Austin experimented with giving people $1,000 a month. They spent the no-strings-attached cash mostly on housing, a study found (www.businessinsider.com)
A guaranteed-basic-income program in Austin gave people $1,000 a month for a year....
How right-wing influencers turned airplanes and airports into culture war battlegrounds (www.nbcnews.com)
In recent weeks, right-wing pundits have zeroed in on airline DEI programs and the presence of migrants in airports....
Champaign IL hired Police Chief Timothy Tyler despite disciplinary past and allegations of misconduct (ipmnewsroom.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/champaign-police-chief-timothy-…
US weapons sales abroad hit record high in 2023, boosted by Ukraine war (www.bbc.com)
US weapons sales overseas rose sharply last year, reaching a record total of $238bn (£187bn), as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine stoked demand....
Gen Z and millennial productivity is being crushed by bosses who don’t understand them, top university research says (fortune.com)
Starting a career has increasingly felt like a right of passage for Gen Z and Millennial workers struggling to adapt to the working week and stand out to their new bosses....
Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands (apnews.com)
A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison....
Religious trauma still haunts millions of LGBTQ Americans (www.nbcnews.com)
Some mental health experts are advocating for religious trauma to be considered an official disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders....
Trump’s Cash Stockpile at Risk From $450 Million Dual Verdicts (www.bloomberg.com)
Donald Trump is facing a pair of major legal verdicts in New York that risk wiping out most — if not all — of the cash the billionaire says he has on hand, a potential blow to the presidential candidate whose persona is tied up with financial success and wealth....
Facing scrutiny over quality control, Boeing withdraws request for safety exemption (abcnews.go.com)
Boeing says it is withdrawing a request for a safety exemption needed to certify a new model of its 737 Max airliner...
Israeli police repressing anti-war protests with ‘iron fist,’ say activists (www.972mag.com)
Since October 7, Israel's police have systematically banned, restricted, and attacked protests against the army's assault on Gaza.
Dying thief who stole 'Wizard of Oz' ruby slippers from Minnesota museum will likely avoid prison (www.independent.co.uk)
A dying thief who confessed to stealing ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in “The Wizard of Oz” is expected to stay out of prison after he’s sentenced...
Iranian man and two Hells Angels accused in murder-for-hire plot in U.S. (www.nbcnews.com)
An alleged hitman promised to shoot targets and “erase his head from his torso,” according to a federal indictment.
Massachusetts man arrested for allegedly threatening Jewish community members and to bomb synagogues (apnews.com)
A Massachusetts man was arrested Monday for allegedly threatening to kill members of the state’s Jewish community and a bomb local synagogues, the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston said....
‘Rage’ abortion donations dry up, leaving funds struggling to meet demand (thehill.com)
Abortion funds that help people cover the costs of getting the procedure are struggling with money as the waves of donations that followed the end of Roe v. Wade have begun to dry up....
Pelosi accuses some protesters demanding Gaza cease-fire of having ties to Russia (www.npr.org)
So people are exercising the 1st Amendment right in a way that she doesn’t like and now she wants the FBI to investigate them. All these politicians are the same. Democrats and Republicans.
As Biden judicial confirmations slow, Senate gains ground on red-state judges (www.bostonglobe.com)
President Biden and Senate Democrats have fallen behind the rapid pace set by Republicans in shaping the federal courts during the Trump era, but they have made fresh headway in advancing judicial nominees in states represented by Republicans....
France's 90-day visa hell as Brits forced to sell their homes over EU rules (www.express.co.uk)
Non-EU citizens can only spend a total of 90 days over an 180-day period in the whole of the European Union.
US arms exports hit record high in fiscal 2023 (www.reuters.com)
One in 10 US hate crimes occur at schools, FBI says (www.reuters.com)
META NOTE: Sorry if anyone saw this article appearing multiple times. Something bugged out on my end and kept giving me errors so I wasn’t aware the posts were actually going through to lemmy.world. I’ve deleted all but this one.
Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands (apnews.com)
The Associated Press found goods linked to prisoners wind up in the supply chains of everything from Frosted Flakes to Coca-Cola.
The Bill Is Coming Due on a Record Amount of Commercial Real Estate Debt (www.wsj.com)
Virgilio Aguilar Méndez is Facing Murder Charges for an Officer Who Died of Natural Causes While Attacking Him (scheerpost.com)
An officer died of a heart attack while attacking Virgilio Aguilar Méndez; now Aguilar Méndez is facing murder charges.
Sanctions are hitting Russian air carriers. Three aircraft of Russian airlines experienced engine failures during the flight • World News (ua-stena.info)
Sanctions are hitting Russian air carriers...
Special monitor suggests Trump falsified disclosures over $48 million loan in what could be tax evasion, report says (www.businessinsider.com)
A court-appointed monitor in Trump’s fraud case said his company filed disclosures with "errors."...
Drone that killed US soldiers in Jordan followed American drone onto base, causing confusion (www.cnn.com)
The drone that killed three US Army soldiers and wounded dozens more in Jordan on Sunday approached the US military outpost, Tower 22, around the same time an American drone was returning to the base, which led to uncertainty over whether it was hostile and caused a delay to the US response, two US officials told CNN....
