Father sues Texas Hindu temple, alleging it branded 11-year-old with hot iron (www.nbcnews.com)
The father is asking for $1 million in damages due to what he says was permanent scarring from the branding ceremony....
College enrollment is up. The financial aid mess could bring it crashing down. (www.vox.com)
Az's pre-statehood laws banning abortion also made gay sex punishable by up to life in prison (www.tucsonsentinel.com)
US Consumer Sentiment Dips More Than Expected as Stubborn Inflation Takes a Toll (www.inc.com)
Google Delisted Thousands of ‘Music Piracy’ Domains in Response to UK Blocking Orders * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)
A near-total ban on abortion has supercharged the political dynamics of Arizona, a key swing state (apnews.com)
Arizona was already expected to be one of the most closely contested states in November’s U.S. presidential election. But a ruling this week instituting a near-total abortion ban supercharged the state’s role, transforming it into perhaps the nation’s most critical battleground....
Labor group demands California’s $20 minimum wage for fast food workers extend to all sectors (www.foxbusiness.com)
NLRB Head Says Corporate Legal Challenges Are Anti-Union Firms' Attempt to Distract Public (www.commondreams.org)
Chinese organized crime’s latest U.S. target: gift cards (www.propublica.org)
Chinese crime rings already dominate the illegal marijuana trade in the U.S. and launder cocaine and heroin profits. Now a federal task force is investigating their role in a burgeoning form of gift card fraud....
Arizona's top court revives 19th century abortion ban (www.reuters.com)
Arizona’s top court on Tuesday revived a ban on nearly all abortions under a law from 1864, a half century before statehood and women’s suffrage, further restricting reproductive rights in a state where terminating a pregnancy was already barred at 15 weeks of gestation....
Teen arrested day before he planned to attack churches in name of ISIS, feds say (www.washingtonpost.com)
EPA seeks to cut “Cancer Alley” pollutants (arstechnica.com)
Two [US] military members denied promotions for having HIV just won their lawsuit (www.advocate.com)
Norfolk Southern, victims reach $600M settlement for 2023 East Palestine train derailment (www.usatoday.com)
Chicago Officials Confirm Tuberculosis Cases At Migrant Shelters (borderlessmag.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/tuberculosis-chicago-migrants-s…
Eclipse 2024 pictures: An eerie darkness descends (www.bbc.com)
Thousands of people witnessed a celestial spectacle that plunged parts of North America into momentary darkness.
Millions of Americans live in the path of 2024’s solar eclipse. See where to watch (www.cnn.com)
One of the year’s most anticipated celestial events — a total solar eclipse — will put on a dramatic show April 8 as it crosses over Mexico, the United States and Canada....
Three Indigenous American tribes to get funding to manage ocean and coasts (www.theguardian.com)
Communities in Washington, California and Maine will receive $755,000 under the Infrastructure Act to build climate resilience...
In one of L.A.'s largest cash heists, burglars steal as much as $30 million. Mystery surrounds case (www.yahoo.com)
Lawsuits Accuse 2 Michigan Jails of Banning Family Visits to Increase Revenue (www.nytimes.com)
7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes on coast of Taiwan (www.nbcnews.com)
Hackers stole Russian prisoner database to avenge death of Navalny (www.cnn.com)
RNC plan for 2020 denialist to head ‘election integrity’ unit raises alarms (www.theguardian.com)
Christina Bobb, who was part of Trump-backed fake elector scheme, tapped to run unit by Republican National Committee...
Israeli troops pull out of Gaza hospital - witnesses - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Israeli troops have pulled out of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, according to witnesses who spoke to the BBC....
Baltimore bridge: Massive US crane to haul wreckage after deadly collapse (www.bbc.com)
The largest crane on the eastern US seaboard has arrived in Baltimore as part of a massive clean-up effort after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse....
