A Chinese mogul with deep MAGA ties is going on trial for massive fraud (www.motherjones.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/miles-guo-wengui-trial-bannon-t…
Spanish police recover stolen Francis Bacon painting – DW (www.dw.com)
Damning report details ‘utter chaos’ at Maine mass shooting (www.independent.co.uk)
The Low-Paid Humans Behind AI’s Smarts Ask Biden to Free Them From ‘Modern Day Slavery’ (www.wired.com)
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe (www.propublica.org)
Several of 3M’s most successful products contained man-made compounds called fluorochemicals. In a spray called Scotchgard, fluorochemicals protected leather and fabric from stains. In a coating known as Scotchban, they prevented food packaging from getting soggy. In a soapy foam used by firefighters, they helped extinguish...
Secure cages and Swat teams: Arizona county’s drastic steps to protect the vote (www.theguardian.com)
Extraordinary measures turn Maricopa county elections office into fortress ahead of 2024 vote to protect staff and ballots...
These Child Sex Abuse Victims Had an Opportunity to Get Justice. The Louisiana Supreme Court Took It Away. (www.motherjones.com)
Feds say MAGA-aligned mogul had “opportunity and motive to start” apartment fire. (www.motherjones.com)
Arrested. Injured. Suspended. These Six NYC university students say they'll keep protesting. (www.npr.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/pro-palestinian-protests-studen…
In Chicago's Immigration Court, One of the Largest in the US, Only One in Four Have an Attorney (www.injusticewatch.org)
Only one out of four immigrants had a lawyer among the 211,096 persons whose cases were backlogged in Chicago as of December 2023, according to TRAC....
Man who sought revenge for a stolen phone pleads guilty to fire that killed a Senegalese family of 5 (www.nbcnews.com)
Kevin Bui wrongly believed people who had recently robbed him lived in the home after using an app to track his stolen iPhone to the general area, according to prior testimony in the case....
US lawmakers slam ICC prosecutor’s Israel arrest warrant requests (www.aljazeera.com)
Gig companies spent $224 million to write their own labor law. The state Supreme Court could throw it out (calmatters.org)
College Professors Are Being Fired for Activism on Gaza War (theintercept.com)
Judge strikes down Long Island county’s anti-trans sports ban (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Translocation of 2,000 rhinos in Africa gets underway in “one of the most audacious conservation efforts of modern times” (www.discoverwildlife.com)
“It is a massive privilege to be part of such a conservation initiative,” says Donovan Jooste, wildlife NGO African Parks’ Rhino Rewilding Project Manager, who is overseeing the 2,000+ rhinos. “The opportunity we have to de-risk a species at scale is incredibly exciting.”
Seventh anniversary of Chris Cornell's death
Seven years ago today we lost one of the top musician/vocalist’s of our time …...
Graduate workers in California to strike over treatment of Gaza protesters (www.theguardian.com)
Graduate workers in California to strike over treatment of Gaza protesters. Widespread disruption expected after workers vote to hold series of strikes, starting Monday with UC Santa Cruz. California’s huge university system is facing widespread disruption after workers voted to hold a series of strikes in protest of its...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, who killed Black Lives Matter protester in 2020 (www.usatoday.com)
U.S. Navy Completes Gaza Aid Pier, Deliveries Imminent (Updated) (www.twz.com)
US prisoners are being assigned dangerous jobs. But what happens if they are hurt or killed? (apnews.com)
‘You are the best El Jefe!’: Henry Cuellar’s Alleged Brazen Foreign Bribery Schemes (www.texasobserver.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/henry-cuellar-indictment-briber…
Police take back building from protesters at University of California, Irvine (www.reuters.com)
Police on Wednesday appeared to take back control of a lecture hall from pro-Palestinian protesters who for several hours occupied a building at the University of California, Irvine, a university spokesperson said....
Illinois Domestic Violence Hotline deluged with calls, hindered by lack of shelter beds (www.wbez.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/e7d0a319-389f-4baf-b4b9-dc3da1c…
How Covid-19's symptoms have changed with each new variant (www.bbc.com)
What are the symptoms of JN.1 and KP.2...
