Emerging Psychedelic Mushroom Alternative More Toxic Than Fentanyl, New Research Suggests (gizmodo.com)
Records expunged for St. Louis couple who waved guns at protesters. They want their guns back (apnews.com)
Kyle Rittenhouse mocked for trying to make ‘gay’ a slur on the first day of Pride Month (www.advocate.com)
'Democrats have a plan': Marjorie Taylor Greene unleashes new election conspiracy theory (www.rawstory.com)
Butts, breasts, and genitals now explicitly allowed on Elon Musk’s X (arstechnica.com)
Iranian President Raisi feared dead as helicopter wreckage found (www.yahoo.com)
(Reuters) -Hopes are fading that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister have survived a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain and icy weather, an Iranian official said on Monday after search teams located the wreckage. “President Raisi’s helicopter was completely burned in the crash … unfortunately, all...
Justice Department says Boeing violated deal that avoided prosecution after 737 Max crashes (apnews.com)
The Justice Department has determined that Boeing violated a settlement that allowed the company to avoid criminal prosecution after two deadly crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft, prosecutors told a federal judge on Tuesday....
US airlines are suing the Biden administration over a new rule to make certain fees easier to spot (apnews.com)
U.S. airlines are suing to block the Biden administration from requiring greater transparency over fees that the carriers charge their passengers, saying that a new rule would confuse consumers by giving them too much information during the ticket-buying process....
Trump told oil executives and lobbyists that he would undo Biden’s climate policies (www.carbonbrief.org)
Donald Trump offered to weaken climate regulations in exchange for a $1bn contribution from oil company bosses to support his return to the White House later this year. During a dinner for senior oil executives at his Mar-a-Lago club last month, Trump “vowed to immediately reverse dozens of president [Joe] Biden’s...
Virginia school board votes to restore names of Confederate leaders to schools (www.nbcnews.com)
In the wake of George Floyd’s murder, a school board in northern Virginia stripped the names of Confederate military figures from two schools. Four years later, the board approved a motion to restore the names....
Elon Musk Says He'll Reinstate Twitter Account Of Hitler-Loving White Supremacist (www.huffpost.com)
Could student protesters turn the 2024 election? (www.theguardian.com)
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NYC mayor tells students 'walk away now' as police descend on Columbia (www.usatoday.com)
As solar capacity grows, some of America's most productive farmland is at risk (www.reuters.com)
Dave Duttlinger’s first thought when he saw a dense band of yellowish-brown dust smearing the sky above his Indiana farm was: I warned them this would happen. About 445 acres of his fields near Wheatfield, Indiana, are covered in solar panels and related machinery – land that in April 2019 Duttlinger leased to Dunns Bridge...
Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police (apnews.com)
Demetrio Jackson was desperate for medical help when the paramedics arrived....
Trump falsely claims police are preventing "thousands" of people from protesting his trial (www.salon.com)
Tennessee teacher arrested after bringing guns to preschool and threatening to shoot colleague (www.nbcnews.com)
Sheneca Cowart faces multiple felony gun charges following the incident at The Academy of McCrory Lane on Thursday....
Record numbers in the US are homeless. Can cities fine them for sleeping in parks and on sidewalks? (apnews.com)
The justices on Monday will consider a challenge to rulings from a California-based appeals court that found punishing people for sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking amounts to unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment....
Oregon re-criminalizes small amounts of hard drugs after 2020 voter initiative is overturned (www.nbcnews.com)
Under the new law, possession of small amounts of drugs such as heroin or methamphetamine will be as a misdemeanor and punishable by up to six months in jail....
Kaylee Gain’s family says she still hasn’t regained consciousness after fight near St. Louis high school (www.cnn.com)
The family of Kaylee Gain, a Missouri girl who was critically injured during a fight 10 days ago near a St. Louis high school, said Monday she has suffered a fractured skull and hasn’t regained consciousness....
Trump can't secure $454 million appeal bond in New York fraud case, his lawyers say (ground.news)
Montana man used animal tissue and testicles to breed 'giant' sheep for sale to hunting preserves (apnews.com)
A Montana rancher illegally used tissue and testicles from wild sheep killed by hunters in central Asia and the U.S. to breed “giant” hybrid sheep for sale to private hunting preserves in Texas, according to court documents and federal prosecutors....
Donald Trump told to pay six-figure costs of firm he sued (www.bbc.com)
Mrs Justice Steyn threw out the case against Orbis Business Intelligence, a consultancy founded by former MI6 officer Christopher Steele, last month....
Humpback sex photographed for first time – and both whales were male (www.theguardian.com)
Scientists confirm sighting of two same-sex marine giants copulating in amorous encounter off Hawaii coast
Judge says Mike Lindell must pay $5 million to man who won his 'Prove Mike Wrong' challenge (www.nbcnews.com)
