Most Student Loan Borrowers Have Delayed Major Life Events (news.gallup.com)
Michigan Democrats win special elections to regain full control of state government (apnews.com)
Democrats won back a majority in the Michigan House and restored their party’s full control of state governmentTuesday thanks to victories in two special elections....
Judge in Trump’s hush money trial allows prosecutors to discuss 'Access Hollywood' tape, affair allegations and tabloid stories (www.nbcnews.com)
Trump’s New York criminal trial kicked off Monday. It’s the first time a former president is standing trial on criminal charges....
‘Grownup’ leaders are pushing us towards catastrophe, says former US climate chief (www.theguardian.com)
Paris agreement negotiator Todd Stern attacks premiers who say that decarbonisation programmes are unrealistic and should be slowed down...
House Votes to Extend—and Expand—Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a Major US Spy Program (www.wired.com)
After months of delays, false starts, and interventions by lawmakers working to preserve and expand the US intelligence community’s spy powers, the House of Representatives voted on Friday to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for two years....
US economy adds 303,000 jobs, unemployment falls to 3.8% in March as labor market continues to impress (finance.yahoo.com)
Israel is using artificial intelligence to help pick bombing targets in Gaza, report says (www.cnn.com)
South Carolina mulls mystery $1.8bn in account: ‘We don’t know why it’s there’ (www.theguardian.com)
To put it mildly, the South Carolina state government faces an unusual problem: what to do about $1.8bn found in a state bank account when no one knows how it got there, how it should be spent or even whether it really exists....
California schools forced to compete with fast food industry for workers after minimum wage hike (apnews.com)
The Pro-Trans Activists Buying Up Ad Space Across Right-Wing Media (www.rollingstone.com)
Vermont advances bill requiring fossil fuel companies pay for damage caused by climate change (apnews.com)
The Vermont Legislature is advancing legislation requiring big fossil fuel companies pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather....
Oklahoma State Patrol says it is diverting traffic after a barge hit a bridge (apnews.com)
The Oklahoma State Patrol said Saturday that it closed a highway south of Sallisaw after a barge struck a bridge over Arkansas River....
WaPo Shrugs Off Legal Threats and Finally Publishes Kim Mulkey ‘Hit Piece’ (www.thedailybeast.com)
Twitter Caught Selling Data to Government Spies While Complaining About Surveillance (futurism.com)
Meet the influencer who "reverses" lupus—with smoothies (www.motherjones.com)
Revealed: a California city is training AI to spot homeless encampments (www.theguardian.com)
Louisiana abortion ban preserved after lawmakers kill bill to call public vote (www.nola.com)
Nearly two years after Louisiana launched one of the strictest abortion bans in the nation, legislators have killed an effort to let voters decide whether to do away with the ban and enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution....
Pro-Trump lawyer surrenders in Michigan after DC arrest and Dominion leaks (www.cnn.com)
Pro-Trump lawyer Stefanie Lambert surrendered Thursday to Michigan authorities in connection with her 2020 election tampering indictment, after a wild week where she was labeled a fugitive and spent a night in jail after being arrested in Washington, DC....
Google, Apple breakups on the agenda as global regulators target tech (www.reuters.com)
Big Tech is facing its biggest challenge in decades as antitrust regulators on both sides of the Atlantic crack down on alleged anti-competitive practices that could result in break-up orders to Apple and Alphabet’s Google, a first for the industry....
Candace Owens and the far-right influencer who helped make antisemitism mainstream (www.motherjones.com)
Standard pregnancy care is now dangerously disrupted in Louisiana, report reveals (www.npr.org)
In the wake of Louisiana’s abortion ban, pregnant women have been given risky, unnecessary surgeries, denied swift treatment for miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies, and forced to wait until their life is at risk before getting an abortion, according to a new report first made available to NPR....
Banksy: Artist confirms new London tree mural is his own work (www.bbc.com)
Why Credit Card Debt Is So High Right Now (time.com)
NAACP to Black student-athletes: Take your talents elsewhere amid Florida anti-DEI efforts (www.oregonlive.com)
Earlier this month, the University of Florida closed its Office of the Chief Diversity Officer, eliminating 13 full-time DEI positions and 15 administrative appointments. This came after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill called the Stop Woke Act last year, which prohibits the use of state funds for any DEI programs.
The Gaza conflict’s forgotten shipping crew held hostage in the Red Sea (www.cnn.com)
A Houthi-owned helicopter hijacked the Galaxy Leader cargo ship on November 19 in the Red Sea, as rebel gunmen laid siege to the vessel and took the ship’s crew of 17 Filipinos, two Bulgarians, three Ukrainians, two Mexicans and a Romanian hostage....
