Viral kids creator Ms. Rachel says she experienced bullying after fundraising for children in Gaza (www.nbcnews.com)
Target Pride merchandise only available at select stores after rightwing backlash (www.theguardian.com)
Company, which operates roughly 2,000 stores, declined to disclose number of stores where merchandise will not be available...
Court rules North Carolina Catholic school could fire gay teacher who announced his wedding online (apnews.com)
A Catholic school in North Carolina had the right to fire a gay teacher who announced his marriage on social media a decade ago, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, reversing a judge’s earlier decision....
The cultured wars: Why lab-grown meat is inspiring bipartisan hate (www.salon.com)
Police officer fired gun while clearing protesters from Columbia building, prosecutors say (apnews.com)
A police officer who was involved in clearing protesters from a Columbia University administration building earlier this week fired his gun inside the hall, a spokesperson for District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office confirmed Thursday....
Rudy Guliani Blows Past the $43,000 Budget He Committed to in Bankruptcy Proceedings (www.nytimes.com)
That amount would cover, among other expenses, $5,000 in alimony payments to his ex-wife Judith Giuliani, $1,050 for food and housekeeping supplies and $425 for “personal care products and services.” He was also obliged to cover $13,500 in monthly nursing-home expenses for his former mother-in-law; she died in March....
From Sin City to the City of Angels, building starts on high-speed rail line (apnews.com)
Work is set to begin Monday on a $12 billion high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area, with officials projecting millions of ticket-buyers will be boarding trains by 2028....
Trump rebuked as hush-money trial judge warns against juror intimidation (www.theguardian.com)
Juan Merchan admonishes ex-president for ‘gesturing and speaking in the direction of the juror’ as jury selection continues...
Biden may miss window to appear on Alabama’s presidential ballot, secretary of state says (www.cnn.com)
Ohio to purchase mobile homes to train public school staff in firearms (www.theguardian.com)
In a first, the state has purchased shoot houses designed for indoor gun training to help school staff ‘respond to active shooter’...
Israel moves to shut down Al Jazeera after new law allows for ‘security threat’ bans on international media | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to shut down news network Al Jazeera following the passage Monday of a sweeping law allowing the government to ban foreign networks perceived as posing a threat to national security....
After a county restricted transgender women in sports, a roller derby league said, 'No way' (apnews.com)
They zip around the rink, armed with helmets, pads and mouthguards. They push, bump and occasionally crash out as they jostle for position on the hardwood floor....
How MAGA broke the media (www.vox.com)
Trump's Truth Social Is Worth $10 Billion. Here's Why (www.forbes.com)
Also another take....
Boeing whistleblower John Barnett was spied on, harassed by managers, lawsuit claims (www.foxbusiness.com)
cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/news/t/910625...
The Sunshine State is #1 in fatal crashes at intersections, with more than three times as many deadly intersections (257) as the next highest state, Arizona (82) (stacker.com)
6 Massachusetts teens charged in racial bullying incident with mock slave auction on Snapchat (www.nbcnews.com)
The chat was allegedly created by a group of 8th-grade students and involved some of the juveniles expressing “hateful and racist comments" and a mock slave auction....
Ghislaine Maxwell seeks to overturn sex trafficking conviction (www.reuters.com)
In her appeal, Maxwell’s lawyers said prosecutors scapegoated her because Epstein was dead and “public outrage” demanded that prosecutors pin blame somewhere....
SpaceX allegedly fostered serial sexual abuse, according to this lawsuit (www.theverge.com)
A SpaceX employee says that she spent seven years working at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California enduring sexual abuse, unequal pay, discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation, in a new lawsuit against the company. But her story paints a much graver picture than those individual words can convey,...
More than a billion people worldwide are obese, research finds (www.theguardian.com)
Over past three decades. obesity rates increased fourfold among children and doubled among adults...
Appellate judge refuses to halt Trump's $454 million fraud penalty while he appeals (apnews.com)
A New York appellate judge on Wednesday refused to halt collection of Donald Trump’s $454 million civil fraud penalty while he appeals, rejecting the former president’s request that he be allowed to post a bond covering just a fraction of what he owes....
Idaho set to execute Thomas Eugene Creech, one of the longest-serving death row inmates in the US (apnews.com)
The hour of Thomas Eugene Creech’s death has been set, and it is rapidly approaching....
Oklahoma students walk out after trans student’s death to protest bullying policies (www.nbcnews.com)
Putin says Russia is close to having cancer vaccines in latest bizarre TV appearance (www.independent.co.uk)
Donald Trump spent over $52 million in PAC donor money on legal fees last year. Here's where it all went. (www.businessinsider.com)
Donald Trump spent $52,431,858 on legal fees in 2023 using PAC funds, a Business Insider analysis found....
