We Have a Deal! Writers Strike Poised to End as WGA and Studios Reach a Tentative Agreement (www.vanityfair.com)
Now the guild must finalize the contract and sell the deal to its members....
Russia seeks to rejoin UN's human rights council (www.bbc.com)
It was expelled from the UN’s pre-eminent human rights body last April after its forces invaded Ukraine....
Trump argues First Amendment protects him from 'insurrection' cases aimed at keeping him off ballot - The Mainichi (mainichi.jp)
DENVER (AP) -- Attorneys for former President Donald Trump argue that an attempt to bar him from the 2024 ballot under a rarely used "insurrection" clause of the Constitution should be dismissed as a violation of his freedom of speech.
A blood test for long Covid is possible, new research suggests (www.nbcnews.com)
Uttar Pradesh Horror: Man Rapes Stepdaughter, Video Records Act in Firozabad; Arrested (www.latestly.com)
FBI launches probe into Baton Rouge Police Department over abuse allegations (abcnews.go.com)
In a first, NASA returns asteroid samples to Earth (www.nbcnews.com)
The collected rocks and soil could help scientists unlock secrets about the solar system and how life emerged on this planet....
Fugitive convicted of attempted murder in US caught in Mexico after 32 years (www.theguardian.com)
Greg Lawson disappeared in 1991 during his trial for murder of Seth Garlington in Bienville parish, Louisiana...
US auto workers strike escalates as UAW president calls on 38 more plants to join (www.theguardian.com)
US sued over nearly 20-year-old federal terrorist list by Muslim rights group (www.theguardian.com)
Council on American Islamic Relations (Cair) argues list is used for ‘humiliation and harassment’ and should be withdrawn
Australian federal police using AI to analyse data obtained under surveillance warrants (www.theguardian.com)
The AFP’s use of AI has been limited so far but the agency hopes the technology will help police identify money laundering and potential fraud
Anheuser-Busch says it will no longer amputate the tails of Budweiser's Clydesdales (www.npr.org)
The beermaker says it will end the practice known as tail docking after it came under pressure by animal rights group PETA.
Most Voters Support UAW and Hollywood Strikes, New Poll Shows (truthout.org)
A grandmother seeks justice for Native Americans after thousands of unsolved deaths, disappearances (apnews.com)
Yolanda Fraser is back near a ragged chain-link fence, blinking through tears as she tidies up flowers and ribbons and a pinwheel twirls in the breeze at a makeshift roadside memorial in a small Montana town....
Maryland apologizes to man wrongly convicted of murder, agrees to $340K payment for years in prison (apnews.com)
A man wrongly convicted of two separate violent crimes will be compensated by the state of Maryland after spending years behind bars, including over a year after he had been proven innocent....
Sufjan Stevens is relearning to walk after Guillain-Barre Syndrome left him immobile, hospitalized (apnews.com)
Grammy- and Oscar-nominated indie musician Sufjan Stevens is relearning how to walk after the autoimmune disease Guillain-Barre Syndrome left him immobile, representatives confirmed to The Associated Press....
UAW justifies wage demands by pointing to CEO pay raises. So how high were they? (apnews.com)
It’s been a central argument for the United Auto Workers union: If Detroit’s three automakers raised CEO pay by 40% over the past four years, workers should get similar raises....
The Jennifer Hudson Show pushes back return to air amid backlash from writers' strike (ew.com)
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California sues 5 major oil companies, accuses them of deceiving public over the risks of fossil fuel use (www.cnn.com)
The state of California is suing the oil companies BP, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell and ConocoPhillips and their trade group, the American Petroleum Institute, over what the state says is a long-standing pattern of deceiving the public over the risks associated with fossil fuels and causing billions of dollars in damage to...
Anchorage scrambles to find enough housing for the homeless before the Alaska winter sets in (apnews.com)
Now, with the first snow just weeks away, those free tickets are nowhere in sight and the city is scrambling to pull together a grab bag of housing options for its more than 3,000 unsheltered residents. The city’s mass shelter in a sports arena closed after complaints from neighbors about bad behavior and bickering between the...
Oregon launches legal psilocybin access amid high demand and hopes for improved mental health care (apnews.com)
Oregon has taken an unprecedented step in offering psilocybin, also known as magic mushrooms, to the public....
DHS Continues To Violate Facebook Policies By Allowing CBP, ICE Officers To Create Fake Social Media Profiles (www.techdirt.com)
The US government may try to prosecute you for violating sites’ terms of service. But it won’t be handling its own actions the same way....
How Columbia Ignored Women, Undermined Prosecutors and Protected a Predator For More Than 20 Years (www.propublica.org)
For decades, patients warned Columbia about the behavior of obstetrician Robert Hadden. One even called 911 and had him arrested. Columbia let him keep working.
Miami city commissioner charged with bribery and money laundering (abcnews.go.com)
A city of Miami commissioner accused of bribery and money laundering was arrested Thursday on multiple corruption charges, officials said....
Republicans soften on federal marijuana reform in a shift that could make it a reality (www.nbcnews.com)
Cannabis reform is moving one step closer to reality at the federal level, with a committee hearing on a bipartisan bill to expand banking services for legal marijuana businesses expected to take place at the end of the month, according to multiple people directly involved in the process....
