Study of sea sponges lead scientists to believe Earth has already passed 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming (abcnews.go.com)
The planet could see 2 degrees Celsius of warming by the end of the decade....
Millennials own less than half the real estate wealth of boomers—can they catch up? (creditnews.com)
Some Americans have become saddled with credit card debt as rent and everyday prices remain high (apnews.com)
While the U.S. economy is broadly healthy, pockets of Americans have run through their savings and run up their credit card balances after battling inflation for more than two years....
Big Companies Cashed In on Mississippi’s Water. Small Towns Paid the Price. (www.nytimes.com)
They vowed to fix water woes and save cities millions. But a Times investigation found the deals racked up debt and left many worse off than before....
North Carolina mother sues school district for kicking her homeless kids out of class (thehill.com)
A woman in North Carolina is suing a school district, alleging officials forced her children to switch schools while they experienced homelessness....
“I’m a mum-of-19 at 39 expecting my 20th child” Mother of 19 Children, Each with a Different Father, Shares Her Remarkable Story (thefashioncentral.co.uk)
How one state is tackling homelessness by turning abandoned buildings into shelters (abcnews.go.com)
The U.S. saw a 12% increase in homelessness in 2023, a recent HUD report found....
Justin Timberlake Considers Opening Up to Oprah Amid Ongoing Britney Spears Controversy (menzmag.com)
Mother Urges Ban on Slushies for Children After Toddler’s Severe Reaction (thefashioncentral.co.uk)
Trans people in Florida can no longer update their driver’s licenses: A new state rule may expose trans people to criminal or civil penalties if they try to update their documentation. (19thnews.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/florida-trans-drivers-license-u…
Migrant advocates reject Senate border deal (www.wkrg.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/migrant-advocates-reject-senate…
Family of Black girls handcuffed by Colorado police, held at gunpoint reach $1.9 million settlement (apnews.com)
A Black woman and a group of four young girls who were wrongfully forced out of their car, held at gunpoint and handcuffed by police in suburban Denver in 2020 have reached a $1.9 million legal settlement.
Why U.S. renters are taking corporate landlords to court (www.cnbc.com)
A group of lawsuits accuse large landlords of price-fixing the market rate of rent in the United States...
French govt under fire for putting pesticide phase-out on hold (phys.org)
France’s government was on the defensive on Friday after environmental campaigners and opposition politicians accused it of having scrapped a key green policy to appease protesting farmers....
Texas Will Expand Effort to Control Land Along Mexican Border, Abbott Says - The New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
The U.S. economy is booming. So why are tech companies laying off workers? | Washington Post (www.yahoo.com)
Washington Post link...
Kate Middleton ‘coma’ claims debunked by Palace: ‘Totally made-up!’ (thefashioncentral.co.uk)
Prince Harry and Prince William Forced to Call Off Royal Rift Amid King Charles’ Health Scare (menzmag.com)
Senate presses toward vote on border policies and Ukraine amid Republican backlash (apnews.com)
Senate negotiators on Sunday night released a $118 billion package of border enforcement policy and funding for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, hoping that the details would win over skeptics. The bill represented a rightward tilt in Senate negotiations over border measures, yet the backlash was intense from...
US appeals court finds Bayer not shielded from Roundup lawsuit (www.reuters.com)
A U.S. appeals court on Monday refused to dismiss a Georgia doctor’s lawsuit claiming that Bayer AG’s Roundup weedkiller caused cancer, the latest setback in the German company’s efforts to fend off thousands of similar cases carrying potentially billions of dollars in liability....
‘If Instagram didn’t exist, it wouldn’t have happened’: a mother’s search for her trafficked daughter (www.theguardian.com)
Four years after Robyn Cory’s daughter was groomed at 15 on Meta’s platform and sold for sex by a gang, she is still missing...
Hispanic Caucus urges new direction in immigration talks (thehill.com)
The CHC’s Tuesday proposals also come as the group has been purposefully excluded from Senate negotiations on border policy, which reportedly have centered on ways to curtail asylum and further fortify the border without addressing calls to overhaul the legal immigration system and appeals to give longtime undocumented...
Northwestern Students Face Criminal Charges for Pro-Palestine College Newspaper Parody (theintercept.com)
Outrage over Bigotry, Islamophobia in Wall Street Journal and New York Times (www.commondreams.org)
The nation’s leading newspapers were under fire this weekend after publishing opinion pieces seen as “Bigoted,” “Islamophobic,” “Racist,” and “Reckless.”...
Economists say the labor market is strong — but job seekers don't share that confidence. Why getting a job feels impossible right now (www.cnbc.com)
