US teacher charged with using AI to frame principal with racist audio (www.theguardian.com)
Scottish Greens to oppose Yousaf in no-confidence vote (www.bbc.co.uk)
New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction from landmark #MeToo trial (apnews.com)
US Secretly Provides Ukraine with Ballistic Missiles: What It Means for the Conflict (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
Explore how Ukraine's use of advanced missiles from the US affects the ongoing crisis
Arizona Will Elect County Prosecutors in Shadow of Abortion Ban (boltsmag.org)
Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell, a Republican who is up for reelection this year, reacted to the ruling with a statement vowing that women would not be “prosecuted for receiving an abortion,” and especially calls out that she would not prosecute abortions that stem from rape, incest, or molestation. The statement...
Arizona House advances a repeal of the state's near-total abortion ban to the Senate (apnews.com)
A proposed repeal of Arizona’s near-total ban on abortions won approval from the state House Wednesday after two weeks of mounting pressure on Republicans over an issue that has bedeviled former President Donald Trump’s campaign to return to the White House....
As Biden Cheers TikTok Ban, White House Embraces TikTok Influencers (theintercept.com)
Mass graves in Gaza show victims’ hands were tied, says UN rights office (news.un.org)
'Discriminatory' North Carolina Law Criminalizing Felon Voting Struck Down (www.commondreams.org)
Cleveland 'stalled' on police reforms because of city's failure to turn over records, federal judge says (www.news5cleveland.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/cleveland-stalled-on-police-ref…
An Illinois law was supposed to help people earn time off their sentences, but poor implementation is leaving some locked up (www.opencampusmedia.org)
[A] new law… gives new credits for participating in education, work, and other programs....
Senate passes Ukraine, Israel funding after months-long stalemate (thehill.com)
Children of Flint water crisis make change as young environmental and health activists (apnews.com)
Their childhood memories are still vivid: warnings against drinking or cooking with tap water, enduring long lines for cases of water, washing from buckets filled with heated, bottled water. And for some, stomach aches, skin rashes and hair loss....
How Columbia’s Student Radio Station Is Meeting the Moment (www.motherjones.com)
New Legislation Would Expand Access to Disaster Relief, Provide Help With Titles for Large Number of Black Landowners (www.propublica.org)
Local election workers fear threats to their safety as November nears. One group is trying to help (apnews.com)
House committee finds CIA at fault in investigation on sexual assaults (www.politico.com)
Louisiana’s flagship university lets oil firms influence research – for a price (www.theguardian.com)
Louisiana State University allowed Shell to influence studies after a $25m donation and sought funds from other fossil fuel firms...
Hyundai pauses X ads over pro-Nazi content on the platform (www.nbcnews.com)
The move came after a Hyundai ad appeared next to antisemitic posts from a user who has posted pro-Hitler content....
An Israeli attack in southern Gaza results in the deaths of at least 9 Palestinians, including 6 children (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
Discover the tragic aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza's Rafah, where innocent lives, including six children, were lost amid ongoing conflict
Volkswagen workers vote overwhelmingly to join the UAW, giving the union a groundbreaking win (www.cnn.com)
Hourly workers at Volkswagen’s plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee overwhelming voted to join the United Auto Workers late Friday, a major breakthrough in the union’s effort to organize workers at plants nationwide....
Women run 80% of US elections – but are targets of misogyny-laced threats (www.theguardian.com)
Threats lean toward sexual or domestic violence, attacks on their families and criticisms that they can’t do their jobs...
VW Workers Vote to Join UAW in Historic Southern Win for Union (www.wsj.com)
Organizers in Idaho Are Readying for an Abortion Rights Ballot Initiative (truthout.org)
