Crew Member Dies Following Accident On Marvel Studios’ ‘Wonder Man’ Production (deadline.com)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/6466469
Tucker Carlson confirms Russia trip and teases Putin interview (www.theguardian.com)
Far-right pundit and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson confirmed on Tuesday he was in Moscow to interview Vladimir Putin, and said he will air his conversation with Russia’s president to counter what he described as pro-Ukraine “fawning pep sessions” by western media covering the war....
70 New York public housing employees took bribes from contractors, US alleges (www.reuters.com)
Federal prosecutors charged 70 current and former employees of the New York City Housing Authority, the largest public housing agency in North America, on Tuesday with taking bribes in exchange for awarding no-bid contracts....
Wettest storm in southern California history leaves at least seven dead and causes hundreds of mudslides (www.theguardian.com)
Trump is not immune from prosecution in his 2020 election interference case, US appeals court says (apnews.com)
The ruling is significant not only for its stark repudiation of Trump’s novel immunity claims but also because it breathes life back into a landmark prosecution that had been effectively frozen for weeks as the court considered the appeal....
Trump's presidential bid hangs in the balance at the Supreme Court. Here's what to know (apnews.com)
On Thursday, the justices will hear arguments in Trump’s appeal of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that he is not eligible to run again for president because he violated a provision in the 14th Amendment preventing those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office....
Jury finds Jennifer Crumbley guilty of manslaughter in son's school shooting (abcnews.go.com)
Former Marion police chief had ‘pizza party’ after raid, turned off body cam, new lawsuit says - Kansas Reflector (kansasreflector.com)
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Proposed Wage Theft Legislation Would Strip Violators of Their Ability to Do Business in New York (www.propublica.org)
“Each year, more than $1 billion is stolen from the pockets of hardworking New Yorkers by unscrupulous employers, often targeting the workers with the fewest resources to fight back,” Rosenthal said. “If businesses refuse to do the right thing and pay their workers what they are owed, New York State should hold them to...
Taylor Swift threatens legal action against Florida student who tracks her jet | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Investigators identify source of deepfake robocalls simulating Biden's voice before NH primary (www.wcvb.com)
On Tuesday morning, Formella stepped up to a podium and announced the calls came from Life Corporation and Walter Monk of Texas.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell on 60 Minutes: The US is on an unsustainable economic path (youtu.be)
Trump Denied Immunity in DC Election Case by Appeals Court (www.bloomberg.com)
Trump’s fraud trial rattled by witness’s possible perjury deal (www.theguardian.com)
A potential perjury deal with a key witness could shake up the verdict in Donald Trump’s $370m New York fraud trial, a new court document reveals....
Everyone talks about investing in Ukraine, but few are doing it (kyivindependent.com)
Despite its economy steadily improving from the first months of the full-scale invasion, very little foreign capital is currently trickling down to Ukraine’s private and public sectors....
US labor official says Dartmouth basketball players are school employees, sets stage for union vote (apnews.com)
A National Labor Relations Board regional official ruled on Monday that Dartmouth basketball players are employees of the school, clearing the way for an election that would create the first-ever labor union for NCAA athletes....
Illinois man gets 5 years for trying to burn down planned abortion clinic (apnews.com)
A 73-year-old Illinois man was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for driving a car into a planned abortion clinic and trying to set the building on fire last year....
Viral videos of Tesla drivers using VR headsets prompt US government alarm (www.theguardian.com)
US transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg on Monday said human drivers must pay attention at all times after videos emerged of people wearing what appeared to be Apple’s recently released Vision Pro headset while driving Teslas....
Los Angeles records 475 mudslides during historic storm that has drenched Southern California (apnews.com)
The storm continued to pose new hazards, with the National Weather Service issuing a rare tornado warning for San Diego County. The warning was cancelled shortly after it was issued, with forecasters explaining that the storm no longer appeared capable of producing a twister even if it briefly turned some San Diego streets into...
Israel tells families of 31 hostages their relatives are dead as Hamas mulls truce deal (www.theguardian.com)
Israel has said it has informed the families of 31 people held in the territory since 7 October that their relatives are dead. The news came as the Qatari prime minister said Hamas had given a “generally positive” response to proposals for a deal trading a break in the fighting and release of Palestinian prisoners for the...
South Dakota has apologized and must pay $300K to transgender advocates (apnews.com)
South Dakota has apologized and will pay $300,000 under a settlement with a transgender advocacy group that sued Gov. Kristi Noem and her health secretary.
China's chances of overtaking US economy "declining" (www.newsweek.com)
The possibility that China will overtake the United States as the world’s biggest economy is declining as the country faces an obvious slowdown, according to Cornell professor and former International Monetary Fund (IMF) official Eswar Prasad....
Summer Has Long Stressed Electric Grids. Now Winter Does, Too. (www.nytimes.com)
Electric utilities, which designed their system to meet peak demand in sizzling weather, are straining to keep up during the cold....
Is housing health care? State Medicaid programs increasingly say ‘yes’ (kffhealthnews.org)
States are plowing billions of dollars into a high-stakes health care experiment that’s exploding around the country: using scarce public health insurance money to provide housing for the poorest and sickest Americans....