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Title IX Mandates Universities to Accommodate Students Who Have Had Abortions. Texas Is Suing. (msmagazine.com)

The Army made her plead guilty or face prison for being gay. She’s still paying the price. (www.usatoday.com)

Afghan girls accuse Taliban of sexual assault after arrests for ‘bad hijab’ (www.theguardian.com)

Reports surface days before UN summit on Afghanistan that will exclude Afghan women and debate on women’s rights...

Trump gag order partially lifted in hush money case (abcnews.go.com)

“Until sentence is imposed, all individuals covered by Paragraph (b)” – referring to members of the court staff, the district attorney’s staff and their families – “must continue to perform their lawful duties free from threats, intimidation, harassment, and harm,” Merchan wrote in the ruling....

Alarms Raised Over For-Profit Medicare Advantage Using AI to Deny Care to Seniors (www.commondreams.org)

Infant mortality rate rose 8% in wake of Texas abortion ban, study shows (apnews.com)

In the wake of Texas’ abortion ban, the state’s infant death rate increased and more died of birth defects, a study published Monday shows....

Cop: Jeff Bezos’ WaPo CEO Deceived Police, Framed U.K. Prime Minister (www.thedailybeast.com)

Black women say an Amtrak project threatens their Baltimore neighborhood’s homes — and children (19thnews.org)

Biden stung by student loan legal loss days before taking effect (www.newsweek.com)

A Republican-led effort to block one of President Joe Biden’s student loan debt relief programs in court has succeeded just days before it was set to go into effect....

Gender non-conforming family called "Satanic" after being outed by school (www.lgbtqnation.com)

Hunter Biden requests new trial after conviction in gun case (www.theguardian.com)

AI's Most Ambitious Music Generators Accused of 'Massive' Infringement In New Lawsuit (www.rollingstone.com)

Maui ponders its future as leaders consider restricting vacation rentals loved by tourists (apnews.com)

Alicia Humiston bought her condo in Lahaina after she visited Maui and fell for its rainforests, lava fields and the whales that gather offshore. She travels there about three times a year and rents out her unit for short periods when she’s not in Hawaii....

4 questions answered about the software cyberattacks affecting car dealerships (www.pbs.org)

CDK Global, a company that provides software for thousands of auto dealers in the U.S. and Canada, was hit by back-to-back cyberattacks Wednesday. That led to an outage that has continued to impact operations....

Bankruptcy trustee discloses plan to shut down Alex Jones' Infowars and liquidate assets (apnews.com)

Fearing Losses, Banks Are Quietly Dumping Real Estate Loans (www.nytimes.com)

If landlords can’t pay back loans on office buildings, the lenders will suffer. Some banks are trying to avoid that fate....

Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free (www.nbcnews.com)

I.C.C. Issues Arrest Warrants for 2 Senior Russian Security Officials (www.nytimes.com)

The Hague-based court accused Russia’s most senior military officer, Gen. Valery V. Gerasimov, and a senior member of the country’s security council, Sergei K. Shoigu, of directing a campaign of strikes against Ukraine’s power plants in the winter of 2022....

My Health Insurance Company Is Trying To Kill Me (www.huffpost.com)

One such encounter went like this:...

Statistical Review of World Energy (www.energyinst.org)

Despite record levels of renewables now in use, carbon emissions and fossil fuel consumption are also at record levels and look set to continue to grow. Despite the shiny corporate veneer, this was read like a kick in the teeth for me. This is an important document which more people should be aware of.

Protecting just 1.2% of Earth’s land could save most-threatened species, says study (www.theguardian.com)

Study identifies 16,825 sites around the world where prioritising conservation would prevent extinction of thousands of unique species...

Russian government accused of leaving citizens vulnerable to attacks like Sunday's gun rampages by turning the state's security apparatus on Kremlin critics instead of terrorist threats (www.reuters.com)

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