The Ugly Truth About the Wild Animals of Instagram (www.rollingstone.com)
Senate passes bill renewing key FISA surveillance power moments after it expires (www.nbcnews.com)
“The House of Representatives had just passed Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. This legislation would permit the agency, without a warrant, to collect from Google and other US Big Tech companies the communications of Americans talking, e-mailing, or texting with non-Americans outside the country—in...
US migrant crisis shifts from Texas to California border (www.bbc.com)
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EPA moves to make US polluters pay for cleanup of two forever chemicals (www.theguardian.com)
Superfund law requires industries responsible for PFOA and PFOS contamination in water or soil to pay for cleanup...
Soldiers Charged With Violent Crimes Will Now Face More Scrutiny Before They Can Simply Leave the Army (www.propublica.org)
‘Wake-up call’: pipeline leak exposes carbon capture safety gaps, advocates say (www.theguardian.com)
Estimated 2,548 barrels of carbon dioxide leaked from Exxon pipeline in Louisiana on 3 April, triggering alarm among residents...
Iranian officials report no damage around targeted Isfahan, lift flight restrictions. (apnews.com)
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Reuters photographer Mohammed Salem wins 2024 World Press Photo of the Year award (www.reuters.com)
Reuters photographer Mohammed Salem won the prestigious 2024 World Press Photo of the Year award on Thursday for his image of a Palestinian woman cradling the body of her five-year-old niece in the Gaza Strip....
Columbine school shooters glorified by young followers: Inside the scary online obsession (www.usatoday.com)
An Atlanta Movie Exec Praised for His Diversity Efforts Sent Racist, Antisemitic Texts (www.propublica.org)
Incarcerated people died 3.5 times more frequently at Covid peak than those outside – report (www.theguardian.com)
Study from University of California, Irvine and Brigham and Women’s Hospital shows prison mortality rate spiked at least 50%...
A new federal rule aims to protect miners from black lung disease (grist.org)
Attorney general won't file criminal case against LA officer in 2021 shooting that killed teen (abcnews.go.com)
Nine Google employees arrested after eight-hour sit-in protest (www.theverge.com)
'Psychic' conman jailed for swindling 1.3m Americans (www.bbc.com)
The Attacks on HBCUs Extend Beyond Tennessee (www.themarysue.com)
We know Republicans hate diversity. We see attacks on everything from voting rights to DEI initiatives to teaching accurate American history in schools. Education is, of course, a favorite target for the GOP. In the state of Tennessee, Governor Bill Lee just dissolved the board at the state’s only HBCU, Tennessee State...
Progressive candidates are increasingly sharing their own abortion stories after Roe’s demise (www.chicagotribune.com)
For decades, only three people knew Gloria Johnson had had an abortion....
Maine lawmakers face down death threats & advance bill protecting gender-affirming care (www.lgbtqnation.com)
The Chief Prosecutor in Elkhart, Indiana, Is Accused of Misconduct for Making Contradictory Allegations (www.propublica.org)
A new motion has accused the elected prosecutor in Elkhart, Indiana, of misconduct, alleging she presented contradictory versions of the truth against two men in connection with a shooting that occurred more than 20 years ago....
Two former execs of the company behind the Truth Social merger are caught up in a messy hacking lawsuit (www.theverge.com)
OJ Simpson, fallen football hero acquitted of murder in ‘trial of the century,’ dies at 76 (www.13abc.com)
LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil trial, has died. He was 76....
A crucial report Wednesday is expected to show little progress against inflation (www.cnbc.com)
Landmark ruling: Switzerland’s climate policy violates human rights (www.swissinfo.ch)
In a much-anticipated ruling, the European Court of Human Rights has decided that Swiss authorities are responsible for not implementing efficient climate change policies[…]...
Arrests Expose Rift Between N.Y.P.D. and ‘Violence Interrupters’ (www.nytimes.com)
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Broken record: March is 10th straight month to be hottest on record, scientists say (apnews.com)
For the 10th consecutive month, Earth in March set a new monthly record for global heat — with both air temperatures and the world’s oceans hitting an all-time high for the month, the European Union climate agency Copernicus said....
