Indiana woman crashes car into what she thought was Jewish school 'on purpose,' police say (abc7chicago.com)
Building belonged to Israelite School of Universal and Practical Knowledge, classified as anti-Israel extremist group by ADL...
A grandmother was fatally shot in her car by an officer. It’s not his force’s only deadly encounter under scrutiny | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Early in their roughly nine-minute encounter, the 45-year-old, who said she’d been visiting someone at the address, told the officer she was looking for her misplaced keys, footage from his body-worn camera shows. Then the woman, Teresa Gomez, and the officer discussed why she and the passenger were parked outside a public...
After an Impressive Campaign, Flight Attendants Might Strike for the First Time Since 1993 (jacobin.com)
Ivanka Trump's bid to block fraud trial testimony crashes and burns: report (www.rawstory.com)
Ivanka Trump has lost her appeal to try to overturn the order forcing her to testify in former President Donald Trump's civil fraud trial, reported Law360's Frank G. Runyeon on Thursday evening."Ivanka Trump must testify after NY appellate court rejects her bid to freeze her trial subpoena," wrote R...
Students walk out of Hillary Clinton’s class to protest Columbia ‘shaming’ pro-Palestinian demonstrators (www.theguardian.com)
The Middleman Economy: Why Realtors Just Took a Big Loss and Homebuyers Might Benefit (www.thebignewsletter.com)
Missouri School District being investigated for disenrolling students without giving their parents due process (www.stlpr.org)
In March, a frustrated parent wrote an email to the Hazelwood School District. Her daughter had been kicked out of Jamestown Elementary School after the district conducted an investigation into where the family lived....
Mormon church sued again over how it uses tithing contributions from members (apnews.com)
IDF releases proof of Hamas stealing gas from Gazan hospitals (www.jpost.com)
Jury finds Hawaii couple guilty for stealing identities of dead babies (abcnews.go.com)
A jury has convicted a Hawaii couple of conspiracy, passport fraud and identity theft for stealing identities and living for decades under the names of dead babies....
Mob storms Dagestan airport in search of Jewish passengers from Israel (www.theguardian.com)
Where are they supposed to go to be safe?
Vatican synod ends with divide over women deacons and LGBTQ+ (www.washingtonpost.com)
Food insecurity shot up last year with inflation and the end of pandemic-era aid, a new report says (apnews.com)
An estimated 17 million households reported problems finding enough food in 2022 — a sharp jump from 2021 when boosted government aid helped ease the pandemic-induced economic shutdown....
US strikes Iran-linked sites in Syria in retaliation for attacks on US troops (apnews.com)
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Investor Byron Wien of Blackstone dies at 90 (www.cnbc.com)
Alphabet Shows the Mega-Layoff Announcements Were Just That, Headcount Dropped Far Less and is Rising Again (wolfstreet.com)
Tom Emmer withdraws from House speaker race hours after GOP nomination (www.nbcnews.com)
Questions linger after Connecticut police officers fatally shoot man in his bed (apnews.com)
The killing Monday angered and saddened Passmore’s family and raised questions about whether officers could have done things differently. It came as many police departments nationwide have changed the way they respond to certain calls, including those involving mentally ill people — in response to outcries over police...
This isnt actually the first time microplastics have been found like this, but it will be the first we properly study the effects. (uk.yahoo.com)
Having talked to a Doctor friend about this he suggests the only safe way to deal with it is to draw blood, to dispose of it, and let the body recover. He had some concern that some of the plastic was as small as blood cells and platelets so might be too hard to filter out. But I guess research will look at that.
Jim Jordan will back empowering interim speaker Patrick McHenry temporarily (www.nbcnews.com)
The resolution to empower McHenry, appointed as speaker pro tempore after Kevin McCarthy was ousted as speaker on Oct. 3, may also not have the votes, according to this source.
Insiders Say X’s Crowdsourced Anti-Disinformation Tool Is Making the Problem Worse (www.wired.com)
X is promoting Community Notes to solve its disinformation problems, but some former employees and people who currently contribute notes say it’s not fit for that purpose.
Revealed: how a little-known pollution rule keeps the air dirty for millions of Americans (www.theguardian.com)
Major investigation shows local governments are increasingly exploiting a loophole in the Clean Air Act, leaving more than 21 million Americans with air that’s dirtier than they realize
A $1.4 million speeding ticket surprised a Georgia man before officials clarified the situation (apnews.com)
Fewer Black Americans Are Incarcerated Than 20 Years Ago, But The Problem Isn't Behind Us (www.theroot.com)
A new report found that one in five Black men born in 2001 are likely to be incarcerated within their lifetime, down from one in three, two decades earlier....
More Americans support striking auto workers than car companies, an AP-NORC poll shows (apnews.com)
A majority of Americans support higher pay for auto workers who are on strike against Detroit’s Big Three carmakers, although approval of the workers’ other demands is more mixed, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research....
