Republican Senators Demand Biden Use National Guard to Suppress Columbia Protests (www.rollingstone.com)
San Francisco sues Oakland over new airport name that includes 'San Francisco' (apnews.com)
San Francisco on Thursday sued Oakland after officials there voted in favor of changing the name of the city’s airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport, saying the change will cause confusion and is already affecting its airport financially....
Justice Department to File Antitrust Suit Against Live Nation [Ticketmaster] (www.wsj.com)
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Florida blocks heat protections for workers right before summer (www.npr.org)
Fox News rejects White House demands to retract Easter egg stories (thehill.com)
Man who used megaphone to lead attack on police during Capitol riot gets more than 7 years in prison (apnews.com)
A Washington state man who used a megaphone to orchestrate a mob’s attack on police officers guarding the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Wednesday to more than seven years in prison....
Chevron Will Pay Record Fines for Oil Spills in California (www.propublica.org)
Oil giant Chevron has agreed to pay a record-setting $13 million to two California agencies for past oil spills, but some of the company’s spills are ongoing....
West Virginia governor signs law removing marital assault exemption (apnews.com)
Certain sexual assaults against a spouse will now be criminalized in West Virginia for the first time under a law signed Friday by Republican Gov. Jim Justice....
New York Attorney General takes initial step to prepare to seize Trump assets | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Oregon, California and Washington pass bills raising the minimum wage (cardinaltimes.org)
Dozens of Palestinian orphans transferred from Rafah to Bethlehem (today.lorientlejour.com)
Sixty-eight orphaned children and eleven caregivers plus the caregivers’ families were evacuated from an orphanage in the southern Gazan city of Rafah and taken to the West Bank on Monday, according to a statement released by the German Embassy in Tel Aviv....
Aide tried to stop Trump praising Hitler – by telling him Mussolini was ‘great guy’ (www.theguardian.com)
Donald Trump’s second White House chief of staff tried to stop him praising Adolf Hitler in part by trying to convince the then president Benito Mussolini, the Italian fascist dictator, was “a great guy in comparison”.
Laughter erupts in House when Trump-tied lawyer declares 'I have no awareness of anything' (www.rawstory.com)
Rep. Jerry Nadler burst out into laughter Thursday when a legal group leader with close political ties to former President Donald Trump testified to complete ignorance on all matters.
Minnesota Dems Push to Repeal School Ban on Restraint That Killed George Floyd (www.the74million.org)
Nearly four years after George Floyd suffocated to death while being pinned face down to the pavement by a police officer, Minnesota Democrats are fast-tracking legislation that would undo a less-than-year-old ban prohibiting school-based cops from using that same type of restraint on students....
‘Highway to horror’: 14 wrecked slavers’ ships are identified in Bahamas (www.theguardian.com)
Largest cluster of sunken vessels from the 18th and 19th centuries have been identified, bearing ‘silent witness’ to the colonial past...
Some Arizona customers to see monthly fees increase for rooftop solar, advocates criticize rate hike (apnews.com)
Jury convicts Southern California socialite in 2020 hit-and-run deaths of two young brothers (apnews.com)
A Southern California socialite was found guilty Friday of murder and other charges in the hit-and-run deaths of two young brothers in a crosswalk more than three years ago....
Ala. hospital halts IVF after state’s high court ruled embryos are “children” (arstechnica.com)
Anger and uncertainty spread in wake of Friday's ruling by the state's Supreme Court.
Letitia James says she's prepared to seize Trump's buildings if he can't pay his $354M civil fraud fine (abcnews.go.com)
The New York attorney general made the remarks in an interview with ABC News....
Russia arrests woman with dual US-Russian citizenship for 'treason' (www.france24.com)
Texas will build camp for National Guard members in border city of Eagle Pass (apnews.com)
Texas will build an operations base for up to 1,800 National Guard members in Eagle Pass, expanding the presence of soldiers in the border city where the state has clashed with the Biden administration over immigration enforcement, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday....
Chicago to stop using controversial gunshot detection technology this year (apnews.com)
Chicago won’t renew its ShotSpotter contract and plans to stop using the controversial gunshot detection system later this year, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office announced Tuesday....
Florida Cop Empties His Gun, Runs For Cover After Acorn Falls On Car (jalopnik.com)
Florida deputy Jesse Hernandez screamed “shots fired,” and frantically fired his gun after an acorn fell onto the roof of his squad car, making him jump.
Chicago scraps gunshot detection system accused of racial bias (www.theguardian.com)
Democrats Flip Santos’s House Seat in Early Election-Year Test (www.nytimes.com)
Tom Suozzi, a former Democratic congressman, won a closely watched special House election in New York on Tuesday, narrowing the Republican majority in Washington and offering his party a potential playbook to run in key suburban swing areas in November....
