A tiny, cheap device lets criminals create their own machine guns (www.nbcnews.com)
Boy killed after being mauled by 2 dogs in Portland (www.cbsnews.com)
The U.S. is losing the global science race: STEM worker survey (www.axios.com)
Rise in COVID, flu and RSV prompts SF Bay Area health recommendations — including masking (www.sfchronicle.com)
Texas Judge Orders Release of Uvalde Shooting Records (www.propublica.org)
The ruling by 261st Civil District Court Judge Daniella DeSeta Lyttle calls on DPS to fulfill 28 records requests filed by the news organizations, which include ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, subject to redactions such as personal information of police officers and blurring the faces of minor victims in crime scene...
Judge won't halt US government destruction of Texas border razor wire fencing (www.reuters.com)
Wells Fargo accused of not paying overtime at shortstaffed US branches (www.reuters.com)
Southern hospitality: More people moved to the South last year than any other region. (www.usatoday.com)
Oklahoma prepares to execute man for 2001 double slaying despite self-defense claim (www.nbcnews.com)
Catholic priest could be demoted after US pop star filmed provocative music video in church (www.telegraph.co.uk)
‘It’s alarming’: diary of killed Cop City activist to play role in Georgia lawsuit (www.theguardian.com)
More Americans are expected to 'buy now, pay later' for the holidays. Analysts see a growing risk (apnews.com)
NPR: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map shows half the country has shifted (www.npr.org)
A newly updated government map has many of the nation’s gardeners rushing online, Googling what new plants they can grow in their mostly warming regions.
Fiery Bentley crash that killed two at US-Canada border likely not terrorism, says FBI (www.theguardian.com)
Rainbow Bridge was closed on one of year’s busiest days after vehicle reportedly en route to Kiss concert exploded on Wednesday...
Pro-Palestinian Protesters Briefly Disrupt Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (www.msn.com)
Jimmy Iovine ‘Shocked and Baffled’ by New Sexual Abuse Accusation (www.rollingstone.com)
A woman claimed music exec “sexually abused, forcibly touched, and subjected [her] to sexual harassment and retaliation.” Iovine says that “no one has ever made a claim like this”
How a Maine Businessman Made the AR-15 Into America’s Best-Selling Rifle (www.propublica.org)
When the public asks, “How did we get here?” after each mass shooting, the answer goes beyond National Rifle Association lobbyists and Second Amendment zealots. It lies in large measure with the strategies of firearms executives like Dyke. Long before his competitors, the mercurial showman saw the profits in a product that...
Former US official filmed abusing Muslim street vendor (www.aljazeera.com)
Reusable packaging could cut emissions from plastics by up to 69% -study (www.reuters.com)
Air Force base warns service members to avoid 'patriot' rally with speaker from pro-Trump group (www.foxnews.com)
Text tells service members that participation could jeopardize their military career...
Appeals court to hear arguments on whether to reinstate gag order against Donald Trump (apnews.com)
A federal appeals court is hearing arguments Monday on whether to reinstate a gag order against Donald Trump in the federal case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election....
South Dakota tribe to declare state of emergency due to rampant crime on reservation (apnews.com)
Trump Can Stay on G.O.P. Primary Ballot in Michigan, Judge Rules (www.nytimes.com)
Nearly two dozen toddlers sickened by lead linked to tainted applesauce pouches, CDC says (apnews.com)
U.S. health officials are warning doctors to be on the lookout for possible cases of lead poisoning in children after at least 22 toddlers in 14 states were sickened by lead linked to tainted pouches of cinnamon apple puree and applesauce....
The Panama Canal is so clogged up that a shipping company paid $4 million to jump the line: report (www.businessinsider.com)
