Bill to ban most public mask wearing, including for health reasons, advances in North Carolina (www.cbsnews.com)
World's top golfer Scottie Scheffler arrested on charges of assaulting officer at PGA championship event (www.cnbc.com)
Gov. Abbott pardons Daniel Perry for 2020 fatal Black Lives Matter protest shooting after recommendation from pardons board | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Daniel Perry, a former US Army sergeant who was convicted of murdering a protester at a Black Lives Matter rally in 2020, was released from prison Thursday after he was pardoned by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott....
Illinois School Districts Sent Kids to a For-Profit Out-of-State Facility That Isn’t Vetted or Monitored (www.propublica.org)
Trump and Johnson spread unfounded fears by urging non-citizen voting ban (www.theguardian.com)
Trump falls back on false claim that non-citizen voting threatened his popular vote, despite data proving that it’s a lie...
At Justice Alito’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display (www.nytimes.com)
An upside-down flag, adopted by Trump supporters contesting the Biden victory, flew over the justice’s front lawn as the Supreme Court was considering an election case....
New York City said 'no injuries' at Columbia arrests; students' medical records say otherwise (www.reuters.com)
After the arrests of pro-Palestine student protesters occupying a Columbia University building last month, New York Mayor Eric Adams and senior police officials repeatedly said there were "no injuries," no "violent clashes" and minimal force used....
New endangered listing for rare lizard could slow oil and gas drilling in New Mexico and West Texas (apnews.com)
Federal wildlife officials declared a rare lizard in southeastern New Mexico and West Texas an endangered species Friday, citing future energy development, sand mining and climate change as the biggest threats to its survival in one of the world’s most lucrative oil and natural gas basins....
Sorry, Harrison Butker, the Benedictine College nuns reject your "narrow definition" of Catholicism (www.salon.com)
The unionization fight is coming to the South (www.vox.com)
The article hasn’t been updated with the Mercedes Benz loss but one loss is not a complete defeat
POLITICO: 'A Governor Who Doesn't Seem to Have Much Interest in Governing Arkansas' (www.politico.com)
UAW loses Alabama union vote seen as bellwether for organizing autoworkers in the South (www.nbcnews.com)
Republican officials led a vigorous campaign opposing the organizing effort. In the run-up to Friday’s vote, six Southern governors, all Republicans, led by Alabama’s Kay Ivey, warned about “special interests looking to come into our state and threaten our jobs and the values we live by.”...
Mom of Slain BLM Protester Rips Guv for Killer’s Pardon (www.thedailybeast.com)
At the top of Benjamin Netanyahu's agenda: self-preservation (www.cbc.ca)
Like many Israelis, Galon blames Netanyahu for not preventing the Hamas-led attacks on Oct. 7, which left more than 1,200 dead and resulted in the capture of more than 250 hostages. Israel responded with a ferocious military campaign in Gaza that has killed upward of 35,000 people, according to the Gaza health ministry....
‘He never pulled the gun up’: Neighbors release video of man shot and killed by Anchorage Police (www.alaskasnewssource.com)
Anti-LGBTQ+ Moms for Liberty wins $70K in settlement after library kicked them out (www.lgbtqnation.com)
What would Lisa Simpson do? NYU student protesters asked to ponder ethical issues (apnews.com)
GOP tries to 'correct the narrative' on use of mailed ballots after years of conflicting messages (apnews.com)
New York Is Suing Anti-Abortion ‘Crisis Pregnancy Centers’ Over ‘Abortion Pill Reversal’ Disinfo (www.jezebel.com)
Engine Bursts Into Flames on Boeing Plane With 468 Aboard (www.thedailybeast.com)
A Boeing 747-400 with 468 people aboard was forced to make an emergency landing in Indonesia on Wednesday after one of its engines caught fire and began shooting out flames during takeoff....
Magician David Copperfield Accused of Grooming, Groping, and Drugging Women (www.rollingstone.com)
Magician David Copperfield is facing allegations of drugging women before sexual encounters, groping women during live performances, and behaving inappropriately with women who were significantly younger than him — including under 18 — in a new investigative piece in The Guardian....
A Columbia University protester says the NYPD made her remove her hijab—despite new policy (www.motherjones.com)
"Fun mom" no more: Republican "parental rights" activist gets probation for giving vodka to teens (www.salon.com)
‘I’m the new Oppenheimer!’: my soul-destroying day at Palantir’s first-ever AI warfare conference (www.theguardian.com)
“The peace activists are war activists,” co-founder and CEO of Palantir, Alex Karp insisted. “We are the peace activists.”...
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