Plans for Saudi Arabia’s linear city cut from 170km to 2.4km (www.newcivilengineer.com)
Saudi Arabia’s wildly ambitious plan to build 500m tall, mirrored, 170km long parallel skyscrapers, forming a 1.5M population desert city has been curtailed to 2.4km long....
Trump is booted off Bloomberg’s Billionaire list after Truth Social stock price dives (www.independent.co.uk)
Too pretty? Easter poster depicting a handsome, fresh-faced Jesus prompts criticism in Spain (apnews.com)
A poster in the southern Spanish city of Seville that depicts a young, handsome Jesus wearing only a loincloth has unleashed a storm on social media, with some calling it an affront to the figure of Christ and others posting lewd remarks and memes poking fun at the image....
Donald Trump may "turn off the internet" if elected, former staffer says (www.newsweek.com)
Imported US sweets with illegal ingredients seized (www.bbc.com)
Jolly Ranchers and Mountain Dew are advertised on TikTok and Instagram but contain products banned in the UK.
Column: Elon Musk is an antisemite. What can anyone do about it? (www.latimes.com)
Israel-Gaza live news: Firing outside Gaza hospitals, with patients and staff trapped inside - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has now weighed in on the hospital situation in northern Gaza....
Free vasectomy clinic fills up fast in Oklahoma City (kfor.com)
Planned Parenthood Great Plains is holding a free two-day vasectomy clinic next month, and all the spots filled up in less than 48 hours.
‘Unconscionable’: Baby boomers are becoming homeless at a rate ‘not seen since the Great Depression’ — here’s what’s driving this terrible trend (moneywise.com)
Sign for “whites-only” moms and tots group in Metro Vancouver sparks outrage (dailyhive.com)
A sign hung in Port Coquitlam advertising a “whites-only” moms and tots group is causing outrage online after photos of a poster were shared on social media.
Video shows officers dragged [NFL Star] Tyreek Hill out of his car after he put his window back up (apnews.com)
U.S. government report says fluoride at twice the recommended limit is linked to lower IQ in kids (apnews.com)
A U.S. government report expected to stir debate concluded that fluoride in drinking water at twice the recommended limit is linked with lower IQ in children....
Trump persists in questioning Harris’s race as his campaign flounders since shooting: ‘I think I was right’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Israeli soldiers who drove with wounded Palestinian tied to their vehicle 'violated orders', military says (www.abc.net.au)
Americans Continue to Name Inflation as Top Financial Problem (news.gallup.com)
Trump attacks judge on Truth Social moments after gag order hearing (www.independent.co.uk)
MacKenzie Scott donates $640M -- more than double her initial plan -- to nonprofits (abcnews.go.com)
Billionaire philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott announced Tuesday she is giving $640 million to 361 small nonprofits that responded to an open call for applications....
Over 7,000 students see their lunch debts wiped after $1 million donation (www.goodmorningamerica.com)
Over 7,000 students in Georgia with unpaid lunch balances are getting a helping hand following a $1 million initiative from the Arby’s Foundation, the nonprofit announced Thursday.
US verges on vaccination tipping point, faces thousands of needless deaths: FDA (arstechnica.com)
Alaska 737 cockpit voice recorder data erasure renews industry safety debate (gazette.com)
The cockpit voice recorder data on the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet which lost a panel mid-flight on Friday was overwritten, U.S. authorities said, renewing attention on an industry call for longer in-flight recordings....
The shoplifting scare might not have been real — but its effects are (www.vox.com)
It turns out shoplifting isn’t spiraling out of control, but lawmakers are pushing for tougher penalties for low-level and nonviolent crimes anyway....
Most school shootings aren’t mass killings, study finds, and they’re often driven by community violence (www.cnn.com)
Many Americans think of school shootings as mass casualty events involving an adolescent with an assault-style weapon. But a new study says that most recent school shootings orchestrated by teenagers do not fit that image — and they are often related to community violence....
Tall trucks, SUVs are 45% deadlier to US pedestrians, study shows (www.reuters.com)
House Republicans Introduce Bill to Expel Palestinians From the Country (newrepublic.com)
Republicans have a racist new idea amid the war on Gaza.