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Police-involved shootings require more transparency, not less (www.bostonglobe.com)

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UNLV gunman was unemployed professor who had 150 rounds of ammunition and a target list, police say (apnews.com)

After police killed him in a shootout, Anthony Polito was found to be carrying nine magazines for a 9mm handgun he’d legally purchased last year.

Israel-Gaza latest news: No room in shelters as thousands flee to Gaza border city - BBC News (www.bbc.com)

Tens of thousands of Palestinians are streaming into Rafah to escape intense fighting elsewhere in the south of the Gaza Strip...

The way companies borrow money is changing forever (www.businessinsider.com)

IRS rejects more than 20,000 refund claims for pandemic-related tax credit (www.cnbc.com)

Which Movies Are The Most Polarizing? A Statistical Analysis (www.statsignificant.com)

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Sean Combs faces fourth sexual assault lawsuit in less than a month (www.washingtonpost.com)

Vandalized Jewish after-school center uses it as lesson on peace (www.nbcphiladelphia.com)

Socher-Lerner said they overcame that by centering their values: human dignity and community....

Court filing gives rare look inside FBI seizure of lawmaker's phone in 2020 election probe (apnews.com)

Snippets and short summaries of texts and emails sent by Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, a top Trump ally, have emerged publicly for the first time as part of a court filing that was unsealed — perhaps inadvertently — by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., as part of a legal battle with federal...

Scientists skip COP28 to demand climate action at home (www.nature.com)

Indictments dropped against 17 Austin police officers accused of assault during 2020 George Floyd protests (www.cnn.com)

A Texas prosecutor has dropped indictments against 17 Austin police officers who were charged with assault after being accused of injuring demonstrators during the 2020 George Floyd protests, and city officials are asking the US Justice Department to investigate possible police misconduct within the department....

Applications for unemployment benefits up modestly, but continuing claims reach highest level in 2 years (apnews.com)

US prison deaths soared by 77% during height of Covid-19 crisis, study finds (www.theguardian.com)

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Nigeria army drone strike accident kills at least 85 civilians (www.theguardian.com)

Eight workers at Texas chemical plant hospitalized after toxic gas leak (www.theguardian.com)

Henry Kissinger's legacy of bombs and chaos in Cambodia (www.bbc.com)

New California mental health court sees more than 100 petitions in first two months (apnews.com)

An alternative mental health court to compel treatment for people with severe mental illness has received more than 100 petitions since launching in seven California counties in October, state officials said Friday....

Ferry operators around the country to receive $220M in federal grants to modernize fleets (apnews.com)

The Biden administration will issue $220 million in grants to modernize the country’s ferry systems, officials announced Thursday....

Details of Scott Perry’s role in Trump efforts to stay in power unsealed (www.washingtonpost.com)

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'Everything's like a gamble': U.S. immigration policies leave lives in limbo (www.latimes.com)

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Pro-Trump attorney who helped orchestrate fake electors plot cooperating in Nevada criminal probe (www.cnn.com)

A Nevada state-level criminal investigation into the fake electors plot intended to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election win is ramping up with prosecutors securing the cooperation of a key witness, even as some of those who served as pro-Trump electors remain politically active ahead of the 2024 election....

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