Charter school teacher fired after discovered she's an aspiring rap artist (thehill.com)
Russian officials suggest without evidence that Ukraine may have been involved in terror attack (www.cnn.com)
A handful of Russian officials have suggested without evidence that Ukraine may have been involved in Friday’s attack on the Crocus City complex near Moscow....
Man who helped drag police officer into mob gets over 5 years in prison for Capitol riot attacks (apnews.com)
A Colorado man who helped other rioters drag a police officer into a mob storming the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Thursday to more than five years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack....
3 Idaho corrections officers shot as gunman breaks an inmate out of Boise hospital, police say (apnews.com)
A suspect staged a brazen attack to break a prison inmate out of a Boise hospital overnight, shooting and seriously wounding two Idaho corrections officers, police said. A third was also shot and wounded when arriving police mistook the officer for the suspect and opened fire....
State Medicaid offices target dead people’s homes to recoup their health care costs (abcnews.go.com)
EPA bans asbestos, a deadly carcinogen still in use decades after a partial ban was enacted (apnews.com)
Michigan Arab and Muslim leaders fuming after second Biden visit this year with no meeting (www.nbcnews.com)
Former Trump Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin forming investor group to buy TikTok (www.politico.com)
Brett Kavanaugh knows truth of alleged sexual assault, Christine Blasey Ford says in book (www.theguardian.com)
The US supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh is not a “consummately honest person” and “must know” what really happened on the night more than 40 years ago when he allegedly sexually assaulted Christine Blasey Ford, his accuser writes in an eagerly awaited memoir....
Senators Urge Biden to Stop Arming Israel, Citing Violation of U.S. Aid Law (www.nytimes.com)
US airlifts embassy staff out of Haiti as gangs besiege political area (www.theguardian.com)
Haiti’s gangs began an offensive to topple the government on 29 February, storming and ransacking police stations, prisons and hospitals and laying siege to strategic locations, including the port and airport....
Revealed: US conservative thinktank’s links to extremist fraternal order (www.theguardian.com)
Claremont Institute officials closely involved with Society for American Civic Renewal, which experts say is rooted in Christian nationalism...
North Dakota police officers cleared in fatal traffic stop shooting of 17-year-old Nicholas Bruington last year (abcnews.go.com)
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NTSB says Boeing is still withholding key details about door plug on Alaska 737 Max 9 jet (www.npr.org)
“It’s absurd that two months later, we don’t have that,” National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy said....
A Russian projectile fall meters from Zelensky and Greek PM Mitsotakis (intlmonitor.com)
France enshrines 'freedom' to abortion in Constitution, in world first (www.lemonde.fr)
A joint session of Parliament voted to adopt a constitutional reform to protect the ‘freedom of women to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy, which is guaranteed.’ The move was designed as a response to the US Supreme Court overturning the federal right to abortion in 2022....
The Philadelphia Phillies are scrapping $1 hot dog nights following unruly fan behavior (apnews.com)
The Philadelphia Phillies have scrapped their popular $1 hot dog nights for the 2024 season.
Elon Musk sues OpenAI and Sam Altman, accusing them of chasing profits (arstechnica.com)
Israeli troops ‘fire on people waiting for aid’ as Gaza death tolls hits 30,000 (www.msn.com)
Kamel Abu Nahel, who was being treated for a gunshot wound at Shifa Hospital, said he and others went to the distribution point in the middle of the night because they heard there would be a delivery of food. “We’ve been eating animal feed for two months,” he added....
Exxon Mobil CEO on the 'dirty secret' of Net Zero: 'People who are generating the emissions need to be aware ... and pay the price' (fortune.com)
40 migrants found sleeping in Queens basement after e-bike battery tip (www.nbcnewyork.com)
Tuition will be free at a New York City medical school thanks to a $1 billion gift (www.npr.org)
Students in their fourth year at Einstein, located in the Bronx in New York City, will be reimbursed for the spring 2024 semester, and beginning in August, tuition will be free “in perpetuity,” the school said Monday.
FTC sues to block Kroger-Albertsons merger, saying it could push grocery prices higher (www.cbsnews.com)
The Federal Trade Commission on Monday sued to block a proposed merger between grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons, saying the $24.6 billion deal could result in higher prices for millions of American consumers....
Former NRA chief Wayne LaPierre misspent gun rights group's money and owes more than $4M, jury finds (apnews.com)
The longtime head of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, misspent millions of dollars of the organization’s money, using the funds to pay for an extravagant lifestyle that included exotic getaways and trips on private planes and superyachts, a New York jury determined Friday....