Lindsey Graham’s Whiny Trump Defense: Tiger Woods Paid Hush Money Too! (www.thedailybeast.com)
Peter Navarro’s get-out-of-jail request is again rejected by the Supreme Court (www.cnn.com)
Mitch McConnell refuses to say whether he supports a US national abortion ban (www.theguardian.com)
Biden grants clemency to crack, cocaine dealers (www.washingtontimes.com)
Demonstrations roil US campuses ahead of graduations as protesters spar over Gaza conflict (www.seattletimes.com)
Protests are roiling college campuses across the U.S. as upcoming graduation ceremonies are threatened by disruptive demonstrators, with students and others sparring over Israel’s military offensive in Gaza and its mounting death toll....
‘Like a war zone’: Emory University grapples with fallout from police response to protest | US universities (www.theguardian.com)
The university’s response was likely the quickest show of police force in response to a divestment protest among the dozens nationwide that have occurred in recent weeks. It was also probably the only one where pepper balls, stun guns and rubber bullets were used against students, faculty and community members – at one of...
College protesters seek amnesty to keep arrests and suspensions from trailing them (apnews.com)
Maryam Alwan figured the worst was over after New York City police in riot gear arrested her and other protesters on the Columbia University campus, loaded them onto buses and held them in custody for hours....
Prison officers traumatized by rate of executions in US death penalty states (www.theguardian.com)
Pursuit of ‘non-stop executions’ causing psychological distress to corrections staff as states urged to widen gap between executions...
American Airlines keeps mistaking 101-year-old passenger for baby (www.bbc.com)
A 101-year-old woman keeps getting mistaken for a baby because of an error with an airline’s booking system....
College Protests Over Gaza Deepen Democratic Rifts (www.nytimes.com)
Police officer hiring in US increases in 2023 after years of decline, survey shows (apnews.com)
Police departments across the United States are reporting an increase in their ranks for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 killing of George Floyd, which led to a historic exodus of officers, a survey shows....
Bill that would fine parents for kids’ crimes passes Tennessee legislature [Ashley Paul and David Royer | 04/25/24 | TheHill] (thehill.com)
Parents of kids who commit crimes in Tennessee will face fines up to $1,000 for each offense after the first one, under a bill that’s headed to Gov. Bill Lee’s Bill Lee...
They’re back: Cohen and Avenatti return to spotlight at Trump trial (www.theguardian.com)
As Donald Trump’s hush-money trial enters its second week, jurors will be asked to focus on the testimony of his former Mr Fixit – the disbarred lawyer Michael Cohen....
Fights break out between pro-Israel, pro-Palestine protesters at UCLA (www.thehill.com)
Pro-Israel Agitator Shouts ‘Kill the Jews,’ Gets Everyone Else Arrested [Edith Olmsted | Apr. 27, 2024 | thedailybeast] (www.thedailybeast.com)
Around 100 protesters were arrested on Saturday at a pro-Palestine encampment at Northeastern University, but not the one whose hate speech got everything shut down.
Bird flu outbreak in Jharkhand; 2 doctors, 6 others quarantined in Ranchi | Ranchi News - Times of India (www.google.com)
U.S. birth rate drops to record low, ending pandemic uptick - CBS Detroit (www.cbsnews.com)
The pace of babies born each year in the U.S. has slowed to a new record low, according to an analysis of 2023 birth certificate data published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
Two Chinese nationals charged in US with trying to export banned semiconductor machinery to China — one arrested in Chicago (www.tomshardware.com)
Two Chinese nationals have been charged for an alleged scheme to illegally export a semiconductor dicing machine to a Chinese tech company. One of the two, Han Li, 44, was arrested in Chicago on Wednesday, while Lin Chen, 64, is believed to be in China. The charges and arrest are the latest developments in a protracted trade war...
Prosecutors seek to jail Miami mom for posting news stories about cop who shot son (www.miamiherald.com)
Calling her “an inherent danger to the community,” prosecutors on Friday asked a Miami judge to throw a 51-year-old mother back into jail for posting news articles on Facebook recounting her arrest on charges of stalking a Miami-Dade police officer who had shot and killed her mentally ill son. Prosecutors say Gamaly Hollis...
Google Is Worth $2 Trillion Now (www.businessinsider.com)
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, hit a new milestone on Friday: a $2 trillion market cap....
Boeing: Dead whistleblower warned of safety breaches (www.bbc.com)
A former Boeing employee, who was found dead in March, accused the company of “countless” violations of US law in testimony given just before his death....
Hamas kills aid workers to manufacture Gaza food crisis, Fatah charges (www.jpost.com)
Bird flu virus has been spreading in US cows for months, RNA reveals (www.nature.com)
A strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been silently spreading in US cattle for months, according to preliminary analysis of genomic data. The outbreak is likely to have begun when the virus jumped from an infected bird into a cow, probably around late December or early January. This implies a protracted, undetected...
The EPA is again allowing summer sales of higher ethanol gasoline blend, citing global conflicts | AP News (apnews.com)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency cleared the way Friday for a higher blend of ethanol to be sold nationwide for the third summer in a row, citing global conflicts that it says are putting pressure on the world’s fuel supply....
