US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports average hourly wage growth has surpassed inflation for 12 straight months (www.epi.org)
Paris Hilton testifies to Congress on being ‘sexually abused and force-fed meds’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Tesla recalls every Cybertruck again. (mashable.com)
Man survives being lost in California mountains for 10 days by eating berries (www.theguardian.com)
As McClish told it, the 34-year-old outdoors enthusiast from Boulder Creek, California, lost his bearings after beginning his hike the morning of 11 June. He had not informed anyone else of his plans, so it would not be until the afternoon of Thursday, 20 June, that the unkempt-looking hiker was found at the bottom of a remote...
The IRS wants to end another major tax loophole for the wealthy and raise $50 billion in the process (apnews.com)
The IRS plans to end a major tax loophole for wealthy taxpayers that could raise more than $50 billion in revenue over the next decade, the U.S. Treasury Department says....
Adult entertainment industry sues again over law requiring pornographic sites to verify users' ages (apnews.com)
An Indiana law that requires pornographic websites to verify users’ ages — one of numerous such statutes in effect across the country — is being challenged by an association of the adult entertainment industry....
Chemical Makers Sue Over Rule to Rid Water of ‘Forever Chemicals’ (www.nytimes.com)
In practice, this means 3M is continuing to create harm from the risks they spent decades covering up
Two arrested, including 71-year-old man, for allegedly stealing almost 3,000 boxes of LEGOs (www.nbcnews.com)
Bernie Sanders: ICC ‘right’ to seek arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Israeli defense official (thehill.com)
Panera says it's phasing out its controversial Charged Lemonade nationwide (www.nbcnews.com)
Lawsuits have blamed the highly caffeinated drink for at least two deaths....
Automakers Want AM Radios Out of Cars. Congress Is About to Require Them (www.wired.com)
ChatGPT provides false information about people, and OpenAI can’t correct it (noyb.eu)
It’s clear that companies are currently unable to make chatbots like ChatGPT comply with EU law, when processing data about individuals. If a system cannot produce accurate and transparent results, it cannot be used to generate data about individuals. The technology has to follow the legal requirements, not the other way...
Trump will dismantle key US weather and science agency, climate experts fear (www.theguardian.com)
Plan to break up Noaa claims its research is ‘climate alarmism’ and calls for commercializing forecasts, weakening forecasts...
Climate damages by 2050 will be 6 times the cost of limiting warming to 2° (arstechnica.com)
Sen. Bernie Sanders's office in Vermont caught fire. Arson is suspected, but the motive is unclear (apnews.com)
'We pay taxes so the corporations don’t have to': Amazon to get 100% tax cut for project in Mississippi — when the state has the ‘highest rate of poverty in America.' (finance.yahoo.com)
US appeals court kills ban on plastic containers contaminated with PFAS (www.theguardian.com)
Conservative fifth circuit overturns EPA’s ban prohibiting Inhance from using manufacturing process creating toxic compound...
California set to hike wages for fast-food workers to industry-leading $20 per hour (www.cbsnews.com)
Starting Monday, most California fast-food workers will earn at least $20 an hour — the highest minimum wage across the U.S. restaurant industry. Yet the pay hike is sparking furious debate, with some restaurant owners warning of job losses and higher prices for customers, while labor advocates tout the benefits of higher...
Uvalde schoolchildren were massacred under a sheriff’s watch. He was still undefeated on Super Tuesday (www.independent.co.uk)
Sheriff Ruben Nolasco won re-election despite pressure from victims’ families to step down and a Justice Department report finding ‘cascading’ failures among the law enforcement response that day...
Rice covered in cow cells aims to provide nutritious, sustainable food (www.science.org)
Shunned in computer age, cursive makes a comeback in California (news.yahoo.com)
FULLERTON, California (Reuters) - A generation of children who learned to write on screens is now going old school....
St. Paul makes history with all-female city council, a rarity among large US cities (apnews.com)
St. Paul, Minnesota, has an all-woman city council for the first time in its history — and experts say it may be the largest U.S. city to ever have an all-woman council.
Free returns are going away (www.cnn.com)
If you’re thinking of sending back a disappointing gift you just received over the holidays, the return may bring even more disappointment....
Contrary to politicians' claims, offshore wind farms don't kill whales. Here's what to know. (apnews.com)
Unfounded claims about offshore wind threatening whales have surfaced as a flashpoint in the fight over the future of renewable energy....
Florida man pleads guilty to threatening to kill a Supreme Court justice (www.nbcnews.com)
A Florida man has pleaded guilty in connection with threatening to kill a Supreme Court justice....
