Democratic convention organizers work to balance free speech with safety amid tensions over protests (www.nbcnews.com)
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As this community continues to grow, we are noticing periods of time that moderation isn’t as responsive, due to most of the moderators being asleep at that time. If you want to help us, and live in Asia/Asia Pacific/Australia/New Zealand area, please comment here that you’re interested, why you think you’d be a good fit...
Sports Team Owners Face New Scrutiny From IRS Over Tax Avoidance (www.propublica.org)
Armored police clear Pro-Palestinian encampment on Tulane's campus in New Orleans, Louisiana (www.nola.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/article_f98d2364-07c1-11ef-a0d0…
Pentagon's reduction in military medical costs is criticized as going too far (www.npr.org)
In the past decade, the Pentagon tried to tame its massive health care costs by pushing medical care, especially for family members, into the private sector....
HBCU Xavier of New Orleans moves closer to establishing a medical school [5th HBCU to do so] (apnews.com)
EPA Proposes Ban on Pesticide Widely Used on Fruits and Vegetables (www.propublica.org)
Harvey Weinstein will be retried for overturned rape conviction (www.salon.com)
Campus protests over the Gaza war: How some faculty members are defending student protesters, in actions and in words (www.npr.org)
What would ICC arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu mean for Israel? | Inside Story (www.youtube.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/15110900...
Sword-wielding man attacks passersby in London, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring 4 others (apnews.com)
Glass Lewis recommends investors vote against three Boeing directors, including CEO Calhoun (www.reuters.com)
Proxy advisor Glass Lewis has recommended shareholders vote against the reelection of three directors to Boeing’s board, including outgoing CEO Dave Calhoun, citing dissatisfaction over the efforts to transform the safety culture at the planemaker....
Michigan AG executes search warrants on Google and X in ongoing 2020 fake electors probe (www.cnn.com)
Google and X, formerly Twitter, recently provided hundreds of files to Michigan prosecutors for their 2020 election subversion probe, complying with search warrants that investigators obtained after CNN revealed secret social media accounts belonging to pro-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, who played a major role in the fake...
Immigrant with disabilities repeatedly assaulted by deputies at Calhoun County jail in Michigan, civil rights groups allege (www.metrotimes.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/immigrant-with-disabilities-rep…
West Virginia and North Carolina's transgender care coverage policies discriminate, judges rule (www.pbs.org)
West Virginia and North Carolina’s refusal to cover certain health care for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance is discriminatory, a federal appeals court ruled Monday in a case likely headed to the U.S. Supreme Court....
Pro-Palestinian Columbia students occupy academic building (www.politico.com)
The move recalls a 1968 student occupation of the same building by civil rights and anti-war protesters.
Tennessee Passes Bill to Criminalize Abortion Support for Minors: ‘Terror Is the Intent’ (www.jezebel.com)
They’re back: Cohen and Avenatti return to spotlight at Trump trial (www.theguardian.com)
As Donald Trump’s hush-money trial enters its second week, jurors will be asked to focus on the testimony of his former Mr Fixit – the disbarred lawyer Michael Cohen....
Israel, US said working to prevent ICC arrest warrant against Netanyahu (www.timesofisrael.com)
US food regulator gathering information on Indian spices after alleged contamination (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is gathering information on products of Indian spice makers MDH and Everest after Hong Kong halted sales of some of their products for allegedly containing high levels of a cancer-causing pesticide....
Texas Appeals Court Throws Out Defamation Lawsuit Against ProPublica, Houston Chronicle (www.propublica.org)
Migrants indicted in Texas over alleged border breach after judge dismissed charges (apnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/el-paso-texas-migrants-arrested…
‘We’re not going to stop’: Protests continue at the University of Minnesota campus (www.mprnews.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/university-of-minnesota-protest…
GDP growth slowed to a 1.6% rate in the first quarter, well below expectations: report (www.cnbc.com)
