UttarPradesh :15 year old girl abducted, raped for three months straight; accused arrested. (www.onmanorama.com)
New Jersey house explosion hospitalizes 5 people, police say (abcnews.go.com)
Apple removes app created by Andrew Tate (www.theguardian.com)
Apple has withdrawn an app created by Andrew Tate after accusations that it encouraged misogyny and could be an illegal pyramid scheme....
UAW strike spread to 38 locations in 20 states (apnews.com)
The president of the United Auto Workers said Friday the union will expand its strike against major automakers by walking out of 38 General Motors and Stellantis facilities in 20 states
A buildup of saltwater in the Mississippi River puts drinking water at risk (www.washingtonpost.com)
For six generations, Ricky Becnel’s family has run the massive tree nursery on the banks of the Mississippi River near Belle Chasse, La. Its 20 acres and half a million trees, most of them citrus, require pumping about 100,000 gallons a day of fresh water from the river during the warm season....
Consciousness theory slammed as ‘pseudoscience’ — sparking uproar (www.nature.com)
Researchers publicly call out theory that they say is not well supported by science, but that gets undue attention....
Exclusive: Pentagon to review cases of LGBTQ+ veterans denied honorable discharges under "don't ask, don't tell" (www.cbsnews.com)
Thousands of LGBTQ+ veterans who were kicked out of the military because of their sexuality could see their honor restored under a new initiative the Defense Department announced Wednesday, on the 12th anniversary of the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy banning gays and lesbians from openly serving in the...
NYC day care operator tried to cover up fentanyl operation before 1-year-old's death, feds allege (apnews.com)
Officials say they discovered a kilogram of fentanyl stored on top of playmats used by children who attended the day care, which was run out of a small Bronx apartment. They also found multiple devices for mixing the powder with other narcotics and pressing it into bricks.
Bankrupt Birmingham city council may have to sell libraries and art galleries (www.thetimes.co.uk)
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Inside ShadowDragon, The Tool That Lets ICE Monitor Pregnancy Tracking Sites and Fortnite Players (www.404media.co)
ShadowDragon tracks BabyCenter, a website for people expecting children, as well as social media sites specifically for Black people, bodybuilders, and the fetish community.
Officials say 5 prisoners sought by the US in a swap with Iran have flown out of Tehran (apnews.com)
2 pilots were killed in a collision at a Reno air show (www.cnn.com)
Two pilots were killed when their planes collided Sunday during the National Championship Air Races and Air Show in Reno, Nevada, organizers of the event said....
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: The 2023 60 Minutes Interview transcript (www.cbsnews.com)
Zelenskyy warns Putin could cause World War III if not stopped in Ukraine, says Putin counting on U.S. instability during the 2024 election and says drone strikes will continue if Russia keeps attacking infrastructure....
Staunch Putin ally Ramzan Kadyrov and Chechen leader in critical condition (ptv-news.com.pk)
UAW strike brings blue-collar vs. billionaire battle to Detroit (www.cnbc.com)
California lawmakers pass bill to make it easier to delete online personal data (www.latimes.com)
California lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill known as the Delete Act that would allow consumers, with a single request, to have every data broker delete their personal information.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Calls on Nation to Remember Ugly Past Truths (www.nytimes.com)
She was the keynote speaker at the 60th anniversary of the Ku Klux Klan bombing that killed four young girls at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala.
UAW to target strikes at Ford, GM and Stellantis at midnight if no deal reached (www.cnn.com)
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain on Thursday night said the union will strike all the Big Three automakers – GM, Ford and Stellantis – at the same time as of midnight if the companies do not reach tentative labor deals with the auto workers....
Trump won't be tried with Powell and Chesebro next month in Georgia election case (apnews.com)
A Georgia judge has ruled that former President Donald Trump and 16 others will be tried separately from two defendants who are set to go to trial next month in the case accusing them all of participating in an illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Escaped Pennsylvania killer Danilo Cavalcante was planning to flee to Canada before he was captured, US marshal says (www.cnn.com)
Escaped Pennsylvania killer Danilo Cavalcante was planning to flee to Canada before he was captured, US marshal says
On the road again: Commuting makes a comeback as employers try to put pandemic in the rearview (apnews.com)
If you think U.S. roads have gotten busier on your morning commute, you’re not alone....
Biden called Arizona fab a “game-changer.” Analyst calls it a “paperweight” (arstechnica.com)
Earth is outside its 'safe operating space for humanity' on most key measurements, study says (apnews.com)
Hit-and-run driver in Huntington Beach believed to be targeting cyclists (www.nbclosangeles.com)
Customs and Border Protection Says It Will Stop Buying Smartphone Location Data (www.404media.co)
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has told Sen. Ron Wyden that it plans to stop using commercially sourced smartphone location data at the end of this month, Wyden’s office told 404 Media....