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Vigils held nationwide for nonbinary Oklahoma teenager who died following school bathroom fight (apnews.com)

Vigils took place across the nation for an Oklahoma teenager who died the day after a fight in a high school bathroom in which the nonbinary student said they were a target of bullying....

BP exec's husband guilty of insider trading $1.8 million, snooped on her calls (www.cnbc.com)

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Hobbycraft refused to sell paint to black man as ‘he may use it for graffiti’ (www.theguardian.com)

Louis Gray says he was racially profiled after trying to buy spray paint to make over his son’s bicycle helmet

Brooklyn preacher goes on trial for fraud charges prosecutors say fueled lavish lifestyle (www.independent.co.uk)

A Brooklyn preacher who prosecutors say looted a parishioner’s retirement savings and tried to extort a businessman to fuel his lavish lifestyle is set to go on trial in Manhattan federal court...

Eye ointments sold nationwide recalled due to infection risk (www.cbsnews.com)

500 businesses could stop destruction of tropical forests. They are failing (www.independent.co.uk)

Trump's request to suspend E. Jean Carroll's $83M verdict swiftly denied by judge (www.rawstory.com)

U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan declined a request to grant a stay after a jury ordered Donald Trump to pay writer E. Jean Carroll over $83 million for defamation....

Texas’s San Antonio airport will get a 420lb autonomous security robot (www.theguardian.com)

Everything in the garden of elections is not lovely, after years of electoral democracy, citizens are witness to attempts to subvert the electoral process (www.thehindu.com)

Bassem Youssef tells Arab-Americans: Abandon Biden over Gaza (www.newarab.com)

The latest billionaire trend? Doomsday bunkers with a flammable moat (www.theguardian.com)

Supreme Court weighs free speech challenges to GOP-backed social media restrictions (www.nbcnews.com)

Laws enacted in Texas and Florida would restrict social media companies’ ability to decide what user content they wish to publish....

Florida scrambles to get retired teachers to return to combat shortage (www.newsweek.com)

Legislators in Florida are considering a bill that would help retired teachers return to the workforce....

Consumers are tired of inflation. But some retailers fear falling prices (www.cnbc.com)

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Supreme Court justices express free speech concerns about GOP-backed social media laws (www.nbcnews.com)

Laws enacted in Texas and Florida would restrict social media companies’ ability to decide what user content they wish to publish....

Trump’s sale of D.C. hotel proved prescient as new owner defaults on loan (www.wsj.com)

Miami-based CGI purchased the lease rights from the Trumps for $375 million...

House China committee demands Elon Musk open SpaceX Starshield internet to U.S. troops in Taiwan (www.cnbc.com)

The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party sent a letter on Saturday to SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk demanding that U.S. troops stationed in Taiwan get access to SpaceX's Starshield, a satellite communication network designed specifically for the military....

Columbia Scolds Students for “Unsanctioned” Gaza Rally Where They Were Attacked With Chemicals (theintercept.com)

Man in Air Force uniform set himself on fire in front of Israeli embassy (taskandpurpose.com)

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No, electric vehicle sales aren’t dropping. Here’s what’s really going on (www.cnn.com)

You’d be forgiven for thinking the American market for EVs is collapsing. But in the last quarter of 2023, EV sales were up 40% from the same quarter a year before, according to Cox Automotive. In fact, EV sales in the United States hit a record last year, topping 1 million for the first time....