X May Lose Up to $75 Million in Revenue as More Advertisers Pull Out (www.nytimes.com)
The Pentagon is moving toward letting AI weapons autonomously decide to kill humans (www.businessinsider.in)
The US is among countries arguing against new laws to regulate AI-controlled killer drones....
Canada PM Trudeau says his main rival abandoning Ukraine due to Trump influence (www.reuters.com)
In a preliminary vote on Tuesday, all 109 Conservative lawmakers in the House of Commons opposed updated legislation for the free trade agreement between Canada and Ukraine, which received the unanimous support of all the other parties....
Many Americans say their household expenses are outpacing earnings this year, AP-NORC poll shows (apnews.com)
Several more children sickened by fruit pouches tainted with lead, FDA says (www.nbcnews.com)
Ex-officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd’s killing, stabbed in prison (apnews.com)
Rio police investigate Taylor Swift concert organizers after fan's death (www.reuters.com)
World's largest iceberg breaks free, heads toward Southern Ocean (www.reuters.com)
10-Year-Old Shot Dead on Thanksgiving—Allegedly by Dad (www.thedailybeast.com)
A 10-year-old boy was shot dead in front of his Omaha, Nebraska, home on Thursday night—allegedly by his own father.
Afghan embassy in India shuts down citing lack of support, Taliban pressure (www.reuters.com)
Man charged with 35 child sex crimes in Charleston pleads guilty, gets no prison time (www.live5news.com)
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A man facing dozens of charges in connection to attempted child sexual exploitation is now out of jail and will spend no time in prison despite his guilty plea this week....
Elderly man facing homelessness after Social Security orders $60,000 repayment (local12.com)
PECULIAR, Mo. (KCTV/CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - An elderly man is facing homelessness after Social Security ordered him to repay over $60,000.
Kansas School Demands Eight-Year-Old Native American Student Cut Hair to Attend (nativenewsonline.net)
School administrators in Kansas this September violated an eight-year old Native American boy’s cultural and religious freedoms when they required him to cut his long hair to conform to school policy, according to the Kansas American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (ACLU)....
New York calls PepsiCo's plastic pollution a 'public nuisance' in first-of-its-kind lawsuit (grist.org)
The company’s packaging was found to be the most significant contributor to plastic waste clogging the Buffalo River....
Growing Numbers of Chinese Migrants Are Crossing the Southern Border (www.nytimes.com)
The surge of migrants entering the United States across the southern border increasingly includes people from a surprising place: China....
Harvard under fire for helping elite skip the queue (www.bbc.com)
Children of past students are favoured in admissions - now state legislators are calling for this to end.
Colorado Hospital Finally Admits to Cutting Lakota Elder’s Hair Without His Permission (nativenewsonline.net)
The UC Health Hospital in Aurora, Colorado on Friday finally admitted that a hospital staff member cut the hair of a 65-year-old Lakota elder Arthur Janis, without his or his family’s permission....
Accuser who previously claimed former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo groped filing lawsuit (www.cnn.com)
CNN —...
Exposure to widely used insecticides decreases sperm concentration, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Study’s author says ‘we need to reduce exposure in order to ensure men who want to conceive are able to without interference’
More salmonella cases, two deaths reported as cantaloupe recall expands (www.cnn.com)
Two people are dead and at least 99 have become ill in a salmonella outbreak tied to contaminated cantaloupes and cut fruit, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday....
Russia launches biggest drone attack against Kyiv since start of war, Ukrainian officials say (www.cnn.com)
Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — Russia on Saturday launched its largest drone attack against Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv since the start of its invasion, according to local officials.
State suspends license of former prosecutor convicted of sex crimes (iowacapitaldispatch.com)
The state of Iowa has suspended the law license of a former county prosecutor who pleaded guilty to sex crimes involving children.
'I thought climate change was a hoax. Now I've changed my mind' (www.bbc.com)
I spent years doubting the science of climate change and spending time with people who didn’t believe in the science either....
'Biggest Ever Global Strike Against Amazon' Kicks Off on Black Friday (www.commondreams.org)
Israel says Hamas ceasefire violated after 15 minutes (www.newsweek.com)
Friday’s pause in the fighting comes after several weeks of tough negotiations between Israel, Hamas, the U.S., Egypt and Qatar. It is the first significant break in combat since the Hamas infiltration attack into southern Israel on October 7, which killed some 1,200 people and saw around 240 taken back into the Gaza Strip as...
