Look closely, and you’ll find America’s ‘climate abandonment areas’ (www.theverge.com)
A Train Took His Legs and Career. His Employers at the Railroad Put the Blame on Him. (www.propublica.org)
After brakeman Chris Cole lost both his legs on the job, railroad officials removed evidence before state regulators could see it, omitted key facts in reports and suspended him from a job he could never return to....
'My kidnappers showed me off like a trophy' (www.bbc.com)
Yarden Roman-Gat was abducted from Kibbutz Be'eri and brought to Gaza during Hamas's 7 October attack.
The FDA is investigating whether lead in applesauce pouches was deliberately added (text.npr.org)
“We’re still in the midst of our investigation. But so far all of the signals we’re getting lead to an intentional act on the part of someone in the supply chain and we’re trying to sort of figure that out,” FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods Jim Jones said in an interview with Politico published Thursday.
Someone dropped these $26K Spike Lee Air Jordans in a homeless shelter's donation bin (www.cbc.ca)
Volunteer James Free was sorting through items in the Portland Rescue Mission’s donation bin when something shiny caught his eye....
Older Americans to pay less for some drug treatments as drugmakers penalized for big price jumps (apnews.com)
Hundreds of thousands of older Americans could pay less for some of their outpatient drug treatments beginning early next year, the Biden administration announced Thursday....
How Police Have Undermined the Promise of Body Cameras (www.propublica.org)
Hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars have been spent on what was sold as a revolution in transparency and accountability. Instead, police departments routinely refuse to release footage — even when officers kill....
Lost in space no more: missing tomato found in space station after eight months (www.theguardian.com)
It might have remained one of the greatest mysteries of the universe, destined never to be solved until a freak recent discovery by the crew of the International Space Station (ISS)....
Scientists discover unknown prehistoric world — on Earth (mashable.com)
Man speaks out after arrest by Alabama police officer goes viral: 'I am really traumatized' (abcnews.go.com)
The Texas Historical Commission Removed Books on Slavery From Plantation Gift Shops (www.texasmonthly.com)
Republican-led states sue EPA over expanded powers to block polluting projects (www.reuters.com)
A group of 11 Republican-led states and energy industry groups have challenged a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule that bolsters state and tribal veto power over pipelines and other major infrastructure projects that might pollute rivers and streams.
Newly released documents detail Uvalde shooting: Teachers, Children knew what to do. Cops did not. (lemmy.world)
The accounts of law enforcement’s actions during one of the worst school shootings in history are among a trove of recorded investigative interviews and body camera footage obtained by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and FRONTLINE. Together, the hundreds of hours of audio and video offer a startling finding: The children in...
Turmoil at pro-DeSantis super PAC overshadows Florida governor’s White House bid at critical moment (www.cnn.com)
Because CNN’s bullshit site blocked two of my browsers:...
Former chair of Ohio utility regulator surrenders in $60 million bribery scheme linked to energy bill (www.pbs.org)
Ohio’s former top utility regulator surrendered Monday in connection with a $60 million bribery scheme related to a legislative bailout for two Ohio nuclear power plants that has already resulted in a 20-year prison sentence for a former state House speaker....
FDA poised to approve first gene-editing therapy, made by local drug firms (www.bostonglobe.com)
Marie Tornyenu missed more than 100 days of high school while hospitalized repeatedly for sickle cell disease, an inherited blood disorder that causes crippling pain. Somehow, she still managed to complete at least eight advanced placement courses, play clarinet in the school band, and get admitted to Boston University....
The Pentagon says US warship, commercial ships attacked in Red Sea. Houthis claim attacking 2 ships (apnews.com)
The attack potentially marked a major escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Mideast linked to the Israel-Hamas war as multiple vessels found themselves in the crosshairs of a single Houthi assault for the first time in the conflict....
Moscow police raid multiple LGBTQ+ clubs in wake of new Supreme Court ban — Meduza (meduza.io)
Breaches by Iran-affiliated hackers spanned multiple U.S. states, federal agencies say (apnews.com)
Cristiano Ronaldo faces $1 billion class-action lawsuit for endorsing worthless NFTs (www.cnn.com)
Social media posts Trump claimed were made by judge's wife were not made by her, court says (www.cbsnews.com)
Social media posts that former President Donald Trump claimed were made by the wife of the judge in his New York fraud trial were not made by her, a court spokesperson said....
Arizona voting officials charged for refusing to certify 2022 election results (www.theguardian.com)
Republican county supervisors Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd initially refused to certify their county’s election results...
Appeals court reinstates gag order that barred Trump from maligning court staff in NY fraud trial (apnews.com)
A New York appeals court Thursday reinstated a gag order that barred Donald Trump from commenting about court personnel after he disparaged a law clerk in his New York civil fraud trial....
China says US arms sales to Taiwan are turning the island into a 'powder keg' (apnews.com)
