Netflix: Profits soar after password sharing crackdown (www.bbc.com)
Netflix says its profits have soared in the first three months of this year, partly thanks to a crackdown on password sharing....
California won't prosecute LAPD officer who shot teenage girl in store's dressing room (calmatters.org)
The California Justice Department announced today that it has found no cause to file chargesagainst a Los Angeles police officer who, while aiming at a suspect, shot and killed a 14-year-old girl hiding in a department store fitting room....
Trump spirals as bond deadline in fraud case nears (thehill.com)
Russia and China vote against ceasefire in Gaza in latest UN Security Council resolution (www.abc.net.au)
Black student at Hawaii Mormon school says he’s fighting order to cut hair (www.theguardian.com)
Kanaan VyShonne Barton says he’s following all other school rules but shouldn’t have to cut his hair: ‘My locs represent strength’...
Utah House committee approves Ten Commandments bill despite constitutional concerns (www.ksl.com)
A Utah lawmaker is no longer pushing for public schools to display a copy of the Ten Commandments but wants to add other biblical precepts and the Magna Carta to the curriculum.
After searing inflation, "American workers are getting ahead," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says (www.cbsnews.com)
As of the end of 2023, the typical U.S. worker could afford the same goods and services as in 2019, prior to the pandemic, and had an additional $1,400 to spend or save per year, according to a January analysis by Treasury officials....
Alabama readies never-before-used execution method that some veterinarians won't even use for pets (www.cbsnews.com)
If Kenneth Eugene Smith is brought to the Alabama death chamber to face execution next week for his role in the 1988 murder-for-hire of a pastor’s wife, the state plans to use an untested and untried method to end his life, suffocating him with a stream of nitrogen gas to be delivered through a face mask....
Washington state sues to block proposed merger of Kroger and Albertsons grocery chains (apnews.com)
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Monday sued to block the proposed merger of Kroger and Albertsons, two of the nation’s largest grocery chains....
The secret life of gift cards: Here's what happens to the billions that go unspent each year (apnews.com)
Gift cards make great stocking stuffers — just as long as you don’t stuff them in a drawer and forget about them after the holidays....
Dead Alabama prisoner’s body returned without a heart, family says (www.al.com)
Elon Musk says he’ll restore the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones after poll (www.cnn.com)
Earth on verge of five catastrophic climate tipping points, scientists warn | Humanity faces ‘devastating domino effects’ including mass displacement and financial ruin as planet warms (www.theguardian.com)
Chinese crackdown on fentanyl could lead to worse drugs filling the vaccum (www.vice.com)
President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed that China would crack down on the production and exporting of fentanyl and the precursor chemicals used to make it, according to media reports....
Mike Lindell's $500 Wi-Fi monitoring devices are BANNED from polling stations in Kentucky after My Pillow CEO and election conspiracy theorist claimed signals were tampering with votes (www.dailymail.co.uk)
The MyPillow CEO created the devices to be able to detect and identify Wi-Fi networks at polling stations...
It’s not just Paris. There’s a "global resurgence" of bedbugs. (www.vox.com)
It’s a bedbug’s world now. We’re just sleeping in it.
House Democrat steps down from leadership role over party's support of Biden's reelection (www.cnn.com)
FBI arrests Proud Boys member who disappeared days before sentencing over role in Jan. 6 (abcnews.go.com)
Contradicting federal health officials, Florida Gov. DeSantis recommends against new COVID booster (apnews.com)
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state’s top health department official are directly contradicting federal health recommendations and warning residents against getting a new COVID-19 booster, saying there’s not enough evidence it provides benefits that outweigh risks....
DeSantis' redistricting map in Florida is unconstitutional and must be redrawn, judge says (apnews.com)
A judge says that a Florida redistricting plan pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis violates the state constitution.
Drinking water of millions of Americans contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’ (www.theguardian.com)
Trump ‘Fine’ After Being Shot at Pennsylvania Campaign Rally (nymag.com)
Vermont Republican secretly poured water into colleague’s bag over months (www.theguardian.com)
A Vermont lawmaker was compelled to apologize publicly after being caught on video pouring water into her colleague’s work bag multiple times across several months....
White Dad Apologized to the Black Superintendent He Pushed On Stage, But It Didn't Go As He Expected (www.theroot.com)
“The outreach was really to indicate that he, Matthew, understands his mishap in terms of what he did, what he’s caused. He’s remorseful,” Briggs continued. “I took that as some form of apology, but that’s not something I think at this time amounts to a solid apology, from my perspective....
'Cyber terrorist' who reported fake 911 calls across US and Canada sentenced to prison (komonews.com)
