Paraguay official resigns after signing agreement with fictional country (www.theguardian.com)
A Paraguayan government official has been replaced after it was revealed that he signed a memorandum of understanding with representatives of a fugitive Indian guru’s fictional country, who also appear to have duped several other officials in the South American country....
U.S. economy was hotter than previously thought, new GDP data shows (www.axios.com)
Prosecutors charge Indian man with trying to kill sikh activist. (news.yahoo.com)
The US says it foiled an alleged plot to assassinate an American citizen in New York who advocated for a Sikh separatist state....
Tensions are bubbling up at thirsty Arizona alfalfa farms as foreign firms exploit unregulated water (apnews.com)
Indian rescuers pull out all 41 workers who were trapped in a tunnel for 17 days, minister says (apnews.com)
UTTARKASHI, India (AP) — All 41 construction workers who were trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in northern India for more than two weeks were pulled out on Tuesday, bringing an end to a drawn-out rescue mission that had grabbed the country’s attention for days.
1 student killed, 1 hospitalized in stabbing at North Carolina high school (apnews.com)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A stabbing at a North Carolina high school on Monday left one student dead and another hospitalized, officials said.
Police across Britain equipped with live facial recognition bodycams (inews.co.uk)
Court document claims Meta knowingly designed its platforms to hook kids, reports say (apnews.com)
Boston man arrested after vandalism spree that included Holocaust Memorial, Paul Revere's tombstone (www.nbcboston.com)
46-year-old Lawrence Hawkins has been charged with multiple counts of destruction of property, destruction of a place of worship and defacing a burial site, Boston police say.
Post-affirmative action, Asian American families are more stressed than ever about college admissions (www.latimes.com)
Parents who didn't grow up in the American system, and who may have moved to the U.S. in large part for their children's education, feel desperate and in-the-dark. Some shell out tens of thousands of dollars for consultants as early as junior high.
Respiratory infection clusters in China not caused by novel virus, says health ministry (www.theguardian.com)
Marty Krofft, co-creator of 'H.R. Pufnstuf' and other popular children's shows, dies at 86 (www.latimes.com)
State suspends license of former prosecutor convicted of sex crimes (iowacapitaldispatch.com)
The state of Iowa has suspended the law license of a former county prosecutor who pleaded guilty to sex crimes involving children.
The New Jersey Mayor With a Plan to End Traffic Deaths (www.bloomberg.com)
In Hoboken, Mayor Ravi Bhalla has worked to redesign city intersections, install bike lanes and slow traffic. The result? Six-plus years of no pedestrian fatalities.
Scientists detect a cosmic ray that’s almost as powerful as the ‘Oh-My-God’ particle | CNN (www.cnn.com)
The “Harvard Law Review” Refused to Run This Piece About Genocide in Gaza (www.thenation.com)
The piece was nearing publication when the journal decided against publishing it. You can read the article here.
Former state department official loses job after Islamophobic tirade at New York street vendor (www.theguardian.com)
Halal food worker might soon be able to take legal action against the explicit and racist abuse after the attacker’s firm offered free representation
JFK assassination remembered 60 years later by surviving witnesses (abcnews.go.com)
Ethiopia: between 600,000 and 1,000,000 Civilians fell victim to genocide in Tigray state (www.bitchute.com)
Jury: Marvin Guy 'guilty' of murder in fatal shooting of KPD detective during 2014 no-knock police raid (kdhnews.com)
BELTON — The jury reached a verdict in the Marvin Guy murder case Tuesday afternoon, declaring Guy “guilty” of murder in the death of a Killeen Police Department detective and SWAT team member Charles “Chuck” Dinwiddie in 2014.
Would Javier Milei’s dollar plan for Argentina be an economic experiment too far? (www.theguardian.com)
Pro-Palestine Protesters Face Riot, Sabotage Charges (patch.com)
Former Gary, Indiana, Police Officer Sentenced for Using Excessive Force in Violation of Federal Civil Rights Laws (www.justice.gov)
A former officer with the Gary, Indiana, Police Department (GPD) was sentenced today to one year and a day in prison and one year of supervised release for violating the civil rights of an arrestee....
New Hampshire man had no car, no furniture, but died with a big secret, leaving his town millions (apnews.com)
HINSDALE, N.H. (AP) — Geoffrey Holt was unassuming as the caretaker of a mobile home park in Hinsdale, New Hampshire, where he lived a simple, but curious life.
