Chinese organized crime’s latest U.S. target: gift cards (www.propublica.org)
Chinese crime rings already dominate the illegal marijuana trade in the U.S. and launder cocaine and heroin profits. Now a federal task force is investigating their role in a burgeoning form of gift card fraud....
Arizona's top court revives 19th century abortion ban (www.reuters.com)
Arizona’s top court on Tuesday revived a ban on nearly all abortions under a law from 1864, a half century before statehood and women’s suffrage, further restricting reproductive rights in a state where terminating a pregnancy was already barred at 15 weeks of gestation....
Teen arrested day before he planned to attack churches in name of ISIS, feds say (www.washingtonpost.com)
EPA seeks to cut “Cancer Alley” pollutants (arstechnica.com)
Two [US] military members denied promotions for having HIV just won their lawsuit (www.advocate.com)
Norfolk Southern, victims reach $600M settlement for 2023 East Palestine train derailment (www.usatoday.com)
Chicago Officials Confirm Tuberculosis Cases At Migrant Shelters (borderlessmag.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/tuberculosis-chicago-migrants-s…
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Eclipse 2024 pictures: An eerie darkness descends (www.bbc.com)
Thousands of people witnessed a celestial spectacle that plunged parts of North America into momentary darkness.
Millions of Americans live in the path of 2024’s solar eclipse. See where to watch (www.cnn.com)
One of the year’s most anticipated celestial events — a total solar eclipse — will put on a dramatic show April 8 as it crosses over Mexico, the United States and Canada....
Three Indigenous American tribes to get funding to manage ocean and coasts (www.theguardian.com)
Communities in Washington, California and Maine will receive $755,000 under the Infrastructure Act to build climate resilience...
Worker dead, 3 injured after part of crane falls on Fort Lauderdale bridge (www.cbsnews.com)
A worker fell to his death and three others were injured Thursday afternoon after part of a crane fell on a Fort Lauderdale bridge....
In one of L.A.'s largest cash heists, burglars steal as much as $30 million. Mystery surrounds case (www.yahoo.com)
Lawsuits Accuse 2 Michigan Jails of Banning Family Visits to Increase Revenue (www.nytimes.com)
7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes on coast of Taiwan (www.nbcnews.com)
Hackers stole Russian prisoner database to avenge death of Navalny (www.cnn.com)
RNC plan for 2020 denialist to head ‘election integrity’ unit raises alarms (www.theguardian.com)
Christina Bobb, who was part of Trump-backed fake elector scheme, tapped to run unit by Republican National Committee...
Israeli troops pull out of Gaza hospital - witnesses - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Israeli troops have pulled out of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, according to witnesses who spoke to the BBC....
Baltimore bridge: Massive US crane to haul wreckage after deadly collapse (www.bbc.com)
The largest crane on the eastern US seaboard has arrived in Baltimore as part of a massive clean-up effort after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse....
Success or failure? Canada's drug decriminalisation test faces scrutiny (www.bbc.com)
Trigger warning for the picture: needle
The Last Coal-Fired Power Plants in New England Are to Close (www.nytimes.com)
The company that owns the Merrimack and Schiller stations in New Hampshire plans to turn them into solar farms and battery storage for offshore wind....
Federal lawsuit: North Carolina State Parole Commission mistreated applicants sentenced to life as juveniles (ncnewsline.com)
In 2019, Joy Smith, a part-time case analyst with the North Carolina Parole Commission, passed along allegations to her colleagues that Brett Abrams had locked his brother in a camper and set it on fire in 1982, killing the young boy....
Exclusive: China's WuXi AppTec shared US client's data with Beijing, US intelligence officials told senators (www.reuters.com)
U.S. intelligence officials in late February told senators working on a biotech security bill that Chinese pharmaceutical firm WuXi AppTec had transferred U.S. intellectual property to Beijing without consent, according to two sources....