Medicare will cover Wegovy to reduce heart disease risk (www.nbcnews.com)
Women are getting off birth control amid misinformation explosion (www.washingtonpost.com)
Search for “birth control” on TikTok or Instagram and a cascade of misleading videos vilifying hormonal contraception appear: Young women blaming their weight gain on the pill. Right-wing commentators claiming that some birth control can lead to infertility. Testimonials complaining of depression and anxiety....
Georgia executes death row inmate Willie Pye for the 1993 murder of Alicia Lynn Yarbrough (www.cnn.com)
The state of Georgia on Wednesday executed death row inmate Willie Pye, who was convicted and sentenced to die for the 1993 murder of Alicia Lynn Yarbrough....
3rd of 6 former officers in Mississippi gets 17.5 years for racist torture of 2 Black men (apnews.com)
May I introduce to you … the Goon Squad....
The U.S. crime rate is still dropping, FBI data shows (www.nbcnews.com)
Why does the public think it’s going up? “There is definitely more disorder in cities than there was five years ago," said one expert. “People confuse disorder and crime."...
Man to plead guilty in eagle ‘killing spree’ on reservation to sell feathers on black market (apnews.com)
A Washington state man accused of helping kill thousands of birds is expected to plead guilty Wednesday to shooting eagles on an American Indian reservation in Montana and selling their feathers and body parts on the black market....
FBI returns 22 looted artifacts to Japan after discovery in Massachusetts attic (www.theguardian.com)
Investigation of items that were stolen during the Okinawa battle began after family discovered them in late father’s belongings...
'Others also affected by religiophobia': India abstains on vote in UNGA on Islamophobia (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Toxicology experts say death from medications in Nex Benedict case ‘very, very uncommon’ (www.advocate.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/nex-benedict-drugs-toxicology-e…
Nex Benedict’s death illustrates the hostility of Oklahoma’s anti-trans laws (www.independent.co.uk)
Nex Benedict’s tragic February death has raised more questions than answers, including after the medical examiner this week ruled it a suicide. But studies suggest the teen’s case is all too common in a society where acceptance, remains elusive – and Oklahoma activists point angrily to a raft of recent anti-trans state...
‘Massacre’: Israel forces attack crowds waiting for aid in Gaza, killing 21 (www.aljazeera.com)
At least 21 Palestinians have been killed after Israeli forces opened fire on thousands of people waiting for aid in Gaza City in the same area that was targeted hours earlier, government officials said....
More than 4,000 plastic chemicals are hazardous, report finds (www.nature.com)
The report was released on 14 March, in time for the next round of negotiations for a United Nations treaty on global plastic pollution. Scientists have been campaigning for the treaty, which deals with all aspects of plastic production and waste management, to include a list of plastic polymers and chemicals of concern — some...
US pause on funding UN's main Palestinian relief agency UNRWA may become permanent (www.reuters.com)
Archived at ghostarchive.org/archive/MTvC6
‘This is torture': State of health care in U.S. prisons leads to brutal inmate deaths (www.wusf.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/florida-prisons-health-care-bru…
UFO sightings likely secret military tests In US (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
A report from the Pentagon has concluded that the surge in UFO sightings during the 1950s and 60s was largely due to tests of advanced US spy planes and space technology. The report also stated that there is “no evidence” to suggest that the US government has encountered alien life....
A silenced war: More than 780,000 displaced in Mozambique (intlmonitor.com)
Ukraine plans a new counteroffensive (intlmonitor.com)
Perjury Plea Opens Up Trump Lawyers to Big Problems (www.thedailybeast.com)
‘Rust’ film trial: Hannah Gutierrez Reed found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, acquitted of evidence tampering (edition.cnn.com)
US says Israel has agreed to the framework for a Gaza cease-fire. Hamas must now decide (apnews.com)
International mediators have been working for weeks to broker a deal to pause the fighting before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins around March 10. A deal would likely allow aid to reach hundreds of thousands of desperate Palestinians in northern Gaza who aid officials worry are under threat of famine....
Firefighters face difficult weather conditions as they battle the largest wildfire in Texas history (apnews.com)
STINNETT, Texas (AP) — Firefighters battling the largest wildfire in Texas history face increasingly difficult weather conditions on Saturday....
Colorado paramedic sentenced to five years in prison over killing of Elijah McClain (www.theguardian.com)
Peter Cichuniec one of two paramedics convicted of criminally negligent homicide for roles in 23-year-old’s death after police stop...
'Worst-Case Scenario': Children Dying of Starvation, Dehydration in Gaza Hospitals (www.commondreams.org)
In what Palestinian officials on Wednesday called “'an international failure to protect humanity” from Israel’s genocidal assault and blockade, at least six Palestinian children and infants have died of starvation, dehydration, and poisoning in Gaza hospitals in recent days....
North Korean factories making arms for Russia are ‘operating at full capacity,’ South Korea says | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
