Ghislaine Maxwell seeks to overturn sex trafficking conviction (www.reuters.com)
In her appeal, Maxwell’s lawyers said prosecutors scapegoated her because Epstein was dead and “public outrage” demanded that prosecutors pin blame somewhere....
SpaceX allegedly fostered serial sexual abuse, according to this lawsuit (www.theverge.com)
A SpaceX employee says that she spent seven years working at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California enduring sexual abuse, unequal pay, discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation, in a new lawsuit against the company. But her story paints a much graver picture than those individual words can convey,...
More than a billion people worldwide are obese, research finds (www.theguardian.com)
Over past three decades. obesity rates increased fourfold among children and doubled among adults...
Appellate judge refuses to halt Trump's $454 million fraud penalty while he appeals (apnews.com)
A New York appellate judge on Wednesday refused to halt collection of Donald Trump’s $454 million civil fraud penalty while he appeals, rejecting the former president’s request that he be allowed to post a bond covering just a fraction of what he owes....
Idaho set to execute Thomas Eugene Creech, one of the longest-serving death row inmates in the US (apnews.com)
The hour of Thomas Eugene Creech’s death has been set, and it is rapidly approaching....
Oklahoma students walk out after trans student’s death to protest bullying policies (www.nbcnews.com)
Putin says Russia is close to having cancer vaccines in latest bizarre TV appearance (www.independent.co.uk)
Donald Trump spent over $52 million in PAC donor money on legal fees last year. Here's where it all went. (www.businessinsider.com)
Donald Trump spent $52,431,858 on legal fees in 2023 using PAC funds, a Business Insider analysis found....
Inert nuclear missile found in US man's garage (www.bbc.com)
Stolen Jackie Robinson statue found burned, dismantled in trash can: The search for the perpetrators remains active, Wichita police said (abcnews.go.com)
A statue of baseball legend Jackie Robinson stolen from a Kansas park was found dismantled and burned in a trash can fire Tuesday morning in what authorities called a “disgraceful” act, as the search for the perpetrators continues....
'White Lives Matter' member gets 18 years for firebombing church that planned drag events (www.nbcnews.com)
Economists Predicted a Recession. So Far They’ve Been Wrong (www.nytimes.com)
A widely predicted recession never showed up. Now, economists are assessing what the unexpected resilience tells us about the future....
Martin Shkreli's lifetime drug industry ban upheld (www.yahoo.com)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Martin Shkreli, known for once hiking the price of a life-saving drug more than 4,000%, cannot return to the pharmaceutical industry after a federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld his lifetime ban....
Netanyahu publicly rejects US push for Palestinian state (www.bbc.com)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has told the United States that he opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state once the conflict in Gaza comes to an end....
Forty-four of 50 US states worsen inequality with ‘upside-down’ taxes (www.theguardian.com)
The Supreme Court is allowing Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical emergencies (apnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/supreme-court-abortion-medical-…
Dukes of Hazzard actor John Schneider called for public hanging of Joe Biden (www.theguardian.com)
New York removes medical debt from credit reports (apnews.com)
Unpaid medical debt will no longer appear in New York residents’ credit reports under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday....
Boston fertility doctor accused of impregnating patient with own sperm (www.theguardian.com)
Dr Merle Berger told patient Sarah Depoian sperm had come from an anonymous donor, new lawsuit claims...
Jobs, not jail: A judge was sick of sending kids to prison, so he found a better way (www.usatoday.com)
Superior Court Judge John Phillips remembers the day 23 years ago like it was yesterday....
Humanity just lived through the hottest 12 months in at least 125,000 years, report says (abc7.com)
4 men charged in theft of satirical golden toilet titled ‘America,’ at Churchill’s birthplace (apnews.com)
LONDON (AP) — Four men were charged Monday over the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet from Blenheim Palace, the sprawling English country mansion where British wartime leader Winston Churchill was born.
Trump Attacks Judge in Unhinged 2AM Truth Social Post Hours Before Don Jr is Set to Testify: ‘Leave My Children Alone!’ (www.mediaite.com)
Liz Cheney doesn't rule out presidential bid, calls Donald Trump 'the single most dangerous threat' (www.usatoday.com)
Arkansas lawmakers OK plan to audit purchase of $19,000 lectern for Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (apnews.com)
Arkansas lawmakers on Thursday voted to audit the purchase of a $19,000 lectern for Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, delving into an unusual controversy that’s prompted questions about the seemingly high cost of the item and claims that the governor’s office violated the state’s open-records law....
