it to Chicago police....
Climate change, costly disasters sent Texas homeowner insurance rates skyrocketing this year (www.texastribune.org)
