A new study bolsters evidence that severe obesity is increasing in young kids in the US (apnews.com)
‘Poisoning the blood of our country’: Trump delivers caustic attack on immigrants (www.politico.com)
IDF accidentally shoots and kills three Israelis held hostage in Gaza (edition.cnn.com)
Students and Educators in Idaho Show Us What It’s Like When a State Fails to Fund School Repairs (www.propublica.org)
No other state spends less on school infrastructure per student than Idaho. As a result, many students, especially those in rural districts, deal with leaking ceilings, freezing classrooms and discolored drinking water. Some students have to miss school when the power or heat goes out....
Boy, 13, charged after allegedly planning mass shooting in a synagogue (apnews.com)
The teenager, who is unnamed in court documents because he is a minor, is charged with inducing panic and disorderly conduct, both misdemeanors. He’s accused of posting a “detailed plan to complete a mass shooting” at Temple Israel in Canton, a city south of Akron, on the live streaming platform Discord....
Supreme Court leaves Illinois semiautomatic gun ban in place (text.npr.org)
Doritos thinks we want nacho cheese-flavored booze (www.cnn.com)
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Andre Braugher, Emmy-winning actor who starred in 'Homicide' and 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine,' dies at 61 (apnews.com)
Andre Braugher, the Emmy-winning actor who would master gritty drama for seven seasons on “Homicide: Life on The Street” and modern comedy for eight on “Brooklyn 99,” died Monday at 61....
Turkish MP has heart attack while saying Allah punishes pro-Israel people (www.newsweek.com)
Michigan teen sentenced to life for school shooting that killed four (www.theguardian.com)
Ethan Crumbley apologized before the sentencing for the 2021 high school shooting as parents still in jail on related charges...
2024 California law to protect most workers using cannabis on own time begins January 1st (www.nbcsandiego.com)
Handcuffed and sent to the ER – for misbehavior: Schools are sending more kids to the hospital (apnews.com)
Over the past eight years, the process has been used at least 750 times on students. Some are as young as 5 years old....
US announces rule to slash powerful planet-warming gas by nearly 80% from fossil fuels (www.cnn.com)
The Biden administration has finalized a rule to significantly cut the US oil and gas industry’s emissions of methane, a powerful planet-warming gas that scientists and climate advocacy groups have pressed nations to rapidly reduce as global temperature soars....
China’s new stealth aircraft can find and kill the B-21 ‘Raider’ with hypersonic missiles, computer simulation suggests (www.scmp.com)
The new US stealth bomber may be taken by surprise by ultra-fast missiles coming from near space with the unpredictable ‘Qian Xuesen trajectory’...
Diplomas for sale: Inside Louisiana's nonpublic schools (apnews.com)
Arliya Martin accepted her high school diploma with relief and gratitude. It was her ticket to better-paying work, she felt, after getting kicked out of high school and toiling for eight years at factory jobs to support her children....
The US doesn’t have universal health care — but these states (almost) do (www.vox.com)
Ten states have uninsured rates below 5 percent. What are they doing right?...
Suspect arrested in shooting of 3 students of Palestinian descent in Vermont, police say (abcnews.go.com)
Queens high school students storm halls after learning teacher attended pro-Israel protest (thehill.com)
Students at a high school in Queens, N.Y., reportedly stormed the hallways after learning a teacher attended a pro-Israel protest Monday.
World's largest iceberg breaks free, heads toward Southern Ocean (www.reuters.com)
Supreme Court won't review $40 million DuPont PFAS verdict tied to cancer (www.reuters.com)
Victory is an opportunity for Israel in the midst of crisis - opinion (www.jpost.com)
This op-ed was written by the Israeli Intelligence Minister:...
Israel told Palestinians to evacuate to southern Gaza — and stepped up attacks there (www.npr.org)
Satellite imagery shows a steady increase in the number of buildings destroyed in middle and southern Gaza. Most damage appeared after Oct. 13, when Israel's military urged evacuation from the north.
New Policy Will Ban Chicago Police From Joining Hate and Extremist Groups (truthout.org)
Investigations found that multiple Chicago police officers are associated with hate and extremist groups....
Virginia mother of child who shot teacher sentenced to 21 months in prison (www.bbc.co.uk)
Deja Taylor was convicted on the relatively rare charge of owning a gun while being a cannabis user.
When Trump tells you he’s an authoritarian, believe him (www.vox.com)
