TX school bans trans boy from playing "Oklahoma!" male lead, recasts with cisgender male student (www.salon.com)
Credit card balances spiked in the third quarter to a $1.08 trillion record. Here's how we got here (www.cnbc.com)
The Panama Canal is so clogged up that a shipping company paid $4 million to jump the line: report (www.businessinsider.com)
5 killed after [US] military aircraft crashes into eastern Mediterranean Sea (thehill.com)
Nadia Mohamed is Minnesota’s first Somali American Mayor (minnesotareformer.com)
Nadia Mohamed has been elected the mayor of St. Louis Park, making her the city’s first Black mayor in 170 years, Minnesota’s first Somali American mayor and the second known Somali mayor in U.S. history....
The Marvels, goofy and bold, shows there’s still some magic left in the MCU (www.vox.com)
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Migrants are showing up at the U.S. Southern border in historic numbers. Here's why (www.npr.org)
Republicans have said it’s because of the Biden administration’s weak immigration policies....
Salmon are vanishing from the Yukon River — and so is a way of life (grist.org)
Film crews became 'collateral damage' of Hollywood strikes (www.reuters.com)
They were among the hundreds of thousands of U.S. and Canadian film and television crew workers who were unemployed for up to 10 months because of strikes called by actors and writers, leaving a trail of evictions and family disintegration....
Florida teacher fired for using gender-neutral honorific ‘Mx.’ (www.nbcnews.com)
China weighs ending freeze on Boeing purchases with 737 Max deal in US -Bloomberg News (www.reuters.com)
What's behind the increase in homeschooling (www.axios.com)
‘Pure greed:’ Etiquette expert explains why tipping has gotten out of control (www.clickorlando.com)
Perhaps you’ve noticed. We have reached a tipping point in the country over tipping....
One Woman Died on an Alaska Mayor’s Property. Then Another. No One Has Ever Been Charged. (www.propublica.org)
Before they died, Jennifer Kirk and Sue Sue Norton were both victims of domestic violence, but the men involved — the ex-mayor’s sons — faced few consequences despite a long history of similar allegations.
The 4-day workweek: How one Ohio manufacturer is making it work (www.npr.org)
When Bill Kowalcic first heard that his company Advanced RV was trying out a four-day workweek, he was filled with questions....
Audio reveals new clues after Tarzana man arrested in connection with body part found near dumpster (abc7.com)
The search continued Friday for a missing Tarzana woman and her parents after her husband was arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with a dismembered female torso discovered near a dumpster in Encino earlier this week....
UN headquarters in Gaza bombed, resulting in numerous casualties (www.lbcgroup.tv)
A U.K. Researcher Has Unearthed the Original 19th-Century Photo Featured on an Iconic Led Zeppelin Album Cover (news.artnet.com)
The image was found in an album of photographs taken by Ernest Howard Farmer. … The man Farmer photographed has also been identified as Lot Long (1823–93), who was a widower residing in a small cottage in Shaftesbury Road, Mere, when the image was taken.
Minute by Minute: Israeli killing in West Bank visual investigation (youtu.be)
"We are now actually rolling out the Gaza Nakba," says Avi Dichter, Israel's Minister for Agriculture and former head of Shin Bet. (vxtwitter.com)
Education Department will use ‘secret shoppers’ to detect student loan servicer errors (www.cnn.com)
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US military aircraft crashes in training accident in eastern Mediterranean Sea (www.cnn.com)
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Families demand answers after two men with autism died in Arlington homes run by the same company (www.wfaa.com)
Joshua and Conner lived seven miles from each other in homes operated by the same company, EduCare Community Living Corp. – part of a network of homes in the U.S.
Group home worker indicted for assault special needs person, court docs say (www.fox19.com)
BATAVIA, Ohio (WXIX) - A worker at a group home in Clermont County was indicted on assault charges, court docs say....
Former Sen. Martha McSally Speaks Out About Stranger Groping Her During a Jog: 'You Picked the Wrong Target' (people.com)
A 25-year-old suspect is in custody on a sexual abuse charge after allegedly following and assaulting the former Arizona senator while she was running on Wednesday
