Slovakia PM shooting live: Robert Fico in hospital after being shot - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)
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'We're Gonna Win': Alabama Mercedes Workers Begin UAW Vote (www.commondreams.org)
Harry and Meghan’s Charity Declared ‘Delinquent’ by California AG (www.thedailybeast.com)
Mercedes workers in Alabama face anti-union message ‘barrage’ before election (www.theguardian.com)
United Auto Workers union sees two of German-owned carmaker’s plants as key in effort to unionize industry in southern US...
Putin’s Surprise Attack Leaves Ukraine in ‘Incredibly Difficult’ Position (www.thedailybeast.com)
Russia attacked with airstrikes in Vilcha, Liptsy, Liman, Izbitskoye, Veseloye, Petrovka, Kazachya Lopan, Sinelnikovo, Volchansk in Kharkiv, according to an assessment from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Trump asks oil executives for a billion dollars, as they write environmental policy for him (www.salon.com)
With 2024 presidential contest looming, Georgia governor signs new election changes into law (apnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/georgia-kemp-voting-challenges-…
More than a trade war: Trump is targeting Mexico (www.salon.com)
Former U.S. soldier convicted in cold case murder of pregnant 19-year-old soldier on Army base in Germany (www.cbsnews.com)
Israeli airstrikes on Rafah begin despite mounting ceasefire pressure (www.theguardian.com)
Oil Companies Contaminated a Family Farm. The Courts and Regulators Let the Drillers Walk Away. (www.propublica.org)
Oil Companies Contaminated a Family Farm. The Courts and Regulators Let the Drillers Walk Away. (www.propublica.org)
The first sign of trouble bubbled up from gopher holes a stone’s throw from Stan Ledgerwood’s front door. The salt water left an oily sheen on the soil and a swath of dead grass in the yard....
SEC’s Gensler turns tide against crypto in courts (www.politico.com)
Israel Briefs US on Plan for 'Ethnic Cleansing' of Rafah | Common Dreams (www.commondreams.org)
Angry Vendors Say They Were Deceived By Ottawa Book Festival Featuring Far-Right Convoy Speakers (pressprogress.ca)
Melisa Ruscsak, an American book publisherwho drove eight hours from Ohio to attend what she thought was going to be the “second biggest book fair in the world,” said the whole thing was “just weird.”...
Hope Hicks, ex-Trump adviser, recounts political firestorm in 2016 over 'Access Hollywood' tape (apnews.com)
Hope Hicks, a former adviser to Donald Trump, took the stand Friday at the former president’s hush money trial and recounted how his 2016 campaign became embroiled in a political firestorm over a recording in which he boasted about grabbing women without their permission....
Poland’s Future F-35s Have Been Officially Named “Husarz” | The War Zone (www.twz.com)
FCC fines wireless carriers millions for sharing user locations without consent (www.cnn.com)
Jupiter may be the reason why Earth has a moon, new study hints | Live Science (www.livescience.com)
It would appear that the so-called “great instability” event that wreaked chaos among the planets, sending the gas giants careening through space until they settled into the orbits we know today, occurred between 60 and 100 million years after the birth of the solar system. This is the conclusion of some careful scientific...
Bird flu outbreak in Jharkhand; 2 doctors, 6 others quarantined in Ranchi | Ranchi News - Times of India (www.google.com)
NTSB to investigate freight train derailment on Arizona-New Mexico border [Filip Timotija | 04/27/24 | TheHill] (thehill.com)
The BNSF freight train was carrying gasoline and odorless propane when it derailed near Manuelito, New Mexico, according to the NTSB....
Paramedic Who Injected Elijah McClain With Ketamine Before His Death Avoids Prison (www.huffpost.com)
BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A former paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with a powerful sedative avoided prison and was sentenced to probation Friday after his homicide conviction in the Black man’s death, which helped fuel the 2020 racial injustice protests....
Columbia leadership rebuked by faculty panel for police crackdown on protesters (www.reuters.com)
Columbia University’s embattled president came under renewed pressure on Friday as a campus oversight panel sharply criticized her administration for clamping down on a pro-Palestinian protest at the Ivy League school....
The U.S. has more ‘million-dollar’ cities than ever, record 550 cities (www.thehill.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14660661...
Biden signs foreign aid bill providing crucial military assistance to Ukraine (www.cnn.com)
President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed into law an aid package providing crucial military assistance to Ukraine, capping months of negotiations and debate....
