Miss Universe co-owner says trans women "cannot win" the pageant (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Money Has Run Out for Fruits and Vegetables for Low-Income Californians. Elected Leaders Are Silent. (capitalandmain.com)
Mother identified as person killed in fall at daughter’s Ohio State graduation ceremony (www.today.com)
The authorities think it was an apparent suicide. At her daughter’s graduation ceremony. Seriously WTF?!
FAA bill would force the agency to craft 'real world' rules for airplane evacuations (www.wpr.org)
If an airplane has to be evacuated, the Federal Aviation Administration says all passengers must be capable of getting outwithin 90 seconds....
FTC bans most noncompete agreements between employers and workers (www.npr.org)
The FTC estimates about 30 million people, or one in five American workers, from minimum wage earners to CEOs, are bound by noncompetes. It says the policy change could lead to increased wages totaling nearly $300 billion per year by encouraging people to swap jobs freely.
House kills motion to vacate Johnson from speakership (www.cnn.com)
Renters' hopes of being able to buy a home have fallen to a record low, New York Fed survey shows (www.cnbc.com)
RNC chief counsel resigns after two months (www.cnn.com)
The Republican National Committee’s chief counsel Charlie Spies has resigned two months after accepting the position....
Jessica Seinfeld and Bill Ackman Fund Pro-Israel Counterprotests at Colleges (www.thedailybeast.com)
Jerry Seinfeld’s wife funding agitators
After decades of inaction, states are finally stepping up on housing (www.vox.com)
New York prosecutors in Trump's hush money trial say former president continues to violate gag order (apnews.com)
Prosecutors said Thursday that Donald Trump again violated a gag order in his hush money trial, as the criminal case resumed on the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court weighed whether he should be immune from prosecution for actions taken during his time as president....
Chinese student given 9-month prison sentence for harassing person posting democracy leaflets (apnews.com)
A former Berklee College of Music student from China was sentenced Wednesday to nine months in prison for stalking and threatening a person who posted a flyer in support of democracy in the Asian country, authorities said....
Seattle hospital won't turn over gender-affirming care records in lawsuit settlement with Texas (apnews.com)
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is dropping a request for a Seattle hospital to hand over records regarding gender-affirming treatment potentially given to children from Texas as part of a lawsuit settlement announced Monday....
New federal rule bars transgender school bathroom bans, but it likely isn't the final word (apnews.com)
The clash over bathroom policy and other elements of a federal regulation finalized last week could set the stage for another wave of legal battles over how transgender kids should be treated in the U.S.
Republican Senators Demand Biden Use National Guard to Suppress Columbia Protests (www.rollingstone.com)
San Francisco sues Oakland over new airport name that includes 'San Francisco' (apnews.com)
San Francisco on Thursday sued Oakland after officials there voted in favor of changing the name of the city’s airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport, saying the change will cause confusion and is already affecting its airport financially....
Justice Department to File Antitrust Suit Against Live Nation [Ticketmaster] (www.wsj.com)
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Florida blocks heat protections for workers right before summer (www.npr.org)
Fox News rejects White House demands to retract Easter egg stories (thehill.com)
Man who used megaphone to lead attack on police during Capitol riot gets more than 7 years in prison (apnews.com)
A Washington state man who used a megaphone to orchestrate a mob’s attack on police officers guarding the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Wednesday to more than seven years in prison....
Chevron Will Pay Record Fines for Oil Spills in California (www.propublica.org)
Oil giant Chevron has agreed to pay a record-setting $13 million to two California agencies for past oil spills, but some of the company’s spills are ongoing....
West Virginia governor signs law removing marital assault exemption (apnews.com)
Certain sexual assaults against a spouse will now be criminalized in West Virginia for the first time under a law signed Friday by Republican Gov. Jim Justice....
New York Attorney General takes initial step to prepare to seize Trump assets | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Oregon, California and Washington pass bills raising the minimum wage (cardinaltimes.org)
Dozens of Palestinian orphans transferred from Rafah to Bethlehem (today.lorientlejour.com)
Sixty-eight orphaned children and eleven caregivers plus the caregivers’ families were evacuated from an orphanage in the southern Gazan city of Rafah and taken to the West Bank on Monday, according to a statement released by the German Embassy in Tel Aviv....
