Maryland police find vehicle linked to suspect in fatal shooting of judge (www.cnn.com)
Police have found the vehicle of the suspect who allegedly shot and killed a Maryland judge Thursday....
Inside the psychiatric hospitals where foster kids are a "gold mine" (www.motherjones.com)
300-year-old painting stolen by an American soldier during World War II returned to German museum (apnews.com)
After a stopover in the U.S. that lasted the better part of a century, a baroque landscape painting that went missing during World War II was returned to Germany on Thursday....
Tech breathes new life into endangered Native American languages (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Of the more than 6,000 Indigenous languages recognized globally, nearly half of them are at risk of disappearing.
Settlers take advantage of Gaza war to launch West Bank pogroms (www.972mag.com)
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Soaring congenital syphilis rates in US risk lives of thousands of babies (www.theguardian.com)
Biden administration urged to declare a public health emergency with key medication for preventable condition in short supply
India’s supreme court refuses to allow same-sex marriage in landmark verdict (www.msn.com)
Israel Gaza live news: Israel says no truce in south Gaza as thousands wait at border crossing - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu has denied reports of a ceasefire to allow “foreigners out” of south Gaza and “humanitarian aid in”...
Child’s Grave Unearths Ancient Mystery: 9,000-Year-Old Necklace Redefines Neolithic Culture (scitechdaily.com)
An ancient necklace from a child’s grave in Jordan reveals the Neolithic culture’s social intricacies, highlighting the importance of adornments and suggesting complex societal dynamics of the period. Final physical reconstruction of the necklace, today exposed at the new museum of Petra in Jordan.
Pluralistic: Leaving Twitter had no effect on NPR’s traffic (14 Oct 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow (pluralistic.net)
Enshittification is the process by which a platform lures in and then captures end users (stage one), who serve as bait for business customers, who are also captured (stage two), whereupon the platform rug-pulls both groups and allocates all the value they generate and exchange to itself (stage three):...
Gaza residents lose entire families, fear more destruction (www.reuters.com)
Woman leaps on a train track due to husband's drinking habit, he tries to rescue her but both perish. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Cory Doctorow won't publish his audiobooks with Amazon (www.cbc.ca)
*** this is a 15 minute audio interview.
Inside MSNBC’s Middle East conflict (www.semafor.com)
1 officer convicted, 1 acquitted in death of Elijah McClain (apnews.com)
Prisoners Say New Jersey’s Alternative To Solitary Confinement Is Pretty Much The Same (www.typeinvestigations.org)
Newsom signs laws to fast-track housing on churches’ lands, streamline housing permitting process (apnews.com)
Religious institutions and nonprofit colleges in California will be allowed to turn their parking lots and other properties into low-income housing under a new law aimed at combating the ongoing homeless crisis....
Inside the deadly instant loan app scam that blackmails with nudes (www.bbc.com)
We’ve seen evidence of scams like this run by various companies all over the world. But in India alone, the BBC has found at least 60 people have killed themselves after being harassed by loan apps....
California-based Navy sailor pleads guilty to providing sensitive military information to China (apnews.com)
A U.S. Navy sailor charged with providing sensitive military information to China pleaded guilty in Los Angeles on Tuesday to conspiring with a foreign intelligence officer and receiving a bribe, federal prosecutors said....
‘Their privacy matters’: Prosecutors want judge to set limits on Trump’s social media use ahead of jury selection in Jan. 6 trial (lawandcrime.com)
Special counsel prosecutors have asked a federal judge to set protective measures for prospective jurors in Donald Trump's election subversion case in Washington, D.C. and more.
'The Washington Post' will cut 240 jobs through voluntary buyouts (www.npr.org)
The Washington Post plans to cut 240 jobs, or almost 10% of its workforce, through voluntary buyouts, the company announced Tuesday....
Psychiatrist who once ran Arkansas State Medical Board arrested for alleged Medicaid fraud (www.nbcnews.com)
More than 40 ex-patients have also accused Dr. Brian Hyatt in civil suits of imprisoning them against their will.
A retired Vermont university dean was shot to death on a trail near campus. Now police are looking for her killer (www.cnn.com)
A retired university dean was found shot in the head on a hiking trail near the Vermont State University Castleton Campus where she’d worked, and authorities are searching for clues to help lead them to whoever killed the beloved educator.
Analysis: Why Elon Musk might lose his latest battle with the SEC over Twitter probe (www.reuters.com)
The agency on Thursday asked a federal court to force Musk to testify for its investigation into his $44 billion takeover of social media giant Twitter, the third time the SEC has taken Musk to court....