Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing: A Planned Amendment to This Week’s Vote Would Be the Largest Expansion of FISA in Over 15 Years (US-focused) (cdt.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/15139215...
‘I run out of money each month’: the Americans borrowing to cover daily expenses (www.theguardian.com)
US wildfires are getting bigger and more complex, prompting changes in firefighting workforce (apnews.com)
Just in the first three months of the year, more than 2,669 square miles (6,912 square kilometers) were charred in the United States. That’s more than half of last year’s total, and forecasters are predicting elevated risk of fires over the coming months in the Great Lakes region, parts of the Midwest, Southwest and in...
New Utah Law Prioritizes Child Safety in Custody Courts (www.propublica.org)
Jonathan Majors avoids jail time in assault and harassment sentencing (www.npr.org)
Diplomatic spat erupts between Poland and Israel after WCK killings in Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
A diplomatic crisis has erupted between Poland and Israel following the death of a Polish aid worker in Gaza, with the Polish president denouncing a comment by the Israeli ambassador as “outrageous” and the foreign ministry in Warsaw saying it was summoning him for a meeting....
Top Israeli spy chief exposes his true identity in online security lapse (www.theguardian.com)
The mind-bending new rules for doing business in China (www.economist.com)
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US border patrol is responsible for safety of children in migrant camps, judge says (www.theguardian.com)
“This is a tremendous victory for children at open air detention sites, but it remains a tragedy that a court had to direct the government to do what basic human decency and the law clearly require,” Neha Desai, senior director of immigration at the National Center for Youth Law, said in a statement.
DOJ takes action after Mississippi coroner buried men without families’ knowledge (www.nbcnews.com)
This article is part of “Lost Rites,” a https://www.nbcnews.com/lost-rites on America’s failed death notification system....
Man Utd great Ferdinand is taken aback by Ten Hag’s selection of the championship favorites versus Chelsea… (sporttoday.co.uk)
Did Prosecutors’ Sex Shaming Help Send Brenda Andrew to Death Row? (www.nytimes.com)
US banks ‘sabotaging’ own net zero plans by livestock financing, report claims (www.theguardian.com)
Lending to meat, dairy and feed corporations led to ‘significant proportion’ of banks’ emissions, Friends of the Earth found...
Greenlandic women sue Danish state for contraceptive ‘violation’ (www.theguardian.com)
Indian company sold contaminated shrimp to U.S. grocery stores, ‘whistleblower’ says (www.nbcnews.com)
‘They are breaking the law’: inside Amazon’s bid to stall a union drive (www.theguardian.com)
Retailer doing ‘whatever it takes’ to halt organizing at warehouse in Moreno Valley, California, workers say, as Amazon faces unfair labor practice charges...
Ringleader of global monkey torture network, 'The Torture King', is charged (www.bbc.co.uk)
Warning: This article contains disturbing content...
Just Another Day at the Genocide Office (www.commondreams.org)
California jails are holding thousands fewer people, but far more are dying in them (calmatters.org)
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Georgia shields execution sights and sounds from public view when carrying out lethal injection (georgiarecorder.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/georgia-shields-execution-sight…
Written patient consent required for sensitive exams, HHS guidance says (www.cnn.com)
“The Department is aware of media reports as well as medical and scientific literature highlighting instances where, as part of medical students’ courses of study and training, patients have been subjected to sensitive and intimate examinations – including pelvic, breast, prostate, or rectal examinations – while under...
‘Outrageous Outcomes’: Plea Bargaining and the Justice System - The Crime Report (thecrimereport.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/13753145...
Bacteria that cause meningitis on the rise, CDC warns (www.theguardian.com)
An invasive meningococcal disease – which can be deadly to infected people – is on the rise, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned....
With energy demand surging, utilities fall back on their old standby: Fossil fuels (grist.org)
Federal incentives for clean energy are struggling to overcome old-school planning....
An Oklahoma council member with ties to white nationalists faces scrutiny, and a recall election (apnews.com)
The typical topics for discussion among city leaders in the northwest Oklahoma community of Enid are how to lure a new movie theater, the cost of operating a downtown arena and plans for a solar farm on the edge of town....
