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)
Germany’s Stifling of Pro-Palestinian Voices Pits Historical Guilt Against Free Speech (www.nytimes.com)
Education Department will use ‘secret shoppers’ to detect student loan servicer errors (www.cnn.com)
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City Ordinance Banning Public Homosexuality Reaches Rutherford County Libraries (www.erininthemorning.com)
In Murfreesboro, Tennessee, a new city ordinance targeting public homosexuality is hitting libraries. "When in History have the ones banning books been the good guys," says local activist.
Sweden’s schools minister declares charter school ‘system failure’ (www.theguardian.com)
It has been a disaster from the start, but it got worse and worse with time. I remember reading that the schools would give the children iPads and other things just so they would sign up for that school. Basically they would bribe the children to get the parents to send them so that they could make more money. And that’s only...
Funeral home of horrors: Owners arrested after 190 rotting corpses found (arstechnica.com)
Owners charged with abuse of a corpse, theft, money laundering, and forgery.
MSNBC Reporter Says Ivanka Testimony Shows Trump ‘Literally’ Borrowed Money ‘From His Kids’ Piggy Banks!’ (www.mediaite.com)
MSNBC reporter Lisa Rubin said her “jaw almost dropped” when she realized Ivanka Trump’s testimony provided “proof” that Donald Trump “was robbing Peter to Pay Paul.”...
The arrested Putin's superyacht has been launched in Italy (newsinfrance.com)
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A month into war, Netanyahu says Israel will have an 'overall security' role in Gaza indefinitely (apnews.com)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will have “overall security responsibility” in Gaza for an indefinite period after its war with Hamas.
Here’s What Can Happen When Kids Age Out of Foster Care (www.propublica.org)
Two teens aged out of New Mexico’s child welfare system last year. This photo essay shows how different their lives have become.
Stripped naked, tortured: Deported Gazans accuse Israeli troops of abuses (www.france24.com)
‘Squad’ members face Democratic primary challenges over Israel stances (www.washingtonpost.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/house-liberals-primary-challeng…
‘We’ve Had It With Them’: Jesse Watters Goes on Shocking Rant About ‘Arab Americans’ and ‘The Muslim World’ (www.mediaite.com)
Fox News host Jesse Watters went on a bizarre rant aimed at "Arab Americans" and "the Muslim world," declaring, "We've had it" with issues in the Middle East.
Gaza mothers fear for premature babies as Israeli siege cripples hospitals (www.aljazeera.com)
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Orange juice prices hit all-time high amid bleak production outlook (www.reuters.com)
Top Philips Executive Approved Sale of Defective Breathing Machines by Distributors, Despite Tests Showing Health Risks (www.propublica.org)
After tests showed that breathing machines made by Philips Respironics could spew dangerous particles and fumes into the lungs of patients, the company in April 2021 decided to stop shipping the devices from its factories near Pittsburgh....
Richard Moll, Who Played Bull the Bailiff on ‘Night Court,’ Dies at 80 (variety.com)
Actor Richard Moll died Thursday at his home in Big Bear Lake, Calif. He was 80....
‘Youngsters should work 70 hours a week’ ,Narayana Murthy says India’s work culture must change. (www.moneycontrol.com)
Apple Cancelled Jon Stewart Because Feckless Tech Executives Were Afraid Of The Pesky Truth (www.techdirt.com)
Last week, the New York Times reported that Apple had cancelled “The Problem With Jon Stewart.” More importantly, the Times noted that Apple executives, clearly not at all worried about the need for a healthy editorial firewall, had grown uncomfortable with the way that the program was planning to cover issues such as China...
Blue state suspends basic skills graduation requirement again, citing harm to students of color (www.foxnews.com)
Oregon high schoolers won't have to prove proficiency in core subjects for at least five more years. Here's why education officials suspended the graduation requirement.
BBC Confirm Policy Change On Describing Hamas In Meeting With Jewish Leaders (www.mediaite.com)
Following weeks of backlash the BBC will reportedly no longer refer to Hamas as “militants” opting instead to describe them as "a proscribed terrorist organisation" or simply "Hamas." This shift in policy by the public service broadcaster was announced by the Board of Deputies of British Jews in a press release on Friday,...
Nonprofit hospitals skimp on charity while CEOs reap millions, report finds (arstechnica.com)
Judge Chutkan temporarily freezes Trump gag order in 2020 election subversion case | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
US District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Friday temporarily froze the gag order she issued on Donald Trump in the former president’s federal 2020 election subversion criminal case.
Domestic violence calls about ‘reproductive coercion’ doubled after the overturn of Roe (19thnews.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/domestic-violence-calls-reprodu…