Man formerly on death row gets murder case dismissed after 48 years (abcnews.go.com)
After 48 years, a man who says he was wrongfully convicted of murder has officially had his case dismissed....
Alabama school band director says he was 'just doing my job' before police arrested him (apnews.com)
MAGA Lawyer Lin Wood Is Cooperating With Georgia in Case Against Trump (www.rollingstone.com)
A Monday court filing revealed that former attorney L. Lin Wood is a witness in Georgia’s RICO case against Trump and 18 others
Placenta holds answers to many unexplained pregnancy losses, study finds (news.yale.edu)
Yale researchers have shown that placental examination resulted in the accurate pathologic determination of more than 90% of previously unexplained pregnancy losses, a discovery that they say may inform pregnancy care going forward....
Sufjan Stevens is relearning to walk after Guillain-Barre Syndrome left him immobile, hospitalized (apnews.com)
Grammy- and Oscar-nominated indie musician Sufjan Stevens is relearning how to walk after the autoimmune disease Guillain-Barre Syndrome left him immobile, representatives confirmed to The Associated Press....
Cassidy Hutchinson Says Rudy Giuliani Groped Her During January 6 Rally (nymag.com)
Uttar Pradesh:7 year old boy accused of raping 5 year old girl (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Mississippi sees 10-fold increase in babies born with syphilis since 2016: Report (abcnews.go.com)
The number of babies born with syphilis in Mississippi has risen 10-fold over the last several years, according to a new report....
Study: Most People Rely on Parents for Material Support Into Adulthood (news.ncsu.edu)
A new study finds that only a third of adults in the United States did not rely on their parents for some form of material support between their late teens and early 40s. The study highlights the extent to which parents and adult children rely on each other for financial assistance or a place to live well into the children’s...
A federal agency wants to give safety tips to young adults. So it's dropping an album. (lemmy.world)
Michael Bloomberg Dials Up a War on Plastics (www.nytimes.com)
Michael Bloomberg is many things: former New York City mayor, founder of a financial data company, failed presidential candidate and the 11th richest man in the world....
Biden launches paid program for 20,000 young people to train for green jobs (www.cnbc.com)
The White House unveiled the American Climate Corps, a federal program that aims to pay 20,000 young people to get trained in climate-related jobs....
Migrants’ DNA Is Fueling a Massive Expansion of the FBI’s Genetic Database (www.motherjones.com)
Ever since the Trump administration scaled up DNA collection from migrants in federal custody, immigration officials have been pouring massive quantities of genetic data into the FBI’s national law enforcement database. New submissions to CODIS—short for the Combined DNA Index System—have grown so voluminous that the...
Black Texas student given additional suspension for loc hairstyle (www.cnn.com)
A Black Texas high school student who was suspended because his loc hairstyle violated the district’s dress code was suspended again upon his return to school Monday, an attorney for the family told CNN....
Wildfires in recent years have reversed some of the progress made in eliminating air pollution, new study suggests (abcnews.go.com)
The smoke from wildfires in recent years has been so intense that it is decreasing air quality in the majority of the U.S., reversing some of the improvements made to air quality in the last several decades, according to new research....
Attorney for Alabama band director arrested after football game says tasing was unacceptable and left students traumatized (www.cnn.com)
The Alabama band director who was arrested after refusing to stop his band’s performance at a high school football game is grappling with the aftermath of being tased by police, which his attorney says was unacceptable and left students traumatized....
A Batman researcher said 'gay' in a talk to schoolkids. When asked to censor himself, he quit (apnews.com)
Small arms fire kills Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh, says Defense Ministry — Meduza (meduza.io)
A group of Russian servicemen were killed on September 20, when their vehicle came under fire in Nagorno-Karabakh, reports the Russian Defense Ministry....
Fed-up consumers are increasingly going after food companies for misleading claims (www.npr.org)
Mango Dragonfruit Starbucks Refreshers are missing mango, Strawberry Açaí Starbucks Refreshers lack açaí and Pineapple Passionfruit Starbucks Refreshers have no passion fruit....
Leaked Microsoft documents detail an employee performance review system where managers are quietly asked to adjust workers' results to limit the highest ratings (www.businessinsider.com)
Exclusive: Ukraine's special services 'likely' behind strikes on Wagner-backed forces in Sudan, a Ukrainian military source says | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Speaking to CNN, a Ukrainian military source described the operation as the work of a “non-Sudanese military.” Pressed on whether Kyiv was behind the attacks, the source would only say that “Ukrainian special services were likely responsible.”
Germany has reached 'a limit' on migration, Steinmeier says – DW (www.dw.com)
Germany is facing difficulties in taking in more migrants, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Wednesday....
The child care industry is on the cusp of a crisis (www.axios.com)
In 10 days, the U.S. will fall off a "child care cliff" — that's the day pandemic-era funding for the industry runs out....
Leaders of world’s biggest polluting countries skipping UN climate summit (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden and Xi Jinping, leaders of two biggest carbon emitters, among those not attending summit in New York....
Biden to announce first-ever federal office of gun violence prevention (www.politico.com)
President Joe Biden will announce the creation of the first-ever federal office of gun violence prevention on Friday, fulfilling a key demand of gun safety activists as legislation remains stalled in Congress, according to two people with direct knowledge of the White House’s plans....
