Trump trial fans show up for 'spectacle' and 'to witness history' (www.bbc.com)
A Scottish woman on vacation. A retiree carrying a Trump puppet. A 22-year-old film producer. A former criminal defence attorney....
Ferocious solar storm could give US rare view of northern lights (www.theguardian.com)
Why far-right groups are disrupting US campus protests: ‘When there’s so much attention, they show up’ (www.theguardian.com)
Cruise ship docks at New York City port with 44-foot dead endangered whale caught on its bow (www.yahoo.com)
After years of scandal, Boy Scouts of America changes its name to Scouting America (www.npr.org)
TikTok sues US to block potential ban (www.voanews.com)
Census Bureau will start testing new LGBTQ+ questions on its yearly survey (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Media coverage of campus protests tends to focus on the spectacle, rather than the substance (theconversation.com)
‘Seize all cannabis’: Inside the surprising federal crackdown on New Mexico weed farmers (www.politico.com)
… U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers have seized more than $300,000 of state-licensed cannabis in New Mexico in the last two months. These seizures occurred at border patrol checkpoints, some of which lie as far as 80 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border....
Boeing’s deliberately defective fleet of flying sky-wreckage (pluralistic.net)
Harvey Weinstein faces New York retrial after 2020 rape conviction overturned (www.theguardian.com)
Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, says his team is determined to retry case against the disgraced movie mogul...
GOP attorney general throws support behind 8th-graders who protested trans girl’s right to compete (www.lgbtqnation.com)
It’s Not Just Gaza: Student Protesters See Links to a Global Struggle (www.nytimes.com)
New Florida six-week abortion ban will be felt beyond the state (www.bbc.com)
Florida’s six-week abortion ban has come into force, closing the door - for now - on the last abortion access point in the US South....
Amid college protests and arrests over Gaza, White House says they don't want 'anybody hurt' (abcnews.go.com)
Florida’s 6-week abortion ban set to take effect this week (www.cnn.com)
A stricter abortion law is set to take effect in Florida on Wednesday — dropping the state’s 15-week ban to a six-week ban — and it will likely affect thousands of people seeking abortion care within the first month alone....
Leaked U.S. Memos Say Israel May Be Violating International Law In Blocking Gaza Aid (www.huffpost.com)
Though NSM-20 imposes no new legal requirements, it also asks Secretary of State Antony Blinken to report to Congress by May 8 on whether he believes Israel has complied with the assurances....
The US economy is cooling off. Why experts say there's no need to worry yet (abcnews.go.com)
Crime in the U.S.: Key questions answered | Pew Research Center (www.pewresearch.org)
17 states challenge federal rules entitling workers to accommodations for abortion (apnews.com)
Republican attorneys general from 17 states filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging new federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions, calling the rules an illegal interpretation of a 2022 federal law....
US births fell last year, marking an end to the late pandemic rebound, experts say (apnews.com)
U.S. births fell last year, resuming a long national slide....
Women on Supreme Court Consider Need for Life-Saving Abortions (www.rollingstone.com)
Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Sonia Sotomayor questioned Wednesday when Idaho’s extreme law would allow emergency abortion care...