Pakistan defends charging £660 fee from Afghan refugees leaving country (www.independent.co.uk)
Hit by war, Israelis defer loan repayments in October - banks regulator (www.reuters.com)
Hotel still 'hostile and unwelcoming' to Native Americans despite DOJ order: lawsuit (www.rawstory.com)
A South Dakota hotel at the heart of a Justice Department case that forced the owner to resign for discriminating against Native Americans is accused of going back to its old tricks in a new lawsuit, reported The Daily Beast."The Department of Justice reached an agreement with South Dakota’s Grand ...
Top Iowa evangelical backs DeSantis over Trump in US presidential race (www.reuters.com)
Study undercuts premise for excluding women from medical research (www.washingtonpost.com)
Women’s body temperatures are no more variable than men’s, researchers found.
Girl dead, woman rescued, 5 missing after landslide hits small Alaska community, official says (apnews.com)
Brazil records its hottest ever temperature (www.bbc.com)
Supreme Court declines to review Derek Chauvin's conviction in George Floyd's murder (thehill.com)
Israeli Government Spokesperson holds WHO complicit with Hamas’ human shield strategy (x.com)
Eylon Levi, an Israeli government spokesperson, tweeted today: “We hold the WHO complicit with Hamas’ human shield strategy and any loss of life from its gross negligence.”
Gaza's largest hospital is 'death zone' with mass grave at the door - WHO says (news.sky.com)
US lawmakers urge scrutiny of SpaceX worker injuries after Reuters report (www.reuters.com)
Three U.S. lawmakers are calling for greater scrutiny of worker safety at Elon Musk's SpaceX following a Reuters investigation that documented hundreds of injuries at the rocket company's U.S. manufacturing and launch sites....
Israeli ex-PM claims Hamas centre is in the south of Gaza not hospital (www.euronews.com)
As Israel intensifies its ground offensive in Gaza, amid serious humanitarian concerns, its former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has told Euronews: "the war must go on" until Israel reaches its endgame: the end of Hamas.
Many corporations promote ‘net zero’ while lobbying for weaker climate action: Report (thehill.com)
Texas woman convicted and facing up to life in prison for killing pro cyclist Mo Wilson (apnews.com)
A woman convicted of murder in the shooting death of rising professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson faces up to life in prison in Texas when sentenced in a case that led investigators on a 43-day international search to find her....
'SNL' Legend Dana Carvey Reveals Son Dex Has Died at 32 (popculture.com)
TikTok is ‘aggressively removing’ videos promoting an Osama bin Laden manifesto (www.theverge.com)
TikTok says the number of videos on the manifesto is “small.”
David DePape found guilty in Paul Pelosi hammer attack (www.cnn.com)
A jury has found David DePape guilty on two counts in the violent attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, last year in the couple’s San Francisco home.
Former Baltimore Police sergeant sentenced to six months of home detention for misconduct in office (www.baltimoresun.com)
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No place in the US is safe from the climate crisis, but a new report shows where it’s most severe (www.cnn.com)
Republicans in Congress are throwing an institutional tantrum (www.salon.com)
Latest US climate assessment shows the extreme toll taken by climate change (www.theverge.com)
Georgia ‘Baby Jane Doe’ Identified After 35 Years (www.nytimes.com)
A girl known as “Baby Jane Doe,” who was found dead and encased in concrete in southeast Georgia in 1988, has been identified, the authorities announced on Monday. Her mother and her mother’s former boyfriend have been charged with murder.
“Jason’s most treasured instrument”: The guitar Eddie Van Halen gifted Jason Becker during their emotional first meeting is heading to auction (www.guitarworld.com)
The Peavey Wolfgang was signed and played by Van Halen during his 1996 visit to Becker’s house, and is being sold to raise funds for Becker’s ongoing medical care