WNBA investigating Las Vegas Aces after every player received $100,000 in sponsorship (www.usatoday.com)
Americans are down on the economy (again), with inflation topping election concerns (www.washingtonpost.com)
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UCLA’s Unholy Alliance - Boston Review (www.bostonreview.net)
Between April 25 and May 2, UCLA experienced the worst episode of both anti-Semitic and anti-Palestinian/Islamophobic/racist violence in the university’s century-long history. White nationalists and neo-Nazis joined forces with Zionists (including some saying they were Israelis) to attack UCLA’s Palestine Solidarity...
Blinken orders crackdown on leaks (www.politico.com)
Blinken crackdown on leaks, leaked to the press
Medicaid “Unwinding” Disproportionately Affects Disabled People, Advocates Say (truthout.org)
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Top Officials Killed in Helicopter Crash (thenarinder.in)
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister, and other officials have been confirmed dead following a helicopter crash, according to Iranian state media on Monday....
Rudy Giuliani indicted for role in Arizona fake-elector scheme (www.theguardian.com)
Ex-New York mayor last of 17 defendants to be served in plot to overturn Donald Trump’s election loss to Joe Biden in 2020...
Rescuers struggle to find helicopter carrying Iranian president (live updates) (www.washingtonpost.com)
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi** **crashed in foggy weather Sunday, according to state-run media, which said Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other officials were also on board. Their condition is not yet known, and the helicopter has not been found.
Jeff Bezos revealed his secret to Amazon’s success 25 years ago: ‘I asked everyone around here to wake up terrified every morning, their sheets drenched in sweat’ (fortune.com)
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‘How do you get hypothermia in a prison?’ Records show hospitalizations among Virginia inmates (apnews.com)
The Virginia State Police investigator seemed puzzled about what the inmate was describing: “unbearable” conditions at a prison so cold that toilet water would freeze over and inmates were repeatedly treated for hypothermia....
CNN political commentator Alice Stewart dies (www.cnn.com)
Alice Stewart, a veteran political adviser and CNN political commentator who worked on several GOP presidential campaigns, has died. She was 58....
First Black astronaut candidate, now 90, reaches space in Blue Origin flight (www.theguardian.com)
Ex-air force captain Ed Dwight, passed over by Nasa in 1961, now oldest person to reach edge of space with Jeff Bezo’s space firm...
Gig companies spent $224 million to write their own labor law. The state Supreme Court could throw it out (calmatters.org)
California home prices just reached a new record high, median now $904,210 (www.ktla.com)
Could bird flu in cows lead to a human outbreak? Slow response worries scientists (www.nature.com)
Researchers also say more sampling is needed. Almost 50 herds of dairy cattle across 9 US states have had confirmed cases of H5N1, and one infected person has been linked to the outbreak. But the actual numbers are probably much higher, scientists say. “There’s almost certainly been a lot more human cases than just the...
College Professors Are Being Fired for Activism on Gaza War (theintercept.com)
‘A history that’s been suppressed’: the Black cowboy story is 200 years old (www.theguardian.com)
When Larry Callies went to the movies as a boy in Rosenberg, Texas, the heroes riding horses and wearing 10-gallon hats were all white men....
Judge strikes down Long Island county’s anti-trans sports ban (www.lgbtqnation.com)
In 'Abandonment of Public Education,' Louisiana to Allow Tax Dollars to Pay for Private Schools (www.commondreams.org)
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Boebert ridiculed for fumbling sign of the cross during House Oversight Committee hearing (www.salon.com)
“A Crockett Clapback Collection": Insults directed at MTG launch a swag collection (www.salon.com)
Family of Black Man Who Was Buried 19 Years Ago Discovers Medical Examiner Kept Some of His Remains... in a Bin (www.theroot.com)
Joe Biden will double, triple and quadruple tariffs on some Chinese goods, with EV duties jumping to 102.5% from 27.5% (fortune.com)
Helicopter carrying Iran's president suffers a 'hard landing,' state TV says without further details (apnews.com)
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on Sunday, Iranian state media reported, without immediately elaborating....
