California jails are holding thousands fewer people, but far more are dying in them (calmatters.org)
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Georgia shields execution sights and sounds from public view when carrying out lethal injection (georgiarecorder.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/georgia-shields-execution-sight…
Written patient consent required for sensitive exams, HHS guidance says (www.cnn.com)
“The Department is aware of media reports as well as medical and scientific literature highlighting instances where, as part of medical students’ courses of study and training, patients have been subjected to sensitive and intimate examinations – including pelvic, breast, prostate, or rectal examinations – while under...
‘Outrageous Outcomes’: Plea Bargaining and the Justice System - The Crime Report (thecrimereport.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/13753145...
Bacteria that cause meningitis on the rise, CDC warns (www.theguardian.com)
An invasive meningococcal disease – which can be deadly to infected people – is on the rise, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned....
With energy demand surging, utilities fall back on their old standby: Fossil fuels (grist.org)
Federal incentives for clean energy are struggling to overcome old-school planning....
An Oklahoma council member with ties to white nationalists faces scrutiny, and a recall election (apnews.com)
The typical topics for discussion among city leaders in the northwest Oklahoma community of Enid are how to lure a new movie theater, the cost of operating a downtown arena and plans for a solar farm on the edge of town....
Mother says she wants justice after teen son is killed during police chase in Mississippi (apnews.com)
A mother says she wants justice for her 17-year-old son who died when a police SUV ran over him in the small Mississippi Delta town where he lived....
Bills targeting book bans raise concerns about the penalties libraries could face (www.nbcnews.com)
Democratic state lawmakers are introducing legislation to counter the rise in book bans around the country....
“Everyone Will Die in Prison”: How Louisiana’s Plan to Lock People Up Longer Imperils Its Sickest Inmates (www.propublica.org)
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A majority of Americans now oppose Israel's war on Gaza (www.newarab.com)
A Gallup poll released on Wednesday found that 55 percent of Americans now oppose the war, a ten percent increase since the last survey was conducted by the pollsters in November....
Why was 2023 such a deadly year in Los Angeles County jails? It depends on whom you ask (www.latimes.com)
Though the number of people in the county’s lockups is roughly a third less today than what it was a decade ago, the number of fatalities has risen so much that the annual death rate has more than doubled in that time frame. Suicides are slightly down after a sharp spike in 2021, but natural deaths are up, killings are up, and...
Baltimore bridge collapse: two bodies recovered from water, officials say (www.theguardian.com)
Authorities say bodies of Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes and Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera found by divers in pickup truck...
Doctors visiting a Gaza hospital are stunned by the war's toll on Palestinian children (apnews.com)
Monitoring closely: US reacts to India summoning its diplomat over criticism of Kejriwal's arrest. (i.imgur.com)
cross-posted from: lemy.lol/post/22372966
Parole board chair and board member resign amid controversy over release of man accused of killing boy, stabbing his mom (www.cbsnews.com)
Illinois Prisoner Review Board chair Donald Shelton and board member LeAnn Miller resigned on Monday after the board approved the parole of a man who is accused of stabbing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and killing her 11-year-old son a day after he was released from prison....
Clashing convictions mark protests as US supreme court weighs abortion pill (www.theguardian.com)
Hearing on mifepristone most consequential abortion-related case since overturning of Roe v Wade nearly two years ago...
Louisiana Legislature opened window for sex abuse survivors to sue, but state's high court shut it (apnews.com)
Advocates for adult victims of childhood sexual abuse say they will ask Louisiana’s Supreme Court to reconsider a ruling that wiped out 2021 legislation giving them a renewed opportunity to file civil damage lawsuits over their molestation....
India summons US diplomat over Kejriwal remarks (www.moneycontrol.com)
cross-posted from: lemy.lol/post/22317595
Kermit the Proto-Frog? Scientists name ancient amphibian ancestor after the iconic Muppet | Salon.com (www.salon.com)
Bird Flu Found in Dairy Cows in Texas, Kansas and New Mexico (www.medicinenet.com)
Millions of Americans caught up in Chinese hacking plot - US (www.bbc.com)
Millions of Americans’ online accounts have been caught up in a “sinister” Chinese hacking plot that targeted US officials, the justice department and FBI said on Monday....
Seeds of dissent: Agricultural manufacturers and farmers clash over “right to repair” equipment (www.salon.com)
Chinese students are now oppressed by totalitarian education
As a Chinese student, I have a good say. In China, junior high school students, high school students and graduate students are most oppressed. The purpose of students’ learning has changed from pursuing their dreams to pursuing fame and fortune. In my school, a student jumped off the building on Mondays last year, and the next...
Dental Care (lemmy.ca)
ProDentim comes in the form of a melting probiotic candy that targets the mouth flora or “the microbiome”. The microbiome is an ever growing trend when it comes to dental health and will soon become an obsession.
