Judge admonishes defense witness for his behavior after prosecution rests in Trump hush money trial (apnews.com)
Supreme Court won't hear Maryland school district gender identity case (www.nbcnews.com)
NBC News: After X post about Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, Missouri AG demands documents from Kansas City mayor (www.nbcnews.com)
The attorney general of Missouri is demanding information about the circumstances of a post shared on the X social media platform by the official city of Kansas City account that stated Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker’s city of residence....
The unionization fight is coming to the South (www.vox.com)
The article hasn’t been updated with the Mercedes Benz loss but one loss is not a complete defeat
New York City said 'no injuries' at Columbia arrests; students' medical records say otherwise (www.reuters.com)
After the arrests of pro-Palestine student protesters occupying a Columbia University building last month, New York Mayor Eric Adams and senior police officials repeatedly said there were "no injuries," no "violent clashes" and minimal force used....
‘I’m the new Oppenheimer!’: my soul-destroying day at Palantir’s first-ever AI warfare conference (www.theguardian.com)
“The peace activists are war activists,” co-founder and CEO of Palantir, Alex Karp insisted. “We are the peace activists.”...
23-year-old woman killed by rock thrown at her car; no arrests made (abcnews.go.com)
Manchin, GOP senators move to overturn retirement investment planning rule (thehill.com)
She Campaigned for a Texas School Board Seat as a GOP Hard-Liner. Now She’s Rejecting Her Party’s Extremism. (www.propublica.org)
Is your bank funding climate change? - Which? News (www.which.co.uk)
JPMorgan Chase was named the biggest fossil fuel financier in the world, having increased its financing from $38.9bn in 2022 to $40.8bn in 2023....
As Insurers Around the U.S. Bleed Cash From Climate Shocks, Homeowners Lose (www.nytimes.com)
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Biden bans China crypto-miner from land near nuclear missile base (www.bbc.com)
US President Joe Biden has ordered a Chinese-owned cryptocurrency miner and its partners to sell land they own near a US nuclear missile base, citing spying concerns....
Israeli whistleblowers detail horror of shadowy detention facility for Palestinians (www.cnn.com)
‘It wasn’t a big deal’: secret deposition reveals how a child molester priest was shielded by his church (www.theguardian.com)
Abortion restrictions increase risk of intimate partner homicide, study finds (www.salon.com)
YouTube accused of censoring Macklemore's "Hind's Hall" (www.newsweek.com)
DEA leader Anne Milgram dodges questions on Biden plan to deschedule marijuana [Anna Giaritelli | May 7, 2024 | Washington Examiner] (www.washingtonexaminer.com)
Marijuana would not be decriminalized or legalized, but such a move would be a grand step forward after decades of the federal government’s war on drugs and ease legal business surrounding the drug.
Florida ex-cop with ‘patterns of abuse and bias’ joins DeSantis’s state guard (www.theguardian.com)
A former Florida police captain with a long history of civilian complaints, including false arrests and harassment, has joined the state’s state guard under governor Ron DeSantis....
New York is suing crisis pregnancy centers for hawking "abortion reversal" (www.motherjones.com)
Facing Unchecked Syphilis Outbreak, Great Plains Tribes Sought Federal Help. Months Later, No One Has Responded. (www.propublica.org)
LA police clear pro-Palestinian camp at USC (www.bbc.com)
Police in Los Angeles have cleared out a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Southern California (USC)....
Ruby Bridges blasts book bans as “ridiculous” attempts to “cover up history” (www.lgbtqnation.com)
How Counterprotesters at U.C.L.A. Provoked Violence, Unchecked for Hours - (NYT Gift Link) (www.nytimes.com)
A New York Times examination of more than 100 videos from clashes at the University of California, Los Angeles, found that violence ebbed and flowed for nearly five hours, mostly with little or no police intervention. The violence had been instigated by dozens of people who are seen in videos counterprotesting the encampment....
Employer of visiting nurse who was killed didn't protect her and should be fined, safety agency says (apnews.com)
A home health care company failed to protect a visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist at a Connecticut halfway house and should be fined about $161,000, federal workplace safety officials said Wednesday....
Houthis offer education to students suspended in US protest crackdown (www.reuters.com)
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi militia, which has disrupted global shipping to display its support for Palestinians in the Gaza conflict, is now offering a place for students suspended from U.S. universities after staging anti-Israeli protests....
