Sanders Says US Gaza Aid Airdrops 'No Substitute for Sustained Ground Deliveries' (www.commondreams.org)
“Israel MUST open the borders and allow the United Nations to deliver supplies in sufficient quantities.”...
Americans are spending the biggest share of their income on food in 3 decades (www.cbsnews.com)
Between groceries and restaurants, Americans are spending more of their income on food than they have in 30 years....
Tennessee governor signs bill allowing public officials to refuse to perform same-sex marriages (thehill.com)
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee ® signed a bill Wednesday allowing public officials to refuse to perform same-sex marriages....
E Jean Carroll to spend $83m defamation award on 'something Donald Trump hates' (www.bbc.com)
Ms Carroll, 80, told ABC News on Monday: "I’d like to give the money to something Donald Trump hates....
Why are 1,500 Americans still dying from COVID every week? (abcnews.go.com)
Biden wants to give more student debt relief in bankruptcy court. Not everyone's on board. (www.usatoday.com)
Life led Elizabeth Hadzic and Kim Coles to bankruptcy court....
Russia bans anti-war candidate from challenging Putin (www.bbc.co.uk)
Independent politician Yekaterina Duntsova wanted to run on a platform to end the war with Ukraine....
Greedflation: corporate profiteering ‘significantly’ boosted global prices, study shows (www.theguardian.com)
Multinationals in particular hiked prices far above rise in costs to deliver an outsize impact on cost of living crisis, report concludes
Freed Israeli hostages held by Hamas were terrified IDF airstrikes would kill them (www.businessinsider.com)
Freed Israeli hostages erupted in anger during a tense meeting on Tuesday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying that they were terrified they would be killed by Israeli airstrikes on Gaza instead of their Hamas captors....
Korean true crime fan murdered stranger 'out of curiosity' (www.bbc.com)
A South Korean court has given a life sentence to a true crime fan who told police she murdered a stranger “out of curiosity”....
Clarence Thomas didn't repay $267K luxury RV loan: Senate committee (www.rawstory.com)
Clarence Thomas never repaid a millionaire friend’s $267,000 loan which the Supreme Court justice used to buy a 40-foot luxury motorcoach, Senate investigators announced Wednesday....
Tesla cuts Model 3 and Model Y prices in the U.S. after car deliveries fall (www.cnbc.com)
Tesla cut the price of some Model 3 and Model Y versions in the U.S. after the company reported third-quarter deliveries that missed market expectations....
Manhunt underway for ‘extremely dangerous’ convicted felon suspected of killing a 26-year-old female tech CEO in Baltimore (www.cnn.com)
Baltimore police are scrambling to find an “extremely dangerous” man suspected of murdering 26-year-old tech CEO Pava LaPere, who was found dead in an apartment building on Monday....
Undecided voter focus group disappointed in Biden's debate performance (www.axios.com)
All undecided voters in a U.S. swing states focus group hosted by pollster Frank Luntz said President Biden should be replaced as the Democratic nominee after watching his first presidential debate against former President Trump.
Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on bump stocks, gun accessories used in 2017 Vegas massacre (apnews.com)
Steve Bannon asks appeals court to keep him out of prison due to his importance in Trump’s campaign (www.independent.co.uk)
Family stricken with rare brain worms after eating undercooked bear (arstechnica.com)
10-year-old swept into storm drain to become an organ donor, dad says (abcnews.go.com)
A 10-year-old boy who was swept into a storm drain while helping his family clean up storm debris is being kept on life support so that his organs can be donated, according to his father....
Williams-Sonoma must pay almost $3.2 million for violating FTC's 'Made in USA' order (apnews.com)
Home products retailer Williams-Sonoma will have to pay almost $3.2 million for violating a Federal Trade Commission “Made in USA” order....
Ford recalls nearly 43,000 SUVs due to gas leaks that can cause fires, but remedy won't fix leaks (apnews.com)
Multigenerational housing is coming back in a big way. Americans used to live in multigenerational homes. We’re starting to, again (www.vox.com)
Layla Ahmed is, by any measure, a responsible adult. She works at a nonprofit in Nashville helping refugees. Makes 50k a year. Saves money. Pays her bills on time....
From luxury bunkers to tactical vehicles, the ultra-rich are preparing for the Big One
It’s a sign that at least some of the ultra-rich are anxious about global events and are making contingency plans for the Big One — whatever form that may take....
The Great Compression: Thanks to soaring housing prices, the era of the 400-square-foot subdivision house is upon us (www.nytimes.com)
Robert Lanter lives in a 600-square-foot house that can be traversed in five seconds and vacuumed from a single outlet. He doesn’t have a coffee table in the living room because it would obstruct the front door. When relatives come to visit, Mr. Lanter says jokingly, but only partly, they have to tour one at time....
Fighting the smartphone ‘invasion’: the French village that voted to ban scrolling in public (www.theguardian.com)
Seine-Port is introducing restrictions on phone use in streets, shops and parks – but young people say there’s little else to do...