‘Black bodies are not for sale’: the battle over an African American cemetery (www.theguardian.com)
Activists fight to stop further development on historic Maryland burial site beneath an apartment complex
Annie Nightingale obituary: (www.bbc.com)
Jewish students sue Harvard over 'rampant' anti-semitism (www.bbc.co.uk)
Harvard University has been sued by Jewish students alleging it “has become a bastion of rampant anti-Jewish hatred and harassment”....
Trump Must Return $7.8 Million in Foreign Payments, Democrats Demand (themessenger.com)
UttarPradesh Man Bludgeons Aunt With Stone, Stabs Her To Death In Sultanpur; Arrested, Altaf, the deceased's husband, alleged that Arif's intentions were "not good" towards his wife. (english.jagran.com)
Fair trade statistics (www.kaggle.com)
Michigan’s $55M experiment with guaranteed income begins with Flint moms (www.bridgemi.com)
FLINT—Eight days after entering the world, Khi’Meir Taylor made another debut — this time in what could be a national spotlight....
Trump ordered to pay New York Times nearly $400k in legal fees for 'frivolous' lawsuit (lawandcrime.com)
IRS has already collected more than $500 million in back taxes from delinquent millionaires (www.marketwatch.com)
Starbucks faces lawsuit over coffee sourcing claims (www.axios.com)
Starbucks is being sued over allegations that the company is deceiving consumers with its claims of "100% ethical" coffee and tea sourcing....
Texas blocks federal border agents from processing migrants in Eagle Pass public park (www.cbsnews.com)
Texas state officials this week abruptly blocked federal U.S. Border Patrol agents from entering and patrolling a public area in the border town of Eagle Pass where they typically first encounter migrants who cross the Rio Grande illegally, two U.S. officials told CBS News on Thursday....
Jewish students sue Harvard, alleging lack of action against antisemitism on campus (abcnews.go.com)
Deported Ukrainian children sent to "survival training" with Belarus military (www.politico.eu)
The ‘forcible transfer and russification of Ukrainian children’ is ‘evidence of a genocide,’ the Council of Europe says.
Passengers file class-action lawsuit against Boeing for Alaska Airlines door blowout (www.cbsnews.com)
A class-action lawsuit was filed Thursday against aircraft manufacturer Boeing on behalf of multiple passengers who were aboard an Alaska Airlines flight last week that was forced to make an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, after a portion of the fuselage blew out in midair....
Ending affirmative action in college admissions opened a floodgate, reporter says (www.npr.org)
Israel rejects genocide allegations at international court (www.washingtonpost.com)
Israel on Friday rejected allegations that it is committing genocide in Gaza, arguing before the International Court of Justice that the soaring death toll was an unavoidable consequence of its battle against a militant army that has embedded itself in civilian areas and seeks to repeat the Oct. 7 attacks....
EPA sets out rules for proposed 'methane fee' for waste generated by oil and natural gas companies (apnews.com)
Oil and natural gas companies for the first time would have to pay a fee for methane emissions that exceed certain levels under a rule proposed Friday by the Biden administration....
California city to pay $5m to family of Willie McCoy, who police shot 55 times (www.theguardian.com)
The 2019 killing of the 20-year-old rapper raised scrutiny of Vallejo police department, which has a history of brutality...
U.S. Strikes Against Houthis in Yemen for Second Day, as Conflict Escalates (www.nytimes.com)
The United States carried out another strike against the Houthi militia in Yemen, the U.S. Central Command said on Friday night, bombing a radar facility as part of an effort to further degrade the Iran-backed group’s ability to attack ships transiting the Red Sea....
Justices take up camping ban case - SCOTUSblog (www.scotusblog.com)
Hardliners pressure Johnson to back off spending deal with Schumer as shutdown looms (www.cnn.com)
Hardline conservatives are ramping up pressure on Speaker Mike Johnson to walk away from a topline spending deal struck with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a move that threatens to derail bipartisan negotiations with Congress just days from a partial government shutdown....
US wholesale inflation closes out 2023 with 1% annual rate in December (www.cnn.com)
US producer prices fell in December for the third consecutive month, bringing a closely watched gauge of inflation to a rate more in line with pre-pandemic times....
Seven men 'filmed themselves gang-raping toddlers in mall bathroom' (www.dailymail.co.uk)
Horrifying videos have surfaced of a gang of at least seven accused pedophiles sexually abusing toddlers inside the restroom of a Texas mall.
Milwaukee kindergartner left behind on school bus, found honking horn Monday night (www.jsonline.com)
Police said the student was physically unharmed.
St. Paul makes history with all-female city council, a rarity among large US cities (apnews.com)
St. Paul, Minnesota, has an all-woman city council for the first time in its history — and experts say it may be the largest U.S. city to ever have an all-woman council.
