Tennessee GOP senators OK criminalizing helping minors get transgender care, mimicking abortion bill (www.nbcnews.com)
Water pouring out of rural Utah dam through 60-foot crack, putting nearby town at risk (apnews.com)
Workers hurriedly tried to shore up a rural Utah dam after a 60-foot (18-meter) crack sent water pouring into a creek and endangering the 1,800 residents of a downstream town....
How Texas teens lost the one program that allowed birth control without parental consent (www.texastribune.org)
Texas is in the minority of states that requires parental consent before a teenager can get birth control, in virtually all circumstances. But there’s long been one exception to that rule: the federal Title X program, which provides confidential contraception regardless of age, income or immigration status....
US will require background checks for gun shows and online firearm sales (www.theguardian.com)
‘Historic’ action by justice department closes ‘doggone dangerous’ loophole in Biden administration’s fight against gun violence...
Elon Musk accused of profiting from tragedy as study finds X rewards hate targeting Israel-Gaza war | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
The CCDH studied the growth rates of 10 influential accounts that pay for X Premium and have posted anti-Jewish and/or anti-Muslim hate speech since October 7, 2023, when Hamas’ attack on Israel sparked the Israel-Gaza conflict. Some of these accounts had previously posted conspiracy theory content related to COVID-19, per the...
Plans for Saudi Arabia’s linear city cut from 170km to 2.4km (www.newcivilengineer.com)
Saudi Arabia’s wildly ambitious plan to build 500m tall, mirrored, 170km long parallel skyscrapers, forming a 1.5M population desert city has been curtailed to 2.4km long....
Freshly purged RNC peddles 2020 election lies in robocall to voters (www.salon.com)
Biden Is 'Considering' Ending Assange Case (consortiumnews.com)
Biden is considering Ending Assange Case
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried appeals fraud conviction, 25-year prison sentence (www.cnbc.com)
The Flooding Will Come “No Matter What" - The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway (www.propublica.org)
Myanmar military loses control of key town on Thai border, rebels say, in major win for anti-junta resistance (amp.cnn.com)
Rebels kicking ass with no military assistance from US...
Labor group demands California’s $20 minimum wage for fast food workers extend to all sectors (www.foxbusiness.com)
OJ Simpson, fallen football hero acquitted of murder in ‘trial of the century,’ dies at 76 (www.13abc.com)
LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil trial, has died. He was 76....
A mission of mercy, then a fatal mistake: How an aid convoy in Gaza became Israel's target (apnews.com)
The path to the April 1 attack started months ago, as aid groups desperately looked for ways to feed millions cut off from regular food deliveries. Gaza was sealed off by Israeli forces within hours of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants that ignited the war. Since then, more than 33,000 Palestinians have been killed and more...
California Governor Gavin Newsom orders state workers back to office (thehill.com)
Starting today, ISPs must display labels with price, speeds, and data caps (arstechnica.com)
Vermont House committee recommends no impeachment for Franklin County Sheriff previously recorded kicking shackled inmate (vtdigger.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/vermont-house-committee-recomme…
The Flooding Will Come “No Matter What” (www.propublica.org)
Another great American migration is now underway, this time forced by the warming that is altering how and where people can live. For now, it’s just a trickle. But in the corners of the country’s most vulnerable landscapes — on the shores of its sinking bayous and on the eroding bluffs of its coastal defenses —...
The rise of the scammy car loan (www.vox.com)
Judge denies Trump’s third attempt this week to delay hush-money trial (www.theguardian.com)
Case on Monday will be first ever criminal trial of an ex-president as Trump’s lawyers fight to put it off and try to remove its judge...
Biden says he is 'considering' Australia's request to end Julian Assange's prosecution (www.nbcnews.com)
‘An epidemic of loneliness’: How the pandemic changed life for aging adults (www.colorado.edu)
Years after the U.S. began to slowly emerge from mandatory COVID-19 lockdowns, more than half of older adults still spend more time at home and less time socializing in public spaces than they did pre-pandemic, according to new CU Boulder research....
US general says Ukraine will soon run out of shells, anti-air missiles without US aid (kyivindependent.com)
Cavoli’s statement was the latest in a series of increasingly pointed warnings about how the ongoing delay in U.S. aid is weakening Ukraine’s position on the battlefield.
Mother who pushed kids from moving car, killed partner was astrology influencer disturbed by eclipse (www.latimes.com)
Danielle Johnson was worried about the eclipse....
The Associated Press: A mission of mercy, then a fatal strike: How an aid convoy in Gaza became Israel's target (apnews.com)