‘Archaic’: the Tennessee town that made homosexuality illegal (www.theguardian.com)
Republican lawmakers in the US are leaning into outdated definitions of obscenity to outlaw drag and ban books too...
Woman punches Husband to death for not taking her to Dubai on Birthday (www.ndtv.com)
Utah sues TikTok, alleging it lures children into addictive and destructive social media habits (apnews.com)
Utah became the latest state Tuesday to file a lawsuit against TikTok, alleging the company is “baiting” children into addictive and unhealthy social media habits....
US sues Amazon.com for breaking antitrust law and harming consumers (www.reuters.com)
WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com (AMZN.O) on Tuesday, charging the online retailer with harming consumers through higher prices in the latest U.S. government legal action aimed at breaking Big Tech’s dominance of the internet....
Actor Paul Reubens, of PeeWee Herman fame, dead at 70 (www.nbcnews.com)
Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma dies at 89 (apnews.com)
Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe, a conservative firebrand known for his strong support of defense spending and his denial that human activity is responsible for the bulk of climate change, has died. He was 89....
EV sales slowdown is mostly a Tesla problem, according to sales data (arstechnica.com)
Workers at TJ Maxx and Marshalls are wearing police-like body cameras. Here’s how it’s going (www.cnn.com)
Retail chains like TJX, the parent company of TJ Maxx and Marshalls, are equipping some store employees with body cameras to deter shoplifting and improve safety. This is part of a growing trend in the retail industry, as stores respond to an increase in organized retail theft and violence against workers. However, some...
Dog attack: 6-week-old Ezra Mansoor dies after Husky attacks sleeping newborn (abc7.com)
While Ezra was taking a nap in his crib, the family’s Husky that they owned for eight years attacked out of nowhere....
57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016 (ground.news)
Only 57 fossil fuels and cement producers have been responsible for most of the world’s CO2 emissions since 2016, according to the Carbon Majors report by InfluenceMap...
Donald Trump Should Probably File for Bankruptcy, but Likely Won’t Because He’s Worried It Would Make Him Look Like a Loser: Report (www.vanityfair.com)
U.S. Is Said to Open Criminal Inquiry Into Boeing (www.nytimes.com)
The investigation is tied to an incident on an Alaska Airlines flight in early January. Boeing also told a Senate panel that it cannot find a record of the work done on the Alaska plane.
Alabama IVF ruling divides devout Christians: 'Fewer children will be born' (www.bbc.com)
When Alabama’s Supreme Court defined frozen embryos as children, the shock and confusion was immediate. Major hospitals pulled fertility services and would-be parents scrambled for clarity on what would happen next....
Live audio of the US Supreme Court: oral arguments to decide if Trump is eligible to run for president (www.supremecourt.gov)
North Carolina mother sues school district for kicking her homeless kids out of class (thehill.com)
A woman in North Carolina is suing a school district, alleging officials forced her children to switch schools while they experienced homelessness....
Far-Right Extremists Are Organizing an Armed Convoy to the Texas Border (www.wired.com)
Another trans candidate in Ohio faces disqualification vote for omitting deadname (apnews.com)
A second transgender candidate running for a seat in the Republican-majority Ohio House is at risk of being disqualified from the ballot after omitting her former name on circulating petitions....
Tesla removes Disney+ from vehicles amid Elon Musk's Twitter beef with Bob Iger (electrek.co)
Tesla has removed Disney+ from some of its vehicles amid Elon Musk having an online fight with Disney CEO Bob Iger. The fight started when Disney halted its advertising on X after Musk agreed with and amplified antisemitic content, for which he eventually apologized....
IDF conducts operation in Hamas-controlled hospital, apprehends 90 terrorists (www.i24news.tv)
Hospital workers confessed to concealing weapons in incubators in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), a space intended for treating premature babies....
Texas high school sends Black student back to in-school suspension over his locs hairstyle (apnews.com)
The student, Darryl George, was suspended for 13 days because his hair is out of compliance when let down, according to a disciplinary notice issued by Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas. It was his first day back at the school after spending a month at an off-site disciplinary program....
Ex-employee sues LA Taco Bell after reporting group sex act at holiday party (www.theguardian.com)
Millions of dollars of psychedelic mushrooms seized in a Connecticut bust (apnews.com)
Law enforcement officials came across a staggering find after being tipped off about possible drug-dealing: dozens of dog-food-size bags of psychedelic mushrooms worth an estimated $8.5 million at a home in rural Connecticut.
Newly released video shows moments before a recently exonerated man was fatally shot by a deputy during a traffic stop | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
“He and his family deserved better,” the Innocence Project of Florida said in a statement. “Lenny’s life mattered.”...
Netflix is planning to raise prices... again (www.theverge.com)
California workers who cut countertops are dying of an incurable disease (www.latimes.com)
“Nobody uses water,” one man in a Dodgers cap said in Spanish when Maria Cabrera approached, holding flyers about silicosis, an incurable and suffocating disease that has devastated dozens of workers across the state and killed men who have barely reached middle age....
