Why AI Search Blew Up in Google’s Face (nymag.com)
How calls for social media block are hitting celebrities (www.newsweek.com)
Montreal Jewish school targeted by gunfire, police say (www.cbc.ca)
Republican activist with ties to DeSantis and Rubio indicted over January 6 (www.theguardian.com)
S.F. removes controversial ‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag from Civic Center Plaza, saying it has been co-opted (www.sfchronicle.com)
Israel gave Biden his worst news yet: the war in Gaza could last past the election (news.yahoo.com)
As avian flu hops to cows and at least two humans, migrant farm workers are at risk (www.theguardian.com)
Officials are now incentivizing testing, but experts say workers need protective equipment and paid sick leave to prevent further spread...
Hawaii governor signs housing legislation aimed at helping local residents stay in islands (abcnews.go.com)
Lawyers To Plastic Makers: Prepare For 'Astronomical' PFAS Lawsuits (yro.slashdot.org)
Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed (www.theguardian.com)
When the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court (ICC) announced he was seeking arrest warrants against Israeli and Hamas leaders, he issued a cryptic warning: “I insist that all attempts to impede, intimidate or improperly influence the officials of this court must cease immediately.”...
Israeli tanks hit evacuation zone west of Rafah (www.reuters.com)
Israel’s military denied striking a tent camp west of the city of Rafah on Tuesday after Gaza health authorities said Israeli tank shelling had killed at least 21 people there, in what Israel has designated a civilian evacuation zone....
Wisconsin judge to hear union lawsuit against collective bargaining restrictions (apnews.com)
A law that drew massive protests and made Wisconsin the center of a national fight over union rights is back in court on Tuesday, facing a new challenge from teachers and public workers brought after the state’s Supreme Court flipped to liberal control....
Library board members sue to stop far-right group banning LGBTQ+ books (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Idaho drag performer awarded $1.1 million in defamation case against far-right blogger (apnews.com)
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — A jury has awarded more than $1.1 million to an Idaho drag performer who accused a far-right blogger of defaming him when she falsely claimed that he exposed himself to a crowd, including children, during a Pride event in June 2022....
A Chinese mogul with deep MAGA ties is going on trial for massive fraud (www.motherjones.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/miles-guo-wengui-trial-bannon-t…
Spanish police recover stolen Francis Bacon painting – DW (www.dw.com)
Damning report details ‘utter chaos’ at Maine mass shooting (www.independent.co.uk)
The Low-Paid Humans Behind AI’s Smarts Ask Biden to Free Them From ‘Modern Day Slavery’ (www.wired.com)
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe (www.propublica.org)
Several of 3M’s most successful products contained man-made compounds called fluorochemicals. In a spray called Scotchgard, fluorochemicals protected leather and fabric from stains. In a coating known as Scotchban, they prevented food packaging from getting soggy. In a soapy foam used by firefighters, they helped extinguish...
Secure cages and Swat teams: Arizona county’s drastic steps to protect the vote (www.theguardian.com)
Extraordinary measures turn Maricopa county elections office into fortress ahead of 2024 vote to protect staff and ballots...
These Child Sex Abuse Victims Had an Opportunity to Get Justice. The Louisiana Supreme Court Took It Away. (www.motherjones.com)
Feds say MAGA-aligned mogul had “opportunity and motive to start” apartment fire. (www.motherjones.com)
Arrested. Injured. Suspended. These Six NYC university students say they'll keep protesting. (www.npr.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/pro-palestinian-protests-studen…
In Chicago's Immigration Court, One of the Largest in the US, Only One in Four Have an Attorney (www.injusticewatch.org)
Only one out of four immigrants had a lawyer among the 211,096 persons whose cases were backlogged in Chicago as of December 2023, according to TRAC....
Man who sought revenge for a stolen phone pleads guilty to fire that killed a Senegalese family of 5 (www.nbcnews.com)
Kevin Bui wrongly believed people who had recently robbed him lived in the home after using an app to track his stolen iPhone to the general area, according to prior testimony in the case....
