Passing the DREAM Act Has Become a Nightmare (www.thebulwark.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/passing-the-dream-act-has-becom…
‘I honest to God believe I was drugged’: magician David Copperfield’s alleged victims speak out (www.theguardian.com)
How AI turned a Ukrainian YouTuber into a Russian (www.bbc.com)
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Appeals court denies Trump’s latest request to overturn hush money trial gag order (www.cnn.com)
Musk's SpaceX is quick to build in Texas, slow to pay its bills (www.reuters.com)
SpaceX is building launch facilities, office buildings and even a shopping center in rural Texas, as billionaire Elon Musk’s space venture rapidly expands its rocket and satellite business across the Lone Star state....
Trump suggests Chinese migrants are in the US to build an 'army.' The migrants tell another story (apnews.com)
It was 7 a.m. on a recent Friday when Wang Gang, a 36-year-old Chinese immigrant, jostled for a day job in New York City’s Flushing neighborhood....
Michael Cohen Was Paid to Fix Trump’s Problems. Now He’s One of Them. (www.nytimes.com)
Roger Corman, Pioneering Independent Producer and King of B Movies, Dies at 98 (variety.com)
[US] State Department report says Israel likely violated international law in Gaza (www.independent.co.uk)
Israel-Gaza live: Israel shells Rafah as Biden warns against major ground offensive - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Heavy shelling is reported in Rafah, in the southern Gaza strip, as US President Joe Biden warns Israel against a major offensive there...
Cruise worker accused of stabbing a 75-year-old and 2 guards with scissors on vessel bound for Alaska (www.adn.com)
FTX crypto fraud victims to get their money back (plus interest) (tcrn.ch)
US consumer watchdog fines Chime $3.25 million for delaying refunds - CNA (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Six incarcerated people sue Alabama leaders, alleging unconstitutional prison labor (www.montgomeryadvertiser.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/web/…/73546541007/
B.C. man 3D-prints a moving, beeping R2-D2 (www.cbc.ca)
Keith Hampe of Prince George, B.C., is ready to show off his passion project at Northern FanCon weekend: a full-size R2-D2, with bleeps and all. CBC Daybreak North’s Jason Peters found the droid he was looking for on a visit to the Hampe house....
It started with a tweet. What if Harry Potter attended an HBCU? Now it's a book series (apnews.com)
(HBCU - historically black college/university)...
New Hampshire jury finds state liable for abuse at youth detention center and awards victim $38M (apnews.com)
A New Hampshire jury awarded $38 million to the man who blew the lid off abuse allegations at the state’s youth detention center Friday, in a landmark case finding the state’s negligence allowed him to be beaten, raped and held in solitary confinement as a teen....
Medicaid expansion effort collapses in Republican-led Mississippi Legislature (apnews.com)
Medicaid expansion efforts fizzled and died Thursday in Republican-led Mississippi because top lawmakers could not agree on a final proposal to send to the House and Senate....