Haiti’s gang wars having ‘cataclysmic’ impact on access to food staples (www.theguardian.com)
Iowa rights groups sue over law banning LGBTQ+ books and discussion in school (www.theguardian.com)
Suit by several families and organizations seek to have law declared as violation of students’ and teachers’ free speech
Evansville fixes Christmas tree after 1st attempt drew complaints, ridicule (www.wishtv.com)
This is what small towns really care about.
Shein files for U.S. IPO as fast-fashion giant looks to expand its global reach (www.cnbc.com)
Shein has confidentially filed to go public and is moving forward with its long-rumored IPO....
Sweden Caves to Tesla’s License Plate Demands in Union Fight (gizmodo.com)
US Navy seizes attackers who held Israel-linked tanker (www.bbc.com)
UAE reportedly planned to use COP28 climate summit to lobby for oil and gas deals (www.cnbc.com)
The United Arab Emirates planned to use its role as the host of the biggest and most important annual climate conference as a platform to lobby foreign government officials for oil and gas deals, according to a cache of internal documents obtained by a not-for-profit investigative journalism organization....
Biden says 4-year-old Abigail Edan was released by Hamas. He hopes more U.S. hostages will be freed (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden confirmed Sunday that Abigail Edan, a 4-year-old American girl held hostage by Hamas after her parents were killed, was released as part of the cease-fire deal in the Israel-Hamas war....
US Navy seizes attackers who held Israel-linked [oil] tanker. Missiles from rebel-controlled Yemen follow (apnews.com)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Armed assailants seized and later let go of a tanker linked to Israel off the coast of Yemen on Sunday before being apprehended by the United States Navy, officials said. Two ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled Yemen then landed near a U.S. warship aiding the tanker in the Gulf of...
In Pics: LGBTQIA+ Community Takes Out 14th Delhi Queer Pride Parade (www.ndtv.com)
Less goo!!!
Italy rallies to condemn violence against women draw huge crowds (www.bbc.com)
Sea turtle nests break records on US beaches, but global warming threatens their survival (apnews.com)
Just as they have for millions of years, sea turtles by the thousands made their labored crawl from the ocean to U.S. beaches to lay their eggs over the past several months. This year, record nesting was found in Florida and elsewhere despite growing concern about threats from climate change....
As Groundwater Dwindles, Powerful Players Block Change (www.nytimes.com)
From a small brick building in Garden City, Kan., 13 men manage the use of groundwater across five million acres in the southwest corner of the state, some of the most productive farmland in America for corn, wheat and sorghum....
Former state department official who made Islamophobic comments to vendor arrested for hate crime (www.theguardian.com)
The street vendor in Manhattan who was racially harangued about the Gaza conflict woke to huge lines of well-wishing customers on Wednesday as the the former state department official who was filmed berating him was arrested and charged with racial harassment and stalking as a hate crime....
Iran's FM, Hezbollah Chief Hail Resistance of Palestinians in Gaza (theblankpageofficial.blogspot.com)
President Rayeesi: Israel Suffered Humiliating Defeat in Gaza Against Palestinians (theblankpageofficial.blogspot.com)
Indy nurse charged with stealing drugs from hospital where she worked (fox59.com)
INDIANAPOLIS – An Indianapolis nurse is facing criminal charges for allegedly stealing various drugs from the hospital where she worked.
Burglar in China falls asleep mid-robbery, gets arrested. (www.hindustantimes.com)
TLDR: Burglar waited for the homeowners to fall asleep before he got to his business but knodded off himself and got arrested.
Sources: Deadly crash at US-Canadian border bridge involved husband and wife in a Bentley, investigators believe | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Dutch election: Anti-Islam populist Wilders set for victory - exit poll (www.bbc.com)
Veteran anti-Islam populist leader Geert Wilders is heading for a dramatic victory in the the Dutch general election, says an Ipsos exit poll....
Rainbow Bridge between US, Canada closed following vehicle explosion: FBI (abcnews.go.com)
Rainbow Bridge closed after incident with vehicle on U.S. side (www.niagarathisweek.com)
Woodbury County supervisor's wife found guilty of 52 counts of voter fraud (www.iowapublicradio.org)
Prosecutors say Kim Phuong Taylor wanted her husband to win elections in 2020 “by any means necessary.”...