A small city in Oklahoma elected a white nationalist. Will it be able to vote him out? (www.nbcnews.com)
Judd Blevins, a city commissioner in Enid, Oklahoma, marched in the 2017 white nationalist Unite the Right rally. Now he faces a recall vote....
Highly contagious Norwalk gastrointestinal virus on the rise in the US. (www.sacbee.com)
Wash your hands! This is an awful thing to contract.
RTO doesn’t improve company value, but does make employees miserable: Study (arstechnica.com)
Overall, the analysis, released as a pre-print, found that RTO mandates did not improve a firm’s financial metrics, but they did decrease employee satisfaction....
House Republicans impeach Mayorkas by a single vote (www.washingtonpost.com)
House Republicans moved in historic fashion and impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas by a single vote on Tuesday night, succeeding on their second try in punishing the steward of President Biden’s immigration policy....
US won’t punish Israel for Rafah op that doesn’t protect civilians (www.politico.com)
Trump Denied Immunity in DC Election Case by Appeals Court (www.bloomberg.com)
US and UK hit 30 Houthi targets in Yemen in second set of strikes in region (www.theguardian.com)
The United States and Britain struck at least 30 Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday in a second wave of assaults meant to further disable Iran-backed groups that have relentlessly attacked US and international interests in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war, American officials told the Associated Press....
Paypal billionaire Peter Thiel invests in controversial doped Olympics (www.independent.co.uk)
Peter Thiel, the billionaire co-founder of PayPal, has joined a multi-million dollar investment in the controversial Enhanced Games, a proposed Olympics-style mega-event without drug testing....
Israel’s campaign in Gaza ‘plausibly’ amounts to genocide, US court finds (www.theguardian.com)
A federal court in California has ruled that Israel’s military campaign in Gaza “plausibly” amounts to genocide, but dismissed a case aimed at stopping US military support for Israel as being outside the court’s jurisdiction....
Man arrested after video post showed severed head of his father, police say, amid political rant that stayed online for hours | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Record number of Americans are homeless amid nationwide surge in rent, report finds (www.cbsnews.com)
After Alabama pioneers nitrogen gas execution, Ohio may be poised to follow (apnews.com)
Ohio politicians may be poised to consider whether the state might break its unofficial moratorium on the death penalty by following Alabama in using nitrogen gas to execute inmates....
Elon Musk’s X to hire 100 content moderators in wake of Taylor Swift, AI fiasco (nypost.com)
The San Francisco-based company formerly known as Twitter announced on Friday that it will build a “trust and safety center” in Austin, Texas.
Trump’s Cash Stockpile at Risk From $450 Million Dual Verdicts (www.bloomberg.com)
Donald Trump is facing a pair of major legal verdicts in New York that risk wiping out most — if not all — of the cash the billionaire says he has on hand, a potential blow to the presidential candidate whose persona is tied up with financial success and wealth....
Texas Lt. Governor Responds to Question About Possible 'Civil War' (www.newsweek.com)
The title should read, Texas Lt. Governor does everything possible to foment civil war in a horrible situation of their own making
California man Marcus Eriz found guilty of killing 6-year-old boy Aiden Leos in road rage incident (abcnews.go.com)
Marcus Eriz has been found guilty of murder in the Orange County, California, road rage incident that killed 6-year-old Aiden Leos in 2021....
United Auto Workers union endorses Joe Biden for president (www.theguardian.com)
The powerful United Auto Workers (UAW) formally endorsed Joe Biden’s re-election campaign on Wednesday at the union’s national community action program conference in Washington DC....
Ohio bans gender-affirming care and restricts transgender athletes despite GOP governor's veto (apnews.com)
Ohio has banned gender-affirming care for minors and restricted transgender women’s and girls’ participation on sports teams, a move that has families of transgender children scrambling over how best to care for them....
Woman who fatally stabbed man 108 times gets probation, no prison time (ktla.com)
During that psychotic break, she stabbed O’Melia multiple times, eventually killing him. She also stabbed herself repeatedly, officials said....
The U.S. just expanded its territory by a million square kilometers (www.earth.com)
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South Africa has made its genocide case against Israel in court. Here’s what both sides said and what happens next. (theconversation.com)
Ai generated TLDR:...
Fox News stops running MyPillow commercials in a payment dispute with election denier Mike Lindell (apnews.com)
Lindell went public by tweeting that that Fox, which had been one of MyPillow’s biggest advertising outlets, had canceled him. He said in his tweet that he didn’t know why but that he suspected that the network was trying to silence him. Fox denied that....
A top U.N. court opens hearings on genocide charges against Israel (www.npr.org)
The United Nations' top court opens hearings Thursday into South Africa's allegation that Israel's war with Hamas amounts to genocide against Palestinians, a claim that Israel strongly denies.
Welp, here it is: Newly released Epstein Documents Directly Implicate Donald Trump Sexually Assaulting Sex Trafficking Victim (www.youtube.com)
Apologies for the Clickbaity thumbnail, but this is the first I have heard of this.
United finds loose bolts on plug doors during 737 Max 9 inspections (theaircurrent.com)
United Airlines has found loose bolts and other parts on 737 Max 9 plug doors as it inspects its fleet of Boeing jets following the Friday rapid depressurization aboard an Alaska Airlines jet of the same make, according to three people familiar with the findings....
