Probe Opened Into Allegations of Excessive Force by Chicago Police Officers During Pro-Palestinian Protests (news.wttw.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/probe-opened-allegations-excess…
Milwaukee election leader ousted 6 months before election in presidential swing state (apnews.com)
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson announced Monday that he would be replacing Milwaukee Election Commission Executive Director Claire Woodall with her deputy, Paulina Gutierrez....
For the jury in Trump's hush money trial, evidence of a criminal conspiracy comes in bits and pieces (abcnews.go.com)
After two weeks of testimony, jurors have seen over 120 exhibits....
Ten Years After the Flint Water Crisis, Distrust and Anger Linger (www.propublica.org)
That emergency manager law is still on the books. The work to replace the pipes is mostly done — but the city has blown repeated deadlines to complete it. Two state investigations under two administrations led to high-profile criminal charges, including allegations of involuntary manslaughter, official misconduct and willful...
After Roe, the network of people who help others get abortions see themselves as 'the underground' (apnews.com)
Waiting in a long post office line with the latest shipment of “abortion aftercare kits,” Kimra Luna got a text. A woman who’d taken abortion pills three weeks earlier was worried about bleeding — and disclosing the cause to a doctor....
Pennsylvania nurse who gave patients lethal or possibly lethal insulin doses gets life in prison (apnews.com)
U.S. job growth totaled 175,000 in April, much less than expected, while unemployment rose to 3.9% (www.cnbc.com)
How police officers preyed on teens in the Boy Scouts’ police Explorer program (www.nbcnews.com)
The last known person to see Sandra Birchmore alive was a police officer....
No charges for woman after bodies of 4 babies are found in Boston freezer (www.nbcnews.com)
The Suffolk County, Mass., district attorney called the case “one of the most complex, unusual and perplexing that this office has ever encountered.”...
US remains committed to diplomacy despite North Korea’s nuclear escalation (www.voanews.com)
Exclusive: Russian troops enter base housing US military in Niger, US official says (www.reuters.com)
Russian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting U.S. troops, a senior U.S. defense official told Reuters, a move that follows a decision by Niger’s junta to expel U.S. forces from the country....
GOP-led Arizona Senate votes to repeal 1864 abortion ban, sending it to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs (www.cbsnews.com)
Two Republicans, TJ Shopes and Shawnna LM Bolick, joined all 14 Democrats to pass the measure, sending it to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs’ desk.
Ex-NSA staffer gets 21 years for trying to sell defense information to 'friends' in Russia (www.usatoday.com)
Live Updates: Police Arrest Protesters Occupying Columbia Campus Building (www.nytimes.com)
Officers in riot gear began removing demonstrators who had seized Hamilton Hall, a building with a history of student takeovers. Scores of other arrests were made on campuses across the country....
Kaman’s Kargo Logistics Drone For The Marines Now In Flight Test (www.twz.com)
Tesla facing federal probe days after fatal Autopilot crash in Monroe, WA (www.seattletimes.com)
Federal auto regulators announced Friday they are opening an investigation into the safety of Tesla’s Autopilot feature, less than a week after a Tesla driver believed to be using it allegedly struck and killed a motorcyclist in Monroe....
Journalist’s lawsuit forces Allegheny County in Pennsylvania to revise jail policies (www.rcfp.org)
A First Amendment lawsuit brought by journalist Brittany Hailer has forced Allegheny County to revise policies that previously barred its jail employees and contractors from speaking publicly and with members of the news media about matters of public concern without permission, changes that could result in more accountability...
New Orleans police accused of excessive force as Gaza protesters arrested (www.theguardian.com)
Officers used batons and tasers against protesters in the square, including some who had not entered the park at all. At least three people were tased, according to witnesses and video of the protest....
ICC faces threats from Congress over Israeli arrest warrants (www.axios.com)
The International Criminal Court is being warned by members of Congress in both parties that arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials will be met with U.S. retaliation — and legislation to that effect is already in the works, Axios has learned....
US Marshal killed and multiple officers struck by gunfire in active shooting situation in Charlotte, report says (www.independent.co.uk)
Mexican journalist abducted and killed after taking his daughters to school: "Every day we count victims" (www.cbsnews.com)
Top ‘Democrat for Cruz’ Accused of Sexual Harassment (www.thedailybeast.com)
At USC, arrests. At UCLA, hands off. Why pro-Palestinian protests have not blown up on UC campuses (www.latimes.com)
Junk science is cited in abortion ban cases. Researchers are fighting the ‘fatally flawed’ work (www.theguardian.com)
Researchers are calling for the retraction of misleading anti-abortion studies that could influence judges in critical cases...
Clearwater property owners sell $58M real estate portfolio to Church of Scientology parishioner (www.fox13news.com)
They were one of the last major property owners in downtown Clearwater that didn’t have ties to the Church of Scientology, but last month they sold more than $58 million in real estate to a developer with ties to the church....
