'Excess profits' at big energy and consumer companies pushed up inflation, report claims (www.cnbc.com)
FTC urges US appeals court to reject Microsoft-Activision merger (edition.cnn.com)
U.S. Senate candidate's family business found liable in egg price-fixing (www.indystar.com)
Corrections and clarifications: John Rust is the former chair of the board of Rose Acre Farms, Inc. His brother and CEO of the company, Marcus Rust, took over the role of board chair in September....
Jury convicts man of child stealing in rural Stillwater [Oklahoma] (www.1600kush.com)
(Stillwater, Okla.) — In a remarkably rapid verdict, a Payne County jury took only 35 minutes to convict a man, who considers himself a sovereign citizen and represented himself at his trial last week, of child stealing, possessing guns illegally, and obstructing an officer in rural Stillwater.
U.S. egg producers conspired to fix prices from 2004 to 2008, a federal jury ruled (apnews.com)
F.B.I. Faulted Agents for Shooting at a Fleeing Suspect and Killing a Family Dog (www.nytimes.com)
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Teen Rape Survivor Chased, Hacked To Death By Accused, His Brother in front of crowd. (www.ndtv.com)
In Wisconsin, The Ability to Read May No Longer Be a Requirement for Teachers (www.esquire.com)
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'They Want To Be The Gatekeepers': Car Dealers Are Stopping Customers From Buying EVs (jalopnik.com)
Colorado banned forced prison labor 5 years ago. Prisoners say it's still happening (www.npr.org)
UN headquarters in Gaza bombed, resulting in numerous casualties (www.lbcgroup.tv)
Hollywood’s Dual Strike Is Over, and the Studios Lost (www.theatlantic.com)
'I Am a Man Who Stands By His Words': Unapologetic North Dakota GOP Leader Quits After Racist Tweet Suggesting Black People Should 'Move to Wakanda' Resurfaces (atlantablackstar.com)
Israeli Military Warns Al Jazeera Correspondent in Gaza to Leave Home or Die (www.democracynow.org)
Al Jazeera is condemning threats by the Israeli army against the family of its Gaza correspondent Youmna ElSayed. On Monday, ElSayed’s husband received a call from Israeli forces warning family members to immediately leave their home or be killed in a bombardment. The threat comes just days after an Israeli strike killed 12...
Billionaire Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman, the biggest owner of commercial real estate says remote employees 'didn't work as hard' (fortune.com)
The Billionaire Secretly Funding Anti-Trans Advocacy Across The U.S. (www.huffpost.com)
Joseph Edelman isn't known for donating to conservative causes, but HuffPost uncovered major donations to groups opposing trans rights.
Well, We Have a Speaker. He’s an Election Denier and an Extreme Christian Fundamentalist. (newrepublic.com)
Former Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis pleads guilty in Georgia case (www.cnn.com)
Former Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis pleaded guilty Tuesday in the Georgia election subversion case and will cooperate with Fulton County prosecutors – the third guilty plea in the past week....
Man accused of killing 15-year-old was beaten by teen's family during melee in Texas courtroom (apnews.com)
A man accused of fatally shooting a 15-year-old last year was beaten by members of the teen’s family during a courtroom melee in San Antonio, authorities said....
Manhunt continues for Nashville police chief’s son suspected in shooting of 2 Tennessee officers (www.nbcnews.com)
Rite Aid, Facing Slumping Sales and Opioid Suits, Files for Bankruptcy (www.nytimes.com)
New York City councilwoman arrested for bringing gun to pro-Palestinian rally: NYPD (abcnews.go.com)
US poor face economic hit as shutdown, childcare cliff, student loans converge (www.reuters.com)
About 12.4%, some 41 million, of the U.S.'s 333 million people live at or below the poverty line, the Census Bureau calculates, which is set at about $29,678 for a household of two adults and two chidren....
Hollywood studios can train AI models on writers' work under tentative deal (news.yahoo.com)
London Cop Who Shot Dead Unarmed Black Man Charged With Murder (www.vice.com)
Prosecutors have charged a Metropolitan Police officer with murder after he shot rapper Chris Kaba in London last year.
