More US home buyers willing to purchase despite high rates -BofA study (www.reuters.com)
Students around the world suffered huge learning setbacks during the pandemic, study finds (apnews.com)
Students around the world suffered historic setbacks in reading and math during the COVID-19 pandemic, with declines in test scores so widespread that the United States climbed in global rankings simply by falling behind less sharply, a new study finds....
Members of Texas Republican party free to associate with Nazi sympathizers (www.theguardian.com)
Defying presidents and Congress, the ATF, DEA, FBI and U.S. Marshals shroud their shootings in secrecy (www.nbcnews.com)
Supreme Court signals it will uphold a tax on foreign income and leave a wealth tax for another day (apnews.com)
On the first issue, conservative and liberal justices voiced concerns that ruling for a Washington state couple challenging a provision of the 2017 tax bill would threaten other provisions of the tax code....
George Santos: Expelled congressman is now selling $200 videos on Cameo (www.bbc.co.uk)
Mr Santos, who labels himself a “former congressional ‘Icon’” on the platform, is selling personalised messages recorded by him for $200 (£159) each....
Home near Washington DC explodes as police surround armed suspect (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Hamas planned sexual violence as weapon of war - Israeli campaigner (www.bbc.com)
Hamas had a premeditated plan to use sexual violence as a weapon of war, an Israeli women’s rights campaigner and lawyer has said....
DoorDash makes tipping an afterthought to protest New York City’s wage raise (www.theverge.com)
“For most markets where DoorDash operates, customers are prompted to tip on the checkout screen, with a middle option already selected by default. If they want to, they can adjust the tip later from the status screen while awaiting their food, or even after it’s delivered. That’s changing today; while blaming New York...
DeSantis board accuses Disney of controlling previous one with gifts (www.reuters.com)
‘Near-total internet blackout’ as Israel attacks Gaza’s south (www.aljazeera.com)
Indictments dropped against 17 Austin police officers accused of assault during 2020 George Floyd protests (www.cnn.com)
A Texas prosecutor has dropped indictments against 17 Austin police officers who were charged with assault after being accused of injuring demonstrators during the 2020 George Floyd protests, and city officials are asking the US Justice Department to investigate possible police misconduct within the department....
State Department: No evidence Israel is deliberately targeting civilians (abcnews.go.com)
New Jersey Prisons Isolate Trans Women Even After Reforms to Reduce Solitary Confinement (boltsmag.org)
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Danish dockworkers join Swedish strike action against Tesla (www.reuters.com)
Applications for unemployment benefits up modestly, but continuing claims reach highest level in 2 years (apnews.com)
American woman killed in shark attack in the Bahamas (abcnews.go.com)
America's Election Officials Fight Disinformation and Death Threats Ahead of 2024 (www.justsecurity.org)
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Derek Chauvin is released from the hospital and is back in prison after being stabbed by inmate (www.nbcnews.com)
Chauvin, who was convicted in the 2020 murder of George Floyd, was allegedly stabbed with an “improvised knife” Nov. 24 while in the law library at Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Arizona, by inmate John Turscak, 52, according to a criminal complaint.
George Santos Movie In Works At HBO Films From ‘Veep’ EP Frank Rich (deadline.com)
The meteoric political rise of George Santos and the web of fabulist tales it was built on are getting a movie treatment. HBO Films has optioned the rights to Mark Chiusano’s new book The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos, which was published on November 28, 2023....
Texas kept Syed Rabbani on death row unconstitutionally for decades. It almost killed him. (houstonlanding.org)
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Authorities Announce Arrest Of Man In Killings Of 3 Unhoused People Across LA (laist.com)
BBC Says It Was Shut Down By Paramount PRs When Questioning Kelsey Grammer On His Support For Donald Trump (deadline.com)
Kelsey Grammer sounded curt this morning when he brusquely told a BBC Today program interviewer that he still supports Donald Trump but, according to his interviewer, this curtness doesn’t tell the full story....
Turmoil at pro-DeSantis super PAC overshadows Florida governor’s White House bid at critical moment (www.cnn.com)
Because CNN’s bullshit site blocked two of my browsers:...
France's parliament considers a ban on single-use e-cigarettes (apnews.com)
