Spotify Wrapped 2023: 'Music genres are now irrelevant to fans' (www.bbc.co.uk)
How very punk rock
A nonprofit group is pushing to get estrogen FDA approved for gender-affirming care (www.statnews.com)
Hormone replacement therapies have long been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use by cisgender patients, such as women who take estrogen when going through menopause. Now, for the first time, a nonprofit group is pursuing research with the goal of FDA approval for the use of estrogen as a gender-affirming...
Colorado Hospital Finally Admits to Cutting Lakota Elder’s Hair Without His Permission (nativenewsonline.net)
The UC Health Hospital in Aurora, Colorado on Friday finally admitted that a hospital staff member cut the hair of a 65-year-old Lakota elder Arthur Janis, without his or his family’s permission....
Ohio voters just passed abortion protections. Whether they take effect is now up to the courts (apnews.com)
Ohio’s new constitutional projections for abortion access and other reproductive rights are supposed to take effect Dec. 7, a month after voters resoundingly passed them. That prospect seems increasingly uncertain....
More Americans are expected to 'buy now, pay later' for the holidays. Analysts see a growing risk (apnews.com)
Consumers are expected to use “buy now, pay later” payment plans heavily this holiday season, a forecast that bodes well for retailers but that has credit experts again sounding alarm bells....
Biden declares emergency over lead in water in US Virgin Islands (apnews.com)
Egg producers, trade groups liable for conspiracy, jury finds (www.agri-pulse.com)
California male nanny gets 707 years in prison for sexually assaulting 16 boys (www.theguardian.com)
Matthew Antonio Zakrzewski was arrested in 2019 and charged with 34 felonies, including lewd and lascivious acts with a minor
Israeli PM should be killed without trial for war crimes in Gaza: Indian Congress MP Rajmohan Unnithan (english.mathrubhumi.com)
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez just blew up the internet by describing their ‘pretty normal’ typical day amid surging billionaire backlash (fortune.com)
Trial delayed for North Dakota state senator accused of traveling abroad to have sex with child (www.inforum.com)
US debt interest payments surge past $1 trillion yearly pace, worsening concerns about massive borrowing (markets.businessinsider.com)
Fashion mogul Peter Nygard found guilty on 4 counts of sexual assault (www.cnn.com)
Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard was found guilty of four counts of sexual assault in a Toronto court on Sunday, following a six-week trial....
‘Started seeing body parts': Day laborers say Tarzana murder suspect hired them to move human remains (www.nbclosangeles.com)
A group of day laborers said they were paid $500 to help move trash bags containing body parts out of a Tarzana home at the center of a murder investigation. The workers said they tried to report what they saw to police, but were turned away from two separate law enforcement stations.
Advertisers Don’t Want Sites Like Jezebel to Exist (www.404media.co)
The 'Brand Safety' and 'Suitability' industries have financially crushed the news business by keeping ads away from articles that its 'sentiment analysis' algorithms think will make people sad or upset.
Israel-Hamas fake news thrives on poorly regulated online platforms (www.theguardian.com)
Claims on X and Telegram include downplaying 7 October Hamas attack and allegations Palestinians are faking scenes of suffering
Republican pushes to overturn Ohio election result (www.newsweek.com)
'Doc' Antle of Netflix's 'Tiger King' pleads guilty to wildlife trafficking and money laundering (apnews.com)
An exotic wildlife preserve owner who gained notoriety on the popular Netflix series “Tiger King” plead guilty Monday to animal trafficking and money laundering, the U.S. Justice Department announced....
Russia's Putin to stay in power past 2024, sources to stay (www.reuters.com)
Arab Muslim student struck in hit-and-run as Stanford University investigates spate of hate crime incidents (www.cnn.com)
At least five possible hate crime incidents at Stanford University since the Israel-Hamas war’s onset are under investigation, including an apparent hit-and-run crash involving an Arab Muslim student, according to the university’s public safety department....
Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all seven counts (techcrunch.com)
‘Disturbing’: US infant mortality rises at highest rate in 20 years (www.theguardian.com)
CDC data shows rate rose 3% last year but experts say they are not sure why statistic that has been falling should have risen sharply
UPDATE: Former State Senator Ray Holmberg pleads not guilty to federal child porn charges (www.kvrr.com)
State Sen. Ray HolmbergFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Former State Senator Ray Holmberg of Grand Forks has entered a not guilty plea to two federal child porn charges: child sex tourism and receipt of child porn. An initial trial date has been scheduled for December 5, 2023 in U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota in...
Disabled man drags himself off plane after Air Canada fails to offer wheelchair (www.theguardian.com)
Airline was forced to apologize to Rodney Hodgins who flew to Las Vegas with his wife to celebrate their anniversary in August
Alabama man charged with making threats against Georgia prosecutor, sheriff over Trump election case (apnews.com)
An Alabama man has been indicted on federal charges that he threatened violence against a Georgia prosecutor and sheriff related to an investigation into former President Donald Trump....
