Judge upholds $83m E Jean Carroll defamation verdict against Trump (www.theguardian.com)
Tensions are so high at Columbia ahead of Passover that all classes will be virtual today (www.cnn.com)
Officials at Columbia University, facing surging tensions on campus that raised safety concerns, have announced all classes will be virtual on Monday as Passover begins....
Netflix: Profits soar after password sharing crackdown (www.bbc.com)
Netflix says its profits have soared in the first three months of this year, partly thanks to a crackdown on password sharing....
California won't prosecute LAPD officer who shot teenage girl in store's dressing room (calmatters.org)
The California Justice Department announced today that it has found no cause to file chargesagainst a Los Angeles police officer who, while aiming at a suspect, shot and killed a 14-year-old girl hiding in a department store fitting room....
Trump spirals as bond deadline in fraud case nears (thehill.com)
Russia and China vote against ceasefire in Gaza in latest UN Security Council resolution (www.abc.net.au)
Black student at Hawaii Mormon school says he’s fighting order to cut hair (www.theguardian.com)
Kanaan VyShonne Barton says he’s following all other school rules but shouldn’t have to cut his hair: ‘My locs represent strength’...
Nearly half of young adults have 'money dysmorphia,' survey finds (www.cnbc.com)
The economy is fine! We just have… money dysmorphia. /s...
Utah House committee approves Ten Commandments bill despite constitutional concerns (www.ksl.com)
A Utah lawmaker is no longer pushing for public schools to display a copy of the Ten Commandments but wants to add other biblical precepts and the Magna Carta to the curriculum.
Alabama readies never-before-used execution method that some veterinarians won't even use for pets (www.cbsnews.com)
If Kenneth Eugene Smith is brought to the Alabama death chamber to face execution next week for his role in the 1988 murder-for-hire of a pastor’s wife, the state plans to use an untested and untried method to end his life, suffocating him with a stream of nitrogen gas to be delivered through a face mask....
Texas can ban emergency abortions despite federal guidance, court rules (www.theguardian.com)
The ruling by a unanimous panel of fifth US circuit court of appeals comes amid a wave of lawsuits focusing on abortion exceptions...
More Americans can now get insulin for $35 (www.cnn.com)
More Americans with diabetes will get a break on their insulin costs in 2024....
The secret life of gift cards: Here's what happens to the billions that go unspent each year (apnews.com)
Gift cards make great stocking stuffers — just as long as you don’t stuff them in a drawer and forget about them after the holidays....
Dead Alabama prisoner’s body returned without a heart, family says (www.al.com)
Elon Musk says he’ll restore the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones after poll (www.cnn.com)
Earth on verge of five catastrophic climate tipping points, scientists warn | Humanity faces ‘devastating domino effects’ including mass displacement and financial ruin as planet warms (www.theguardian.com)
Chinese crackdown on fentanyl could lead to worse drugs filling the vaccum (www.vice.com)
President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed that China would crack down on the production and exporting of fentanyl and the precursor chemicals used to make it, according to media reports....
Mike Lindell's $500 Wi-Fi monitoring devices are BANNED from polling stations in Kentucky after My Pillow CEO and election conspiracy theorist claimed signals were tampering with votes (www.dailymail.co.uk)
The MyPillow CEO created the devices to be able to detect and identify Wi-Fi networks at polling stations...
It’s not just Paris. There’s a "global resurgence" of bedbugs. (www.vox.com)
It’s a bedbug’s world now. We’re just sleeping in it.
House Democrat steps down from leadership role over party's support of Biden's reelection (www.cnn.com)
FBI arrests Proud Boys member who disappeared days before sentencing over role in Jan. 6 (abcnews.go.com)
Most US voters say plastics industry should be held responsible for recycling claims – report (www.theguardian.com)
Even a majority of Republicans support efforts to hold manufacturers accountable for allegedly deceptive claims...
Kamala Harris was less than 20ft from pipe bomb on Jan 6, report reveals (www.independent.co.uk)
Vice President Kamala Harris was less than 20 feet from a “viable” pipe bomb on January 6, according to a new report from Homeland Security’s internal watchdog....
Trump and his allies had a plan for how to hit Harris. Then he opened his mouth. (www.politico.com)
“They don’t have a narrative that they’re comfortable with about how to take down Harris,” said Chuck Coughlin, an Arizona-based political strategist. “He’s grasping around. I think he’s desperately grasping around with his instincts. I don’t think his team has any way to put their handle on this, and so he’s...
U.S. intelligence official: Russia will likely use propaganda to support Trump over Harris (www.nbcnews.com)
The U.S. intelligence community believes the Kremlin will direct its propaganda efforts to support former President Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential election, an intelligence official indicated on a media call Monday....
