It's Time to Start Using the Term 'Palestinian Civilian' Correctly (www.newsweek.com)
State abortion bans forcing interstate travel, U.S. Senate panel hears (michiganadvance.com)
More insanity that is 21^st^ Century American Life…...
Gaetz claims House Ethics panel opened ‘new frivolous investigations’ into him (www.politico.com)
US surgeon general calls for cigarette-style warnings on social media platforms (www.theguardian.com)
North Carolina Supreme Court Secretly Squashed Discipline of Two GOP Judges Who Admitted to Violating Judicial Code (www.propublica.org)
Last fall, out of public view, the North Carolina Supreme Court squashed disciplinary action against two Republican judges who had admitted that they had violated the state’s judicial code of conduct, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the decisions....
‘Terrified of losing their rights’: abortion is a leading issue for Arizona’s Latino voters (www.theguardian.com)
Organizers hope those disillusioned by electoral politics will vote with an eye on abortion rights after fall of Roe...
The IRS wants to end another major tax loophole for the wealthy and raise $50 billion in the process (apnews.com)
The IRS plans to end a major tax loophole for wealthy taxpayers that could raise more than $50 billion in revenue over the next decade, the U.S. Treasury Department says....
Trans man forced to undergo prison genital exams wins $275,000 settlement (www.rawstory.com)
US avocado inspectors stop work in Mexican state over ‘security situation’ (www.theguardian.com)
Mango inspections also suspended ‘until further notice’ in state troubled by gang violence, but USDA says produce already in transit not affected...
Some TikTok influencers are maligning sunscreen. Here's what to know about the claims (www.npr.org)
One survey, from the Orlando Health Cancer Institute, found that 1 in 7 American adults under age 35 believe using sunscreen daily is more harmful than direct sun exposure.
Sir Ian McKellen Set to Make 'Full Recovery' After Falling Off London Stage (www.rollingstone.com)
Uber and Lyft are fighting minimum wage laws. But in Minnesota, the drivers won (www.npr.org)
Federal judge blocks Iowa law that allows authorities to criminally charge people facing deportation (www.nbcnews.com)
A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked an Iowa law that allowed law enforcement in the state to file criminal charges against people with outstanding deportation orders or who previously had been denied entry to the U.S....
UN agency reports Sudan as largest global displacement crisis, calls on US not to overlook (www.politico.com)
An estimated 5.8 million people were forced to flee their homes in Sudan last year after fighting broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in April 2023, according to a new report....
US suspends avocado, mango inspections in Mexican state on security concerns (www.reuters.com)
The United States paused safety inspections for avocados and mangos from a top-producing Mexican state due to a security incident involving U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) staff, a spokesperson for the agency said on Monday....
University of Minnesota pauses hiring of professor who called Israel's war against Hamas 'a textbook case of genocide' (jewishinsider.com)
The University of Minnesota paused the hiring of a professor who wrote that Israel’s military operation against Hamas in Gaza after Oct. 7 was “a textbook case of genocide” to head the school’s Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (CHGS), Jewish Insider has learned....
Time may be up for a far-right school board president who embroiled a California district in controversy (19thnews.org)
Surgeon general asks Congress to require warning labels for social media, like those on cigarettes (apnews.com)
The U.S. surgeon general has called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms similar to those now mandatory on cigarette boxes....
US aircraft carrier captain playfully counters Houthi's false online claims of hitting his ship (apnews.com)
Benjamin Netanyahu disbands Israeli war cabinet | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Judge orders railway to pay Washington tribe nearly $400 million for trespassing with oil trains (apnews.com)
Dem Powerbroker [and brother of US Rep] Smirks as He Crashes AG’s Presser Announcing His Indictment (www.thedailybeast.com)
NASA Satellites Find Snow Didn’t Offset Southwest US Groundwater Loss - NASA (www.nasa.gov)
Who tried to steal Graceland? (www.nbcnews.com)
The search for the mysterious company behind a scheme to steal Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate ended last week, not in Nigeria–where initial clues seemed to lead–but at the front door of “a grandmother in Branson, Missouri, a con woman with a decades long rap sheet of romance scams, forged checks and bank fraud totaling...
Landmark California hotel, nearly 100 years old, destroyed by fire (www.theguardian.com)
