‘They’re all high’: Louisiana police say rats eating marijuana in evidence room (www.theguardian.com)
New Orleans superintendent tells council committee that rodents have infested the building and requests to move headquarters...
American dream of owning a home is dead, majority of renters say (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: most renters surveyed by Harris Poll say the areas they live in have become so unaffordable they are ‘barely livable’...
Passenger on Boeing flight that suddenly dropped says pilot told him he lost control after instrument failure (www.cnn.com)
The pilot of a terrifying flight from Australia to New Zealand told those on board he temporarily lost control of his Boeing 787 after one of its instruments failed, a passenger said Monday, as authorities investigate what caused a sudden drop that threw travelers around the cabin, injuring dozens....
San Francisco ties welfare to drug-screening, boosts police powers in stunning tough-on-crime shift (www.latimes.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/san-francisco-welfare-drug-scre…
Andrew Tate and brother Tristan arrested in Romania on UK warrant (www.theguardian.com)
Andrew Tate has been detained in Romania after an arrest warrant was issued by UK authorities in relation to charges including “sexual aggression”, his representative has said....
Aide tried to stop Trump praising Hitler – by telling him Mussolini was ‘great guy’ (www.theguardian.com)
Donald Trump’s second White House chief of staff tried to stop him praising Adolf Hitler in part by trying to convince the then president Benito Mussolini, the Italian fascist dictator, was “a great guy in comparison”.
Trump Apparently Has a List of Things He Loves About Adolf Hitler (newrepublic.com)
In his new book The Return of Great Powers, which comes out Tuesday, reporter Jim Sciutto interviews several of Trump’s former advisers. All of them stressed that Trump regularly lavished praise on authoritarian leaders around the world, calling Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán “fantastic,” Chinese President Xi...
In states with laws targeting LGBTQ issues, school hate crimes quadrupled (www.washingtonpost.com)
School hate crimes targeting LGBTQ+ people have sharply risen in recent years, climbing fastest in states that have passed laws restricting LGBTQ student rights and education, a Washington Post analysis of FBI data finds....
Israeli forces kill at least 11 Palestinians seeking aid (morningstaronline.co.uk)
Israeli forces today shot and killed at least 11 Palestinians seeking aid at the Kuwait roundabout south of Gaza City, the Wafa news agency reported....
Gaza medics tell BBC that Israeli troops beat and humiliated them after hospital raid (www.bbc.com)
Palestinian medical staff in Gaza have told the BBC they were blindfolded, detained, forced to strip and repeatedly beaten by Israeli troops after a raid at their hospital last month. Ahmed Abu Sabha, a doctor at Nasser hospital, described being held for a week in detention, where, he said, muzzled dogs were set upon him and his...
New details revealed from FAA audit of Boeing’s 737 MAX production. Dozens of issues found (www.seattletimes.com)
A six-week audit by the Federal Aviation Administration of Boeing’s production of the 737 MAX jet found dozens of problems throughout the manufacturing process at the plane maker and one of its key suppliers, according to a slide presentation reviewed by The New York Times....
American Academy of Dermatology votes to keep its diversity policies after anti-DEI proposal (www.nbcnews.com)
The American Academy of Dermatology on Sunday voted to reject a proposal to end its diversity, equity and inclusion programs, in what Black dermatologists are calling a small victory for the organization and the field in general....
Firefighters booed New York attorney general who sued Trump for fraud. Officials are investigating (apnews.com)
NEW YORK (AP) — A union representing New York City firefighters is raising concerns about possible disciplinary action against its members after state Attorney General Letitia James was booed and a pro-Donald Trump chant broke out during a fire department ceremony last week....
Federal courts make it harder to 'judge-shop' like was done in abortion pill case (www.nbcnews.com)
The move by the U.S. Judicial Conference comes after high-profile cases in which lawyers have effectively been able to pick the judge....
‘This is torture': State of health care in U.S. prisons leads to brutal inmate deaths (www.wusf.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/florida-prisons-health-care-bru…
Warden is ousted as FBI raids California women's prison known as the 'rape club' (www.latimes.com)
FBI agents raided a federal women’s prison in California this week so plagued by sexual abuse that it was known among inmates and workers as the “rape club.”...
Brooklyn Bishop Lamor Miller-Whitehead convicted of wire fraud, attempted extortion - CBS New York (www.cbsnews.com)
Consumer prices climbed 3.2% in February as 2% goal remains elusive (www.nbcnews.com)
Tragedy Strikes as Billionaire Angela Chao Perishes in Tesla Model X with Unbreakable Glass (www.msn.com)
Angela Chao, the billionaire sister-in-law of U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell and CEO of the shipping company Foremost Group, drowned tragically when her Tesla Model X, with its nearly unbreakable glass, plunged into a pond on her Texas ranch. The vehicle’s reinforced windows, a feature designed for safety, became a death trap...
Meta’s stock drops after Trump calls Facebook ‘an enemy of the people’ (thehill.com)
"Let them eat cereal": How accusations of "greedflation" fueled consumer ire against Kellogg's (www.salon.com)
Since 2022, Kellogg has been running an ad campaign encouraging families, with the help of Tony the Tiger and Toucan Sam, to break out of their boring dinner rotation and swap in the occasional bowl of cereal. “If you’re tired of cooking chicken over and over (and the kids are bored of eating it) we’ve got something...
California officer shoots and kills boy, 15, holding gardening tool (www.theguardian.com)
Court upholds town bylaw banning anyone born in 21st century from buying tobacco products (apnews.com)
US intelligence report states Netanyahu’s viability to lead Israel is in jeopardy | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
The US intelligence community assesses Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “viability as a leader” to be “in jeopardy,” according to its annual report on the national security threats facing the United States that was presented to Congress on Monday....
Boeing whistleblower found dead in US (www.bbc.com)
John Barnett had worked for Boeing for 32 years, until his retirement in 2017....
