ProPublica Updates “Supreme Connections” Database With New Justice Disclosures (www.propublica.org)
Ukrainian children aged 8 to 15 who were abducted by Putin's military listed on Russian adoption sites with at least two kids having Russified variant of their original names, investigation finds (www.pressreader.com)
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Virginia NAACP sues school board that restored Confederate names (www.npr.org)
Federal Appeals Court Hears Lawsuit Accusing Top U.S. Officials of Complicity in Genocide (www.democracynow.org)
‘The motion is denied’: Trump co-defendant in Georgia RICO case loses bid to pause her case because she is not part of the effort to disqualify DA Fani Willis (lawandcrime.com)
Right-wing campaign urges Supreme Court to protect fossil fuel interests (www.motherjones.com)
Apple Matches Worker Donations to IDF and Illegal Settlements, Employees Allege (theintercept.com)
An open letter from Apple employees and shareholders demands the tech giant stop matching employee donations to organizations with ties to the Israeli military assault on the Gaza Strip and ongoing illegal settlement development in the West Bank....
Dozens Arrested as Activists Target Citigroup for Bankrolling Climate Breakdown (www.commondreams.org)
Florida man pleads not guilty to kidnapping his estranged wife from her apartment in Spain (apnews.com)
A Florida businessman accused in the February disappearance of his estranged wife in Spain pleaded not guilty on Monday after federal prosecutors questioned his sale of several properties shortly before she disappeared, saying millions in proceeds would allow him to flee if he were released on bail....
Woman punched allegedly by investment banker at Pride march (brooklyneagle.com)
In videos of the confrontation posted on social media, a man tentatively identified as Jonathan Kaye, managing director of investment bank Moelis & Company violently strikes the woman before claiming that she threw liquid “all over [him]” and quickly walks away. Users attempting to find the attacker reached out to Moelis,...
Oh Is it happening again ? (amp.cnn.com)
Biden admin has discussed potentially negotiating unilateral deal with Hamas to free U.S. hostages (www.nbcnews.com)
New study links California wildfire smoke linked to over 10,000 early deaths (www.npr.org)
In a new paper published this week in Science Advances, Connolly and her colleagues calculated that wildfire smoke is responsible for about 50,000 deaths across California between 2008 and 2018....
Documents reveal horror of Maine's deadliest mass shooting (apnews.com)
EU expected to impose import tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (www.theguardian.com)
The EU is expected to notify China that it will impose tariffs on electric vehicle imports this week, firing the starting gun on a potential summer trade war with Beijing....
Trump Endorses Sam Brown in Nevada’s Key Senate Race (www.nytimes.com)
‘They have no options’: Texas court dims hope of timely abortion care for high-risk patients (www.theguardian.com)
FBI releases file on OJ Simpson - link below (vault.fbi.gov)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released 475 pages of documents relating to O.J. Simpson, the NFL Hall of Fame running back who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend.
Nonprofit connected to Leonard Leo sent millions to his firm (www.politico.com)
Prisoner dies 12 days after Pennsylvania judge granted compassionate release for health reasons (apnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/pennsylvania-prisoner-compassio…
Pennsylvania Supreme Court to weigh life sentences for felony murder (penncapital-star.com)
Under the felony murder doctrine, a person accused of committing a felony can be charged with murder for a death that occurs during the felony, even if the defendant was not the killer and had no intent to kill. In Pennsylvania, conviction comes with a mandatory sentence of life without parole, one of the most severe renderings...
As Trump threatens deportations, Miami’s undocumented grapple with uncertain future (www.miamiherald.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/web/…/article288850205.html
How Supplemental Security Income's delayed Overpayment Notices Wreak Havoc in the Lives of Disabled and Eldery Americans (www.npr.org)
Every month, a federal benefits program sends checks to some of the poorest disabled and elderly Americans. But then, months or years later, this program tells them that there’s been some mistake and that they need to pay back the money. Often, that means tens of thousands of dollars that these people don’t have because they...
Western allies near deal to fund Ukraine with Russian assets | Semafor (www.semafor.com)
'Washington Post' publisher tried to kill a story about him. It wasn’t the first time. (www.npr.org)
The Washington Post has written twice this spring about allegations that have cropped up in British court proceedings involving its new publisher and CEO, Will Lewis. In both instances Lewis pushed his newsroom chief hard not to run the story....
