Fights break out between pro-Israel, pro-Palestine protesters at UCLA (www.thehill.com)
Two Chinese nationals charged in US with trying to export banned semiconductor machinery to China — one arrested in Chicago (www.tomshardware.com)
Two Chinese nationals have been charged for an alleged scheme to illegally export a semiconductor dicing machine to a Chinese tech company. One of the two, Han Li, 44, was arrested in Chicago on Wednesday, while Lin Chen, 64, is believed to be in China. The charges and arrest are the latest developments in a protracted trade war...
Saved from her dead mother's womb, baby Sabreen was laid to rest in a mournful and sometimes angry funeral (www.nbcnews.com)
Archaeologists might have discovered death site of Roman Empire`s founder - Science News (www.wionews.com)
Archaeologists from the University of Tokyo might have finally discovered the death site of the Roman Empire’s founder Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius)....
Owner of exploding building arrested at airport while trying to leave: Authorities (abcnews.go.com)
Pew: Asian Americans fastest growing group of US voters (www.voanews.com)
Baby girl dies after being delivered from Palestinian mother killed by Israeli airstrike (www.cbc.ca)
A baby girl delivered from a Palestinian woman who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah on Saturday has now died, according to her family....
Here's why Harvey Weinstein's New York rape conviction was tossed and what happens next (apnews.com)
Exclusive: China harbors ship tied to North Korea-Russia arms transfers, satellite images show (www.reuters.com)
China is providing moorage for a U.S.-sanctioned Russian cargo ship implicated in North Korean arms transfers to Russia, according to satellite images obtained by Reuters, as U.S. concerns grow over Beijing’s support for Moscow’s war in Ukraine....
Government watchdog alleges Trump campaign broke the law trying to hide legal payments (www.usatoday.com)
AIPAC is spending millions to take down the Squad. The Working Families Party is fighting back. (www.motherjones.com)
Angry farmers in a once-lush Mexican state target avocado orchards that suck up too much water (apnews.com)
As a drought in Mexico drags on, angry subsistence farmers have begun taking direct action on thirsty avocado orchards and berry fields of commercial farms that are drying up streams in the mountains west of Mexico City....
18 children among 22 killed by Israeli strikes in Rafah, Palestinian health officials say (www.cbc.ca)
Israeli strikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight killed 22 people, including 18 children, health officials said Sunday....
Billionaire donors rethink Columbia University support amid pro-Palestinian protests (www.cnbc.com)
UC Berkeley students begin Sproul Plaza sit-in and establish Free Palestine Encampment to protest Gaza war, Cal's investments (www.berkeleyside.org)
Historical markers are everywhere in America. Some get history wrong (www.npr.org)
Cleveland to pay $4.8M to family of teen killed by stolen car during police chase (abcnews.go.com)
$18k in stolen antlers: poaching on the rise in Wyoming as collectors ‘cheat the system’ (www.theguardian.com)
Gathering antlers has been a favorite pastime in the state, but the high dollars they fetch is now putting animals’ lives at risk...
A crush of lawsuits over voting in multiple states is creating a shadow war for the 2024 election (apnews.com)
The Republican National Committee, newly reconstituted under Trump, has filed election-related lawsuits in nearly half the states. Recent lawsuits over voter roll maintenance in Michigan and Nevada are part of a larger strategy targeting various aspects of voting and election administration....
Louisiana’s flagship university lets oil firms influence research – for a price (www.theguardian.com)
Hawaii lawmakers take aim at vacation rentals after Lahaina wildfire amplifies Maui housing crisis (apnews.com)
A single mother of two, Amy Chadwick spent years scrimping and saving to buy a house in the town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui. But after a devastating fire leveled Lahaina in August and reduced Chadwick’s home to white dust, the cheapest rental she could find for her family and dogs cost $10,000 a month....
Once praised, settlement to help sickened BP oil spill workers leaves most with nearly nothing (apnews.com)
These workers were exposed to crude oil and the chemical dispersant Corexit while picking up tar balls along the shoreline, laying booms from fishing boats to soak up slicks and rescuing oil-covered birds....
Trump loses bid to halt Jan. 6 civil cases | AP News (apnews.com)
Voting machine company Smartmatic and OANN settle defamation suit (www.nbcnews.com)
The Latest | Iran president warns of 'massive' response if Israel launches 'tiniest invasion' (apnews.com)
President Ebrahim Raisi spoke Wednesday at an annual army parade that was moved to a barracks north of the capital, Tehran, from its usual venue on a highway in the city’s southern outskirts. Iranian authorities gave no explanation for its relocation, and state television didn’t broadcast it live, as it has in previous...
