Babies born in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ record lower birth weight, preterm births – report (www.theguardian.com)
New report shows babies born in notorious industrial corridor experience low birth weight at three times the national average...
Robitussin maker recalls several lots of cough syrup due to contamination (apnews.com)
The maker of Robitussin cough syrup is recalling several lots of products containing honey due to contamination that could pose a serious risk to people with weakened immune systems....
Report finds 93 US deaths after cosmetic surgery in Dominican Republic since 2009 (apnews.com)
U.S. health officials say 93 Americans have died after cosmetic surgery in the Dominican Republic since 2009, with many of the recent deaths involving a procedure known as a Brazilian butt lift....
A rare fungal infection is popping up in an unexpected part of the U.S. (www.nbcnews.com)
The infections typically occur in the upper Midwest and parts of the Southeast. A new study suggests the fungus’ range has expanded to Vermont....
Ex-Army soldier charged in Capitol riot was convicted of manslaughter for killing Iraqi man in 2004 (apnews.com)
A former U.S. Army soldier who was convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting a handcuffed civilian in Iraq was arrested Monday on charges that he attacked police officers with a baton during the U.S. Capitol riot three years ago....
Jury selection begins in trial of 2 men accused in murder of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay (abcnews.go.com)
Microsoft network breached through password-spraying by Russian-state hackers (arstechnica.com)
DC bar authorities file disciplinary charges against pro-Trump 2020 election lawyers (www.politico.com)
Washington, D.C., bar investigators have filed disciplinary charges against three lawyers who aided Donald Trump ally Sidney Powell’s campaign to mount discredited legal challenges to the 2020 election results....
Sources: Alabama death row left without heat for weeks, despite complaints (www.alreporter.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/death-row-allegedly-left-withou…
Names of police who use deadly force could be shielded under proposed Florida law (www.tampabay.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/police-marsys-law-victims-name-…
Prosecutors arrest flight attendant on suspicion of trying to record teen girl in airplane bathroom (apnews.com)
Police arrested an American Airlines flight attendant on Thursday on suspicion of trying to secretly record a 14-year-old female passenger using a bathroom aboard an airplane he was working on last September....
Walmart pay raise: Store managers, hourly workers to get wage increase, restructure store manager bonuses (www.axios.com)
'I’m not safe here': Schools ignore federal rules on restraint and seclusion (kffhealthnews.org)
Photos show blood splattered across a small bare-walled room in a North Carolina school where a second grader repeatedly punched himself in the face in the fall of 2019, according to the child’s mom....
Justice Department report into Uvalde school shooting expected this week (apnews.com)
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department is planning this week to release findings of an investigation into law enforcement’s response to the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 students and two teachers were killed....
Antifungals are going the way of antibiotics—overused, hitting resistance (arstechnica.com)
Crime Scene DNA Didn’t Match Marcellus Williams. Missouri May Fast-Track His Execution Anyway. (theintercept.com)
FELICIA ANNE GAYLE PICUS was found dead in her home, the victim of a vicious murder that devastated her family and rattled her neighbors in the gated community of University City, Missouri, just outside St. Louis. Police suspected a burglary gone wrong. The scene was replete with forensic evidence: There were bloody footprints...
Jordan police beat up illegally retained Indians who were protesting ,One hundred and twenty Indians who have been illegally retained in Jordan by their employer were holding peaceful protests outside (www.thenewsminute.com)
Middle East braces for chaos as Iran and West square up (www.politico.eu)
Education Department to roll out another pathway to student loan debt relief in February (abcnews.go.com)
The Biden Administration is rolling out another pathway to debt relief for certain student loan borrowers next month....
New recording shows NRA treasurer plotting to conceal extravagant expenses involving Wayne LaPierre (www.thetrace.org)
Secret audio obtained by The Trace and ProPublica reveals executives from the gun group and its PR firm hatching a plan that would conceal payments for fancy hotels, limousines, and other luxury expenses for a decade....
‘We don’t have a say’: workers join push to unionize flagship Volkswagen plant (www.theguardian.com)
U.S. deficit tops half a trillion dollars in the first quarter of fiscal year (www.cnbc.com)
Israel lashes back at ICJ genocide case; Gazans return to wasteland (www.reuters.com)
Israel faced down accusations at the World Court on Thursday of genocide in its war in Gaza, as the first residents returned to scenes of total devastation in the north of the enclave where Israeli forces have begun withdrawing this week....
Push to Create Permanent Chicago Police Oversight Board Begins (news.wttw.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/push-create-permanent-chicago-p…
Did an Abortion Ban Cost a Young Texas Woman Her Life? (www.newyorker.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/abortion-high-risk-pregnancy-ye…
